Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 28,1970
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Beckers' Turkeys Xre Featured aft Local Holiday Feasts
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John B and Evelyn Becker,
Honks RDI, play a big role in
many Thanksgiving. Christmas
and special event dinneis and
banquets m this area
They dress more than 2,000
turkeys a year, some 1,100 for
this Thanksgiving
This includes a ton and a half
of dressed turkeys for one res
taurant, the Plain and Fancy,
foe Thanksgiving Day alone!
The turkeys are purchased
from Harvey High of Bareville
at about three months old, then
are grown by the Beckers for
another one to three months, de
pending partly on customer de
mand.
John Beck displays a live turkey, one of about 1,100
which the Becks processed for Thanksgiving dinner in this
area. He noted that the trend is definitely toward white,
rather than black, turkeys because black pinfeathers and
stain interfere with the dressed appearance of the black
birds.
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Shotzberger's
Diessed weight of the turkeys
ranges from about 8 to 18 pounds
foi hens and 15 to 30 pounds
for toms
The Beckers have a 102 acre
general farm on Route 896 about
three miles east of Strasburg
on which they produce corn,
wheat, barley, hay and tobacco
Becker also does some custom
work He used to keep steers,
but now it’s mostly turkeys.
They have one son, Clair, 21,
married and woiking in Boston,
and a daughter, Alma, 17, a
senior at Pequea High School,
who is also studying food trades
at the new Brownstown Vo-
Tech School
_ Somebody enjoyed this plump 21-pound The large dressed turkey is one of several
'turkey on- Thanksgiving Day. At least, ' turkeys the Beckers prepared Wgdneswßjy
Mrs. Becker show's it was ready in time. to meet last minute orders for the holiday.
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