. Turkeys, all varieties. Their care and management. Mating, rearing, exhibiting and judging turkeys; explanation of score-card judging, with complete instructions . Bronze Turkeys on ihe Farm of Mr. Chas. McClave. 8 TURKEYS—THEIR CARE AND MANAGEMENT. present time. The modern Black turkey is nearly equalto the Bronze in size. The old stjle Blacks were notonly inferior in size, but poor in quality; however, bycareful breeding: and handling and with an infusion ofnew blood, they have been greatly improved in size and. A Fine Specimen of (he Mammoth Tnrkey general make up. To attain their
. Turkeys, all varieties. Their care and management. Mating, rearing, exhibiting and judging turkeys; explanation of score-card judging, with complete instructions . Bronze Turkeys on ihe Farm of Mr. Chas. McClave. 8 TURKEYS—THEIR CARE AND MANAGEMENT. present time. The modern Black turkey is nearly equalto the Bronze in size. The old stjle Blacks were notonly inferior in size, but poor in quality; however, bycareful breeding: and handling and with an infusion ofnew blood, they have been greatly improved in size and. A Fine Specimen of (he Mammoth Tnrkey general make up. To attain their present weights andgeneral characteristics there is no question whateverbut more or less Bronze blood has been judiciously used. From a market standpoint there is no question butthe Blacks will dress yellower and even plumper thanany other Standard variety. The Standard weights ofBlack turkeys are: Cocks, twenty-seven pounds; hens,eighteen pounds; cockerels, eighteen pounds and pul-lets, twelve pounds. At the present time these weightsare entirely too low except on hens. We have no troubleat Christmas time in having pullets from fourteen tofifteen pounds, cockerels twenty to twenty-four pouudsand cock birds thirty or over. The Standard requiresmales and females to be lustrous black throug-hout, butit is a difficult matter to secure young birds with solidcolored plumage, as more or less feathers in wings willinvariably be tipped with white. This will usually dis- appear at maturity. Good strains of Blacks ar
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