Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-04-05 | Page 5 | Utah and Idaho News

5 L 9 1 Utah an and Idaho 0 News 1 I Branding U Urged I I to Check Cheok Turkey T-hieves T in Idaho BOISE BOiSI Ida April 5 AP A. p A turkey thief thiet org organization of of statewide state state- wide scope Is Js costing farmers scores cores of or choice birds and c can n only ouy be checked by gr ater care in branding the birds It was was- was de de dared here by Pr li Moore 1 poultry expert of the university extension on service S A favorite scheme ot of th the thieves Is to order the turkeys turleys from the Ule farmer and specify that they shall bo ho delivered d on a certain date at Moore said With a good sale In prospect ros ct the farmer crates the birds the night before their sch scheduled sched sched- d. d delivery and that same night the purchaser drives up i ln In a fast rast truck stealthily loads the nicely ly crated birds and markets them them- them them-at at some distant point Branding of the Uie birds by means of oC tattoo marks mars under the web of oC the wing has been found effective re In curbing the theft o of the birds Moore declared pointing out that the brands seeth to remain visible indefinitely A A. A turkey theft protective pro pro- association has been or organized organized Or or- in Jeron Jerome Jerome- e Lincoln Lincon and Gooding