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favorite variety, and is known there as the Black 

 Norfolk."* 



Bourbon Red turkey. These turkeys take their 

 name from Bourbon County, Kentucky, where it 

 is supposed they originated. In size they compare 

 with the Narragansetts, cock 30 and hen 18 pounds. 

 Breeders make rather strong claims for these fowls, 

 yet it is very doubtful if they are superior to the 

 three first-mentioned varieties. It is, however, 

 an advantage oftentimes to have the different flocks 

 of a neighborhood distinguished by variety char- 

 acteristics so that they may be most readily separated 

 should they become mixed. 



TURKEYS GENERAL CARE 



At no time in the life of the turkey does its 

 wild nature assert itself more than at the laying 

 season. The domesticated turkey hen still loves 

 secrecy as regards her nesting-place. Half-wild 

 turkeys, when given their liberty, have frequently 

 eluded all attempts on the part of watchers to follow 

 them and to locate their nests. Many successful 

 turkey-raisers who do not keep the breeding fowls 

 confined within large inclosures provide nesting- 

 places for them in more or less secluded places. An 

 empty barrel turned on its side or pieces of wide 

 boards nailed together so that a low roof is formed 



* H. S. Babcock, in "Turkeys and How to Grow Them" Myrick, p. 22. 



