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the ukey and details the hunting them the New Netherlands:
There also turkeys running Wild They have long
legs and extraordinarily generally take when
go to hunt them for when deprived them of the of flying they
yet Also
Turkeys have been called bird this and the
methods taking them have been John Hunter who captured
by the Indians and his memoirs written in
1924 tells how the Indians bird from skin turkey fol-
displaying decoy initiating gobblng
drew first flock being socially
along TO investigate the
Among the Indians children expected with their
blow These hollow which and blown
with such
they often brought him down. Children eight years
successful this Donc
that turkeys sometimes caught the during the
seventeenth century but generally they shot at night from
trees They slept the in large focks often selected the spot
many nights in succession At other times the Indians would lay roots of
which the turkeys the birds they
were In the act of getting these roots
In Virginia the pen trap the
% ANA leading to was long train Of corn The trap was simple
Har built of logs laid another rails laid
the top There which fenced in the
this decy finally the which
seemed to be quite povdentay with unusua supply He
great many Americans have NOT been IN accord with BENJAMIN Frank
ms idea that the turkey the bird
writer describing the shooting turkeys the latter half Of the nine
nn century in Michigan speaks Of the of the hollow bone the
turkeys wing which the mouth
t m pg sou OF e turkey hen sometimes also turkeys were
uncommon lie says
Though galoped 1.-THE
es although they run nearly two hundred and twenty yards before
they took flight The practice
developed great many fine turkey shots and is recorded that the latter
half of the seventeenth century thought he missed
the very head of wild turkey the highest with single ball"
To pot hunting practice initiating
in the spring sylvester D. Judd Of the biological survey
turkey in many parts of the United States where
formerly was especially abundant Trapping the turkeys also
helped along the
Although turkey generally speaking particularly hardy
being subject to various forms of indigestion he is varied his diet
and usually has which wild
likes best and which the domesd bird
hoppers cck locus tadpe small lizards garden seeds and sna
of a meal including the following vands;
ny two owacet one grasshoper three kdids Wild cherries grapes
keys habit Of hunting gasoppes and wong tobacco shows that his
delight the primitive pleasures of the table has not altered his more
the domestic turkey ara delicate and
especially must they protected during the damp weather Audubon @
that the mother bird the wild turkeys thoroughly the
81 vounoars nress doses Of nunne whom nSuenza has taken the m
their mothers delicate
what might be called the teehng stage thought to be
they taught anything They then taught that they
should Oo high so as to keep out Of the of night providers Turkeys
much of their wild nature that they do not like ong inside
house artificial perches
tall rOOstng has
especially constructed for them This Characteristic renders them
this description there the coyotes and hawks always TO be guarded
against II parts Of the country
addition digestive disorders colds
terrible Of bachead etc. and the deedaons tire plight raider
has consider also the feud a members
his frequently
possible his birds make
turkey ncher who had
only twelve birds of flock OF 1900
At first the Young turkeys are fed on bread and milk solsd yG
able take the
happy householder who able purchase for his table
habitat oak forest Nothing delicious turkey
Whit freely
great turkey ranches and whole communities
the raising of turkeys for market such
Of turkeys
u ns On farms which are interested in other Commodities They are
the farmers wife for pocket throughout
the year farmers daughter also has been able to make shining
nnearance
Ingo Of the turkey brood
United
100000 led
among the producing $4,000 The other which
Ohio Indiana The Of Rhode
its turkeys produced only 5000 But the quality
has excellent and they usually bring
pnces other of the
And that ought good
petite for thursdays dlnnerl
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