Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 101, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 August 1908 — History of the Bronze Turkey. [ARTICLE]

History of the Bronze Turkey.

There are probably very few persons raising turkeys for market who know the history of these birds. They are raised in all parts of the civilized world, but were originally found In North America only. When the white man came to this country they discovered the wild turkey among the first things that was to supply them food. There were three varieties. From the Virginias north there was one kind—different in plumage—while In what Is now Central America there was yet another variety. Those from Mexico were taken to Spain by the returning Spaniards and from there were returned to this country in a semidomesticated state, and the cross between these and the Virginia variety is the bronze turkey ao common today in this country. The blacks, whites, yellow and other colored varieties are only Inbred, producing these various colors as a result of tbis Inbreeding. Gres tin— Is the simplest thing In the World—simple and natural, else it would not be grngtsn—.