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Show ' ORIGIN OF AMERICA'! TURKEY Only Specimen of Native Fauna WhicH Hst Ever Deen Reduced to Domestication. The turky U the only specimen ol the native fauna of America which hai 'vi r n i n rednceil to domestication The original wild turkey from wU!ti! i.l iln.ii. M a aleil lilei ds have tie M-ciuliil n us a noble bird, strong ol ! g utid wIiik. ratiKli.g the forests In large flmks ami attaining great weight Tin Hioiire, turkey of to day rei.'iln the il.utacteiUttcs of the lid Mi d inti.-t coiupb ti ly. Since thU hlrd wuh Milijugated ajitl iiihtiiied to the use of man It bat broken Into n-veral tarietles: Urtiiize NarrHgaiis.lt. While ItufT. HUtck tSiate. llf these thi- llrtdiie and tht The Useful Tursey. 1 vYhlio far nmnumber all others com Dined, says Miller I'urv Is, In Aniei lent ' Cultivator. I An adult Unitize turkey male welh 'i poimiU and the adult femali 20 pounds. This Is the most popu lar variety we have and grows iuor popular as time pusses. (If all ou ' ioiuestlc fowls the Ilionze turkey ' he most beautiful, as lar as the coin 0 Jf the plumagi! U concerned (ioin ipeclment have a bronze luster on tli iluiiiago of the males In breast an ' leek and upper part of the hac shlch resemblea highly burnished o " per with greeulsh and golden refli' u Jona. Tbj female Is not so bright! colored, her predominating coloi Uelng black and dull white. This v "' rlety Is very hardy and has conslde ble wild blood of recent crossings n t, making It the nearest akin to tl ' regular wild bird of any variety. The Na:Taganaett turkey Is n iiilio as large as the lironze, and black and grayish ' bile In color, ma! '' . Ing II a much lighter-colored bird Li Turkeys are more creature habit than any other of our feathere fowl; yet, while they will roam ov the prairie during the day In scan Df ftwH. they will always come bo in at night If one will make a prattle if feeding them however lightly. I- Bath Water for Plgeona. Plgeona munt have clean bathln ' water about three times a week, t |