The sun., 1889-12-01

Keys on muddy roads, and when to the mud
was added cold and .drenching rain the boys
pened that the turkeys Hi Would not travel at elL
and, OF course. there Yves then noRoing on VIII
simply 70 make The % best of Il and walt until the
@ e, 'h came q: ,HEEfE: Essd nS
shrubs along the roadside. No efforts would
make them 60 further though y sSmetm6s sons n6sS
tion, The feelings, Of the droyeS apxiogS 4 t2
But nothing could be- done TO keep the turkeys
tjr,ayellinE. So when the blrds began 70 shoW sr
dlaposltlon to 20 TO roost, the boss Would pLinG p
al ssd TSSn sS So PESseyS eS as
up as possible IN such trees ss were near pyt
fencing were inii Of turEeys. while every stray
tree neeT the road was bending down unasr
their th,I weight as we'll. The ducks and geese
r. farm house was handy BY, the drover and
his boys would make their headquarters there.
As the Vermont line was approached camp.
Ing out was necessary for the saIiSy i ntpS 01 tqS
there. and ioESs G that knew S&s al about tSrEsy
drives abounded. Hlehgate, Vt. is IN famous
SGsntTp iHE 3 that yS WSs SE ssn M
tnels stood guard at times.
Turkeys and geess, are themselvess, 2, pretty pyy
unusual sound. The @ approach Of q fo1 was
pretty sure to awaken some wary Robpier VINO
"9995S "9%,f z! once say
That would awaken all the turkeys around 1,u
him and they would all cay Quit" and there;
out 0 and SroSnd oSns The ocf until
erGs oq e Go1 "a apSt sgSiP was p rare ee or tWo
often more than HST 100 miles. Drives iastina ion
sod here TSSs boss arysr peEed
boys to help as he went along The boys were
a esSer nt 70 was great d enipg et 70 ppSd for
It ut that. They receved twent ty- -five cents day
and their food and lodging.such as II was. For
ges "a rare treat. that and cheese, WITH butter
andcold moat when such things could be bought
cious anpetites. and nd the An change n from their
home diet helped 10 increase the quantity they
could eat. Boys md poultry were fed with
invariably lost flesh on the road while the boys
iSey were paid Of at tic @ end Of three or four
days and new ones took their places Ihis
Was because 1t was not considered q proper
than that, The boys walked home OF course.
when paid or. and had great lark on the way.
60 clear through to the boss,,s farm.
Hnd sSt n q s a dave ysFe h gesF 0 o
Nov. 2s. about 10000 were, shipped south over
the Vermont Central and the @ season sea on, Is not OF
the railroad stations. and at a distance from
the railroad they are still driven south over the
country roads In the old days the Canada
farm wife took no pains to fatten her fowls.
The dr0ver took them homo and fattened them
and then killed and sent them to market Now
and iatttnR them pays, the farm wife. Geese
and ducks go in the old way. by the pair. The
dealer nov ships his birds In two-story cars, and
o car will hold 1000 or more birds. They are
taken to points In New York and Vermont and
there subjected to a forcing process OF feeding
York city and boston: The New Yorker who
will see stacks OF fine. fat turkeys labelled
primo Philadelphas" that in their lifetime
could not understand a word OF Engtsh-they
were Matched and reared by the thrifty French
they are just as good as "prime Philadelnhias."
the name originally given to prime New Jersey
turkeys, the fraud Is q harmless one.
The business Of buying Quebec turke has
always been very profitable to men who under
stand il In the drives the loss In numbers
was very small indeed. although the loss OF
flesh vas e. times when tb The S;ea SEeather bad
BY rail the profits are still greater. in spite OF
the advanced prices paid. for the dealer can
turn his capital over several times in a season
whore 1t could be turned but once or twice in
the driving days. In fact the profits are 50
good that the dealers will not talk to strangers
overdo 1t.
OGpENsDuRGH. N. Y, Nov. 30.-The business
Of importing live turkeys at this port Is not
large. only 3.704 having been entered at the
Custom House here during the year ending |
Nov. 15. good many dressed turkeys are |
imported. however. for the New York market