Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-11-22

oming or under the scOrching sun OF the oouLr
west. gobblers seem to thrive II given plentS ~
range where they can fill their GRIPS VIII 1855,
hoppers and bugs But they must have TINS ana
pou1trvmen east Of the Missouri liver thcyefore
cannot compete fayorably
In the comparatively new Territory o. fhe west
turkey raising is being taken up oy many on y
large scale Texas New Mexico Paslhc coas'
states Oklahoma, Colorado, Nebraska aisd the Da-
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 ranch
in the country is thought to be in Nevada The
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. It does mean however, that
competition in the west will have tn be dealt with
and that more intensive breeding methods must
be resorted to, with the idea of producing high
class strain of turkeys that will be needed by west
ern poultrymen
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 cents and
fair at 7A cents.
A resolve that every good American should make
az is possible and make the Thanksgiving dinner
the browning feature Of the day. For the chem
ISIS YOU know will get us before long, If don't
watch out They threatening synthetic food.
balanced ratons of it, and all that sort of thing.
And then what will become Of our Thanksgiving
dinner? Here's the way one of them--his name
Is suppressed cut of consideration for his family
talks Of the way the chemists will get us-not
vet but soon:
.Synthetic chemistry must face the problem of
making synthetic food. A mountain of limestone
and a waterfall supply the chemical raw materials
and energy required to make sugars and starches.
4 balanced ration will be evolved, possibly largely
synthetic which will eliminate all digestive dis
tI1rhances and at the same time make our minds
and bodies more efficient to an extent almost be-
vond belief At that time humanity will look back
On the eating Of promiscuGIs viands in very much
tho way that we look back on the drunken de-
Ranches of the Middle ages"
Some OF these days an American musician will
earn everlasting fame and the gratitude OF his
countrymen by writing just the right kind of a
thanksgiving Song-One that expresses in both
words and music the real spirit Of Thanksgiving
nav Christmas, Easter, Independence Day and
manv Of our other national holidays are well off
az +o appropriate musical expression. But what
e there for Thanksgiving Day? To be sure, we
might sing "Home, Sweet Home" my Old Ken
+nclxv Home" "Swanee Ribber," even the "Dox-
ology." But none of these famous airs is quite
adequate to the occasion. Yes immortal fame is
the SIRE reward of anyone who shall write song
that voices the spirit of Thanksgiving Day in a
way to awaken response in the hearts and minds
of the American people.