. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. ri- The best known species is the bivuzc turkey ofcan origin, and that it was introduced by America. It is, without contradiction, a noblesailors and explorers into Europe, where it is bird, which can bring in great profits. It isregarded as a domestic animal, and much care still to be found in its wild state in certainhas been taken in breeding it. Crossings have parts of the United States, where it lives in flocks of from twenty to fift)- andeven one hundred birds. It was soonseen what profits there would be inraising these
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. ri- The best known species is the bivuzc turkey ofcan origin, and that it was introduced by America. It is, without contradiction, a noblesailors and explorers into Europe, where it is bird, which can bring in great profits. It isregarded as a domestic animal, and much care still to be found in its wild state in certainhas been taken in breeding it. Crossings have parts of the United States, where it lives in flocks of from twenty to fift)- andeven one hundred birds. It was soonseen what profits there would be inraising these turkeys, and greatestablishments were made for thepurpose. Euiope followed the ex-ample of America, and now there isscarcely a large farm on which thesebirds are not kept. It is an acknowl-edged fact that they are the best ofhatchers; from twenty to twenty-four eggs may be intrusted to them,whence their name of living incuba-tors. They are ahso excellent care-takers and guardians of their inexperienced persons the rais-ing of turkeys offers little or no. A or :nic.\N Huon/.i. Tckkkvs 248 OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS profit, because the young are much more diffi-cult to bring up than chickens. For hundredsof years in France (a country well adapted topoultry) the raising of turkeys has been a greatindustry, and the finest specimens are found of a woman who crosses the village every morn-ing with her flock on her way to the open her return at night each bird knows whereit belongs and goes there, never making a mis-take. All the villagers do not need a male bird.
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