New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-27
CONNECTICUT TURKEYS.
prcrIIAR1T1Fs WHICH MAKE THEM IN BOTH
OLD AND NEW WORLDS

pTcTIIARITIFS WHICH MAKE THEM IN b"lH
OLD AND NEW WORLDS.
Norwich. Conn Nov o. tSpcciaD.-Tr" rocky town
of North stoningon, southeast of TINS city j. con-
coded by all poultrymen 10 be the banner '"'"' Wv"
&, the country Turkeys raised on the broad breezy
f,rns tlere among the hills and fattencd on Wild
diet in the fan Of srasshoppers and chcke's nave
,eculiar delicious game favor that Is acquired BIZ
fowls I'm no other State. The turkeys OF NcW-laihP-
shire rank next in popular esteem. but Tie "rah"e
State pOultrymen seem not 10 know now 10 nioSs
their birds so slilfully and prepare them so dantN
FOR market Accordingly. the price Of them ranges
lower bv or 3 cents pound than that Of TIE Eastern
Connecticut BIRDS North stonincton farn ere rao"
nm immense number Of turkeys each year, AID take
infinite pains with them. il WIS in that town that
the splendid great bronze" turkeys were dc'elop'h
the finest ones I'm the world which sometimes attain
f. weight Of forty forty-fve pounds. For great
many years the turkey. usually bronze one. that
cocs 10 the White House Thanksgiving Day table has
hcen selected from North SiOningtOn noclS. II Is
selected by a cOnnoisscur IN poultry, usually
JnGce william Hibbard. Of that town, or
Horace Vosc, another large dealer In puiry, OF
Westerly. r. l. II Is forwarded to tho President ~
The United states Senator Of southern Rhode Island
For long time Senator Anthony shipped The bird
each wear and now senator W. T. Dixon attends 10
tho matter The Presidents turkey this year. how
ever dit not hail from North sionineon, but was
produced nearby on the b.c farm Of Horace Bright
man not far from Westerly. II wax splendid brd,
less than year old. weighing tlriyone pounds. IN"
biggest turkey ever to a President was presented
10 Presiden, Grant ard weighed thiriy-fonr pounds
Not few North StonlEgton and Westerly turkeys are
Skinned each year 10 Grea, Britain and 10 Europe
Messrs Vose and William Hibhard annually gather
and ship a large quantity Of turkeys 10 Providence
Rnston and Brook vn. Just before Thanksgiving Mr..
Vose shipped nearly 900 pounds Of choice birds 10
various city markets Of which went as Tar West
rs Cincinnati william 1htaId at about The same
time shipped over 1000 pounds Of turkeys, ana
J. T. Brown on one day sent 5000 pound TO Boston.
Eastern Connecticut turkey ra-serS have peculiar
method Of preparing their fowls for market. ana no
doubt 1t is largely due TO that process that they RANK
SO high among markcmcn. They never decaptat"
bird They make small lncl,On In The fowls
neck and bleed il TO death. Neither do they scad
turkeys an operation that takes OF not only feathers
Int PATCHES Of skin: but ln,ali bly, pack them dry
The effect OF thi, method + HAT the bird has cIr;
mink ard white lOok without Il llchl'h on ms I"lr
Exterior. that f. 10 .rkus contrast WIN ilat o.
Western turkeys which lO1K rs II they tad passed
through a prlir, fire first and "a aNcuci i1icr y
wear or two ag however Pennsylvania p9ulTymcl'
Sn the region Of Philadelphia. became acquainted WIN
fhe Nutmeg state process. 40 llied H. ana now tn'lr
turkeys fcich = or 3 cents pound more IMAM Tor
uerlv Their example j., col.cd generally by the
turkey IrserS OF the Middle >ld'cs.