The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-11-20

= proceeding IL MS Important economically the
first. And under thnt heading the art Of Mr..
Jordan is Hnn though French chefs amid their
sme"rs md cococtions. mny voice exclamati tiOns
and denias.
IF the turkey In young" MFR. McIlhenny snys.
quoting Mr.. Jornn. "cook II In the way usual to
stove baking. after first filling Its cavity with
suitable dressing Of bread crumhn pepper SAL
aud onions chopped fine. mOistened with fresh
country butter. This Is IL the hest dressing that
can he mnde. and II will detrnct nothing from the
flavor of the bird nor add to It,"
Oysters ar chestnnts. II put into the dressing.
are q prOfnnnton. and shrimpa abOMinaton.
In the view Of Air. JOrsnn. Wine and celery de
strOy the rich turkey flavor.
Originally the wild turkey found In most
pnrts of the United States-frOm the forests of
Maine and westward fur Nebraska and
southwnrd to the lower parts of Mexico. Gonxalo
Fernandez de OvetiO the Spanish historian, who
wrote many books about the West indies. printed
description of the wild turkey at Toledo In the
year 1927. He had seen the males In the gobbling
and supposed they were peacocks.
Thus Ovietio brought the turkey into literature.
But II the records reliable. 1t was Alejandro
Geruldini IN ltaiinn and the Roman Catholic
bishop of Snnto Domingo. who introduced the
turkey into Europe. A letter he wrote In 1929
mentions that he hnd sent pair Of turkeys to
d friend In Rome.
The domesticntlonsof the bird. however, was
brought nbout by the Spnnards. whose nnviga-
tors took II home In their queer little shps and
Fiske states the c4,se. This happened In 1880.
Eighty years Inter christopher Newport the
leader of the expedition that founded James,
town. in Virginia snied bnck to England With
him he took large quantity of yellow sand that
he thought gold and several cOOps Of wild
turkeys. "the FIRST" again to quote John Fiske
that graced English bill Of fare"- The
sand found to he valueless. but the turkeys
lived and multiplied and becnme source of nrge
profit British farmers.
During the reign of Chnrles l. king of Epot.,r,
the prices of many things were regulated by law
Hume, the historian. says a turkey cock brought
four shings md six pence. Slip: a turkey hen
three shilling. IS cents. and goose two shiIl-
ings. or so cents. pheasant cock sold for 81 so
II pheasant hen for S1.25 and a partridge for 25
cents. Turkeys then were a novelty In Greot
Britain.
About 7,OOOOOO turkeys nre grown year,v in
this country Texas produces more than any
other state. Missouri is second. Illinois thru
Iowa fourth. Ohio fifth and Indiana sixth An
ordinary western turkey weighing l2 pounds used
to sell for nbout $336 Mt retail In the eastern
markets. AS to its cost this Thanksgivnp-your
gliess Is good nnybOdy's.
Mr. Ilhenny will tell YOU that wild turkeys live
in the regions where they are born II they 70
away. 1t is for the thyt there In a vhorta ne
of food in the territory constituting their natural
range After feeding they will return to their
old homes.
hunting md studying wild turkeys he ueyer-s.yv
or heard of one TINT died Il natural death .Nor.
he said. "huve heard OF any disease or epidemic
among them" Blnckhead. common distemper
among domestic turkeys. has baffied the doctors
so far. md In regions has made the production Of
turkeys not only Improbable but practically out
Of the question.