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Show TURKEYS GAINING IN FAVOR Industry Has Increaaad In Many Ways on Account of Efforts of Pro ducers for On Breed. The growing of turkeys aeema to have markedly Improved within the) last few years as a result of a determined deter-mined effort on the part of producers of what Is termed standard bred, or exhibition, stock to demonstrate that It Is more profitable to use pure bred breeding stock than the smaller and less vigorous slock of days gone by. Their efforts to introduce throughout the country the several standard a-rletles a-rletles of turkeya has greatly benefitted bene-fitted the turkey growing Industry of this country. This has supplied rich, new, vigorous blood throughout the country, adding strength and vigor to innumerable Hoiks, and thereby, to some extent, building tip the stock that had become deteriorated through the carelessness and Inattention of the producers themselves. The fact that one fecundation Is sullicietit to render fertile all the eggs of one laying has made possible the undermining of the health and vigor of the present-day domestic turkey, Ilelng advised of this, hundreds of Jeeople depend upon I heir neighbors' Hocks for the services of a male, ami pay no attention to the breeding stock except to keep one or two turkey hens. This has reduced many of tin turkeys throughout the country al : PV v - J -Uit I p Bronze Turkey. ' most to a condition of Imbecility. The ' luck of vigor in a largo portion of th breillng stock throughout the country has Jeopardized to a certain extent ' the production of a sufficient nu 111 bet 1 of market turkeys to supply the do 1 maud. In fact, not fully realizing their failure was largely duo to undermining un-dermining the vitality of their breeding breed-ing stock through Inbreeding. People have become so disheartened In some localities with the meagre results of their efforts to grow turkeys for market mar-ket that they have given up the attempt. |