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Show o First Federal Inspected Turkey Ship. ment Leaves City The A. "Y. Pulley & Sons carload of turkeys, which started for the Ne.v York Thanksgiving market Thursday, is the first Federal inspected lot of turkeys to leav the state this: year. In the shipment were 17."il birds, all dry picked, which were graded and labeled by government inspectors. Every turkey going into the car w-as registered first grade and labeled U. S. Prime and U. S. Choice the two best classes in the top grade. The toms averaged eighteen pounds and the hens over ten pounds. Only 6S birds of the flock killed were rejected as first grade and these were not shipped. C. J. Hicks and J. L. Barrett, federal inspectors declared the shipment ship-ment the best they had seen in this district. |