The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-04
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MADE TURKEY
TRADE IN U. 5.
NJ ]. C, ROYLE


|eaoltdated Press Correspondent.
T.opyright, 1922, by The Argus.)
1 Hev York, N. r., Oct. For
IN producers have invaded what
~, centuries has been a strictly
Inerican field The turkey al
an has been regarded as a typi-
Al American bird. Indigenous to
rid soil, and the Thanksgiving
,urtey Is an American institution.
south America, Australia and
NJ zealand poultry men are pre-
psred to compete with American
srowers for the place of honor on
n American dinner table on
thanksgiving. Christmas and New
fears.
As result of this and other
sectors. the American family prob
,bly will pay less for its Thanks
living turkey this year than for the
hn five years. A drop of nearly
To percent seems indicated by re-
sorts throughout the country to-
by
Shipments OF turkeys already
| 1--we been received here from Per-
uambuso. the River Platte ports
md Australia and quoted at pric-
d well under the scale obtained
during the holiday season of 1921
n spite of the tariff provided in
he Fordney law. Under that regu-
htion dressed fowls are taxed so
cents each for birds valued up to
s and 20 percent ad valorem above
IS, The foreign birds arrived in
excellent condition, the Australian
fowls being especially fine, large
speeimens. 1t is still somewhat
early TO forecast definitely the
price trend of domestic birds at
thanksgiving, but telegraphic re-
ports from producing and market
ing centers received in the last "a
hours, indicate there will be no
shortage Of birds to meet the in
yasion of foreign fowls.
The weather has been distinctly
favorable for the delicate young
birds this year except in sections
where the rainfall mas been exces-
sive. Feed supplies have been
large and of excellent quality
Flocks Of this years birds in Illi-
nois, Iowa, Indiana, Minnesota
Missouri. Texas, Kansas, Ken
lucky, Ohio and Tennessee, have
passed the most precarious stages
Of their development in good
shape.
They have their growth and
from now until November 80 will
put on weight.
The quality Of the Thanksgiving
birds, growers from Cuero ant
Temple, Texas, asserted today, viii
be better than ever before as the
! iateness of Thanksgiving will give
the birds an extra week of condi
tioning. This will be of spec:a
benefit to northern growers whose
focks have come on less rapidly
than those of the south.
Minnesota birds as usual will be
in the best demand in this city al
Thanksgiving, as large birds are al
a premium on that holiday wher
clan gatherings are the custom. Or
Christmas, however, when individ,
ual households celebrate alone, the
smaller. southern and mid-westerr
birds are at premium.
In addition to this years supply
figures compiled today show thai
there are nearly 100000 pounds o
turkey in storage throughout tht
country, as against an average fol-
five years of 1881, 900 pounds
About 100000 pounds are located
in this district alone. Much of thi.
stock represents birds bought b,
dealers last year at from 40 to 4:
cents a pound to retail at 80 TO 5;
cents which the public declined t,
pay.
The movement Of all dressed
poultry TO market throughout tn,
country in the last two months hav,
Deen the heaviest ever known, ex
eeeding 1921 shipments by so pc,
cent. Last week New York receives
2o3,l2l pounds of dressed poultr,
Oh various kinds and had on hant
on Monday 10.211,41 pounds. Bos
ton received 103,S92 pounds ant
stocks totaled 1,647.1 6S, the first o
me week. Philadelphia was shipped
1881 and has 1,2S2,421 pound.
ready for sale while Chicago added