THE BREEDS OF TURKEYS. 



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INFUSING FRESH BLOOD FROM WILD TURKEYS. 



[From reports of the Rhode Island Agricultural Experiment 

 Station, where this matter has been the object of much research and 

 experimen I ing.] 



"Where wild turkeys are plenty, crosses between wild 

 and domestic birds frequently occur without design on 



Pure Wild. 





Domestic. Half Wild. 



FIG. 9. WILD BLOOD TURKEYS. 

 From photographs of stock at the Rhode Island Experiment Station. 



the part of the owner of the latter. Scores of cases are 

 recorded where a wild gobbler from the woods has taken 

 possession of a flock of common turkeys, sometimes after 

 first battling with and killing the domestic gobbler. The 



