Turkeys and how to Grow Them: A Treatise on the Natural History and Origin of the Name of Turkeys; the Various Breeds, and Best Methods to Insure Success in the Business of Turkey GrowingHerbert Myrick O. Judd Company, 1897 - 159 páginas |
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... becomes tukki , and by a slight change by the genius of the English language , becomes what we are looking for , turkey . But , it is asked , How came it through the Hebrew ? Let it be said , then , that at the time of the expedition of ...
... becomes tukki , and by a slight change by the genius of the English language , becomes what we are looking for , turkey . But , it is asked , How came it through the Hebrew ? Let it be said , then , that at the time of the expedition of ...
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... become almost as much of a rarity as a wild buffalo ranging his Western prairies . The habits of the turkey have not changed much by do- mestication . The bird has become less shy and timid , but hardly less watchful . It nests now ...
... become almost as much of a rarity as a wild buffalo ranging his Western prairies . The habits of the turkey have not changed much by do- mestication . The bird has become less shy and timid , but hardly less watchful . It nests now ...
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... become less obdurate , and coyly return the call . When the males hear this , all within hearing respond promptly and vehemently , uttering notes similar to those which the domestic gobblers do when they hear an unu- sual sound . If the ...
... become less obdurate , and coyly return the call . When the males hear this , all within hearing respond promptly and vehemently , uttering notes similar to those which the domestic gobblers do when they hear an unu- sual sound . If the ...
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... become almost silent . Yet they sometimes strut and gobble on their roosts , though , as a general rule , they do not , and content themselves with elevating and lowering the tail feathers , and uttering a puffing sound . They keep at ...
... become almost silent . Yet they sometimes strut and gobble on their roosts , though , as a general rule , they do not , and content themselves with elevating and lowering the tail feathers , and uttering a puffing sound . They keep at ...
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... black , but in adult birds they become flesh - colored . This fact will enable one to decide with some certainty upon the age of a turkey . 2 SITY OF As the female is colored very much the same as THE BREEDS OF TURKEYS . 17.
... black , but in adult birds they become flesh - colored . This fact will enable one to decide with some certainty upon the age of a turkey . 2 SITY OF As the female is colored very much the same as THE BREEDS OF TURKEYS . 17.
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Turkeys and How to Grow Them: A Treatise on the Natural History and Origin ... Herbert Myrick Sin vista previa disponible - 2015 |
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