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HIS Is tho season of the year when
tho prospects for the turkey crop
outwelKh nlmost all other questions
In tho mlndB not only of produce
men, but In tho estlmntlon of the
great mass of householders. Tho
unniv nmi cnnsenucntly tho prices,
of turkeya havo fluctuated so wide
ly In different years within the pant
decado or two that thoro 1b always
an uncertainty in tne niiuas oi mu
ultlmato consumerB akin to that
mvatcry that Invariably envelopes
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plains In a measure why many far-sighted citi
zens to whom a few cents per pound difference
in prlco Is ever a Bourco of worry now make It
a practice to ordor their Thanksgiving turkey
long In advance and It explains, too, why many of
the turkey buyers who handle the birds on a
large scale begin their rounds of tho poultry
farms earlier In the season than was onco their
wont and keep close tab on the growing fowl.
This "scouting" by tho purveyors of our prin
cipal Thanksgiving delicacy Is a wise move for,
bo It known, weather con
ditions throughout tho
spring, summer and au
tumn havo a most Import
ant bearing upon the tur
key crop at tho end of
Kovembor. For Instance,
If a wet spring be encoun
tered great numbers of
the young turkeys suffer.
In some Instances they
are almost literally
"drowned out" The au
tumn Is a yet more
crucial time In the turkey-raising
Industry. A
open autumn, even If It
be mild, Is fairly auspi
cious, but the Ideal condi
tion Is found In cool,
crisp, bracing weather
which Inspires the tur
keys to roam In search of
food and causes them to
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keys constitute the most profitable class of poul
try If properly handled. As a matter of fact,
from the time tho turkey Is six weeks old he
virtually makes his own livelihood, wandering
around and eating bugs, grasshoppers, waste
grain and other eatables that If not an actual pest
are useless to the farmers. To be sure, some of
the fancy turkey ralsors are credited with fatten
ing their Thanksgiving offerings on milk and
chestnutB and other delicacies', but they get for
such fancy fowl prices sufficiently higher than the
regular quotation to recompense them for tholr
trouble.
An expert who recently made an investigation
of the turkey raising Industry on behalf of the
United States government declares that turkeys
can, If grown In a favorable locality, be made to
return a profit to the growers If sold as low as
eight cents per pound, live weight, whereas If
they bring three or four cents per pound above
that figure, as they usually do, the turkey grower
should feel well satisfied with his occupation.
-Now, as a matter of fact', there are few sections
of tho country where at Thanksgiving time tur
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tlons also lighten tho caroB of the farmer who
does not devote bis entire attention to turkeys,
and who usually has so many other responsible
to1 no ,B mighty glad when the turkeys can
nift for themselves to say nothing of the bene
fit to his pocketbook. Theso farmers and poul
try raisers, It may be added, are about the only
daises In our national community who never
need give a thought to a bird for tho homo table
on Thanksgiving. There is always some' sort of
u y for tho gatner,D wnl the festive board
t the homestead. We may digress for a moment,
too, to add that In late years there has come a
great change In sentiment on the part of many
of the farmers as to tho Thanksgiving turkeys
for their own tables. In days gone by there
was often a disposition to regard almost any old
cobbler as sufficient for the home folkB. All the
choice birds were sent to market, because they
would bring the best prices, and the farmer and
bis household not Infrequently had to put up
with the leavings, as It were. Latterly, however,
as greater prosperity has come to so many of
the farmors there Is a growing disposition to re
gard the best as none too good for the kings of
the soil, and this applies to turkeys br to every
thing else. Consequently it Is usual for the
progressive farmer to retain one of his tenderest
birds for the kith and kin that break bread with
him on Thanksgiving, and not infrequently the
chosen bird hns been singled out from the others
long In advanco and Is specially fattened In ac
cordance with the tastes of the family.
There has been much discussion on the part of
the public in recent years regarding tho compara
tive scarcity of small turkeys that Is bIx to eight
pound birds In the Thanksgiving market. Thoro
is no difficulty In fixing tho responsibility for this
disappearance of the small turkeys. It la due to
the growing tendency among turkoy raisers to
devote their best efforts to the "bronze" variety
of fowl the largest variety of tho bird. The
lure of the American love of bigness has made
Itself felt In the 'turkey realm, and tho 30 to 36
pound birds which havo attracted so much attcn
, tlon at fashionable hotels and on banquet boards
have come to be regarded as tho most desirable
specimens of that fowl, which becomes for one
day each year our national bird.
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It must be admitted, however, that the bronze
variety of turkey not only holds the post of honor
because of Its slzo and Its rich plumage but also,
In the estimation of many epicures, because of Its
flavor as well. There la no doubt that the size of
the bronze variety Its standard weight ranges
from 16 to 36 pounds Is to be attributed to the
fact that the birds of this family originated from
a cross between the wild and the tame turkey.
For that matter, the wild turkey of North Amer
ica was the ancestor of all our present-day do
mestic turkeys, but the "crosses" which havo
been made in the case of tho bronze variety have
been particularly fortunato in Inducing mammoth
size. However, one of the officials of the depart
ment of agriculture recently declared that the
bronze turkey had been developed too much In
the direction of size, and tf he can convert the
turkey raisers to bis way of thinking we may
see some years hence an era of smaller bronze
turkeys of even finer flavor than those regarding
which sKch enthusiasm bos been manifested by
lovers of the good things of life.
Of course the vaunted bronze variety Is not tho
whole thing In turkeydom, for there are six other
standard varieties, the branches of The family In
addition to tho bronze, being, the Narragansett,
the buff, the slate, tho white, and tho black.
Many people who think that we have been en
joying pretty appetizing turkey from time out of
mind may bo surprised to learn that tho prestige
of the turkey aa an article of food was seriously
threatened a few years ago through carelessness
and lack of foresight in breeding methods. Not
much was said about It, except In tho poultry
papers and at tho conventions of poultry raisers,
but the menace waa sufficient to arouse tho more
progressive turkey raisers, with the result that
they mended their ways, put a ban on Inbreed
ing and went In for tho purebred or standard
bred turkey, with tho welcome outcome that rich,
new, vigorous blood made Its Influence folt In
Infusing strength and vigor In turkey flocks all
over tho country.
In the case of growers who hnve had the bene
fit of enough experience to qualify them for the
work, turkey raising Is, under favorable condi
tions, a highly 'profitable occupation. No other
kind of live stock wll return so large a profit to
the successful producer as will poultry, and tur-
keys do not bring two or even three times the
eight cents that Uncle Sam's expert has set down
as a figure that will yield a profit Of course,
the farmer who can sell his turkeys direct to
housewives can get from 25 cents per pound up
according to the state of the market and the
quality of the fowl but even the growers who
market through commission merchants, as moat
of them do, ought to net from 16 to 20 cents per
pound, providing the sales agent is not allowed
to pocket more than his share of the sales price.
Of course, for the grower to net 20 or 24 cents a
pound, It is necessary to have the choice, special
ly fattened turkeys that bring top-notch prices
in the markets catering to the wealthy class in
the large cities.
Recent years have witnessed a change In the
methods of shipping turkeys to market Many
fowl are yet hauled to town, as In days of' old, in
the farmer's wagon, but the largest share of the
turkeys for city markets are now shipped by ex
press. Just at Thanksgiving time when turkeys
are coming to market In car-load lots many of
the birds make the journey by fast freight, but
under such conditions a man must be sen( along
with each car load to feed the birds, so that In
(he end It is likely to be just as cheap to send
the birds by express, the transit thus being ac
complished In a few hours and no feeding en
route bolng necessary. To carry out the present
day policy of haste In transferring the turkeys
from the farms to the dinner tables of the folk
In towns and cities, we find special automobile
trucks waiting at the railroad stations to receive
the crated birds as they are unloaded from the
cars, and these motors rush the turkeys without
loss of time to the commission houses, hotels or
other destinations. A few years ago a car load
of live turkey was a shipment or such unusual
sUe aa to cause comment NowdayB such con
signments are handled by the hundreds at
Thanksgiving time-, and a car load of live tur
keys was, on one occasion, sent from Now York
to San Francisco, the rental of the special car for
this journey amounting to $70. In Chicago thore
are dealers who receive a dozen car loads of tur
Itoys a day at Thanksgiving time, and as mnny as
25,000 birds have been received In that rlty In
ono day at the height of the rush to stock larders
for Thanksgiving.
Coat of Mail in Garment
While rummaging In some boxes to
which he had fallen heir from a ror
tner tenant of the house be lives In at
Lander, Wyo., Pat Curry came across
what appeared to bo an ordinary blue
serge coat He tried to haul It trom
the box and ft required both hands to
get It out.
Currv at first thought bo bad found
n troasuro coat and thai It contalnod
Bld coin. When ho lifted It out of
the box it gave rorth a nretalllc rattle.
He silt one of the pocKcts and discov
ered that between the serge and the
nenvy silk lining waa concealed a com
plete suit of steel armor. The steel
ulntes arc two Inches square, a six
teenth of an Inch In thlcki.oss. nerfor-
nted at one end land sewed, Inpplng
each other, on to a cloth framework
that exactly fits the Interior of tho
garment
No one can be found In Lander who
can glvo nny clue to the Identity or
the owner or tho strange suit or ar
mor. It Is fhought by many that It Is
n relic of the dayB of tbo Overland
mall and was worn by some ono who
feared attack from Indians and that It
came to Lander In tho early days.
Others oelleve It belonged to some
one who had a mountain feud on his
hands and feared an ambush by tbo
enemy.
The Soldier's Wit.
A voteran or the Civil war, havln;t
received from tho government a new
cork leg. In placo of tho one lost In
lirtttlo, perpetrated this witticism Ij
his return letter of thanks:
"Tls aweot to be re-membered let
what I have don." J .toplnrott's.
Canada at the
Chicago Land Show
WILL MAKE A MAGNIFICENT EX
HIBIT OP GRAINS AND
GRA88E8, VEGETABLES
AND FRUIT.
A carload of grain In straw, grasses
and other of tho products of Western
Canada arrived at Chicago tho other
day, and is now Installed In tho
Coliseum, whero tho United States
land and Irrigation exposition Is under
woy. Those who nro Interested In
tho "Back to tho land movement" will
find In tho Canadian exhibit one of
the best displays of tho agricultural
products of Western Canada that has
over been made. Thero aro renre-
sentntlvo men thero, who will be
pleased to glvo tho fullest Information
regarding tho country.
Tho exhibit shows what can bo
done on tho free grant lands of that
country and most of tho grain was
produced on tho farms of former resi
dents of tho United States who have
taken advantage of the homestead
lands of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and
Alberta.
The vegetable exhibit will attract
a great deal of attention, and some
marvelous potatoes, carrots, turnips,
cabbage and cauliflower aro shown.
It Is true that the homestead area
s being rapidly taken up and the
bulk of that now to be had lies north
of tho Saskatchewan river in a por
tion of the country known bb the park
country. Here thero Is a large quan
tity of open prairie Interspersed by
beautiful groves of poplar and willow.
Water Ib In abundance, hay is plenti
ful and consequently fodder for ani
mals is right at hand. Those who
havo taken advantage of farming In
these districts and watched the efforts
of those In tho prairlo proper feel
that they have tho advantage of their
brother; who is not able to securo fuel
and tho other conveniences of tho
park district on hla own farm.
The crop conditions thrnuehnnt
Wentern Canada tho past year have '
uuen generally good, and some won
derful crop yields of wheat, oatB nnd
barley are recorded. The Canadian
Government, under whose nusplces
the exhibit spoken of Is being made,
is preparing reports on crops In the
different Western Canada districts,
and while these will not be ready for
distribution at tho land show com
mencing on the 18th of Novembor
and closing on Dec. 8th, application
mado to the Canadian Government
agent nearest you will bring them to
you as soon as thev aro published.
IT WEARS YOU OUT.
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Don't wait for serious kidney Ill
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when you first feel backacho or notlco
urinary disorders. David P. Corey,
236 W. Washington
St., Ionia, Mich., says:
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so badly, that for six
months I could only
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cane or crutches. The
backache grew gradu
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"When Your Back Is Lame, Remenv
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Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Gist of It.
Two and two make four. This Is
platitude.
Two and two make three. This I,
domogogtsm.
Two and two make ono hundred nn4
fifty. This is high finance. Lippin
cott's Magazine.
When ono Ib sad or out of sorts for
any cause whatever, there Is no rem
edy so Infallible as trying to make
somebody else happy. J. W. Carney.
There are still plenty of green pas
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Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulat
and invigorate stomach, liver and bowels
faugar-coated, tiny granules, easy to tak
as candy.
The man who tries to taper off In
sin will soon bo In over his head
again.
Tell the dealer you want a Lewis' Single
Hinder straight 5c cinnr.
Wisdom. ike flowers, requires cul
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