The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1892-05-27

"AAAO '1o y SouuS pouitS are QedlClY,
hardy, grow rapidly and are easily
reared.
Pure bred stock would have by all
means to begin with. says the Coun-
try Gentlehan. as their early maturity
renders them more desirable for home
use as we'll as for market purposes:
and if the strain be hrou, ,,ht to any,
thing like perfection thare is always
demand for young stock, MS well as
for eggs. A fine specimen of bronze
sometimes scores as high as ySA
pounds in possible 100. The varie-
ty is well namel, us its plumage ls
richly endowed with the many beau
tlful and iridescent TINS OF this color.
The long slender neck glistens with
coppery bronze the back is like bur-
nished gold each feather banded with
satiny- -hsack. the full brood breast
shines with bronze hues. while tho
wing coverts show brilliant curving
band OF bron sometimes six inches
in depth. forming the birds chief Or
nament
Although a great deal has been said
about the weight of Bronze turkeys
yet when soliciting the stock, ono
should be guided nearly as much by
the symmetry of the bird and the
beauty Of its plumage as by its size
and weight. The head should be long
and broad. with wattles of a deep
rich red, and strong. wei. curved
beak. The body should be long and
deepest at the centre with iull
breast broad back. stout thighs and
shanhs OF moderate length. In young
birds. the shanks are a city shining
black, but they grow lighter with age
until they finally become OF a PINK or.
i flesh color
At ten months of age the hens Us
ually begin laying. ana should weigh
from Is TO 20 lb.. while the males 81
the first hatch ought to we gh from 25
to so lb. Some fanciers declare that
their young stock far exceeds these
weights but for breeding purposes |
should not care for any larger birds
that is OF this age. Both male and
female increase considerably in weight
during the two following years. for
the bronze does not reach maturity
until three years OF age. The eggs
are then larger. better shaped and a
greater per cent of them prove fertile;
consequently, if possible procure
hens two years old to start with, and
afterward select each season some of
the finest Of the young stock to take
the place of those which become sup
erannuated. Where all young hens
are kept the gotbler should be two
or three years old. as in that case the
progeny will possess greater stamina.
If hens of the first year are well de-
veloped their eggs are often very
large and fine. and they themselves
frequently prove patient and reliable
brooders and excellent mothers and
being lighter in weight and more ac-
tive they are less likely to break the
eggs in the nest or to crush the little
turkeys.
The Siberia.
The best refrigerator in the market, fifty
styles to select from at Sweeney's. If
Notice.
Farmten miles north oil Rapid City, seven
niles east OF Piedmont, one hundred and sixty
acres. ninety acres pow land, the balance good
hay land Plenty of good spring water and
stock water: will rent for ona-thr.i of crop or
cash rent. w. c. BURTON,
Grssil, Meade county,s-. u.
Majestic.
Have You seen the latest steel range eut2
Call at Sweeney's. tt
Spring styles now ready at Dean Sal
mon & Co.'S.