THE BREEDS 



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owing to the enactment of stringent laws concerning the 

 interstate transportation of game or offering it for sale out 

 of season. 



As pointed out in Chapter I, the distinctively meat birds 

 form less than 6 per cent, of the total number of poultry 

 raised in the United States, and the proportion is decreasing. 

 As a means of transforming waste into edible and marketable 

 form, at least one of them should usually be found on every 

 farm in addition to'chickens. 



Bronze turkey, male. (Courtesy of Mail & Breeze, Topeka, Kan.) 



TURKEYS. 



Turkeys were first discovered on the American continent 

 in 1518. They are still found wild in a few sections of 

 North America and over wide areas in Central and South 

 America. After their discovery they were promptly domes- 

 ticated and found their way to England as soon as 1524. 



