BLACK NORFOLK TURKEYS. 



Black Norfolk Turkeys : their points and peculiarities. Crosses with 

 the Black Norfolk— The value of fi>esh blood. 



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^HIS variety of Turkeys is best known 

 in Norfolk. They are kept very largely 

 in that district. They are much the 

 same shape as the Cambridge Bronze, 

 only their plumage is black. As 

 a rule the Black Norfolk Turkeys 

 do not sell so well in the London markets as the Cambridge 

 Bronze, neither do they grow quite so large unless crossed 

 with another variety. I find many Norfolk farmers who 

 breed a large number of this variety cross them with Cam- 

 bridge Bronze. This is noticed more particularly in the 

 turkey pullets than in the cocks, as a few of the feathers 

 show a white edging, and a pure Norfolk turkey is quite 

 black. The legs are of a dark colour, not so pinky as the 



