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Show CALIFORN1AN BUYS CHAMPION TURKEY AT $19 A POUND KSCAIXN. Cel.. Keb 1 What Is said to be the champion turkey of the United -Plate Is now In the possession of C. K-Siouffer K-Siouffer of the Wash Wijely ranch near this city. The turkey meiuhs fifty-three pounds, for which the owner paid $1007, or approximately $19 per ,Kund. The bird was purchased ourlng the New York poultry show. It won the t'nited Slates championship at the New York show. It weishe i boiit five times a much as the ordinary turkey and is onlv three years old. The big turkey Is the lineal descendant of I he bird that took first prixe at the St. Louis world's fair. |