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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... 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 this exercise for hours at a ww ...
... 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 this exercise for hours at a ww ...
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... sometimes legs . The primary wing feathers must be black , or nearly so , each feather to be evenly penciled with white or gray bars . Many Bronze turkeys are very faulty in primary color , as those feathers are very apt to be too dull ...
... sometimes legs . The primary wing feathers must be black , or nearly so , each feather to be evenly penciled with white or gray bars . Many Bronze turkeys are very faulty in primary color , as those feathers are very apt to be too dull ...
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... sometimes reckoned as a fault that few hens want to hatch early in the season , and a large number of eggs and no broody hens is not an uncommon occurrence . This is no doubt the result of selection , as I have found the progeny of a ...
... sometimes reckoned as a fault that few hens want to hatch early in the season , and a large number of eggs and no broody hens is not an uncommon occurrence . This is no doubt the result of selection , as I have found the progeny of a ...
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... sometimes the smaller birds are quite as profitable to rear , and actually sell better than the big ones . Not long ago the writer noticed that the market quotations for turkeys dressing from eight to ten pounds were higher than for ...
... sometimes the smaller birds are quite as profitable to rear , and actually sell better than the big ones . Not long ago the writer noticed that the market quotations for turkeys dressing from eight to ten pounds were higher than for ...
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... Sometimes private customers prefer white- or yellow - skinned ones , just as they prefer yellow- legged chickens . Boston has made the present taste in New England , which decidedly prefers yellow - legged chickens , and though the ...
... Sometimes private customers prefer white- or yellow - skinned ones , just as they prefer yellow- legged chickens . Boston has made the present taste in New England , which decidedly prefers yellow - legged chickens , and though 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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