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numbers of turkeys, particularly if they are to be 

 kept from trespassing on the, holdings of their 

 neighbors. While the mother turkey with her brooa 

 may be confined in very limited areas for a time 

 during the brooding season, yet as the young become 

 older and are prepared to seek their own living, they 

 thrive much better if close restrictions are not en- 

 forced. Whoever attempts to rear turkeys in con- 

 siderable numbers should therefore plan to give 

 them a wide range, particularly during the latter 

 part of their growth. They are not able to adapt 

 themselves to artificial conditions so well as chickens 

 or ducks or even geese. 



In North America there are two distinct species 

 of native turkeys; one inhabits the United States 

 and Mexico, the other is found in Honduras. The 

 latter is sometimes spoken of as the ocellated turkey. 

 The former has been separated into several varieties, 

 the best known of which are the Mexican turkey, 

 from which the common domesticated turkey is 

 descended, and the wild turkey of the eastern United 

 States. The Mexican form is somewhat smaller 

 than the wild form of the eastern United States. 



TURKEYS VARIETIES 



The recognized varieties of the domestic turkey 

 are the Bronze, Narragansett, White Holland, Buff, 

 Slate, Black, and Bourbon. 



