DOMESTIC TURKEY. 



THE DOMESTIC TURKEY 



Is one of the most important fowls. The colours are various 

 the copper, the white, the bronze, the black, and the marginated. 

 The copper has been long esteemed ; the white are beautiful, of 

 large size, and tender flesh, and their feathers converted to various 

 articles of commerce. The Norfolk is usually black, with an 

 iridescent, metallic lustre, and, being crossed by the wild American, 

 is now considered our first breed. I have had one to weigh 37 Ibs.; 

 it was frequently weighed in the demesne of William Perry, Esq., 

 of Stillorgan Park, Co. Dublin, and as often found to be of that 

 weight ; and it is singular, that from this bronzed stock, I have 



