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freeze, should the weather be extremely cold. They should, therefore, 

 be furnished with warm and comfortable shelters, and they should 

 never be suffered to become poor from want of sufficient feed. In 

 Browne's Treatise on Poultry, will be found ample directions for the 

 rearing of turkeys. The work is called the American Poultry Yard. 



TURKEY. 



TURNIPS. Little is known of the history of this valuable plant. 

 Its origin appears to be uncertain, but the choicest English varieties, 

 from which our own are descended, were brought from Hanover. For 

 culinary purposes, it has been prized from the earliest periods, long 

 before it was considered important in an agricultural point of view. 

 Cumella recommends its extensive cultivation, because that portion of 

 the crop not wanted for the table will be greedily eaten by the farm 



