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TURKEY CULTURE. 



EXTENT OF THE TURKEY BUSINESS. 



We are also able to present some fairly accurate statis- 

 tics as to the extent of the poultry industry in the United 

 States. It is probable that the annual sales of turkeys for 

 meat exceed the number of turkeys enumerated by the 

 census of 1890 over 10,000,000. With the sales of breed- 

 ing stock and eggs, it is probable that the turkey trade of 

 the United States exceeds $12,000,000 annually. The prin- 

 cipal turkey-growing States appear in the tables below, and 

 the American Agriculturist has shown that the number in 

 the United States June 1, 1896, was over 12,000,000. 

 We also copy a table from that magazine, showing the tur- 

 keys in the principal turkey counties of these States, from 

 some of which choice breeding stock is shipped to all 

 parts of this country, England and Europe. 



NUMBER OP TURKEYS IN EACH STATE ON JUNE 7, 1890, ACCORDING 

 TO THE FEDERAL CENSUS. 



Total for United States, 10,754,060. 



