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Talking turkey comes easy for the manager at Fairholme Colony
Over 40 years the time to raise a turkey has dropped from 23 weeks to 14 weeks
April 15 marked Jerry Maendel’s 40th anniversary as Andiker Mensch, turkey manager at Fairholme Colony. Jerry — my dad — says he remembers the day, April 15, 1975, when farm manager Ernie Maendel informed him that he would no longer be travelling to Fairholme’s farm near Pilot Mound, to help with the building, but would