The Inola Register. (Inola, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 13, 1913 Page: 2 of 8
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That the wild turkey can not only
be tamed but that he is much hardier
than his tame brother and that the
cross between the native wild turkey
and the Bronze makes the handsom-
est bird of the turkey tribe has been
demonstrated most successfully by ex-
periments along these lines.
An enterprising Virginian was
lucky enough a few years ago to cap-
ture five baby wild turkey chicks—
they were only two days old when lie
caught them. v
They were given to a tame turkey
hen—who already had a brood of
young ones—after they had been in
captivity only two days.
At first these shy little fellows
seemed to distrust everything, but
soon became accustomed to the Vir-
ginian. who paid particular attention
to his mixed flock, bringing them ber-
ries and other delicacies, at the same
time teaching them to come to his
call to be fed.
Every one of the five birds grew
up and they turned out to be one
gobbler and four hens, it is inter-
esting to note that although there
was a mortality of 60 per cent, amonf
the domestic birds that season, the
five wild turkeys were not affected in
any way.
At the approach of winter a wire
enclosure was made, this was also
covered over with wire, making a
perfectly enclosed space of 150s45
feet, and at one end was a small tree
that was enclosed in a 25-foot square
of wire fencing—a natural roosting
place—the enclosed space had a
growth of bushes and wild vines
growing upon it, also a natural sod.
The turkeys put in this limited
space must naturally be fed on such
■tuff is would as nearly as possible,
resemble the food that nature intend-
ed forthem, so they were given corn,
wheat, oats, wild berries, acorns, per-
limmons, grit in abundance, and fresh
water ad libitum.
The winter season passed, the birds
were well and hearty. With the ad-
rent of spring, the hens made their
nests in the enclosure, where honey-
iuckle vines afforded the privacy that
they so longed for. Later on the
roung poults arrived, both they and
their half - domesticated mothers
showed aversion to man, their nat-
ural enemy—so the broods were taken
away from the wild hens that had
batched them, and were given to
some Bronze hens, who raised 38 birds
out of a hatch of 40.
The first adventure being so suc-
cessful, the Virginian followed out
the same methods with the 38 birds
that he had used with the original
five, and the loss of only two birds
was a striking example of the hardi-
ness of the wild birds.
It Is interesting to note that after
the young birds and their mothers
bad been given their freedom, they
showed no disposition to revert to
their wild state, but always returned
home at night, roosting on the upper
limbs of their tree along with the
other turkeys, the young birds takirg
more kindly to domestic ways than
their parents.
After two years of hard work the
Virginian began to realize some finan-
cial returns from his labor, and the
38 birds above mentioned, were- sold
at a price aggregating slightly more
than $400, while the extra eggs gave
him another $250. The price of the
young hens was $10 each, while that
received from gobblers was from $12
to $20 each. Eggs easily Bold at $'
apiece. At present he is getting $15
for hens and $20 for gobblers.
Keeping 11 birds during the second
winter. V>2 chicks were hatched, and
75 of these were raised to maturity,
the losses were caused by accident
or dogs and not by disease, although
the domestic birds on the farm tha. I
year were decimated.
The wild turkeys roosted under tte
wire enclosure, the domestic birds
over it. The droppings of the latter
naturally fell into the enclosure. None
of the wild turkeys contracted the
fatal disease, but showed themselves
not only immune to it, but to a Ions
spell of wet weather. These birds
have been thoroughly tested and have
shown themselves immune to the
dread disease, black h >ad. as well as
from other diseases which affect the
domestic breeds.
Experiments have demonstrated
that an infusion of wild blood will
undoubtedly make a hardier strain of
domestic turkey.
In order that there will not be In-
breeding to an extent that would re-
duce the natural vitality of the birds,
fine specimens of wild turkeys from
Mexico, Oklahoma, Louisiana, North
Carolina, and other sections have
been secured from hunters and others
Interested in the experiment.
Believing that the domestic bird of
the present day is not descended from
the native turkey, as is commonly
supposed, but traces Jts origin back
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to the Mexican wild turkey, which
was domesticated in Mexico at the
time of the conquest, the Virginian
advocates the crossing of the native
turkey with the wild Mexican bird.
Finding a couple of wild turkey
eggs last summer, and upon exam-
ination finding they would soon hatch
out, he placed them in a basket over
an electric globe which hung in bis
room, the globe being of ordinary
16-candlepower. The bottom of the
basket was protected by a piece of
cardboard: over this was placed a
small piece of flannel. The eggs were
' allowed to remain thus placed until
hatched.
The globe gave out a heat of from
i 98 to 102 degrees, and soon the two
I eggs developed two fine, healthy
\ chicks. These were taken out to the
farm and both of them were thriving
until one of them tried to swallow a
small lizard, which choked it to death.
These turkeys are now raised with
white Holland hens, and when young
birds are three-fourths grown they
are put under wire enclosures, raising
them under as natural conditions as
possible.
IS THE DELECTABLE TURKEY
DOOMED TO PASS FOREVER
By L. M. BENNINGTON.
Many a city family man, when he
comes to pay from five to seven dol-
lars for his Thanksgiving turkey this
fall, will be quite ready to affirm that
personally he has no objection to the
passing of the turkey, even as a holi-
day piece de resistance.
Prices of turkeys this year are high-
er than ever before. Last year in
the largest cities, first-class birds
brought from 35 to 50 cents per pound
and a five-dollar bill was hardly ade-
quate to secure a bird that would suf-
ficiently serve an ordinary-sized fam-
ily.
This year prices will be higher still,
in spite of the fact tkat dealers have
been scouring the country for
months, making ccntracts in advance,
and putting into cold storage every
bird that could be secured, long be-
fore the holiday season opened.
The fact is that fewer turkeys are
being raised every year, the decline
in the Industry having started Bix or
seven years ago, when the terrible
disease of blackhead began to destroy
the flocks in the New England states.
The ravages of this disease have be-
come so great that in Rhode Island,
which was once the great turkey state,
none are now being raised. The dis-
ease has spread to other states
throughout the east, and Its ravaging
effectB have been so disastrous that
thousands of farmers in New York.
Massachusetts, New Jersey and New
Hampshire all formerly good turkey
states, have practically given up the
business.
This disease has Invaded the west
to some extent, but its ravages have
been checked because the means of
preventing it are now much better un-
derstood than etfer before, owing to
the Industrious and intelligent inves-
tigations started several years ago by
the Rhode Island Experiment station,
and supplemented by the work of the
United States department of agricul-
ture.
Blackhead is a disease of the liver
and Intestines which produces a form
of dystentry and Is caused by minute
parasites, and called blackhetd, be-
cause the heads of the affected birds
turn black at a certain stage of the
disease.
In many cases birds die from com-
plications Induced by the presence of
the disease rather than from its im-
mediate effects.
Blackhead destroys about four-
fifths of the young turkeys before
they are six weeks old, and of the re-
maining one-fifth, one tenth to one-
fifth die at a later period.
The advice given by experts in the
disease is to quit breeding turkeys
wherever it appears, and this is re-
sponsible in a very large degree for
the rapid curtailment of the Industry
in the eastern states.
The hope of the turkey-raising in-
dustry appears at present to lie in the
west, and those portions of the south
which have so far escaped this dread-
ed disease. Breeders have « - w
learned how to prevent the disease,
and In the west where it has not pre-
vailed to any considerable extent,
farmers have taken up turkev-bn-ed-
ing, encouraged by the tremendously
high prices that have prevailed dur-
ing the past few years and by the
hope that they will be able to escape
the losses suffered by the eastern
breeders who did not know how to
cope with the disease.
Turkeys are great rangers, but as
they quickly become attached to their
attendant. It Is not difficult to control
them. Tbey should be fed and cared
for by the same person from the time
they are batched until they ire ready
for the market In this way they will
learn to come at the call of the at-
tendant. and follow him for long dis-
tances, from the fields to the coops.
If young turkeys are carefully han-
dled by the same person they can be
easily driven from one place to aa-
other, and when storms come on they
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can be quickly housed. In foreign
countries turkeys are driven to mar-
ket in flocks, and we once saw a flock
of nearly 300 birds being driven along
the highway to the railroad station
three miles from the farm, where they
were to be cooped and shipped to the
city market.
The be^t-known varieties in Ameri-
ca are the Bronze, Naragansett, Buff
and Black. The Boubon Red is a fine
bird, coming originally from the moun-
tains of Kentucky, where it flourished
in a wild state for many years. The
black turkey of America came from
England, where it is known aa the
Norfolk.
The bronze turkey, which Is proba-
bly the most popular turkey in this
country, was originated in England,
through the crossing of an American
wild bird upon the black turkey.
The North American wild turkey
was at one time very plentifully dis-
tributed over the entire country from
the Carolinas to Canada, and most
plentiful to the sections sub-divided,
as Pennsylvania, Ohio and Kentucky.
They were migratory, following the
food supply, often wandering distances
of from 200 to 300 miles in search of
their favorite food, following the crops
into the localities where the season
afforded the greatest production.
These early wild turkeys visited the
barnyards of the early settlers of the
country where tame turkeys, brought
over from the old countries, were
kept, and the result was a great im-
provement in all qualities of this bird.
Breeders were quick to observe this
improvement, and sought wild gob-
blers to cross upon their domestic
birds. It is from this cross that our
highest standard turkeys have been
bred. They have been so carefully
selected, mated and cared for, by the
fanciers, that there has been produced
perhaps the most beautifully plumaged
and noblest table bird In the world.
Unfortunately, like the wild pigeon,
the wild turkey has almost disap-
peared from this country. A turkey
does not mature until it is about three
years old, and to obtain strong and
vigorous offspring, hens from two to
three years old should be mated to
strong, active males of the same age,
or older. The males and females
should never be taken from the same
family, and no breeder* should go into
the business unless he is willing to
start with the standard bred stock.
The critical time in the lives of
turkeys is in the first six weeks. They
are tender little things, and must be
kept dry and warm until the red be-
gins to show on their heads. They
should never be turned out when the
dew la on the grass, but may be con-
fined In a large yard, where they can
have plenty of exercise. When they
are old enough to run out on the
range with the mother hen, they must
be brought In before every storm, and
always at night
Buyers In all parts of the country
are numerous, and are quite ready to
take the live birds on foot at the
farm, and thereby saving the owner
all trouble of shipipng and marketing.
Of course, if the birds are slaughtered
on the farm and properly packed in
clean white paper and new boxes, tbey
will bring a price enough higher to
pay for the labor Involved.
RIBBON FLOWERS ARE
DAINTIEST OF GIFTS
By JULIA BOTTOMLEY.
Exquisite ribbon roses, corsage
bouquets of ribbon violets and nose-
gays of small ribbon or silk buds—all
scented—are among the Christmas
offerings for this year that hardly
cost more than the time It takes to
make them. This item of cost Is an
important one to most of us. There
are so many that we wish to remem-
ber, at the holiday season, that even
modest gifts mount up lntc a total
which It Is unfair to ourselves for us
to spend. The one way out is to
make up things In which the Ideas
and work make value. Our friends
appreciate these more than any other
sort of gift.
To make the little buttonhole bou-
quets shown here, requires a bolt of
light purple or dark lavender velvet
ribbon, a spool of green covered wire
called "tie-wire," and one small
bunch of millinery foliage. For this
purpose the velvet maiden-hair fern
j Is the best choice. {
I Scraps of ribbon or silk in bright
[ colors—pink, rose, yellow or white,
I or other colors if desired—make up
j the small rosebuds. A narrow fold
, four to six inches long Is rolled into
j the semblance of a bud. The tie-
I wire is wound about this roll at one
; end to form the stem. As this wire
| is as fine as a coarse thread it should
be doubled to make the rosebud
stems.
j The violets are made either of vel-
vet baby ribbon or No. 2 silk ribbon.
Little bows of four loops, each three-
quarters of an inch deep, are wound
at the middle with the tie-wire
| which holds the loops to place and
forms the stem. After the roses and
violets have been made, group them
together in a little bouquet and tie
the stems with a bit of tie-wire.
[ Place a spray of the maiden hair fern
with them, wrap with tin-foil, which
may be had at the florists, and tie
with a plain bow of the baby ribbon.
Purple tin-foil should be used. To
make a large bunch of violets a wider
ribbon (about a half Inch wide) should
be used. The violets are made in
the manner first described. A single
dark red rosebud of ribbon or silk
Is mounted with them and a few milli-
nery leaves of rose foliage. There
are usually plenty of these among
one's discarded miHinery flowers. If
they are crumpled they may be
pressed lightly with an iron—not hot
but just warm.
The ribbon rose Is more difficult to
make, but most beautiful for a cor-
sage ornament It requires from one
to one and a quarter yards of rather
heavy satin ribbon, about two inches
wide. The petals are made by cut-
ting the ribbon in lengths of two and
a half inches. A tiny covered wire
Is tacked in with Invisible stitches
along the sides and upper edge of the
petals and these petals curled back
over a hatpin. The lower edge is
folded to shape the petal and sewed
to place. A heavy wire forms the
stem. Fasten at one end of this a
small wad of cotton the site of a
thimble and cover it with a bit of silk,
winding It to the stem with thread.
Next wrap a bit of ribbon tightly
about this center and then place the
petals, winding with thread and tack-
ing with stitches to the stem. When
the rose Is finished fasten It to tbs
millinery foliage and stem, or wind
the wire stem with green baby rib
bos, if a millinery sum is not used.
CHICAGO.
Better cookies, cake
and biscuits, too. All
as light, fluffy, tender
and delicious as mother used
to bake. And just as whole*
some. For purer Baking Pow-
der than Calumet cannot DC bad
at amy priet.
Ask your grocer.
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