El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-28
Valley Turkeys to the Num-
Der Of 10000 Are Now Be
ing Slaughtered.

Turkeys are being slaughtered by the
wholesale for the Thanksgiving olnneIs
IN this city and before the Ieasl uay
arrives fully 10000 OF the gobble DlEos
viii nave their heads cut off in order
that a bite Of turkey meat may pc
sunpIfed TO the people Of Ell Paso on
the day that everyone IS hungry;
A great many of the birds Wnlcn WI
soon be seen on the Thanksgiving an
ner tables are native bros. nalSllg4 90 IL
raised in the FL PasO valley. r ully "
percent Of them VIII pc we noiI0
crown product. The local supply IS m
creasine rapidly and In a rev AAOL .
years n viii Be unnecessary Tor easy
Texas turkeys to be imported into III
TURKEYS and Grassheppers.
czrasshopDers We're the cause OF Lns
+,7rlzev invasion and this happened
about two years ago Inc llsSStS 10 -
everything else failed In EXTERN - lli.s
them. turkeys were brought IN ana .LLe
grasshOppers began 70 60 Inc ,lS5i4;S,7
thrived in this climate ana ~ 80 - - -
TO acting as an insect exteTInlnalor S sl-.5
VALLEY turkey found another IuncIl99l
and that was to get rat ana Pc 49,
fo1- tie ak as the holidays began ~
7ravv near. The climate OF the souln-
--se+ is a7~n0s+ perfect for turkeys; as
fn damp sections Of the country ny ne.
do not do so we'll The poulI peIIou ~
the turkey when the bird is the mos
delicate Is not affected IN any way ~
Tf5g climate and raisers OF the pros
rs 80 foIIn5 that there is a surprising
decrease in the number OF tuIlAey 49, 5 -
during this period OF those raised AeI g
Local supply Keeps Down Prices.
H. local supply OF turkeys Keeps
she mice al the bird at normal and TINS
-Tear the dressed bird is being sofa on
the FL PasO markets at 70 Gems -
Mound Live turkeys are Qu1tlS5u
bt p cents per pound. L-s
brings the average turkey OF dg1ut
10 pounds TO Sz.oU 60 ia
turkeys raised in this sectlun 5d-lsSs - -
weight from six to is POUNDS WIZ
the average weight from 10 70 Il
The turkey industry in the southwest
viii It. is believed prove a Iell1l - q
tive one on account OF the suyp1g 80 -
fdlv decreasing over me country - ~
disease In this part Of the country the
usual bird diseases are unknown
Texas the Turkey State.
Texas leads as the. greatest state Tor
turkey raising ana lne AuLlDsA u
birds raised annually In TINS stats, -, -
cording to the United States TURKEY s.g
census s1rpasses any OF the olnet
states OF the unlons but as IN the 0S 1l.s
states the supply in this state is tallng
off and a decrease or from 90 ~ ~
percent in the number OF lgtAsg :
1eised here has been apparent IN Jne
last 10 wears In 1900, Texas supplleQ
e48671 out of the 6.594,6S5 birds raised
in the United States ana allnolsh LIS
number has FALLEN off during the last
ten wears. 1t still is the leading stare
n ms product. AS it is, Texas not only
SUPPLIES its own market with turkeys,
but a great deal Of its supply IS sem
~ fbe east and Texas turkeys are
Servsd On the New York tables on
THANKSGIVING as well as on FL Paso
tables - .--,.,-o,-s
The decrease in the supply OF turkeys
in The last 10 years makes II appear
that thew viii in a short time becom e
extinct If something is not done 70
keen them from disease FL Paso, now