Show 11 IL ra N M WHITE HOLLAND IS POPULAR while not so common as bronze it tr ir widely raised has many excellent qualities the white nolland holland turkey while not so common com mon as the bronze variety 13 19 nevertheless widely raised and exceedingly cee popular people who keep them long enough to get familiar with their qualities and characteristics generally prefer them to any other breed the origin of the white holland la is not known according to writers on poultry but it la is believed to have been developed by breeding white birds selected from other breeds which appear occasionally as among chickens and nd are classed as sports it seems quite certain that they did not come from holland or the netherlands it has baa cometo the front as a distinct breed since about 1890 the standard weights are 26 lbs ibs tor for a cock 18 16 lbs ibs for a cockerel 16 tor for a hen an and dl 10 0 tor for a pullet at the same time tim e any of 0 cheso classes may be fattened to from three to six pounds above the weight quoted six months old gobblers or cockerels cockerell cocker els have been knowd yo white holland turkey to weigh 10 pounds dressed for market the flesh Is white and makes floe due eating white Il holland olland turkeys are said to be the best layers as a rule among the turkey family in some flocks the hens will not go broody or hatch or if they do it will be only after the season Is far advanced other specimens will want to sit before laying a dozen eggs and some have raised two broods in a season one man Is reported to have owned four turkey hons hea which laid eggs during the season while one of them raised a brood in july like all other breeds the white birds must hove have proper care and proper feed to be profitable colds lice and filth and general neglect will be fatal |