. American farming and stock raising, with useful facts for the household, devoted to farming in all its departments. Agriculture. 1446 THE AMERICAN FARJIER. The wings are large and powerful, the primaries black or dark brown, penciled evenly with bars of white or gray, secondaries smaller; wing bones black, showing a brilliant bronzy or greenish reflection in the sunlight; the wing coverts are a beautiful rich bronze, each feather terminating in a wide black band, giving a wide bronze band across the wings when folded; tail black, each feather being irregularly penciled with a narrow brown ba
. American farming and stock raising, with useful facts for the household, devoted to farming in all its departments. Agriculture. 1446 THE AMERICAN FARJIER. The wings are large and powerful, the primaries black or dark brown, penciled evenly with bars of white or gray, secondaries smaller; wing bones black, showing a brilliant bronzy or greenish reflection in the sunlight; the wing coverts are a beautiful rich bronze, each feather terminating in a wide black band, giving a wide bronze band across the wings when folded; tail black, each feather being irregularly penciled with a narrow brown band, and ending with a broad black band, with an edge of dull white or gray. The more distinct the coLu-s throughout the whole plumage, the better. The legs are long, and strong, and dark or nearly black in young birds, changing to a lighter color in older ones. The hen turkey is somewhat less brilHant in plumage than the cock, but is really a beau- tifully plumaged bird. The skill and experience of our best breeders have been tested in bringing the bronze turkey to a very high state of perfection, and the thorouglibred bird of. NARHAGANSETT TURKEYS. this variety posesses certain fixed characteristics and qualities which will be reproduced in their ofispring. The average weight of the adult bronze turkey cock is from thirty to forty pounds, when well fattened,—the hens from twenty to twenty-five pounds when fully matured. Young gobblers at eight months will frequently weigli irom twenty-three to twenty-five pounds, and young hens from fourteen to eighteen pounds. These are about the average weights, although they are frequently exceeded in adult well fattened birds. They are good layers, and very hardy. The Narragaiisett Turkey.—This is a variety verj common in New England, especially in Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts, where they have been bred for many years. Says a recent writer: '? The Narragansett is an old acquaintance, and a very superior bird. He is one
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