The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-07-27
TURKEY GROWING
AND EGG MARKETING
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FUR
NtsAED loAHoENS ~ FARM
MARKETS DEPARTMENT.
Have Your Turkeys Crooked Breast
Banes7 II So Tou Are Losing honey.
The Proper WAY 90 Gather
EGGS for the Market

HoI@e. idaho. Farm Markets Bal
Atin. No. 10, rs Harvey Alfred. III
r,,.tGr ~ the Department ~ Farm
Markets. cuntalus thc following ~ Ia
teresy "a ihe Gem State farmer
III meeting wFth the druivrs IL
poultry products. I flud that many 10
caTed ut Portland. Seattle and $50
knup, make barge purchases of tar
keys, poultry and eEEs Ia Idaho and
that prices being paid for Idaho tur~
KEYS are generuliy much less than for
Washington or Oregon birds, whea I
asked for the reasons they had Ia
paying less for Idahu turkeys, I was
Informed that II WAS because "a large
percentage ~ cur birds have crooked
breast bones. The growth and c,sndi-
ton IL the Idaho turkey, With this eS.
ccpsion. was as good, II not better,
than those grown ca Oregon Or Wash
lnEton But when the turkey with a
crooked breast was placed On the re-
tail market, Il had 20 be s.tld nj frpm
| l8 90 10 p.r cent less thaa birds that
! we're othprA lse ia 10 better condition
/ The turkey with a crooked breast
hone cannot be- carved nearly "a veil
and has not the attractive appearance
| that the hest market demands,
/ From information We have at hand
| we estimate that within seventy-riye
/ nile radius 81 Caldwell. there viii be
placed on The market this season.
! 10000 worth 81 turkeys, ana iudE.
ing from past experience, large per
cent 81 these will have crooked breast
bones unless something Il done To re-
move the cause. This loss 10 the grow
er is enormous For example, On
each turkey weighing twelve pounds.
commanding. Ia good condition, a price
II "a ceats per pound dressed. az
= 81, II sold az loss ~ iG per cent,
would amount to 30 cents on each
I turkey, or $50 OoO on the turkeys that
! gil DC placed 90 the Inarket this year
in the vicinity Of Caldwell alone
We arr Informed that the crooked
breast bone is caused by the youhg
urkeys roosting on small perch "r
which they must rest their breasts q
latance we'll during the hours 81
posting. and this could he oYercoin'
" providing a round perch 81 SUI
Iclent size that the easy resting 81
be foot. with slight na'nral grip 81
ne toes when the leg ' bent. WoHl,
sermit the body TO balance without
lslng the breast as n prop DO no
sernIt your turkeys TO roost on th'
, ,ruund. but prepare suitable pcrchei
4 a medlaia Axed round pole or I
, .Eo-by four plank with edge vel
-oanded and smooth.
, We fnd that eggs reaching the loon
nd general market are IN bad coz
ntion. due IA many instances to th'
ack Of proper gathering and care oi
! he part Of the grower. Eggs should
| Turing the warmer weather, be- gath
; rred az least twice each day, an
p hen placed 10 a cool room until the.
b an be taken to market Growers, a
l0t overlook this. Your carelcssnes
Ia this matter Is clearly reducing th
price you would otherwise obtain r.
our eggs
Some growers are placing thcl
| duck and hen eggs together on Ia
market. This will lower your values
/ because the market for duck eggs 1
limited 90 q certain small trads
These eggs weigh much more thai
| hen eggs DO aud one dogeyt ugcl
eggs In a. case Is easily detected b.
she dealer acquainted with bis busi
ncss. and thr price offered is mad
less. Ia fact one doEea dark eyE
RACED in a case with good hen eggs
win reduce the value ~ that cas-
as much as though thR dnrk eggs hal
hs-eu thrnzgn nNay aud lhe esse oan
taiu,-d one siszsh hess hsu eggs Fac
Fuur dagE rsEs SEPARATE and ecI thcr
ms such Thsy sill aearIy always nn
IS marGrt U.S. eseTyth.ug elise wil