The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-22
TURKEYS HIGH AND
SCARCE THIS YEAR
Cattle Quarantine Causes Short
are in Shipments. and Many
Markets Are Empty.
FROZEN STOCK RUSHED IN

~ noon Tuesday all dressed turkeys
g.. the New York Thanksgiving trade
Nil have been DISTRIBUTED to the butchers
md out OF town buyers. In all 200 cars,
Averaging 10000 pounds. are necessary
.. s.rply the greater city and the towns
near by. This makes total Of 100000
pounds of turkeys. The average price
from ,a!scrs to jobbers and butchers this
yrlr Is - cents. making the total receipts
v,il"d at sj.J20.00e. In addition to the
I 200 ears Of dressed turkeys there will
n. distributed by Tuesday night SOC, 900
pounds ~ i've tui keys. These are worth
20 cents from hrs; hands to killers, maxi
Ing the value 81 100000 This. added To
H." bill Tor dressed stock. would make the
total turkey bill Tor this Thanksgiving
S6.7eO.uOU from first hards. Consumers
must pay at least % per "cut more. equal
10 Si.6SO.0O0. which. added to the cost
Z ora first hands. would make the Thanks
giving turkey hill sS.a00,oo0 at the very
least
7hie year conditions are the most pecu-
liar ever known. Because OF the foot and
mouth disease the report was spread
through the turkey producing sections that
enUargoes existed in New York and n
large quantity Of dressed turkeys and
other dressed poultry was refused by the
railroads despite the fact that Government
UTl.!I.s had declared over their signature
that thorc was no embargo on poultry
In a number of States, particularly Ohio
Ind ana and portions OF Illinois county
ana State officials became alarmed and
pu, an embargo on all such shipments
These conditions cut the supply for New
York almost In half. In several of the
best poultry shipping sections railroad
agents insisted that dressers cut the heads
and feet m before the shipments would
b. accepted. This the dressers refused
10 do because 1t would ruin the poultry
for any of the large markets.
Because of this shortage In shipments
II H. expected that to-day and Tomorrow
Fully 30 600 pounds Of dressed turkeys
vii reach this market by express. In
many instances where railroads refused
90 accept the poultry for shipment express
agents gladly took the stock. The express
cha yes are nearly double the freight
rates.
Yesterday large number OF receivers
Mad little or nothing To do. when as a
rule the Saturday before THANKSGIVING
- ;he busiest day in the year. Generally
the receivers and their help work until
lac at night, but yesterday all receiving
stores wore closed early, as there was no
stock 10 offer. The conditions created
~ tho embargo has been u godsend t.
a large number OF spectators who carried
frozen poultry since last winter. Before
thS condition arrived these spectators
stood 10 lose At least six cents pound on
all frozen turkeys. As soon as they knew
that fresh killed stock was TO he scarce
they at once shipped the frozen Stock
mostly 10 New York. and fully 100 cars of
turkeys which We're placed In the refrig-
orators between Thanksgiving and Christ
mas last year have been distributed TO the
butchers for Thanksgiving. The average
price from first hands for frozen stock
was - cents. The Board of Health is
aware OF these conditions and has de-
tailed inspectors To follow these frozen
turkeys 10 the retail shops. where care
ful Inspection will he made. 1t is known
that in some Of this stock there are birds
would surpr's" no Cue To have the Boar I'd
and Tuesday
''ous caused heavy losses on turkeys
when dressed were condemned by 20
Board Of Health and sent to the dump
because they had begun TO turn green.
Weather conditions this year save been.
:deIl and with turkey crop fully 90
Pc cent greater than year ago. had
Il not been for the embargo scare, the
wholesale price Of turkeys would have
been Is cents instead of 25 cents.
The receipts Of dressed poultry for tho
week ended last night were 23.2li pack
ages, compared with 371l0 during the
same week last year. This is loss OF
3S's packages, averaging $50 pounds 20
the package.