Turkey Character

2013 by Marthus-Adden Zimboiant. All rights reserved.

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Published by AuthorHouse 07/03/2013

ISBN: 978-1-4817-9559-3 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4817-9558-6 (hc)

ISBN: 978-1-4817-9560-9 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2013909010

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CARPET ADVANCED MINISTRIES

P.O. BOX 270

OFFINSO-ASHANTI

GHANA

Email Address:   zimbomarthus@gmail.com

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CONTENTS

DEDICATION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

PROLOGUE

1   INTRODUCTION TO TURKEYS

* Physical Features of Turkeys

* Behaviour of Turkey

* Production of Turkeys

* Consumption of Turkeys

2   THE YOUNG TURKEYS OF PEE ROLL

3   KING KONG INFLATES HIMSELF

* A lesson from King Kong?

* Impartation before imitation

* The fruit of arrogance

* Undefined garments

* Warning to force prophets

* The Popery Authority

* Ghanaian Churches are Collapsing

4   FIGHTING FOR POWER

* Political power

* The revolutionary Ghana?

* Dr. Kwame Nkrumah

* Reasons for the broke from U.G.C.C.

* Achievement of C.P.P

* The coup d’état

* Kotoka and Afrifa

* President Agyekum Kuffour

* The ministers of God

5   KING KONG, RED IN THE FACE

* Anger resulting from the ministers of God: Case Study

* Anger resulting from other people: Case Study

6   LUST FOR SEX

7   BOW TIE

* The Greatness of a Man

* Talent

* Popularity

* Reverence Only to the Rich

* Definition of Poverty

* Reason for Unemployment

* Who is a Rich Man?

8   KING KONG, THE LAZY KING

9   TURKEY, THE KING OVER EAGLE?

10   THE MANIFESTO OF KING KONG

11   THE BIRDS FIGHT KING KONG

* The youth must fight

* Beware of your Group

* Beware of Courtship

* Beware of the Teachings of Sex

* Be mad for the Gospel

12   WHAT ELSE?

* Fasting

* Prayer

* Reading the Bible

* Wrestling

13   THE DEATH OF KING KONG

14   EPILOGUE

Endnotes

DEDICATION

This book is dedicated to all CARPET Soldiers, especially those who have been with me since four years, namely Mapar, Zepharus, Kalki, Byiocer, Euzi, Uran, and Rujhar.

For me,

They are my objects of interest.

They surround me like the constellation of the sky.

They are my children and I am their father.

Their love drops sweets on my tongue.

I am a toothless dog when they are absent;

I only bark; I don’t attack.

They are dying in the Lord Jesus with me.

They have vowed to spend the rest of their lives with me in the Lord Jesus.

Their love covers me like oyster shells covering the young oyster;

It is as strong as the teeth of a crocodile.

Therefore, to them my love goes forever.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The only one who formed me in my mother’s womb; the only one who provided me milk from my mother’s breast; the only one who marched my pace like a lion and his young ones; the only one who later took me away from the bondage of Satan, through his perfect son; the only one who gave me wisdom later, and gave me the spirit of writing; to him be the glory, and he is nobody than God, the Lord of the armies of Heaven, the capital of the universe.

I am highly indebted to Charmaine Ledger a Solution Consultant of Authorhouse. It was her advice that convinced me to share my knowledge about the Word of God worldwide.

I am still indebted to Owusu Sampson, Yaw Matthew, Rev. Roxaiana Euzi, Elizabeth Takyiwaa Bimpong, Rev. Opuni Charus, and Owusu Showcross. They were the godly people who helped me financially to make known this book. I acknowledge them so much.

Finally, I am highly pleased with my own CARPET Soldiers, who supervised me spiritually, for without whom I could have done a zero work.

PROLOGUE

Arrogance is the beautiful design of foolishness. Whoever doesn’t want to be corrected at all gathers collection of mistakes. This one too is his foolishness. ‘Jack of All Trades but Master of None’ is the prison of foolishness. ‘I Did It; No One Helped Me’ is the invention of foolishness. There is no city that never begins with C—Christ; there is no country that never begins with C—Christ; there is no town that never begins with T—Throne; there is no village that never begins with V—Voice. You pompously claim that you do everything without Christ on His Throne by His Voice. The doing of the nincompoop is his arrogance, and the arrogance of stupidity is in the heart of the subsoil. Whoever does this never knows he is playing arrogance, for he cannot measure himself that way.

That is why I have learnt much about Turkey through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ to discuss with you in this book, so that if you can compare yourself the same thing with this arrogant bird, then you change as quickly as possible for better.

Unfortunately turkey is not found in the Bible in such a way that I can quote; yet, many things similar to the doings of the bird can better help. Learn turkey and shun arrogance.

Amen.

Chapter One

INTRODUCTION TO TURKEYS

According to Wikipedia, a turkey is a large bird in the genus meleagris. By definition, meleagries is the Roman name for guinea fowl. This name came about as a result of the fact that the early Europeans mistook turkeys for guinea fowls (Numididae). Wikipedia says that guinea-fowls were also known as turkey fowls (or turkey hens or turkey cocks) because they were imported to Central Europe through Turkey. The name turkey fowl was shortened to just the name of the country, which has been remained as the name of the North American bird. Thus, turkey is a common name for a large ground-living bird native to North America. English navigator William Strickland introduced the turkey into England in 1526, and so in 1550, he was granted a coat of arms including a "turkey-cock in his pride proper."

The above analysis therefore gives turkey its scientific name as Meleagris gallopava from Latin gallus, meaning cock, and pavo, meaning chicken-like. A female turkey is called a hen and a male turkey is called a gobbler. Baby turkeys are called poults; they are tan and brown. A sixteen week old turkey is called a fryer. A five to seven month old turkey is known as a young roaster and a yearling is a year old. Any turkey which is fifteen months or older is said to be mature. The male is popularly known by this name because only male turkeys display this gobbling sound. The hens of turkeys cannot gobble, but rather they cluck and make small, chirp-like noises. In other words, female turkeys make a clicking noise. Each male turkey uses his unique gobbling and strutting (arrogant or pompous) skills to attract the ladies. In America, the male turkey is called a tom. A large group of turkeys is called a flock.

Physical Features of Turkeys

Gobblers are larger than hens. Turkeys are mainly classified into wild turkeys and domesticated turkeys. The head and neck of adult turkeys are naked, leaving only head-like bristles around. The gobbler possesses a long, red fleshy growth from the base of the beak called snood. They have the ability to roll the snood to hang down over the neck. They also have a bright red appendage (projecting body part) at the neck known as wattle. The snood can also be termed appendage. However, the wattle cannot be called appendage. The beard of the tom is a black lock of hair found on its chest. You cannot overlook its Caruncle. Caruncles are the inflamed swellings like bumps or boils on the head and upper neck of the gobbler. Caruncle can also be termed carbuncle. The heads of females are greyish, with some feathers on the neck. Males are more colourful and ornamented than females.

Both of them have buff-coloured feathers on the tips of the wings and on the tail. Domesticated Turkeys have been bred to have white feathers, and for that matter there are no unsightly pigment spots under the skin when they are plucked. Turkeys are closely related to grouse, quail and pheasants. The head of a turkey changes colours when it becomes excited. The average turkey has 3,500 feathers at maturity.

There is yet another species called an ocellated turkey, with Meleagris ocellata as its scientific name. They are mostly found in Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico and adjacent Guatemala and Belize. The tail feathers possess green-blue eyespots and a lustrous purple appearance. The feathers of the body have a metallic golden, bronze-green sheen. The skin of the head and neck is blue, which is covered with red, wartlike growths.

Behaviour of Turkey

Wild turkeys are active during the day time and spend most of their time on the ground. Domesticated turkeys cannot fly. Wild turkeys can fly for such a short distance as 55 miles per hour and run at 20 miles per hour. Turkeys don’t really have ears like ours, but they have very good hearing. One surprising thing is that turkeys can see in colour, however they do not see well at night. Wild turkeys spend the night in trees. They especially like oak trees.

A wild turkey can gobble as far as a mile away on a quiet day. In other words, one can hear it gobbling a mile away. They do not migrate and may form larger social groups in the winter (winter flocks). One male turkey can gather about ten hens around it in order to mate with them. Therefore it always defends its territory like agama lizard against other bands of turkeys. They disperse into smaller groups in the spring.

Wild turkeys eat a wide variety of plant material in season such as acorns, nuts, seeds, grains, fruit, leaves, roots, tubers, buds, and fern fronds. You can sometimes observe them eat insects, worms, and snails. They mainly forage for a few hours after dawn and before dusk.

Many types of animals eat wild turkey eggs. Such animals include raccoons, skunks, snakes, and other birds. The predators of turkeys are coyotes, bobcats, mountain lions, and large eagles and owls.

Production of Turkeys

Since 1970, turkey production in the United States has increased nearly 300 per cent. It was estimated in 1991 that more than 120 million turkeys were produced annually in the United States. In 2007 alone, 271,685,000 turkeys were produced in the United States. These together weighed 7.9 billion pounds and were valued at $3.7 billion. One interesting thing to hear is that U.S. today glowers produce nearly one turkey for every person in the country.

Presently, the turkey industry in the United States employs 20,000 to 25,000 persons. A