. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. Turkeys in a Field there. The Sologne turkey is unsurpassed. Itis a superb animal of a brilliant black color,though some (but these are usually small) arewhite or steel-blue. A Sologne turkey whichattained the enormous weight of forty-fivepounds carried off the highest honors at allthe shows to which he was sent. At Madrid,in 1902, he even had the honor of attracting theattention of the young king and his mother, thequeen regent. During the return journey this a few being sufficient for a flock. It is a realpleasure to see the
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. Turkeys in a Field there. The Sologne turkey is unsurpassed. Itis a superb animal of a brilliant black color,though some (but these are usually small) arewhite or steel-blue. A Sologne turkey whichattained the enormous weight of forty-fivepounds carried off the highest honors at allthe shows to which he was sent. At Madrid,in 1902, he even had the honor of attracting theattention of the young king and his mother, thequeen regent. During the return journey this a few being sufficient for a flock. It is a realpleasure to see these creatures marchingproudly along, with wings deployed and feathersraised. They advance with the gravity of aruler in the midstof his subjects. The white tur-key is likewise asuperb Dutch zvhiic ;s*MS??SMei5«ar:sK>ftR:i!!^. YouxG Turkeys turkey took cold, and when he had scarcely re-covered he was killed by a scoundrel, who paidfor his crime by six months imprisonment. There are villages in France where turkeysare kept at the public expense, under the care breed is easily distinguished from the latter is larger and attains a weight of fromtwenty-five to thirty pounds, while the formerweighs only from eighteen to twenty. Theirflesh is excellent and much in demand. In THE GALLINACEOUS TRIBES 249 England, as in the United States, the chief dishat the Christmas dinner is a turkey artisticallytrussed and decorated. Turkeys do not require much food and dowell on farms which possess extensive fieldsover which they can much care cannot begiven to protect the youngbirds from the hot sun andfrom rainstorms, for they areextremely delicate ; but if thiscare is given they will growand develop rapidly. Theadults are strong and vigor-ous and little subject to dis-ease. It is not necessary tochange
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