The Syracuse Journal, Volume 4, Number 31, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 30 November 1911 — Page 2

Canada at the Chicago Land Show WILL MAKE A MAGNIFICENT EX' HIBIT OF GRAINS AND GRASSES, VEGETABLES AND FRUIT. A carload of grain tn straw, grasses and other of the products of Western Canada arrived al ChWgo the other day. and is now installed in the Coliseum, where the United States land and Irrigation exposition Is under Way. Those who ,are interested in the “Back to rhe land movement” will Bnrt in the Canadian exhibit one of the best displays cf the agricultural products of Western Canada that has ♦ver bees made. There are representative wren there, who will be pleased to giro the fullest information regarding die reentry. The exhibit shows what can be done on the free grant lands of that country and meet of the grain was . produced on the farms of former resL ” dents of the United States who have 5 taken advantage of the homestead tends of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. The vegetable exhibit will attract a great deal of attention, and some marvelous potatoes, carrots, turnips, cabbage and cauliflower are shown. It is true that the homestead area la being rapidly taken up and the bulk of that now to be had lies north of the Saskatchewan river in a portion of the country known as the park country. Here there is a large quantity of open prairie Interspersed by beautiful groves of poplar and willow. Water is in abundance, hay is plentiful and consequently fodder for animals is right at hand. Those who have taken advantage of fanning in these districts and watched the efforts of those in the prairie proper feel that they have the advantage of their > brother, who is not able to secure fuel and the other conveniences of the park district on his own farm. The crop conditions throughout Western Canada the past year have been generally good, and some wonderful crop yields of wheat, oats and barley are recorded. The Canadian ; Government, under whose auspices the exhibit spoken of is being made, is preparing reports on crops in the different Western Canada districts, and while these will not be ready for distribution at the land show commencing on the 18th of November j and closing on Dec. Bth, application made to the Canadian Government agent nearest you will bring them to you as soon as they are published. Explained. An old lady, the customer of an Irish farmer, was rather dissatisfied with * the watery appearance of her morning’s cream and finally she complained very bitterly to him. “Be aisy, mum," said Pat “You see. the weather of late has been so terrific hot that it has scorched all the gyass off the pasture land, and Oi have been compelled to feed the pore bastes on water lilies!” —Ideas.

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Raising Turkeys for» f Thanksgiving t „ a.

HIS is the season of the year when the prospects for the turkey crop outweigh almost all other questions in the minds not only of produce men. but in the estimation of the great mass of householders. The supply, and consequently the prices. I of turkeyshave fluctuated so wideIv in diffeiVnt years within the past decade or two that there is always an uncertainty in the minds of the ultimate consumers akiu to that mystery that invariably envelopes J .. — Thia

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the peach crop" early in the season. This explains in a measure why many far-sighted citizens to whom a ten cents per pound difference in price is ever a source ot worry now make it a practice to order their Thanksgiving turkey long in advance and it explains, too, why many of the turkey buyers who handle the birds on a large scale begin their rounds of the poultry farms earlier in the season than was once their wont and keep close tab on the growing fowl. This "scouting” by the purveyors of our principal Thanksgiving delicacy is a wise move for.

Itpai be it known, weather conditions throughout the. spring, summer and au-1 tumn hav? a most important bearing upon theTwkey crop at the end of | November. For instance, if a wet spring be encountered great numbers of the young turkeys suffer. In • some instances they a r*e almost literally “drowned out." The autumn is a yet more crucial time in the tur-key-raising industry. A open autumn, even if it be mild, is fairly auspicious, but the ideal condition is found in cool, crisp, bracing weather which inspires the turkeys to roam in search of food and causes them to

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fatten in prime condition. Such weather conditions also lighten the cares of the farmer who does not devote his entire attention to turkeys, and who usually has so many other responsibilities that he is mighty glad when the turkeys can shift for themselves —to say nothing of the benefit to hls ( pocketbook. These farmers and poultry raisers, it Aiay be added, are about the only classes in our national community who never need give a thought to a bird for the home table on Thanksgiving. There is always some sort ot a turkey for the gathering round the festive board at the homestead. We may digress for a moment, too, to add that in late years there has come a great change in sentiment on the part of many of the farmers as to. the Thanksgiving turkeys for their own tables. In days gone by there was often a disposition to regard almost any old gobbler as sufficient for the home folks. All tlje choice birds were sent to market, because they would bring the best prices' and the farmer and his household not infrequently had to put up with the leavings, as it were. Latterly, however, as greater prosperity has come to so many of the farmers tbere is a growing disposition to regard the best as none too good for tbe kings of the soil, and this applies to turkeys as to everything else. Consequently it Is usual for the progressive farmer to retain one of his tenderest birds for the kith and kin that break bread with him on Thanksgiving, and not Infrequently the chosen bird has been singled out from the others long in advance and is specially fattened in ac» cordance with the tastes of the family. There has been much discussion on the part ot the public in recent years regarding the comparative scarcity of small turkeys—that is six to eight pound birds—ln the Thanksgiving market. There is no difficulty in fixing the responsibility for this disappearance of the small turkeys. r t Is due to the growing tendency among turkey raisers to devote their best efforts to the “bronze” variety of sowl —the largest variety of the bird. The lure of the American love of bigness has made itself felt in the turkey realm, and the 30 to 36 pound birds which have attracted so much attention at fashionable hotels and on banquet boards have come to be regarded as the most desirable specimens of that fowl, which becomes for one day each year our national bird.

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While rummaging in some boxes to which he bad fallen heir from a former tenant of the house he lives in at Lander. : Wyo., Pat Curry came across what appeared to be an ordinary blue serge coat. H» tried to haul it from the nox and it required both hands to get It out. Curry at firet thought he had found

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a treasure coat and that it contained gold coin. When he lifted It out of the box it gave forth a metallic rattle. He silt one of the pockets and discov ered that between tht serge and the heavy silk lining was concealed a complete suit of steel armor. The steel ntates are two Inches square, a six-* teentb of an inch in thickness, pertor-

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It must be admitted, however, that the bronie variety of turkey not only holds the post of honor because of its size and its rich plumage but also, in the estimat’on of many epicures, because of its flavor as well. There is no doubt that the size of the bronze variety—its standard weight ranges from 16 to 36 pounds—is to be attributed to the fact that the birds of this family originated from a cross between the wild and the tame turkey. For that matter, the wild turkey of North America was the ancestor of all our present-day domestic turkeys, but the “crosses” which have been made in the case of the bronze variety have been particularly fortunate in inducing mammoth size. However, one of tbe officials of the department of agriculture recently declared that the bronze turkey had been developed too much in the direction of size, and if he can convert the turkey raisers to his way of thinking we may see some years hence an era of smaller bronze turkeys of even finer flavor than those regarding which such enthusiasm has been manifested ,by lovers of the good things of life. Os course the vaunted bronze variety is not the whole thing in turkeydom, for there are six other standard varieties, the branches of the family in addition to the bronze, being, the Narragansett. the buff, the slate, the white, and the black. Many people who think that we have been enjoying pretty appetizing turkey from time out of mind may be surprised to learn that the prestige of the turkey as an article of food was seriously threatened a few years go through carelessness and lack of foresight ir breeding methods. Not much was said about it. except in the poultry papers and at the conventions of poultry raisers, but the menace was suffi" : ent to arouse the more progressive turkey raist . with the result that they mended their way- put a ban on inbreeding and went in for the purebred or standardbred turkey, with the welcome outcome that rich, new, vigorous blood made its influence felt in infusing strength and vigor in turkey flocks all over the country. In the case of growers who have had the benefit of enough experience to qualify them for the work, turkey raising is, under favorable conditions, a highly profitable occupation. No other kind of live stock wil return so large a profit to the successful producer as will poultry, and tur-

ated at one end and sewed, lapping each other, on to a cloth framework that exactly fits the interior of the garment. No one can be found in Lander who can give any clue to the identity of the owner of the strange suit or armor. It is thought by many that it is a relic of the days of the Overland mall and was worn by some one who feared attack from Indians and that it came to Lander in the early days. Others believe it belonged to some

keys constitute the most profitable class of poultry if properly handled. As a matter of fact, from the time the turkey is six weeks old he virtually makes his own livelihood, wandering around and eating bugs, grasshoppers, waste grain and other eatables that if not an actual pest are useless to the farmers. To be sure, some of the fancy turkey raisers are credited with fattening their Thanksgiving offerings on , milk and chestnuts and other delicacies, but they get for such fancy fowl prices sufficiently higher than the regular quotation to recompense them for their trouble. An expert who recently made an investigation of the turkey raising industry on behalf of the United States government declares that turkeys can, if grown in a favorable locality, be made to return a profit to the growers if sold as low as eight cents per pound, live weight, whereas if they bring three or four cents per pound above that figure, as they usually do, the turkey grower should feel well satisfied with his occupation. Now, as a matter of fact, there are few sections of the country where at Thanksgiving time tur-

keys do not bring two or even three times the eight cents that Uncle Sam’s expert has set down as a figure that will yield a profit. Os course, the farmer who can sell his turkeys direct to housewives can get from 25 cents per pound up according to the state of the market and the quality of the fowl—but even the growers who market through commission merchants, as most of them do, ought to net from 16 to 20 cents per pound, providing the sales agent is not allowed to pocket more than his share of the sales price. Os course, for the grower to net 20 or 24 cents a pound, it is necessary to have the choice, specially fattened turkeys that bring top-notch prices in the markets catering to the wealthy class in the large cities. Recent years have witnessed a change in the methods of shipping turkeys to market. Many fowl are yet hauled to town, as in days of old, in the farmer’s wagon, but the largest share of the turkeys for city markets are now shipped by express. Just at Thanksgiving time when turkeys are coming to market in car-load lots many of the birds make the journey by fast freight, but under such conditions a man must be sent along with each car load to feed the birds, so that in the end it is likely to be just as cheap to send the birds by express, the transit thus being accomplished in a few hours and no feeding en route being necessary. To carry out the present day policy of haste in transferring the turkeys from the farms to the dinner tables of the folk in towns and cities, Ive find special automobile trucks waiting at the railroad stations to receive the crated birds as they are unloaded' from the cars, and these motors rush the turkeys without loss of time to the commission houses, hotels or other destinations. A few years ago a car load of live turkeys was a shipment of such unusual size as to cause comment. Nowdays such consignments are handled by the hundreds at Thanksgiving time, and a car load of live turkeys was, on one occasion, sent from New York to San Francisco, the rental of the special car for this journey amounting to S7O. In Chicago there are dealers who receive a dozen car loads of turkeys a day at Thanksgiving time, and as many as 25,000 birds have been received in that city in one day at the height ot the rush to stock larders for Thanksgiving.

one who had a mountain feud on his hands and feared an ambush by the enemy. The Soldier’s Wit. A veteran of the Civil war, having received from the government a new cork leg in place of the one lost in battle, perpetrated this witticism in his return letter of thanks: “’Tis sweet to be re-membered tor what I have done.”—Lippincott’s.

SHE SAVED® INES Noted Woman Lighthouse Keeper Dies on Duty. “Grace Darling” of America—Th« Only Woman to Hold a Commission From the Government In Her Work. New York. —In the closing of th< career of Ida M. Lewis, for 60 yean keeper of the Lime Rock Light la Narragansett bay, one of the most famous heroines of the world passer from the stage of American history Since early girlhood she watched the tumbling waters of the Narragansett from her little white house on. the rock and through the long years hei lights never failed to guide mariners to a safe port through storms and heavy mists. Sixty years ago, when but a strip pling of a girl, her father, the keepei of Lime Rock Light, was stricken suddenly ill. She took his placet and for weeks, while the old man lay dying, she tended the lights. When he died she was appointed keeper in his place and since that time het deeds have kept her before the world in a remarkable way. Her record ot rescues is 18 lives. Eight times she has ventured onto an almost impossible sea and taken struggling humans from the water. The rescue that made Ida Lewie the most famous heroine of America occurred on a stormy morning in March of 1869. It was hardly dawn and Ida’s mother was the first to awaken. From her window she saw two men, out in the raging sea, cling ing to a boat that had turned turtle. Her screams awoke her daughter, — 11 IE 6 Phiu Ida Lewis and Lighthouse. who stopped not for shoes nor hat, but, clad only in a thin dress, dashed out of the house into the cold, driving wind and faced the snow and sleet It took Ida fifteen minutes to launeb her dory in the dangerously high surf. At last she pushed beyond the inshore breakers; and then she rowed tor dear life. When the nearly exhausted men saw Ida one of them ■jried: “It’s only a girl!” Whereupon he let go his hold of the capsized boat and sank. A moment later, when he reappeared, she seized him by the hair and with abnormal strength dragged him into the boat. The second man shouted that he was so fiozen that he could not help himself and so a second time Ida pulled a half dead man out of the freezing water and into her little dory. For all of her wonderful rescues Ida Lewis received fitting recognition. Congress honored her with medals. She was a pensioned member of the Carnegie Hero Fund and the Massachusetts Humane society rewarded her with a token of its esteem. For years the home of Ida Lewis on Lime Rock was the Mecca of the world’s greatest men and women. They felt themselves honored to be able to call on her. President Grant and General Sherman were among ber most noted visitors. Her latest recorded rescue was of a woman five years ago when she was sixty seven years old. There are a number of brave deeds to her credit that have never been made known. PRINTH PAPER WITH A LITHP ’'“homebody Thole All Ethcth to Thop Ithue of the Thawtelle Thentinel. Los Angeles, Cal.—The oddest newspaper ever printed in southern California is this week’s issue of the Sawtelle Sentinel, which makes its appearance without the letter “s” except in the advertisements and a few leading articles. Henry Schultz, county statistician and editor and publisher of the paper, makes the following explanation: “At the time the Thentinel wath about half thet an evil-diphpothed thief entered thith office and carried avray all our etheth and for thith reathon our thurbthcriberth will have to do the very betht they can in reading thome of the articleth which are thpelled in the manner which they may hsCve noticed in thith announcement.” Cusses Cost One Cent Each. Bridgeport, Ohio. —An Anti-Swearing society has been organized here with twenty members, and they expect to treble that number. Each member is fined one cent for every oath used, ill being put on their honor to tell The money will be spent in banquets xnd lunches during the winter.

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