

THE WHITE TURKEY. 



White Turkeys— Crossing for Buff Birds— White Turkeys, difficult to 

 rear. 



THIS variety came in the first place from a sport of 

 nature and were bred from. When the Cambridge 

 Bronze is crossed with the white variety they often produce 

 a buff bird. It is not an uncommon thing to see two or 

 three perfectly buff specimens in a flock of fifty. Some 

 people have an idea that the flesh and skin of these turkeys 

 are whiter than those of the coloured turkeys, but I do not 

 find such to be the case. The white variety are far more 

 trouble to rear than either the Cambridge Bronze or Black 

 Norfolk in their pure state ; that is on account of the diffi 

 culty there is in procuring fresh blood. 



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