New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-11-22
SPEAK FOR THE TURK"
Early Worm Gets the Bird, Sans
Commission Merchant.

how about that Thanksgiving turkey? Have you
booked your order? Let this be a warning to put
IN your order early, because according to joseph
Cohron' president Of the Conron Brothers Com
pany, commission merchants with beadnusrters at
NO 10 Tenth avenue. who backs up what he saws
with trade reports from all over the country. the
best adVices from all parts Of Turkeydom are
that the crop is short this year and that the mar
ket Tor choice, fresh Turks is not overstocked.
Il read a newspaper statement onIv this morn
ing that turkeys were going to be cheap and
plenty for Thanksgiving" said Mr. Conron, "and
"flie would Ike to see every family have a
Key for their Thanksgiving dinner l am very much
AFRAID some will be disappointed. There will be
lots OF turkeys. Of course, but we will have no
bumper crop Just read some Of these reports.
Turkeys quite short Few Thanksgiving turkeys
Fourth less turkeys Half crop turkeys and SO
on. Does that look if turkeys would be plenty
and cheap? L don't know where the newspaper
that printed the report got 1t, but I
dealer would talk cheap turkeys this year.
How many turkeys will New York eat?
wouldn't attempt to say. Our firm will handle. at
least calculation. 1O00,OOO turkeys this week and
next. We cater to the high class restaurant. hotel
and family trade. Large quantities of poultry.
game eggs and meats ara received here and at our
store at 131st street and Twelfth avenue. Harlem.
Brook avenue, The Bronx, and No. 189 Fort Greene
c H19Gk ii Our big cold storage
our line but we don't expect to have all the tur
fciency We have on the way a lot Of WatertoFn
geese: fine fellows they Then there is
new brand Of chicken the SwedesbOro Milk Fed.
that comes from South Jersey so that those who
can't get turkey may have a goose fine
chicken. Stuffed goose is fine eating for Thanks
giving; n,.--o -. g.. $500. -. $50.
come from Virginia and west Virginia. and they
are beautiful birds but high priced and scarce in
this market"
Mr. Conron said that most Of the turkeys sold IN
this market come from the Middle West Rhode
somewhat of a myth. Turkeys are raised in Rhode
Island and Vermont but not in quantities 70 be no
ticed here. he said. New Jersey raises almost
turkeys, although IT used TO supply good crop
turkey raising states But the coming turkey sta te
is Texas. There related Mr.. Conron. 1t not
common for a farmer TO have flock Of one thou
sand turkeys Imagine a thousand Thanksgiving
ket there just as they drive sheep. Turkeys thrive
best grasshoppers and other insects. which arc
found in greater quantities the wide ranges OF
the Far West than anywhere else in the United
Turkey States.
But to get back to New York and Conron Broth
This firm began in small way about seven
years ago. The first store and warehouse they
built cost them 100000 the latest addition to their
and refrfgerating plant-cost 100000 The concern
is close corporation. with the stock held by the
principals and the employees, a sort of happy COM
merclal family. In the cold storage plant at each
to afford the best protection from cOntamlna ting
germs Then, with their big ice making machines
they have developed big demand for a by-product
hygeia ice:
the 10th street and the Harlem branches. and from
forty to fifty carloads OF provisions for the New
York market distributed by this finn If you are
interested in knowing how the things you are
will be ton; but don't forget your Thanks
giving turkey