BREEDS AND VARIETIES 



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foraging for flieir food, tluni if tliey are penned within tlie 

 limited space of a poultry yai'd. 



The domestic turkey is larger than the wild one. The 

 following table ghows the Standard varieties and weights: 



Bronze 



Narraganset . 

 White Holland 

 Black Holland 

 Buff Holland 

 Slate Holland 

 Bourbon Holland 



2-year old 

 mlao 



36 lb. 



30 lb. 



■28 lb. 



27 lb. 



27 lb. 



27 lb. 



30 lb. 



l-yoar ..Id 

 male 



33 lb. 



25 lb. 



Less tliaii 1- l-ye;ir old Less tli:iii 1-year 

 year old male female old lemule 



25 lb. 



20 lb. 



20 lb. 



18 lb. 



IS 11). 



IS lb, 



22 lb. 



20 lb. 



IS lb. 



18 lb. 



18 lb. 

 18.1b. 



IS lb. 



18 lb. 



10 lb. 



12 lb. 



14 lb. 



12 lb. 



12 lb. 



12 lb. 



14 II). 



Ducks are water fowls directly descended from the wild 

 ducks Avhich are found everywhere throughout tlie Northern 



Ilemispliere, nestin;: 

 South for the winter 



Fig. 33. — Pekin ducks. 



: in the iSTorth and migrating to the 

 Like all true water fowls thev have 



