The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-11-22

,.ulng or under the screening sun u ~ Sou
west. gobblers seem to thrive if given plenty u
ranoa y,bera thev can fill their crops with grass
hoppers and bugs. But they must have TINS ana
pouItrvmen east of the Missouri river therefore
cannot compete favorably.
In the comparatively new territory of the West,
turkey raising is being taken up by many on a
large scale. Texas, New Mexico, Paclflc coast
states, Oklahoma, Colorado, Nebraska ana the IA
kotas are raising more and more turkeys for east
ern and central west markets every year. The
Black Hills district of South Dakota and wyoming
contribute largely, too. The largest turkey rancll
in the country is thought to be in Nevada. Inc
new home of the turkey is apparently to be the
American Southwest.
This does not mean that the business will stop
in the central west. 1t does mean, however, that
competition in the west will have to be dealt with
and that more intensive breeding methods must
be resorted to, with the idea of producing a high
class strain of turkeys that will be needed by west
ern p~oultrymen.
If midwesterners will devote more time to breed
ing stock, to sell at a fancy price, and pay less
attention to turkeys for meat purposes, the COM
petitive angle probably will not be serious,
How the prices have scared! In 1880 the prices
were these: THE finest turkeys sold at 8 cents and
\ fair at 7h cents.
a resolve that every good American should make
Is 70 have as good a time every Thanksgiving Day
4, ;S POSSIBLE and make the Thanksgiving dinner
tba browning feature of the day. For the chem
ists Won know. will get us before long, if we don't
watch ont They are threatening synthetic food.
balanced rations of it, and all that Sort Of thlng.
.nd then what will become of our Thanksgiving
dinner2 Here's the way one of them-his name
e suppressed out of consideration for his family
-+oIls of the way the chemists will get us-not
yet, but soon: -
aSvnthetic chemistry must face the problem of
,ol-ino synthetic food. A mountain of limestone
ond a waterfall supply the chemical raw materials
ond energy required to make sugars and starches
tolanced ration will be evolved. possibly largely
.nn+bot;c which will eliminate all digestive dis
+,rh.ncas and at the same time make our minds
u bodies more efficient to an extent almost pc
uond halief At that time humanity Will look BACK
~ tba caring of promiscu,ls viands IN very much
tbo that we look back on the drunken de-
bauches of the Middle ages.
Coma Of these days az American musician VIII
~ everlasting fame and the gratitude or MS
oountrvnen by writing just the right KIND or a
nY,.nksoiving Song-one that expresses IN poth
LIDS ond music the real spirit OF thanksgiving
- christmas, Easter, independence lay ana
r,onv of orr other national Mondays are wen III
= 70 annropriate musical expression. but "hat
e. tbere for Thanksgiving Day? 10 De sure, we
Yoiobt sing "Home, Sweet Home, MY olu Nen-
- - rIa9en "swanee Ribber," or even the "Dox-
ologyp But none of these famous airs IS quite
oioss. ! tho occasion. Yes, immortal fame Is
tho s1re reward Of anyone who shall write a sohs
tbe+ voices the spirit of Thanksgiving Day IN a
way to awaken a response ~ 49, - GU
Of the American people.