Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-11-28
TURKEY IS FIVE
CENTS Cheaper
NATIONAL BIRD COSTS LESS THIS
THANKSGIVING THAN HE
DID LAST YEAR
SUPPLY Greater THAN EVER
This Years DIR Spell Is Accredited
With Having Produced an Enor-
nous Quantity Of Him"
Compare 1910-1911 prices.
1911 Turkeys. dressed, per pound,

Compare 1910-191l prices.
1911 Turkeys. dressed, per pound,
20 cents.
1910 Turkeys. dressed. per pound,
25 cents.
Times changes the aspect of things.
When the stern Puritan fathers, i'm
bued with the excellent idea that "A
i full stomach meant "A full heart. ap-
/ pointed day for feasting and thanks
giving In divine recognition Of the
| first harvest of New England. they
selected turkey as the substantial
dish for that festal board because
that fowl was the most plentiful and
inexpensive that could be had. Sue
| ceeding generations. which still OBJ
serve this most ancient of American
customs, carry out the letter II not
the spirit of the occasion; they still
insist on turkey as the official bird.
though II may be and generally is the
most expensive of viands on the mar
ket.
In Barnes history there is an old
account, the real truth of which mat
ters not at all, which purports to rea-
son down to very fine point Just
why turkeys were selected by the
Purltans. The Indians, II said were
making PREPARATIONS within the in
terror of the forest which sklrted the
Cape Cod bay to unite and harass the
colonists.
Sprang From Dire Calamity.
Their unusual activity within the
woods frightened out large flocks of
wild turkeys into neighboring clear
ings, where they were shot with balls
from the trusty flntlocks of the Purl-
tans, by Miles Standish and his army
Of eight men. maybe. At any rate the
point which the account essays to
make clear is that the adoption OF the
national dish" had Its beginning on
what the settlers feared as dire
calamity-an Indian attack.
Turkey conditions down in 1911. in
asmuch as there Is aplenty of these
seasonable fowls this year. comedies
strangely with the experiences OF the
charter members of the Bayflower So
ciety. Last seasons drouth, which
burned the wheat. cooked garden pro-
ducts, parched the corn and called
forth direful echoes of distress from
many quarters, proved the old prov
erb about there being never a loss
without some gain. This years dry
season is credited by every Tulsa poul-
try and market man with being the
cause OF the present abundant turkey
supply, which has forced the prices
on the bird down 10 and l2 cents a
pound from last years prices, thing |
almost without precedent in poultry |
annals OF this section.
Supply Plentiful.
The supply OF turkeys this year is
greater than ever and the raisers,
dealers and retailrs are now marshall
ing thier forces to handle the rush of
turkey orders, which swoop
down with the suddenness. Of an Ok
ahoma hurricane the week before
day. The turkey In his
youth, it appears, is a delicately con-
;tituted bird. and when the big poul-
.ry raisers stock up their incubators
n the spring with big speckled turkey
Eggs, they slip In about twenty to
zach hundred which they charge to
profit and loss in advance. This per
,ent. they calculate, will fail to de-
,elop mature market birds. either not
iatching or the young fowl being
drowned In the spring rains. But this
ear the spring rains were not of suf-
iclent volume to drown much Of any
hing, and for this reason there is a
surplus OF turkeys on hand. and the
market Is forced down lower than II
las been since the high cost of living
las become prevalent.
Turkeys this season. divested OF head
eet and feathers, are selling for 20
ents. In the pen they bring Is and
6 cents. Last year this regal bird
old for 25 cents in Tulsa.
Both the extreme west and far east
ire sending calls for help to the mid
lie west for Thanksgiving supplies
his year.
DR.. Il. b. Larkins, Osteopath, sue