Evening star., 1924-11-23
hie House Family From Pilgrim Land to Observe Pilgrim Feas

toi hoyS IcqulreS more detailed at
tention than is the case with most
| other classes of poultry and hence
turkey farming has given way to
these other types of poultrying. e,
Ihe presence of an obnoxious disease
known as blacknead las brsc dis
couragement and large losses among
many Of the producers
Notwithstanding turkey raising
where efficiently practiced in the re-
gions OF cheap lands where timber
and range are plentiful is still
profitable industry.
Down Texas way, where turkey
raising has long ranked among the
leading poultry industries Of the Lone
Star state, 1t Is a remarkable sight
to review the great hocks of turkeys
which are driven on foot from the
| farms where they were raised and
fattened 10 the railroad terminal or
shipping point. Pandemonium reigns
as the long lines of gobbling. CAB
bling turkeys march down the high
ways and byways. The turkeys are
driven slowly and carefully.
Generally the average shrinkage
Of the fowls is less where they are
handled in this manner than where
they are Grated and shipped by rail,
unless the journey to market Is ex-
cessively long.
to market in Texas Is the same as
that followed many years ago when
the fat sheep and cattle of the Ohio
Valley were driven across country
from the farms where they were
raised to the leading Eastern mar
kets. including Baltimore, Philadel-
phia, New York and Boston.
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OUR venerable Uncle Samuel, who
" investigates the best scientific
methods of preparing foodstuffs so
that American housewives and farm
women may profit from his research,
has even experimental with the lead
ing methods of stuffing and baking a
turkey. His experts report that 1t is
most important to prevent the tur-
key from drying out This may Be
done by cooking the bird in a covered
roaster, with a little water in the
bottom of the pan. The cover should
be removed for browning the tur-
key, and then 1t should be basted fire.
quently. The heat should be reduced
after the turkey begins to brown. A
gravy made from the giblets sepa-
rately cooked els usually served with
the turkey.
This is the official program which
the United States Department of Ag-
riculture recommends that Washing
follow in preparing their Thanksgiv
ing turkeys:
Draw and singe the tender young
turkey. Remove the oil sac and all
pin feathers. Cleanse thoroughly
and wipe dry. Rub the surface over
with butter and a little salt, also A
light sprinkling of pepper. Stuff with
with a dressing made of six cupfuls
of finely broken stale bread, two tea
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pepper. one-fourth teaspoonful thyme,
one-half teaspoonful ground sage,
three teaspoonfuls baking powder,
one-fourth pound butter, one-half a
grated onion, four stalks celery cut
in small pieces and one-haf cup boil
ing water. Then place the fat fowl
in roasting pan, put it in the oven
where the fire is properly Tempered
and cook Turkey Tom or Mrs. Turkey
Hen to the queens taste.
Out at one of the State expert
mental stations of the United States
Department of Agriculture the poul-
try experts have ascertained latterly
that sunshine is reasonably efficient
food for domesticated fowls. Now
maybe the reason that your Thanks
giving turkey is so tender and sweet
Is because the bird has lived most
OF its life out in the sunshine.
No, this is not any pipe dream or
science, this idea that sunshine is as
important as the corn, chestnuts and
green grass which the turkey family
and all the commercial varieties or
American fowls consume.
Experts out Wisconsin way have
discovered by scientific experimental
ton that exposure to "Or Sors'' ruddy
rays is markedly beneficial to animal
growth. Science has known for many
years that sunlight plays an impor-
tant role in the development Of our
green plants but it is only recently
that its authorities have learned of
| the relationship existing between
daylight and poultry development.
| The effect of common window glass
| in filtering certain rays from the
| light of the sun and the different
powers exhibited by sunlight at diff
| ferent seasons OF the year are now
being studied.
The Wisconsin experiments were
performed with chickens. but what ap-
piles to the hen and rooster family is
even more applicable in the instance
Of the turkey tribe, as the latter
fowls cannot stand confinement ana
| restraint, which .debars them from
| their daily sunbaths.
| A certain group of poultry, consist
| ing of White Leghorn chickens, was
| confined in the basement OF the pouI-
| try building with the windows al!
closed. A second lot offs chicks OF
similar age, size and breeding, which
was fed in exactly the same manner,
was placed on board floor outdoors
where the sunshine was maximum
For the first few weeks there was no
appreciable difference in the growth
and development of the chickens. In
, time, however, the birds in the base
ment began to decline. Ultimately
| they all died.
| The only explanation of their
death was lack of sunshine.
| The test was then repeated. Ihe
| results were the same. The conclu-
sions Of the poultrying experts was
that sunshine is really kind OF
poultry feed, wholly essential to the
economical and healthy development
of the birds.
| Perhaps the reason why Turkey
Tom and his mates demand freedom
| is because they-many ages ago
learned the inestimable Importance OF
liberty and sunshine. If you rob the
| turkey family of freedom and the
right to roam around daytimes as the
birds wish, you condemn the gorgeous
gobblers and curious hens to death.