POULTRY. 



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turkey tribe. The illustration on this page is intended to rep- 

 resent a Bronze turkey cock, but no cut can do justice to their 

 beauty. The main color of the plumage is, as the name indi- 



BRONZE TURKEY. 



cates, bronze dark in the shade, but when viewed in the sun- 

 light each feather glistens like burnished gold. On account of 

 their great size Bronze turkeys are great favorites with those 

 who raise turkeys for market; well-grown males of this breed 

 will weigh from eighteen to twenty-two pounds, alive, at six 

 months, and the females from ten to fourteen pounds at the 

 same age. Mature gobblers will weigh from thirty to forty 

 pounds ; hens from eighteen to twenty-two pounds. They do 

 not reach maturity until the third year. 



