1 8 w. cook's turkey, goose, and pheasant book. 



This is only theory. It may have happened that a 

 person has reared a few turkeys in one place for two or 

 three years, and some of them have died off, and it has 

 been put down that turkeys have been reared there before, 

 so naturally they would not do well. 



Ten years ago if a person had mentioned rearing these 

 birds in a back yard in London, or a town, he would have 

 been put down as being half mad. 



I am pleased to say however that I have known turkeys 

 reared successfully in back yards in London. Many of 

 of them have turned the scale at i61bs. at Christmas, 

 which had not been hatched till the first week in July, 

 in fact, I may say I have seen them larger when reared in 

 his way than those which have had a farm to run over. I 

 do not wish my readers to think that I condemn large runs 

 for turkeys, there is no doubt they like plenty of space 

 when they can get it, and they do well, but what I wish to 

 make plain is, they will grow well, healthy and strong in 

 towns as well as when they have a large range. 



I have known them to be reared in runs two yards wide 

 and IS yards long, but I do not recommend rearing stock 

 turkeys in such a small space. Those who only wan* a 

 nice young turkey or two at Christmas need not hesitate for 

 one moment to bring them up in a confined run without 

 any grass, but stock turkeys are different and must have 

 space. 



When turkeys are hatched early in the season they 

 usually grow quite as heavy when reared on gravel or 

 where there is no grass, as when they have a large orass 

 field to run over. 



