CHAPTEE X. 

 FATTENING TUBKEYS AND GUINEA-FOWLS. 



TUEKBYS. 



In these days size is all important in the production 

 of turkeys. Whilst there is always a fair demand for 

 smaller birds, this demand is at low prices, and if we 

 desire to obtain anything like the best rates, we must 

 have big, well-developed specimens, and the bigger 

 they are the more can be obtained for them per lb. 

 At the Bishop's Stortford Table Poultry Show, pro- 

 moted by Sir Walter Gilbey, Bart., held December 21, 

 1893, a Cambridge turkey was exhibited weighing 

 33 lb. dead, and this sold for £5, rather more than 

 3s. per lb. — a fancy price, it is true, but indicating the 

 desirability of producing large birds. Moreover, in a 

 London retail poulterer's catalogue some time ago 

 were published the prices of turkeys about Christmas 

 (and I have met with very, similar figures in Paris), as 

 follows : — / 



s. d. 



Turkeys under 10 lb. weight 10 per lb. 



10 to 16 „ „ 13 



16 „ 20 „ „ 16 



„ over 20 „ „ 19 „ 



Of course, these are the best West-end rates, and for 



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