PREFACE 



For the past twenty years there has been a general and 

 more or less steady decrease in turkey production. And 

 this in spite of the fact that no other branch of livestock 

 returns as great a profit for the money invested and the 

 equipment required. Recently, however, there has been 

 a considerable awakening of interest in turkey raising 

 and a growing demand for detailed information regard- 

 ing this industry. 



It has been the purpose of the authors to provide in 

 this publication the latest and most thoroughly reliable 

 information on the subject for the use both of the raiser 

 of market turkeys and of the producer of breeding or 

 exhibition stock. In presenting this information it has 

 been the authors' aim to deal with the subject thoroughly 

 and in great detail and at the same time to keep the work 

 so concise, simple and clear that it is of the greatest 

 practical value either to the beginner or to one more 

 experienced in turkey raising. 



Recognizing the high value of good illustrations in 

 emphasizing the information given in the text, all phases 

 of this book have been thoroughly illustrated. It is 

 the confident belief of the authors that considered either 

 from the standpoint of the completeness with which all 

 phases of the subject are covered or of the excellence 

 of the illustrations themselves, no equal set of photo- 

 graphs on the subjects treated has ever before been 

 gathered together. 



