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Show '" ' ' - - ' ' . . - ' r . . . AMERICAN FORK TITIZEN lj n n V h7" 7 II Losses From Hog jCL' 7.. EwSfeW 7 nrnWS II V k Cholera Cut Down IQUiCVV r 3 n n r?V n Tr 7? Done Much to Check PUIlw B5 II II II II J1 I' I theDisease. I II II I I . -' I X II I 4 &'dtZ4ffr , &i7 & Ty 7i7ns 7Tf,4dfp4 "ZttyCsrtSie A MyOfu y&s yUrlZZZXZ, jU drf&CkS yyyf 7 7. ' . u ' XI T" , . .,- S r77ZJZ jsg ss7l.. Sj.s,. jjt-iA stz? A- j& sx:?s?z7t; y(ttj jiZG7l a-f . JXT t.y$tY yZJ&r&. XZyu 6. PHOT OA FROM ft.UtPCA.WOOI President Hoover recently !ued the annual Presidential proclamation calling upon Americans Ameri-cans to set aside Thursday, November 24, as Thanksgiving day. Above is shown a facsimile of the first Presidential Thanksgiving proclamation, proclama-tion, issued by George Washington and setting the-dale as Thursday, November 26, 1789. By ELMO SCOTT WATSON tains realize that it's about "time to talk turkey.'' For November 24 13 Thanksgiving day and what would the America". Thanksgiving day dinner din-ner table be without the presence of a roasted turkey? . . Hut before' proceeding with a discussion dis-cussion of tiie species f fowl who. once a year, Is our national bird, It might not be amiss to consider the origin of that typically typical-ly Aiuerlcan expression 'to talk turkey." If a certain tradition la to be believed, It had Its origin In an Incident which la as typically Amer ican as Is the custom or observing aTnsnKs-glvlng aTnsnKs-glvlng day on the last Thursday In November and making It a feast day of typically-American edibles, chief of which Is the native American turkey. Away back in the early days (Just when no one lMmi to kn'nwl In ons nf thft thirteen coln- n'es (it cannot be stated posltlrely which one, although from certain aspects of the Incident the ausulclon arises that a Yankee was one of the actors,) an Indian and a white man agreed to hunt together for a day and then to divide the spoils. This they did and the division proceeded pro-ceeded agreeably enough until only a crow and a turkey remained. Thereupon the white man, volubly frank and Beemlngly generous In manner, said "Now you may have the crow and I'll take the turkey! or I'll take the turkey and you may have the wow. But the red man was not so easily taken In by this glib proposal and replied Indignantly "nun! Why yon no talk turkey to men And ever since that time, so says the legend, when a person began to dissemble, to conceal his real meaning In a superfluity of words, to attempt to "put over" something on another. It became time for the other to advise him to "talk turkey.' L e. to be straightforward and get down to business. - Reference was made above to the fact that once a year the turkey Is our national bird. It U just possible that he might hare been our national na-tional Wrd the other 304 days that Is, if a suggestion" sug-gestion" made by Jolly old Ben Franklin had been followed. And thereby hangs the tale of the first coins and seals that came from the mint when the new republic of the United States of America was established. These were rather crude affairs and the eagle on them looked very much like a turkey-rand . sllchtly tipsy turkey at thatl Whereupon Franklin wrote this comment com-ment : "I am not displeased that the figure Is a turkey. For In truth, the turkey Is in conT parison a much more respectable bird, and withal with-al a true native of America. He is esides (though a little vain and silly, it Isrfrue, but not the worse emblem for that) a, bird of courage, cour-age, and would not hesitate to attack a grenadier gren-adier of the British guards, who should presume: pre-sume: to nter his farmyard with a red. coat on." Franklin was quite right in calling- the turkey a '"true, native of America.' That be was one of the authentic "first Americans" Is proved by the fact that bis bones In fossil deposits' show that be Is of prehistoric origin, and what appears ap-pears to hare been, roosting places for dom- -Mr' -- h rmym ' , ml. w'fe ir FWV' ;V,4 -w " I .i, -V--...1 Bv A F. SCHALK, Collepe of Vet-Eyerfr;ary Vet-Eyerfr;ary Medicine, Ohio State Unl- versity. WNU Service. Hog cholera is not causing as serious se-rious losses to Ohio swine growers as it did last year when numerous vo outbreaks of the dis- HUU cahi'J'' . ease were experienced In many sec tions of the state. This favorable situation can be explained by the fact that more anti-hog cholera serum was used in Ohio during the last spring and summer for immunizing pigs than was used in any single year since the serum was discovered. It is estimated that one and a half MM,r, ir ih1 shoats have been given, this preventive treatment f cholera thte year, xnereiore, w the disease ' does make , its appearance appear-ance among untreated swine on a farm it does not spread rapidly to neighboring herds, because many of them have been vaccinated and are Immune to the disease. : When cholera . makes its appearance appear-ance In a neighborhood all hogs in the vicinity should be vaccinated or treated with what is known as the "double treatment," which consist con-sist of anti-cholera serum and virus. This treatment insures Immunity or protection from the disease in healthy swine when properly admire istered. It cannot be expected to cure animals already sick with cholera or to protect hogs suffering from some other disease. If disease dis-ease invades the herd, the most expert available assistance should be sought at once. estlc turkeys have been found attached to pueblos pu-eblos and cliff dwellings In excavated ruius of untold centuries ago. . The Spauiards who conquered Mexico found turkeys, both wild and domesticated, In that country as early as 1519 and it was no less a person than Cortez's own confessJSra Aga-plda, Aga-plda, who wrote back to Spain from Mexico the following "There Is a bird, much greater In bigness big-ness than a peacock, that Is found within the forests and vegas all over this country. It surpasses sur-passes as food any wild bird we have found up to this time. The natives do shoot these birds with arrows and catch them In various kinds of sprlnites and Snares. ispeclinens of this splendid fowl were almost immediately sent back to Spain and the Jewish merchants, who were the leading dealers In such commodities at the time, thought they looked more like peacocks Jhnn anything else. The Hebrew word for peacock was "tukkl," from a Hindu word "toka," meaning "trailing skirt," and these merchants began calling them "tukk.ls" or "American tukkls." Soon the word "tukkl" became corrupted to "turkey" and led to a confusion con-fusion as to their origin, even though they were of American rather than Turkish nativity. From Spain the new delicacy from the New world spread (o other parts of Europe- and won instant favor. Turkeys were taken to Persia by Armenians, and to Batavla by the Dutch. In France where the turkey was, and Is, called "dlnde" because they believed It hailed from India the bird was first served for the wedding feast of the lively young Charles IX and Elis abeth of Austria, Twelve turkeya were consid ered fine enough for a royal gift from the mer chants of Amiens to Charles. By the middle, of the century England met the bird, and In another an-other 20 yeajs It wis being plentifully raised In various sections of Great Britain." And now comes one of the curious paradoxes of history. In that this "native American" became, be-came, an Immigrant to the shores of his own land. In 16J9 a letter written to Governor Enttl cott In Salem, Mass by his agents In London assured him that "tame turtles shall be sent you ht tiie nexte slrlppet" So In a short time the New England Tarietj of-the North American Amer-ican wild turkey was being mixed: with bis part ly . domesticated descendant from Mexico tI England thus completing a curious 100-year, round-the-world tour. It Is probable that not one turkey In a thousand thou-sand which will grace the Thanksgiving table this year will be a native wild turkey. For the original New England wild turkey (Meleagres Americana) is all but extinct In the part of the country where he first made his appearance on that festal board. Thr wild turkey of -today (Meleagres gallapavo silvestris.) according to ornithologists, is found In greatly reduced numbers num-bers only from Pennsylvania and Ohio south to the gulf states and west to Arkansas. There Is a smaller variety, the Florida wild , turkey, In that state; In southern Texas Is another, the Rio Grande turkey and in the Ilocky mountain region, another, Merriam's turkey. All modern domesticated turkeys are derived from the Mexican Mex-ican wild turkey (Meleagres Mexicana) of the earliest days. From him comes the exquisite penciling pen-ciling of modern domesTOfited turkeys. But to get back to why the turkey occupies such a prominent place on our Thanksgiving day dinner table of that, first celebration, held In. Plymouth In M21, Edward Wlnslow wrote back to England as follows: "Our harvest being gotten in, our Governor sent foure men on fowling, that so we might after a more special! manner rejoyce together, after we had gathered iu the fruit of our labours; la-bours; they foure in one' day killed as much fawleas -wlth a little help beside, served the company almost a w,-, k, at which time amongst" other recreations, we exerclspd onr Armo m, of the Indians coming amongst us, ind amongst the rest their groatest King Massasoyt, with some ninety men, whom for three days we entertained en-tertained and feasted, and they went out and killed five Deere, which they brought to the Plantation and bestowed on our Governor and upon the Captalne Stauf.lsh) and others."' There Is no dmibt that chief among the "fowle" at this feast wil9 the native wild turkey. tur-key. However, according to Mary Austin, "Our elevation of Hheaurtey to the place of hanor on the Thanksgiving dinner table Is not-entire-ly owing to its traditional Importance to the first American Thar.ksdvlng day; It Is a tribute trib-ute to the .homem.-ikiiig instinct of the Pnrit- women ho made the turkey brooda part of that association of nn and their wild breth-! ren which i InseparubJe from the human idea' of home. The Indians domesticated the turkey chiefly for h!s feather whtrh th nri, . ! have do doubt.. that t rniioK w w i arriving chickenless, g,t.her first feelin, of I being nt home from the bvooding-cluck of tW turkey, hen abom her door." I e b, fftia N.,pt. Union.) High Yields Necessary ' With Prevailing Prices Word comes from Ohio that of the 55 farmers in that state who checked their corn yields officially last year, those whose yields ranged between 70 and 90 bushels per acre produced the crop for 21.7 cents per bushel. Those whose yields exceeded exceed-ed 90 bushels an acre produced corn at 16.5 cents a bushel, and the few whose yields ran dp to 110 bushels bush-els and better, found their production produc-tion costs as low as 13.8 cents per bushel High crop yields and superior live stock are essential in these days of low prices. The aim should be, If necessary to avoid overproduction, overproduc-tion, to produce fewer acres of crops and put more land In grass and hay, and utilize legumes to the fullest extent possible. To illustrate, producing 3,000 bushels of corn on 40 acres of ground Is a lot morCprofit-, able than utilizing 00 acres for that purpose. Producing more feed per acre, and converting that feed Into the largest possible quantity of live stock products should be the aim of-every of-every farmer. Wallaces!; Farmer. Need Mineral Supply - Depraved appetites as Indicated by gnawing bones seems to be prevalent preva-lent In many .districts. M. L. M. and h. C. M. have almost the-same condition con-dition In their herds: "Cow. gnaws old bones"-,and"helfer- calf chews wool all the. time." These aninias are craving minerals, min-erals, possibly salt or plio: nis. Make a mixture of equal i ... is of ground "TlnTesfoner steamed ' bone meal and fine salt, and put some In a box where the calf can get at It as It wants to. When starting to feed meal to the calf, include about 6 pounds of this mineral mixture to each. 100 .pnunds of grain .mixture. For the cow add three pounds of It to each .1.00 pounds of meal fed. Montreal Family Herald. Advice Is Applicable to All Turkey Raisers. Bv O. C. UFFORD, Extension Poultry- man, uoiorano AsnvuiLuiM vuu,t WNU Bervlce. The range for turkeys to be fattened fat-tened should be restricted, because excessive exercise on a free range prevents the birds from putting on flesh as they should. A mash of ground feeds should be kept before thera all Hie time, In hoppers. Any of. the grains that are raised in. the state, such as corn, wheat, oats or barley, may be used In this mash, which may be composed of equal parts by weight of the, grains available. In Addition to mash, the turkeys being fattened iould receive whole grain In the mornings and evenings. Some growers prefer to put the whole grain in hoppers and keep it before the birds at all times. It may require some time before the turkeys take to grains they have not been used to, and any -change in the ration of the flock should be made, early enough that the birds will become accustomed to the change before the fattening period starts. . Milk, If available, should be kept before the flock being fat tened. It Is also a good practice to soak some of the whole grain in milk before feeding it Fright Often Cause of Eggs With Soft Shells Fright Is often the cause of internally in-ternally broken eggs which generally gener-ally prove fatal Fright is a common com-mon cause of soft-shelled eggs Such eggs are not only a loss, but they are passed with such difficulty as to give rise to serious complications complica-tions which may end with the loss of the pullet. Soft-shelled eggs may also be responsible for pullets con tracting the egg-eating habit. Moreover, fright seriously affects egg production. Unfortunately, fright often becomes a permanent condition and injury; let the pel lets 'become frightened once and the least disturbance or irregularity afterwards will often cause them to go "all to pieces." Whether a flock of pullets has "gone to nerves" or not may determine whether they will yield a' profit or a loss." Since fright may lead to serious conditions and losses, how can it be prevented? Simply by special care and management. When 'pul lets are given no cause for fear they soon welcome the companionship of the caretaker or even visitors if due care nnd precaution are exercised. Farm Journal" Controlling Grain Pests Carbon disulphide poured over the grain or placed in pans on top of ' the grain f will control grain moths and weevils. Where the 1s to be used as feed the 'mixture may be poured directly on top, but where it is to be used for seed thn carbon disulphide should be placed in pans on top-of the grain. In both cases the mixture evannrato. and the fumes settle on the bottom. For best results, the bin or storage stor-age room should be kept tightly closed. Careless Potato Digging A8J!rI?X. of jnore than a- hundred New York state potato fields last year showed that a 12 per cent damage dam-age was made np of 7 per cent of the potatoes bruised In digging, 3 pr ICUL xo-'unea, ana 2 per cent cut One farmer's damage was as much as 48 per cent or nearly half his crop. Such injury can be laid to faults In adjustment of the digging machine, to lack of the proper degree de-gree of power on the digger, and to Improper operation. Prevents Soil Waste The forest cover conserves water nd because of Its absorptive capacity ca-pacity it stores several times the mount of water falling in rain that does the abandoned field. Water stored la the forest floor runs out gradually and equallr.es spring and stream flow and at the same time prevent the soil from washing Into jream channels, clogging then, with tnd aggravating U damage hj Increases Size of Eggs Increasing -the -size of eggs -laid by a flock can be brought about by using only male birds from larger egg dams, states C. G. Burroughs, Dane county, Wisconsin. Inthree years the average weight of a dozen eggs from his flock has increased from 23.2 to 20.4 ounces. Mr. Burroughs attributes .his early small-egg weights to a group of cockerels saved from heavy-producing, small-egg hens, but his pres ent pullets are sired by cockerels from dams thaf pF6dueedeggs weighing from 26 to 27 ounces per dozen; in April this flock was the leader in the Record of Perform ance poultry flocks of the state. In this contest production and egg size are both considered.Prairie Farm er. Hen Pests Menopon gallinae, - the common hen louse, is a profit-cutting poultry pest, and is known wherever hens congregate. Keeping company with the louse are the mites, the ben flea, and sundry relatives that specialize spe-cialize on eating feathers, sucking blood, nr Just pestering their victims. vic-tims. Cornell bulletin dealing with chicken lice and mites, and their control Is available on request to the Office of publication at the New York3 State College of Agriculture at Ithaca, N. Y. Winter Preparation Clean and disinfect henhouses before be-fore cold weather seta In. If drop-plng drop-plng boards are not already In they should be installed, Before placing pullets in the house for the winter, be sure and mark them bo they can be distinguished from old hens when the flock Is culled early In the spring. Do not house any sick or diseased birds. Late pullets should be separated from those that are fully matured and ready to lay. Do not overcrowd the birds. Prairie Prai-rie Farmer. Exercise Beneficial The question has been asked, "Is It necessary to make chicks take exerciser It is claimed that without with-out having to scratch for grain In heavy inter the chicks that are normal nor-mal and have the opportunity will scratch the litter, wallow In it and. apparently get all the exercise, that they need. Even chicks on wire screen floors will ran-around, flap their wings and get some eiereise if the conditions-generally are good Too close confinement la alwaji detrimental Salt LakeCit f Hotel isarJ1' irtf'j HOTEl TEMPLE SQUARE' .200 Rooms 200 Tile Radio connection m every i RATES FROM Jl.5o j Just oppotu, Uomm TOnJ ERNEST C. ROSS1TER, Landed RecorJ R... 5 The world's record 'small bass, weighing 13 nounrt. t was captured recently by "id neay in Lake Gertrude, lab Florida. The word "captuj useu auvisemy, since Kenned broke as the fish was being' into the boat. 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