. American farming and stock raising, with useful facts for the household, devoted to farming in all its departments. Agriculture. TURKEYS. 1447 greatest perfection, perhaps, in the southerly portion of New England — which has long been specially known as a region where fine turkeys are produced. In the lower counties of Rhode Island and Connecticut — along the borders of the sea — enormous numbers of turkeys are raised annually, for the Atlantic city markets, or for family consumption in the large inland towns of New England, New Vork State, etc. And chief among this production has been the N
. American farming and stock raising, with useful facts for the household, devoted to farming in all its departments. Agriculture. TURKEYS. 1447 greatest perfection, perhaps, in the southerly portion of New England — which has long been specially known as a region where fine turkeys are produced. In the lower counties of Rhode Island and Connecticut — along the borders of the sea — enormous numbers of turkeys are raised annually, for the Atlantic city markets, or for family consumption in the large inland towns of New England, New Vork State, etc. And chief among this production has been the Narragansett Turkey — in later years improved upon by the introduction there of the Mammoth Bronze gobbler, which has increased the average size largely. The colors of the plumage of the Narragansett Turkey are black and white, mixed or splashed, so that they pass for a gray bird. But the feathering is uneven in hue, though it is claimed by those who have bred them extensively that, with proper selections and mating, they could with care be bred to a feather in ;. WHITE H0LLA^D TURKEY, Bred by Benson, Maule & Co., Philadelphia. Pa. The color of the plumage in the most perfectly marked birds is a metallic black, each feather ending in a broad, light steel-gray band edged with black; wings, black or dark-brown penciled across with white or gray bars; wing bows metallic black with considerable bronze lustre; tail black, with irregular penciled bars of brown, each feather ending in a broad, black band edged with light-gray. Shanks long, strong, and deep salmon or brown in color; color of beak, light horn. This variety is thought by many to be more tame and domestic in its habits and less inclined to roam, than some others. The White Turkey.—This variety, sometimes called the White Holland Turkey, is not as commonly seen as the bronze and some of the other varieties. It is also not so large or hardy as the bronze variety, but is very attractive, having a pure
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