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Show Christmas Turkeys to Cost Utahns More Than Last Year Buyn of Christmas turkeys will have to pay more for them than they did last year, but about the aame price a' they paid for their Thanksgiving birds, Herbert Beyers, manager of the Northwestern North-western Turkey Growers' association, predicted Thursday. ' Mr. Beyers gavs little credence to reports from the east that the Christmas crop would cost several cents less than the Thanksgiving turkeys. "Prices on the Christmas turkeys may be slightly lower than at Thanksgiving time, but not several cents," Mrr Beyers said. 1 Prices are lower in the east at the present time, but are expected to climb higher with the Increase of demand nearer the holidays, be said. He aald moat of the Christmas crop had been processed and sent east to be placed on the market From 40 to 60 rarloada will be sent east, while Utah should supply the coast cities with 10 to 15 carloads, Mr. Beyers estimated. At present, heavy torn are bringing 2 cents on the eastern market, while hens are quoted at 27 cents, which Is below the Thanksgiving Thanks-giving figures. |