Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-12-21
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ls5.- ~e55c7eeS Soo not se1SSc& WITH
2sAer a5s-ss ana Ha,Esr birds ana paE'
e oa sa>,an1 II tie superiority q q
No-tA >tonlorton farmer IN preparing
sa5m soc the market
TalS ls-te- goNeas> Is net only inter
>anc Sai unique Only the natives
aeWevos are ee7>a3 IA To- >.-a1geT>
Gast~ tscE gam fae confidence ~ ness
@-cws Yankees are 6ep-l2 The DARK
The a57sS are S1.aecs - easn 81 their
as1 t7ec V5.a R sGa>>; en- c~za>saoP~
par> cr;eSt-> ana SNAKES uaul g fort
aicht before Thanksgiving 7; j then
Thar the farmers spread themselves and
taiten the fowls mechanically, aS 1t
Naoe There are several different ways
from which great 7es4.tS arr attained
One q the popular forms is - nurse
them, Each turkey is taken he
tween the farmers legs and ho; corn
meal : stuffed down its throat with a
spoon. After the frs, injection the
:uraey> take naturally 10 the means
r,oyej 70 feed them, ana they are al
ways ready az meal times thereafter
TO have the operation repeated This is
the comUo2est method,
Another popular one, however, con-
siSts Of feeding the turkeys on walnutS
fer a week or Two previous to slaughter
ing 8ay. 4 walnut, creased in fat is
given u the bi7i, and j. slips down the
TilloWy throat with ease. Care, how
ever, j exercised that the nuts are not
cracked or rough, as those would injure
the turkeys throat One nut is given
each biri the first day, TWO the second,
the third, four the fourth, five the
fifth, and ; on. increasing one daily for
. week. II the bird does not pick up
hen the diet is again taken up. but the
form is reversed. Seven are
the first day. six the second, and
o on during the remainder OF the week.
that time the birds are plump and
at, the walnuts icing possessed Of a
ertain nutriment which is Of rare worth
o turkeys. Never did this method
all.
Very few people have an adequate
of the extent of the turkey farming
uSiness in North S~tonington. Even
ONE lifelong residents Of the city as
hey deyour a piece Of the juicy meat for
inner do not know that that meat is
native. ANY one, however,
no cares to penetrate those forest fast
learn many interesting things.
Il along the highways waddle turkeys.
hey march in endless numbers. In the
'rly spring they forage for Matching {
aces, and require absolutely no atten- ,
whatever. Behind huge piles Of |
one, with which the roads are lined. s
n be discerned a dozen or more big
.gs, and in holes excayated from a
ndbank are sitting turkey hens.
The monster tiocks, sometimes num- I
ring hundreds Of fowl in each, gather
the barn-yard only once a day for an
rly meal on corn. The rest of the day G
hustle for themselves. h
)ne of the most interesting features A
the turkey business is the way S,
are put on the market. The h
who dallies in this branch of the p
collie profession is blessed with one tC
,icle which he does not have to cart a D;
zen or more miles to town and hawk a,
from door to door. All that he W
5 to do is to stand at his front gate. h,
little his pine stick and wait. He ST.
be compelled to wait long. Be flu
e he can mutilate the stick much a az
lector Will come hustling along the la
in a big wagon. Sc
'hese collectors are city dealers Sc
kers, They come to this section m,
r after year and buy thousands of fir
lnds of turkeys every season. They fri
the farmer from eighteen to twenty ri
cents per pound for his crop, while fe.
ermont bird can be bought for the Sc
price at retail. The farmers co
the value and quality of their he
keys, so do the collectors, and they LEI
willing to pay we'll for the Connect Sc
reared ones, The collectors canvas in,
town thoroughly, making their do
dquarters at some central point. bl,
N which prompt transportation to the tn
" York, Providence and Boston nu
can be had. on
or years it was customary for the sp
? Senator Anthony to offer a prize for ex
biggest and latest turkey raised in Gu
It'll Stonington, which he always sent do
he White House for the Presidents tn
'nksgiying dinner. That turkey he
er weighed less than Twenty-Five
nds. Since Senator Anthonv's death.
'ever, the custom has not been b-,
enforced, The farmersare ex. ,nt
nelly patriotic, and on several occa, he
IS have expressed their patriotism ty on,
ding the biggest turkey to Washing. bat
Norwich Comm Cor. Boston I'd
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