The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-02-24
The Farm and The Farmer
BY William r. Sanborn

Perhaps you have not been aware
that there is an International Turkey
club? But you need lose no sleep on
that account. There are SO many
things to learn that even the wise
men known as editors do not actually
know everything; which is, of course,
a great pity.
The secretarytreasurer of the Inter
national Turkey club, is, as might be
expected, woman, for surely no liv-
ing farmer has the skill and patience
to care for and coddle young ponets.
Moreover this lady is a farmers wife,
and she is said to make more net
profit on her crop of Thanksgiving
turkeys than her husband clears on
his grain. She has done this for
years.
Mrs. Rea E. Fowler, the lady in
question, lives near ROCHELLE, Ill.
Bronze turkeys are her specially and
she gives the standard weight of toms
as So pounds at two years old or over.
She says that turkeys weighing up to
81 pounds are freaks" and that extra
large birds, either hens or toms, are
unsatisfactory as breeders and she
warns new turkey raisers against their
use.
The American standard of perfec-
ton recognizes but six varieties OF
domestic turkeys. These are the
bronze; black, red, slate, bourbon,
White Holland and Naraganseth. All
are valuable birds but the great Amer
lean bronze is the most widely grown.
The turkey laying season usually
opens the last week in March or the
first week in April, depending some.
what on the warmth of the weather
The hen lays from Is to 20 eggs at the
first laying land if shut up for few
days can be made to furnish a second
or even a third laying, but the third
laying would usually be too late fol-
| the hatch to grow to full size by fall
According to Frank Ridgeway in the
Chicago Sunday Tribune, Mrs. Fowler
| matches her turkey eggs in an incu
bator, but she says: 1.-The turkey her
| Is the only successful means of brood
ing the young ponets." All right how
does she get her brooding done? She
keeps a few china eggs under the her
| turkey. When the young turkeys ar
rive she slips a couple of tfCm under
| the hen turkeys wing at night and by
| morning she will own all you may give
| her" This may also be done where
| inc pOullS nave Ueeu udtCueu ny
| chicken.
Turkey eggs sold at 81 to $3.50 ir
Wayne county last spring-not pei
dozen, but each. Here is case where
it is the first cost. as well as the up
keep, which counts. 1t takes % day:
to hatch turkey eggs. The poult:
must be kept under shelter until the
grass is dry. Each hen has a separate
coop and the youngsters come and e
at will after being let out in the morn
ings on favorable days.
Average Price Of Hogs.
ST Louis, Indianapolis, Cleveland
and Louisville each had a top of $l'
for hogs last Saturday. East Buffalo
was the highest of the IS market:
quoted, the top being S11. Pittsburgh
followed with S10.75 top, while Sioul
City, the cheapest market of the en-
tire group, did not sell hog at Owe
SO.
All of this is preliminary to the
statement that the average" top or
hogs in 10 markets last Saturday wa:
$3.50, against $10.10 on Feb. 10, al
average loss of 80 cents on the bes
hogs during last week. Compared
with the same Saturday in Februar!
of last year, the average" top in these
10 markets was $50 below the price
which ruled a year ago. Chicago made