| Show Modern Turkey key Is Result of Building Body-Building Efforts The turkey which struts the struts the barnyard today probably wouldn't would would- nt recognize the gobbler that provided d the Pilgrims with their first Thanksgiving feast The resemblance between the two wo birds Is comparable to the before and after picture which accompanies most building body-building advertisements The pilgrim bird was a skinny scraggly long-legged long athlete who toughened up the meat on his bony frame by scooting through tl tI s woods at a rapid clip According to the World Book Encyclopedia the modern modem turkey turkey turkey tur tur- tur- tur key Is an overstuffed full breasted breast breast- ed beauty with a much larger body and short and short meaty legs Exercise Exercise Exercise Ex Ex- for modern modem adult turk turkeys ys consists of walking around the barnyard at a slow deliberate pace Possibly the only Joy a n turkey raiser gets from a turkey Is counting the money after he gets rid of the bird For turkeys have frail constitutions miserable dispositions dispositions dispositions dis dis- positions and must be coddled and coaxed to market Trouble starts when mother turkey lays Jays her eggs and the father turkey does his best to search them out and break them If the turkey egg hasn't been pecked or stomped Into oblivion It will hatch in 28 days after I being kept at a temperature of degrees no more no less Jess Then the little turkey gets the vitamin treatment and Is carefully carefully care care- fully funy guarded until ready for market between the age of or four to seven months Why do farmers raise turkeys T The answer might be in the Department Department De Dt De- De of Agriculture report that last year turkey raising amounted to more than a million dollar donar business |
