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-ocal THE BATTALION Page 3 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1981 Turkey surplus makes holiday less expensive n,” Tuni urces kvith i cuts i to ick bv Ft wi terpretali bout icse dm Staff photos by Dave Einsel The foyer of the Regents’ quarters The Board of Regents’ meeting room Americans will have additional cause to give thanks this Thank sgiving because turkey output is up, and that should help keep prices down, says a Texas A&M poultry scientist. “There should be plenty of tur key for everybody this year,” Dr. Bernard Marquez said. “The aver age price should be about the same as last year’s prices — around 79 cents per pound. It might even be lower.” Marquez said the $1.5 billion turkey industry in the United States this year should turn out more than 160 million birds, a 5 percent increase from last year. Chances are the bird gracing your Thanksgiving table will be a hen, as opposed to a tom or gob bler, he said. It will have eaten about 50 pounds of feed during its 17-week life span and will be the product of artificial insemination. The meat of a roasted turkey, as a whole, ranks higher than any of the other cooked meats, and the breast meat ranks highest in pro tein. It is one of the lowest of all meats in calories — lowest in cholesterol — and rich in vita mins, such as riboflavin and niacin, Marquez said. “The turkey is one of the most efficient birds grown in the world,” he said. “One factor for their growing popularity, not only among consumers, but processors as well, is cost efficiency. They take less than three pounds of feed per pound of gain. ” According to the Texas Agricul tural Extension Service, turkey meat consumption in 1980 reached an estimated all-time high of 11 pounds per person. Americans are eating turkey meat in different forms. The amount of whole turkeys sold has actually de clined. More of the meat is being consumed in processed forms, such as turkey franks, sandwich meat, turkey pastrami or turkey rolls. “If you’re looking for the best buy, get the larger birds,” said Dr. William Cawley, a poultry special ist with the extension service. “They have a higher meat-to-bone ratio. Since the amount of bone is about the same in whole turkeys, the bigger ones have more meat. ” THE VILLAGE COBBLER custom made English Riding Boots — Aggie Senior Boots made in our shop by Frank Dicharo New Location! 1107 East 24th Biyan 775-5113 Regents playing the ‘Aggie Palace’ By DENISE RICHTER Battalion Staff ■Today, actions of the Texas University System Board of ;ents seldom fail to spark con- Jversy. However, six years ago, fas where the Board was meet- not what they were doing, it was generating the publicity. When the regents’ annex was npleted in 1975, the $2.2 mil- Aggie palace” made news oss the state. The most vocal opponents of annex were Texas A&M stu- its who criticized the lack of dent voice in the new $10.5 lion University Center, which ludes the regents’ annex. The matter finally was investi- edby the Texas House Approp- lions Committee. Appropria- as Chairman Bill Presnal eed that the annex was a show- ce, but said: “A&M is trying to out a new image and 1 don’t me them for that. It’s no longer ow college and people need to :ognize this. It’s a full-blown iversity today.” However, Fred Head, House gher Education Committee iinnan, said he felt that Texas tters in :s stated Lit we d» affected A&M “went a little too far” and, in the future, university representa tives would be required to give more detailed information when they requested money from the Legislature. The annex was funded with state money, the Permanent Uni versity Fund and legislative appropriations. Today, the annex is used for luncheons and dinners honoring special guests of the System and for meetings of the Board of Re gents, the Target 2000 Committee and the Development Foundation Board. Tours of the “University’s liv ing room” are frequently given, said Brenda Manley, assistant sec retary to the Board of Regents. Student groups, Texas A&M mothers’ clubs and former stu dents who return to Texas A&M for class reunions regularly tour the quarters, she said. The foyer, the conference room and the dining room are three of the areas normally shown on the tour, Manley said. Foyer A pair of large 18th century Italian oil paintings, depicting “Caesars on Horseback” ($5,000 each), guard the formal foyer. Walls of the foyer are travertine marble with four marble pillars along each wall. The foyer also houses a $4,200 pair of Italian mar ble busts of Roman senators. The foyer is dominated by a $4,656 blue, white and maroon wool carpet designed by William PahlmannofNew York. Pahlmann designed the interior of the Uni versity Center and the Texas A&M president’s home. The carpet lies under a $4,090 William IV circular table. Atop the table is a $9,068 Cloisonne vase dating back to 1740. (Cloison ne is a style of enamel decoration in which enamel is applied to an object and fired on a metal back ground.) Conference room The conference room is domin ated by a Georgian-style maho gany table banded with maho gany, ebony and satinwood. The table, designed by Pahlmann, is flanked with 14 carved mahogany swivel chairs upholstered in rust glove leather with nailhead trim. The conference table sits on a $9,000 Tabriz rug. The dark blue background of the rug is interm ingled with flowers and foliage. A 17th-century eight-panel Japanese silkscreen ($3,575) can be drawn aside to expose a screen for slide presentations at board meetings. A $15,000 painting of “Miles of Bluebonnets” and a $2,200 origin al Tiffany lamp are central parts of the conference room. Dining room A $4,500 19th-century Chip pendale table is the focal point of the dining room. Guests eat from a $24,300 Pickard china service and from a $42,615 450-piece set of sterling silver. Seating in the room is provided by 18th-century Irish Georgian side chairs in blue glazed leather and two $2,150 18th-century En glish Gainsborough armchairs in beige and gold damask. 415 University 846-5816 Mon.-Fri. 9:00-5:30 Sat. 9:00-5:00 GOOD THRU NOV. 30 GOOD THRU NOV. 30 WE ACCEPT LAY-AWAYS VOUR JENvELRY 5TOR£ CLOSEOUTSALE SELLING OUT ALL NEW STOCK JUST ACQUIRED FROM NEW YORK JEWELRY STORE. NEW STYLES! LATEST FASHIONS! 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