THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 22. 1962 Research Review Turkey By ELLEN BRADLEY . The turkeys whjch will grace the tables erf many homes through out the United States today are believed to be ancestors of the wil4 turkeys ..'of Mexico. Carl 0. Dossin, professor of poultry husbandry, said that the turkeys were probably first do mesticated. by the- Aztec Indians in Mexico. He said that Hernando Cortez, an early Spanish adventurer, is believed to have takein some of these domesticated binds back to Spain. ' THESE TURKEYS, he said, were introduced into the rest of Europe from *Spain and the early colonists brought some of them back to America. Today’s turkey is much larger and better fleshed than the birds that were in America when the Pilgrims observed the first Thanksgiving,;he said. ' "This increase is the result ot Improvement in breeding, feeding and management,'' Dossin said, Major research concerning the turkey is currently being con ducted at the University, under the direction of Edward G. Buss; associate .professor" of. poultry husbandry. THE WORK we are doing with turkeys is directed toward gen etics and the physiology of re- Jester Article Published William A. Jester, graduate as sistant in chemical engineering, is - the author of an article en titled "Neutron-Activation Flow meter” published in the Novem ber issue of "Nucleonics Maga zine." New College Diner Dc*r> ’ o h' .3 1 !: vW.f';. t H .6 ' f.Jo, i . THANKSGIVING DAY ; SERVICE OF WORSHIP -*I ! * including a choral reading ''lhr Circle Beyond Fear” IIM a.m. Eisenhower Chapel University Christian Association % * , ** Boasts Mexican Ancestry production," Buss said. "The big problem we have today with them is the inefficiency of reproduc tion." Two eggs are usually required to produce one turkey, and three of four eggs are i needed to pro duce the birds which people buy the most, he continued 1 : The reason for this inefficiency is that, many of the eggs are infertile and there is a high rate of embryonic mortality, he said. “WE ARE trying to improve the efficiency of reproduction, by the use of artificial insemination.” 6,000 Pounds of Turkey Prepared For Thahksgiving in Dining Halls Three tons or 6,000 pounds of turkey will top the menu for the Thanksgiving Day dinner to be served in the dining halls 1 today, Robert C. Proffitt, associate di rector of the bousing and food services, said yesterday. : The menu dor the evening candlelight dinner includes roast turkey with giblet gravy and corn bread dressing, whipped potatoes, frosted fruit shrub (punch with sherbet), creamed onions, French cut green beans with toasted al monds, and hot sticky buns with butter. 1.400 pies with a choice between pumpkin pie with whipped cream or mince pie, Proffitt said. A special buffet table with celery, carrot sticks, two kinds of olives, apple butter, cottage cheese and cranberry sauce will be' set up in each of the dining halls. Also on the buffet tables will be fruit bowls with|apples, oranges, grapes, bananas ana pears. Guest meal tickets will be avail able for the meal for $1.50. Stu dents should go to the dining hall supervisors to purchase them. For desert, thgre will be about J Proffitt said. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. UNIVERSITY PARK. PENNSYLVANIA Another situation that has been encountered- is embryonic de velopment in eggs from female turkeys which have not been fer tilized or inseminated. A vaccine called- fowlpox is being injected into the turkeys. Several hundred embyros have developed and hatched because of this vaccine, he said. These turkeys we have called fatherless embyros’,” he said. “This abnormal condition, which brings about an increase in cell division, may be related, to cancer,”' Buss said. ■pt* k,-- .(■ r hr* •"> [•'f. 1 - j. • !• - (■ sr' • i New PARKER ARR©W If you have trouble saying it... Say it with a Parker If you're a little shy and have difficulty say ing "I love you" or even "I like you - very muHh"— say it with a Parker. The new Parker Arrow makes a beauti fully expressive gift and looks as if yoppaid a small fortune for it. 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