44 LE5SON5 IN POULTRY KLLPING — SECOND SERIL5. 



ailult cock 36 lbs. ; yenrling cock 33 11)8. ; cockerel 25 lbs. ; hen 20 lbs. ; pullet 16 lbs. The Bronze 

 turkey is more popular than all other varieties combined, in moat sections where turkey culture 

 Is extensively carried on. 



White Holland Turkeys are second to the Bronze variety in popularity in many sections. 

 They are much smaller, the Standard weights l)eing, cock 26 lbs. ; cockerel 16 lbs. ; hen 16 lbs. ; 

 pullet 10 lbs. Breeders of White Hollaml turkeys claim that they are much more docile and 

 have less of the roving disposition of the Bronze, and are better adapted to close quarters or a 

 narrow range. 



Narragansett Turkeys are often mentioned as the favorite variety with Ehode Island 

 growers, but in a two days trip through the best turkey growing section of that state with a 

 friend a lew years ago we found very few of them, both Bronze and "White Holland seeming 

 more numerous. We did, however, see a few very fine specimens of the Narragansett. They 

 are second in size, the Standard weights lieing, cock 30 liis.; cockerel 20 lbs.; hen 18 lbs. ; pul- 

 let 12 lbs. In color they are gray, the plumiige having a black ground with each feather tipped 

 with a gray band edged with black. 



The other three varieties of the turkey are Buff, Slate, and Black. All are quite rare in this 

 country, and good colored 

 specimens of the BufF and Slate 

 varieties are very rare indeed. 

 The weights lor these three 

 varieties are the same, cock 27 

 lbs.; cockerel 18 lbs.; hen 18 

 ibs. ; pullet 12 lbs. 



Accommodations for 

 Turkeys. 



The turkey is essentially an 

 out door fowl. Like the goose, 

 it will generally by preference 

 remain out doors in all 

 weathers, though that a part 

 ol this preference is due to 

 habit, would seem apparent 

 from the fact that in continued 

 very severe weather when 

 they cannot feed out doors, 

 they seem to appreciate shelter 

 and a comfortable spot to feed 

 in. I kept a few turkeys in a 

 room in my stable one sea- 

 son, letting them run about the barnyard and dooryard, but while the old birds seemed con- 

 tented to keep within bounds, and were thrifty and bred well, they had to be driven into the 

 shed nearly every night, and the young ones, after two weeks old, were anywhere and every- 

 where but at home. t 



Turkey growers generally provide roosting places for their turkeys out doors in a sheltered 

 place where the roosts can be high enough from the ground to protect them from marauding 

 animals. The sheltered side ol a barn or other outbuilding is a favored place for the turkey 

 roost. Occasionally a high open shed is used. 



On most farms where turkeys are grown, the breeding stock is either not yarded at all, or 

 yarded only during the breeding season, to prevent the hens straying away and hiding their 

 nests. The hen turkey is very cunning in this matter, and I'have known of their going a mile 

 or more from home to lay, going and returning daily, and taking many precautions to throw 

 anyone following off the track. 



Sonle turkey growers yard their turkeys during the laying season. Some yard them until 

 after the eggs have been laid each day, giving them liberty then, and of course seeing that 



Bronze Turkeys. 



