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then make a few yelps softly, but rapidly, and a 

 cluck or two. He will gobble and strut vehe- 

 mently. Be sure your cluck is a perfect assem- 

 bly cluck, or he may take it as an alarm "put" 

 Your cluck, if made at all, should have a reas- 

 suring accent, or better not attempt it, depend- 

 ing on the yelp or quaver. The cluck and "put" 

 are so nearly similar in sound to the ear that 

 they are difficult to distinguish; but one is a call 

 note and the other is an alarm, hence it were 

 better to omit both rather than disturb the con- 

 fidence of the bird you are calling. While the 

 two notes are impossible to describe in words, 

 they can readily be produced by an expert caller 

 with a good instrument. Give the gobbler two 

 or three quick little yelps, "Keow, keow, Jcee, 

 kee," in a kind of an interrogatory tone ; this is 

 sure to make him gobble and strut, or probably 

 to strut only. I prefer that he strut, although 

 the gobble is more exhilarating to one 's ear, but 

 does not signify as much. The strut is the 

 better sign every time; it shows he has leisure 

 and passion. 



Your "Cluck, keow, ku-ku" brings forth at 



