Transcriber's Note When italics were used in the original book, the corresponding text has been surrounded by _underscores_. Some presumed printer's errors have been corrected, including normalizing punctuation. Further corrections are listed below with the printed text (top) and corrected text (bottom): to defect the approach of the disease to detect the approach of the disease (p. 98) [Illustration: MISS MAHANEY AT TURKEY PARK] MARGARET MAHANEY _Talks About Turkeys_ Price, $1.00 Margaret Mahaney TALKS ABOUT TURKEYS _By_ MARGARET MAHANEY THE SKILLFUL NEW ENGLAND RAISER TELLS US SOME OF THE SECRETS OF THE SUCCESSFUL RAISING OF TURKEYS _PUBLISHED BY_ THE PARK & POLLARD CO. BOSTON, MASS. Copyright 1913 by THE PARK & POLLARD CO. Boston, Massachusetts ------------------------------------------------------------------------ INTRODUCTION BY PHILIP R. PARK More than a century and a quarter ago there was fired in Concord, Mass., a shot that was heard around the world. This shot terminated the domination of monopoly and marked the opening of a new era,—the building of a new empire. Not less important to all lovers of turkeys is the shot fired in this same beautiful old town by Margaret Mahaney, when she first put an end to the bogy that has been hovering over the Turkey industry so long, i. e., _Blackhead_. Not less triumphant has been her conquest of practically all the ailments besetting this beautiful bird. It is really beyond belief that Miss Mahaney has raised in a season 300 turkeys with a loss of less than 2 per cent, when for years the Experiment Stations and Agricultural Colleges, as well as nearly all poultrymen, have claimed that turkeys could not be raised in this State. All would recognize this as wonderful work if applied to chickens, but when accomplished with turkeys it is doubly wonderful. These same Experiment Station directors had told Miss Mahaney that she could not do the things she was already accomplishing, but when they visited her farm they held up their hands and departed, acknowledging that here was a woman who had performed the miracle. [Illustration: MISS MAHANEY’S $150.00 PRIZE TOM]