Breeds of Poultry 317 
TURKEYS, DUCKS, GEESE, AND GUINEA-FOWLS 
Many persons think that the term poultry comprises only 
chickens, whereas it really includes all kinds of domesticated fowls, 
the more useful being turkeys, ducks, geese, and guineas, in addition 
to chickens. 
500. Turkeys. — Of all of our breeds of domestic animals the 
turkey is the only one that is a native of America. Undoubtedly 
Fic. 129.—The turkey. A rover by nature. 
our present domestic turkey descended from what is known as the 
American wild turkey, which existed in a wild state over the 
greater part of North America, from the Carolinas well up into 
Canada, although there are two other species in existence, one 
found in Mexico, the other in Honduras, Central America. While 
the records show that turkeys were grown in England as early as 
