26 w. cook's turkey, goose, and pheasant book. 



I cannot find the breed distinct by itself in any part of 

 the country, they all have more or less American Mammoth 

 blood in them. 



In the first place they were only called the Cambridge 

 Bronze, but when the American Mambioth was introduced 

 it produced a better gloss upon the plumage. It also 

 increased the size of the birds considerably. 



It was a good thing for England when the American 

 Mammoth was introduced, because the Cambridge 

 Bronze was getting very small for want of fresh blood. 

 Some of my readers may say : " But were not the American 

 Mammoth turkeys when they were first imported differentfrom 

 those we have now ? " There is so little difference between 

 the two that if they were put side by side it would take a very 

 experienced judge to detect which was which. I fancy I 

 can hear some people say, " Oh, they must be cross-bred 

 then.'' No, they cannot be called cross-bred turkeys 

 because they breed true, and anything which is cross-bred 

 will not breed the same as the parent. People usually go 

 in for size in turkeys more than purity of blood. I call the 

 American Mammoth or Cambridge Bronze a distinct variety 

 because they breed true. When turkey hens come a little 

 light in the lacing it shows there is a little more of the 

 " Cambridge Bronze" blood than the "American Mammoth " 

 in them. When people are ordering turkey eggs it does not 

 matter which of these two names they call them. 



The Norfolk turkeys are quite a different variety, they 

 are black but are kept very little outside the county of 

 Norfolk. There is also a white variety of turkeys. Many 

 noblemen in England will have nothing but the white 



