| Show utah Is major turkey producing state nine million dollar industry A proclamation designating oct ober 17 as the commencement of locker time is turkey time was issued today by gov J braken lee in support of utah s fifteen million dollar turkey industry governor lee said that because of the importance of the industry ind stry to the state and because of the ive consumer price of turkey at this time of the year he fully endorses the promotion the locker pro promotion motion is designed to relive marketing con geston by getting turkeys into food lockers and home freezers the governor governors s proclamation was made as turkey growers throughout the state continued to market their new crop turkeys total crop of utah turkeys for this year is estimated at two and three quarter million birds at the governor s office to express appreciation for the proclamation was william A barlocker of st geo rge president of the utah turkey federation who presented the gov emor with a 24 pound turkey for a turkey dinner at any time of the year bear mr barlocker said that utah is one of the major turkey producing states of the nation in 1954 it rank ed seenah in turkeys prod aed ed fr om orn those turkeys a cash income of over eleven million dollars was real iced by the industry he further stat d that utah exports over 90 per cent of the entire turkey crop to out of state customers people like turkey anytime of the year he said our problem is not one of selling the public on turkey as in everyday eer meat our s is a pr eblem of making it available this is indicated by the popularity of tur key on the restaurant menus every day of the year mr barlocker feels that until more of the markets are in a position to supply a variety of whole and cut p turkey to the con sumer for everyday eating the fro zen food locker and home freezer will play an important role in mak mg ing turkey available the year around or V t 4 ty BIG BUSINESS governor J bracken lee congratulates william A barlocker president of the utah ulah turkey federation in honor of utah s forecast 15 home grown industry on the governor s desk is a 24 pound turkey presented by mr barlocker as ire nh |
