CONTENTS. 

 SECTION II. TURKEYS & GEESE. 



Pages. 

 Section II. 

 Black Norfolk Tuekeys 1— - 



Black Norfolk Turkeys : their points and peculiar- 

 ities. Crosses with the Black Norfolk — The value 

 of fresh blood. 



The White Turkey 3—4 



White Turkeys— Crossing for Buff Birds— White 

 Turkeys, difficult to rear. 



Nest M.vkino for Turkeys o— 7 



Turkey hens steal their nests — The nest, its .size and 

 ])Osition — How to make a Turkey nest — Food for 

 sitting Turkeys — Testing Turkey Eggs. 



M.VNAGEMENT OF YOUNG TURKEYS 9—15 



Young Turkeys hatched and gro-\ving rapidly — Risks 

 attending their early gro^vth — Food for young 

 Turkeys — Young Turkeys must be kept dry. 



Rearing Turkeys in Towns and the Management 



OF them in confined Runs ... 17—23 



Turkeys do not need so much space as is popularly 

 believed — Turkeys in conftned Runs — Meat for 

 Turkeys — Green stuff: its value and production — 

 Boiled Corn and Grit for Turkeys. 



The Cambridge Bronze, ok A.merican Mammoth 



Turkeys 25—32 



The name of the Variety — How it was made — 

 Conyparative merits of Black, Wliite, and Bronze 

 Varieties — Turkey Cocks : their cliaracteristics, 

 and management so as to produce fertile eggs — 

 The selection of Breeding TurKeys— Young Turkeys : 

 their Feeding and General Management. 



Feeding Stock Turkeys 33—35 



Food for stock Turkeys : what to give and when — 

 Laying Turkeys : how to hinder or help — Confined 

 runs for Turkeys — Mangold Wurtzel for Turkeys. 



