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TURKEY CULTURE. 



their propensity to wander in search of their food asserts 

 itself, and they must have that privilege or they will 

 sicken and die. This is a fortunate trait, for two reasons. 

 First, it makes the bird's flesh better food for man ; second, 

 it limits the business to fewer persons, who get paying 

 prices for their labor. If turkeys could be raised at a profit 

 in confinement, their flesh would net be so wholesome, 

 and so many people would go into the business that the 



FIG, 12. WHITE HOLLAND TURKEYS. 

 From a photograph of a Rhode Island flock. 



price would come down to a non-paying point. Turkey 

 nature itself effectually prevents all danger of overdoing 

 the business. 



Turkeys are not hard to raise after you know how For 

 the first few weeks of their lives they require more care 

 than any other domesticated bird, but after they are fully 

 feathered and have "thrown the red," they require less 

 care than any other fowl. It requires but little capital. 



