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Raising Turkeys for Market in the 1800s

By Geri Walton | November 18, 2016 | 0

In the 1800s, raising turkeys was done with the idea of the ultimate end: killing them and eating them. Turkeys were not exactly domesticated either. Apparently, when they were chicks they were nomads and when they gained locomotion they scurried away at the slightest provocation. They also had a habit of making beelines for distant…

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