Table 1.--Standard weights of turkeys at various ages

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| | Yearling | | |

| Adult | cock (1 | Cockerel | Hen | Pullet

Variety | cock (2 | year old | (less | (1 year | (less

| years old | and less | than 1 | old or | than 1

| or over) | than 2) | year old) | over) | year old)

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| _Pounds_ | _Pounds_ | _Pounds_ |_Pounds_ | _Pounds_

Bronze | 36 | 33 | 25 | 20 | 16

White Holland | 33 | 30 | 23 | 18 | 14

Bourbon Red | 33 | 30 | 23 | 18 | 14

Narragansett | 33 | 30 | 23 | 18 | 14

Black | 33 | 30 | 23 | 18 | 14

Slate | 33 | 30 | 23 | 18 | 14

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[Illustration: Figure 5.--Narragansett turkey, female.]