Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-11-21

proceeding is ms important economically M the
first And under that heading the art of Mr.
Jordan Is final though French chefs, amid their
smearS and cOcocti0ns, may voice ordinations
and dcnlalS.
"If the turkey is young" Mr.. Mellhenny says
quoting Mr. Jordan. cook II in the way usual TO
stove baking, after first filling It's cavity with II
suitable dressing of bread crumbs pepper sal'
and onions chopped fine, molstened with fresh
country butter This is is the best dressing that
can be made. and II will detract nothing from the
flavor of the bird nor add 10 it,
oysters or chestnuts. If put into the dressing,
are n profanatIon and shrmps an abomlnatIon,
in the view of Mr.. Jordan Wine and celery de-
stroy the rich turkey flavor.
Originally the wild turkey was found in most
parts of the United States-from the forests of
Maine and westward as far Nebraska and
southwark to the lower parts of Mexico Gonzalo
Fernandez de Oyledo, the Spanish historian who
wrote many books about the West Indies, printed
II description of the wild turkey at Toledo in the
year 1927. lie had seen the males in the gobbing
season and supposed they were peacocks
Thus Ovledo brought the turkey into literature.
But II the records are reliable. 1t was Alexandra
Gernldinl, an Italian and the Roman Catholic
bishop Of Santo Domingo. who introduced the
mentions that he had sent pair of turkeys to
Il friend in Rome.
The domesticnton of the bird, however, wns
brought about by the Spanards, whose navga-
tors took 1t home In their queer little Ships and
localized II In European barnyards." ms John
Fiske states the case. This happened In 1880
Eighty years later Christopher Newport, the
leader OF the expedition that founded James
town, In Virginia sailed back 10 England. With
him he took Il large quantity of yellow sand that
he thought was gold, and several coops of wild
turkeys, the first" again to quote John Flske
that ever graced an English bill of fare" The
sand was found to be vnlueess, but the turkeys
lived and multiplied and became a source of large
profit to British farmers.
During the reign of Charles l. king of England
the prices of many things were regulated by law
Hume, the historian. says turkey cock brought
four shlllngs and six pence SLIP; n turkey hen
three shilling, or 70 cents and goose two shl
ings, or 30 cents. pheasant cock sold for $l5O
a pheasant hen for S125 and n partridge for %
cents Turkeys then We're novelty In Great
Britain.
About 100000 turkeys are grown yearly in
this country Texas produces more than any
other state Missouri is second, Illinois third
Iowa fourth Ohio fifth and Indiana sixth An
ordinary western turkey weighing - pounds used
to sell for about S3.36 at retail In the eastern
markets As to its cost this Thanksgiving-your
guess is MS good as anybody's.
Mr. Ilhenny will tell you that wild turkeys live
in the regions where they are born. If they 20
away II Is for the reason that there Is a shortage
of food in the territory constituting their natural
range. After feeding they will return to their
old homes.
During the 60 years that Mr. Jordan spent In
hunting and studying wild turkeys. he never saw
or heard of one that died natural death "Nor"
he said "have heard of any disease or epidemic
among them" Blackhead n common distemper
among domestic turkeys, has baflled the doctors
so far and in regions has made the production OF
turkeys not only Improbable but practically out
OF the question.