Show r THE TURKEY GOBBLER t The great American bird is not the hen nor the eagle but the turkey gobbler The gobbler is lord of the barnyard and field marshal among the fowls See Bee him strut in the fullness of pride ride taU tall feathers spreading head up wings wing trailing ti b but t not ingloriously I IlI Hl rimson comb and purplish wattles give him himi i the appearance appearance of n a red faced red faced and ald Important gentleman who Is querulously h concerned in everything going on on about him Such pomposity dignity and ti swagger is rare Ills His irritable gobble gobble strikes terror into the hearts of little children but is music in the ears of the more sophisticated who envision him trussed up In a roaster and stewing In his own Juice The turkey has been closely associated with American history from the be be be- ginning It will be remembered that at the tho famous Thanksgiving feast of the Pilgrim Fathers in November ll 1621 in which the friendly Indians participated wild turkey was the chief delicacy Once this elusive bird was plentiful but now the wild species is all but extinct In only a few sections ns of the country the wild turkey t may be bo found It begins to look as though the domestic turkey turkey turkey tur tur- key is destined to go the way of Its progenitor Young turkeys are hard to raise and the Thanksgiving and Christmas demand exceeds the supply No one wants to see the Ule day when the tho turkey has disappeared from the land and the proud gobbler struts and fumes no more There re is no substitute for the tho turkey gobbler in sight As compared with him the rooster Is and the gander a lesser breed without the law The gobbler is a symbol of prosperity and a token of hospitality as well |