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feeding or fattening, but, given a fine breed of turkeys, such as 

 the American Bronze, the Cambridge, or the Black Norfolk, 

 the farmer has it in his own hands to raise worthless, under- 

 sized birds, or, on the contrary, to raise a flock of twenty- 

 pounders. 



I have prepared the diagram given on the preceding page 

 with the object of illustrating the difference in price between 

 turkeys of various weights : — 



I may point out that Column No. 5 represents the price of a 

 20-lb. turkey, which is three times the amount which one can 



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obtain for a 10-lb. turkey, as represented by Column No. 1; and 

 again it is shown that one 23-lb. turkey, as represented by 

 Column No. 6, is of the same value on the market as four 10-lb. 

 turkeys, or, in other words, one would have to raise 40 lb. of 

 turkey flesh in four small lots of 10 lb. apiece to make as much 

 money as would be received for 23 lb. in one lot. 



In November, 1903, having found myself in possession of a 

 very fine flock of pure-bred American Bronze turkeys, I decided 

 to make some experiments fn fattening, in order to ascertain 

 which of the three systems generally recommended would give 



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