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each, the price per lb. being higher as weight 

 increases; hence the importance of obtaining 

 birds as large as possible. To raise such birds 

 as these it is useless to employ British breeds 

 — the Norfolk or the Cambridge, or white 

 turkeys of any kind. The usual practice 

 is to sell the young cock birds for the Christ- 

 mas table and the smaller pullets, retaining 

 two or three of the best cockerels and the 

 largest pullets for stock or sale later on. There 

 is a never ceasing demand for cockerels of 

 great size and large hens, both for breeding 

 and exhibition purposes, so that the breeder 

 need have no fear of failure to obtain good 

 prices for birds of both classes if they are well 

 reared and in good health. 



Turkeys provide another source of income; 

 we refer to the sale of their eggs, which are 

 worth Is. each for hatching purposes. Bearing 

 all these facts in mind, the turkey breeder 

 will realise the importance of paying liberal 

 prices for the very best at his command. 

 Without such stock he will be far wiser to 

 leave the industry alone. We may justly 

 state that fifty young birds reared to maturity 

 should realise an average price of a guinea 

 each. Thus, if we place the cost of feeding 

 and other expenses at 10s. per bird, there 



