Abstract: The use of turkey feathers for lining clothing and for insulating material has caused some interest in the yields of feathers that may be expected from turkeys. Records were kept of the live weight, weight of blood, body feathers, and quill feathers of Beltsville Small White turkeys dressed at 28 weeks of age. In a group of 30 females the dressing loss expressed as percent of live weight (9.0 pounds) was 10.03±0.85 percent. Of this the blood accounted for 3.10±0.50 percent and the feathers for 6.93±0.80 percent. Quill feathers made up 26.23±3.12 percent of total feathers. Similar values were found for young males. In a small group of well finished old male turkeys of various varieties the dressing loss expressed as percent of live weight (23.8 pounds) was 8.76±0.86 percent. Of this 4.16±0.86 percent was accounted for by blood and 4.58±0.68 persent by feathers. . . .