. Turkeys, all varieties. Their care and management. Mating, rearing, exhibiting and judging turkeys; explanation of score-card judging, with complete instructions . nt, gradually widening asit approaches the rear. Beak, eyes, throat, wattles andshanks and toes same as male. A common defect in the female is a brown color thatshows on the outer edge of white lacing on the feathersof the back and breast. When this is found it should becut from one-half to one and one-half. The back of theneck is more apt to show this than any other section andit occurs oftener in the female than in the male. We
. Turkeys, all varieties. Their care and management. Mating, rearing, exhibiting and judging turkeys; explanation of score-card judging, with complete instructions . nt, gradually widening asit approaches the rear. Beak, eyes, throat, wattles andshanks and toes same as male. A common defect in the female is a brown color thatshows on the outer edge of white lacing on the feathersof the back and breast. When this is found it should becut from one-half to one and one-half. The back of theneck is more apt to show this than any other section andit occurs oftener in the female than in the male. We donot, of course expect as brilliant or bright a bronze inthe female as in the male. Breeders by carefullymating together each year the best of the flock are im-proving the female to such an extent that it will not besurprising in time to find the same brilliant bronze onwings and tail coverts that we do on our best exhibitionmales. If the amateur will study well the charts shownherewth, also how each section is valued and how thecommon defects are cut, he ought to be able to pick outhis best exhibition specimens and be better qualified toselect his TURKEYS—THEIR CARE AND MANAGEMENT An American Wild Fowl that in Domestication has Been Brought to an Advanced Standard of Excellence and Serves Highly Practical Purposes—Standard Requirements of Different Sections—Mating to Produce Exhibition Specimens—General Advice on Care of Flock S. B. JOHNSTON
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