New-York tribune., 1903-11-10
TURKEY PRICES UP.
Their Scarcity Due to Big Storm. Which
Killed Them Of.

II few DAYS the metropolitan market will be
overfoving with the great American bird-the tur-
key. Tine when the city was supplied with
Thanksgiving turkeys from the farms OF New
England. but the New-Yorker who ina gines that
nc is this yea- going feast on bird born raised
and fsttened IN the land where the first Thanks
giving was observed is mistaken Maine and Mas
sschuserts have ceased supply the choicest birds
FOR the New-york market
Northern New-York Is now the great turkey
raising section OF the United States and the in
dusrry has developed into q very profitable one"
said q poultrvuaa in Fulton Market st Law
renee. Jefferson. Lewis. Franklin and other cour-
ties II Northeastern New York are now the chief
sources OF supply for the turkey markets OF New
York. Boston. Philadelphia Baltimore and Wash
irgcon- The farmers of the northern section OF
thls state have mastered the art OF turkey raising
and the birds which they produce are Of the finest
quality. They are also able TO produce the trim
ni1s- Their cranberry crop is an important and
= large one.
Why the turkey industry Of the country should
have shifted from New-England to New-York State
Is net easy explain Massachusetts, at least has
become more OF manufacturing and less Of an
agricultural State during recent years. The people
OF the old Bay State are too busy manufacturing
shoes. cloth. cotton goods and clocks to bother
any more about turkey raising Pennsylvania Il Is
true. raises many turkeys. and part OF its product
is OF excellent quality, but its farmers com
pete with Northern New-york in the raising OF
turkeys Or the poultry business in general
TO give you idea OF the rapid growth OF the
poultry raising industry IN New-Xork State Il Is
only necessary 70 say that the number Of birds
raised for the table has increased since 1895 Up TO
last year from two million 70 eight million and
about 90 per cent O: them are turkeys and ducks
The figures this year viii doubt be much larger"
Probably few, Il any, city sufferers from the two
three terrific storms that swept the Eastern
States about New-Tork during the autumn months
the direction o their Thanksgiving turkeys But
they might wei have. for the one thing a turkey
and despite the utmost care Of anxious owners,
serious ravages were made in the seasons turkey
crop Many That were not drowned out al the
@ JL-e sloheLeo @ aIo oea later and while big deal
ers are now getting enough 70 supply their regular
Customers & O & oy Iaying h-g5 prices small dealers
The meat at al this season
From p % Is cents pound has heretofore been
befe-e 7is yea ssa =. sr elCcnTq s- tAe spTing
a pound. with the prospect of reaching q and q
figures asked for bro,ltng turkeys and 'roasters'
and sixteen weeks and two months old fowls during
ae se lase s2rlng snd early summer months. Not
at this tine q the year. What fowls are IN the
Io7. averaging around nine and ten pounds each.
y IS not unusual for a single dealer TO handle
From twenty 70 twenty-five turkeys. with small
sIoolnJ s ot crushed ice. not enough. however, TO
The so-csIled "PhiiadeIphIa'' turkeys are always
former are expected 70 reach ne 3 cents r,ol-s
Init BY Christmas. The fresh turkey supply the
ary and February. From March until b-oiiers
again arrive upon the scene iced meat constitutes
the only market supply. This Is never quite as
high as fresh meat. after the holidays when
turkeys are no longer essential housekeepers
may hone FOR some reprieve from the strenuous
prices Of the moment.
Some peoDle." said dealer who % use HIS
own expression has been handling fowl for
upward % twenty years think iced meat isn't
NJ - fresh They say Il isn't as sweet and hasn't
nc navor. But I think that's al inagfna-io II
rnayr taste Just the same what you caU fresh
but rs Just good. n better IN another wav
You know there's more than kind Of good TO
most things And I've noticed It's with turkeys as
= s. with everything else there's sight more in
the name for most folks than you'd think"