HARDY BRONZE TURKEYS. ONE FOURTH^ £* QQ g 
I T is well known that the Bronze Turkey is directly descended from our 
native wild turkeys. But by being domesticated and in-bred they have 
become more tender and liable to diseases than the wild stock. In 1S93 
the Rhode Island Experiment Station made some experiments with crossing 
domestic Bronze Turkeys with a half-wild gobbler. The.results were most 
gratifying. The young turkeys from this cross were more hardy , vigorous niul 
healthy than the pure domestic Bronze stock. 
In 1894 we procured a gobbler with one-fourth wild blood and put him with 
one of our flocks of Bronze Turkeys. The young stock from this cross were 
remarkably healthy and vigorous. We had had great difficulty raising the 
young turkeys from the pure domestic stock, having lost nearly half the 
young turkeys hatched, but with the introduction of the wild blood we had 
no more trouble raising the young turkeys. They were very vigorous and 
free from disease, and grew faster and matured earlier than tno domestic stock. 
We have since obtained two half-wild gobblers, having been bred from a pure 
wild gobbler obtained in the mountains of Pennsylvania. 
We now have some very fine one-fourth wild stock for salo that is healthy 
and vigorous. We strongly advise the use of a one-fourth wild gobbler with 
domestic hens, whether pure Bronze or grades. New blood should bo Intro¬ 
duced in a flock at least every other year In order to keep the stock healthy 
and vigorous. 
PRICES OF ONE-FOURTH WILD TURKEYS. 
Young Gobbler, early hatched, large and vigorous.$ 6 00 
“ “ later hatched, strong and healthy ..... 5 00 
Pair—Gobbler and hen, both flrst-class, early hatched. 8 50 
Trio—One Gobbler and two Hens, all flrst-class. U 00 
Our %-wild gobblers weigh from 20 to 25 lbs. and hens about 15 or 10 lbs. 
EGGS—We can furnish eggs from one-fourth wild stock at S3 per setting 
of 9 eggs. Orders booked at any time and eggs sent when turkeys commence 
to lay In April. 
What Others Say of Our Turkeys. 
Mr. B. C. Baushor, Windsor Castle, Pa., wrote us Dec. 2, 1890’ “ I bought 
one gobbler of you last year and I am well pleased with him. Ilo will weigh 
some 35 lbs. * * I had visitors at my house to-day and they told mo that I had a nice lot of turkoys. I am well pleased with those klnd. M 
Mr. G. S. Lukens, of Juniatia Co., Pa., wrote us March 28, 1890*. “The turkeys came O. It. Am well pleased with thorn. Thanks for 
your honest dealing. Men have beon here to see the turkeys and say they are tine.” 
HARDY BRONZE TURKEY 
IMPERIAL PEKIN DUCKS. 
THE BE8T BREED OF DUOKS IN THE WORLD. 
W E make a specialty of brooding those magntfleout 
Ducks, and have a largo flock, all tired from Ran¬ 
kin's and Hallock’s celebrated strains, which are 
the llnest ducks In this country. Pekin Ducks do not 
require a pond of water, but do well when they have 
only enough water to drink. They mature very rapidly, 
being ready for market when ten weekSOld, at which age 
they often weigh from four to five pounds, drossod, and 
attain a much heavier weight when older Thoy aro often 
mistaken for geese by visitors to our farm. 
Do not In breed. If you have Pekin Ducks or grade 
or common ducks that you want to improve, get a new 
Moroton farm Pekin Dmko. A change of blood is very 
desirable. 
Pekin Ducks lay very early—earlier, wo think, than 
any other breed of ducks. We need not say that this is a 
very great advantage in every respect. Early ducks aro 
scarce and command a high price In market. Do not 
put off ordering duckH till spring. You should got them 
now. They will do boiler and lay earlier. We ship on|y 
kakly hatciikd ducks that aro large, vigorous and well 
developed. We box and deliver them to express com¬ 
pany at the following rates: 
Drake ...ft oo 
Drake and Duck . . .. a 76 
Ilrnki) uijiI two DiiPku. , ft. go 
EGGH-our eggs arc all from ducks that have free range And are 
consequently much more fertile mid trie ducklings more vigorous 
than those from yarded birds. Eggs carefully packed and guaranteed 
to reoi'li tho purchaser in good order. 
Price of Early Eggs, to ho Delivered Before April 1. 
Oik Kitting DO eggs). $1 00 | W Kggs_ _$3 00 
Two Httlngs (00 eggs). ... 1 86 I 100 Kggs . . . u 60 
tOO eggs or more fa.OO jut 100. 
KEDCOEP PRICKS FOR DAT Kit FMOH. 
After April 1 we will fill orders at the following reduced /ates: 
One Kittingf 10eggij. |0 7ft| 50 Kggs.13.60 
Two Sittings (30 eggs). 1 40 I 100 Kggs... i.V) 
AM orders for eggs Jlllcd in rotation. We commence shipping 
duck eggs about Man'll I. 
PEKIN DRAKE. 
Kggs 8e*t 8000 Mlie*- Ln.t rprlng Mr .1 II llartholomciv, of 
Vancouver. ItrlliKh Columbia, order tif u xlttmg of duck egg« from us. 
He wnb July K. DK4 “The sitting of duelc eggs you sent vo n. O K. 
Had one broken, eight of the remaining nlnowere fertile. Tin- duck 
lings are wry large and rigorous. Am much plrawd with them." 
