VARIETIES, MATING AND SHOWING 



ciling or barring of the Narragansett should be just the 

 same as in the Bronze. The wing bar, however, should be 

 white where the bar on the Bronze turkey is bronze. This 

 variety runs very good -with respect to the white edging 

 of the feathers. While young birds will occasionally 

 show creaminess in this edging, this almost invariably 

 comes good and white in the second year. 



As in the Bronze variety, it is necessary to guard against 

 solid black primary feathers which may sometimes occur. 

 The Narragansett turkey should show metallic in its 

 black but should have no indication of bronze barring. 

 Sometimes Bronze birds are produced from a Narragan- 

 sett mating, but these should never be used for breeding. 

 When Bronze and Narragansett turkeys are crossed re- 

 gardless of the direction of the cross, part of the offspring 

 will be bronze in color and part Narragansett and there 

 does not seem to be any particular blending of the two 

 color schemes. 



The White Holland Turkey The White Holland 

 should be a pure white throughout in both sexes. In this 

 variety, however, both buff and black sometimes occur 

 and it is necessary to guard against foreign color of any 

 kind. Bronze and white splashed feathers sometimes 

 occur in the fluff and back, and buff or black may occur 

 on the body and occasionally in the primaries. Probably 

 the greatest difficulty in plumage color is black flecking. 

 This consists of very narrow black streaks or flecks rang- 

 ing from very small in size to a quarter of an inch or even 

 half an inch long, occurring especially in the feathers of 



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