Show it 01 TURKEYS FOR thanksgiving 1 six fix weeks in november and december constitute duration of market for big birds prepared d by th united att state ot of the american public demands turkey for or thanksgiving arad gets it Istia lly if it la Is humanly possible on oo no other festival of the year do the people of tills this country fael aftel it feces vary ary to have any one klud of meat but thanksgiving without t turkey la in like hamlet without the tha gabet to most americans Amerl cans many serve turkey at christinas and new year also but after the holiday season Is past the lemand demand for turkeys turl cesa Is I 1 s usually small chis makes the marketing season for very short running as it does I 1 from the middle of november to the latter part of december in sections section 3 where turkeys are grown in large numbers as in texas dress tag ling plants have been built by poultry I 1 U I 1 many turkeys are prepared on an the farm tor for market dealers tle alers who buy the birds alive find and dress them for the various city markets in such cases practically nil all the turkey raisers sell to these dealers who often send buyers out into the country to gather up a drove ill ove of several hundred birds by stopping stepping at each farm as they pass weighing whatever wh ateer turkeys the farmer may have to sell and adding them to those already col lecter turkeys to be killed and dressed ou the aarm should first be deprived of 0 teed reed tor for 24 hours but given plenty of al fresh clean water in order to clear the crop and intestines of all feed when ready to kill the bird should I 1 bt f bird hung up by the feet holding the bird in one land hand a sharp narrow bladed knife Is used to sever the veins in the throat by making mailing a small cut I 1 aside the mouth on the right side ot of the throat at the he base ot of the skull afeei making this cut and bleeding begins the knife Is thrust up through the groove in the root roof of the mouth and into the brain nt at the back part of the skull the bird gives a peculiar i squawk the feathers are loosened by a quivering of tile the muscles and death Is instantaneous in dry picking the feathers should be plucked immediately and if the hird has been properly stuck they come out very easily the tall and larie large wing fg feathers athers are removed first after which the body feathers are pulled out when the turkeys tin keys are to be marketed locally loca ily or are to be shipped but a short distance they are cooled to a temperature of about 35 degrees fahrenheit by hanging banging in the open air provided the weather la is cold enough otherwise they are plunged into ice fee water and kept there until thoroughly cooled after cooling they are packed lit in boxes or barrels it Is inadvisable for the tha producer without proper refrigerating facilities to ship dressed turkeys as aa losses from improper cooling and from their being exposed to warm weather during transit tire are liable to occur aside from this it Is seldom profitable to ship turkeys any great distance except in n carlond carload lots when this Is done the turkeys are cooled to 32 degrees falgren fahrenheit packed in boxes or barrels and shipped in refrigerator cars |