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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... nights , without rising from their perch , and sometimes continue it until daylight . When the hen is ready to lay , she scratches out a slight hollow in a thicket , a canebrake , beside a prostrate tree , in tall grass or weeds , or a ...
... nights , without rising from their perch , and sometimes continue it until daylight . When the hen is ready to lay , she scratches out a slight hollow in a thicket , a canebrake , beside a prostrate tree , in tall grass or weeds , or a ...
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... night . These birds apparently have no relationship to the true American turkey , but are inserted here as a mat- ter of interest . THE BEST BREED . The Bronze turkeys are at present the favorites with the majority of those who grow ...
... night . These birds apparently have no relationship to the true American turkey , but are inserted here as a mat- ter of interest . THE BEST BREED . The Bronze turkeys are at present the favorites with the majority of those who grow ...
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... them , and can be taught to come home every night ; but , as soon as they have left the stage of " infancy , " as shown by " shooting the red , " their propensity to wander in search of their food asserts 43 CHAPTER IV. ...
... them , and can be taught to come home every night ; but , as soon as they have left the stage of " infancy , " as shown by " shooting the red , " their propensity to wander in search of their food asserts 43 CHAPTER IV. ...
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... best to have an extra gobbler to fall back on. FIG . 14. A MISSOURI PRIZE - WINNING BRONZE . FIG . 19. SHED FOR SHELTERING LITTLE TURKEYS AT NIGHT. 4 SELECTION OF PARENT STOCK . 49 FIG. 14. A MISSOURI PRIZE-WINNING BRONZE. ...
... best to have an extra gobbler to fall back on. FIG . 14. A MISSOURI PRIZE - WINNING BRONZE . FIG . 19. SHED FOR SHELTERING LITTLE TURKEYS AT NIGHT. 4 SELECTION OF PARENT STOCK . 49 FIG. 14. A MISSOURI PRIZE-WINNING BRONZE. ...
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... night , such as we have from Maine to Idaho , the birds ' crops are empty . The best breakfast then is a hot mush , made of wheat screenings , corn meal , cropped onions or other vegetable matter , as turnip tops , -which grow on the ...
... night , such as we have from Maine to Idaho , the birds ' crops are empty . The best breakfast then is a hot mush , made of wheat screenings , corn meal , cropped onions or other vegetable matter , as turnip tops , -which grow on the ...
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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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