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necessary after the first fertility of the land has been exhausted. 

 Hence the turkey has almost disappeared from many places 

 where turkey growing was once an industry of considerable im- 

 portance. The farms of the Central West and the mountain 

 regions of Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee 

 have for many years produced most of the turkeys consumed 

 in this country, but the changing conditions in these regions 

 seem unfavorable to the increase of turkey culture. Attempts 

 to grow turkeys on a large scale have been made on the Pacific 

 coast. While these may succeed for a time, turkey culture in 

 this country is likely to decline rapidly unless changes in eco- 

 nomic conditions afford cheaper labor on farms, or unless the 

 natural enemies of poultry are so reduced that flocks of turkeys 

 may be kept in a half-wild state. 



