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Show SOME FACTS ABOUT TURKEYS One Sensible Thing Is to Keep Best Birds for Breeding and Send Others to Market. Turkeys kept for breeding stock should be the best that there Is in the flock. It is difficult for some people to keep their best turkeys and Bend the others to market, but it's the only sensible way to do. The habit of selling the best Is not characteristic of only the least intelligent people; it Is common with the people who have raised turkeys all their lives, and people who would not think ol breeding other stock of the farm In such a carelesB way. These people have attained the success and profits in turkey raising that are enjoyed by the man who handles them as fairly as he does his cows and hogs. The best care in the world can do little with poorly bred poults and turkey chicks. You cannot expect large turkeys from Bmall breeders. Size is not the only thing to be considered con-sidered in selecting the stock; thrift and firmness have as much to do with the choice as the size; big, well-built bodies and legs to be desired also. And on top of all, do not ruin the rigor of your strain by too early breeding. |