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Show - PROFIT SHOULD BE MADEIN MADE MADEIN MADEIN IN TURKEYS THIS YEAR YEARBy By Carl Frischknecht FrischknechtUSA FrischknechtU USA U S A C E Extension tenslOn . Poultryman PoultrymanIf If the old adage , ' ' one e extreme "treme treme " follons fol- fol fol10 fol follows - 10\\ 10 lows 10s lons \ s another , " is true , . 1933 ought to tobe tobe tobe be a fairly faJrly good year ear for thoseho those \\ho ho who whocontinue ' \ whocontinue hocontinue continue to raise turkeys No one , of ofcourse ofcourse ofcourse course , is 1S prepared to state just jus ? what whatthe whatthe whatthe the price pnce will be for turkeys turl.eys turleys . this fall fallbut , but tnere there aie ale awe a few factors that appear appearto appearto appearto to be favorable at this thlS timeFnst timeFust time timeFust Fust Fnst of all production this year in inthe inthe inthe the United States will likely l1kely be con- con conslderably considerably con considerably - siderably slderably less than it 1t \ was \ as last year yearwhen , when it is 1S believed the largest crop on onrecord onrecord onrecord record , amounting to about 19 19000,000buds 19000000buds 000,000 000000 000,000bhds 000,000birds , bhds birds , , was produced The extremely extremelylow extremelylow extremelylow low prices recen recent received cd ed for turkeys in 111 1932 1932were 1932were 1932were were indeed discouraging discourogmg to many and andthe andthe andthe the demand for baby poults th1S this th1Sspring thisspring thisspring spring , , especially espec1ally in the larger com com- commercial commercial commercial - mercial turkey producing producmg areas , , ap- ap appears appears ap appears - - pears to be considerably cons1derably below what whatit whatit whatit it was a year ago at this time Like L1he- L1he Like- L1hewise Likewise Likewise - wise , , lack of money and credit crcdit with withwhich withwhich withwhich which to purchase and brood poults poultsthis poultsthis poultsthis this spring sprmg are other factors that will willlikely willlikely willlikely likely reduce the number of turkeys turkeysthat turkeysthat turkeysthat that were raised in 1933While 1933While 1933 1933While While It is true that the cold stor stor- storage stor- stor storage storage - - age holdings of turkeys are at present considerably above those of a year yearago yearago yearago ago , . it is also true that more people peoplethan peoplethan peoplethan than ever before are eating turkey turkeythroughout turkeythroughout turkeythroughout throughout the entire year . . It is istherefore istherefore istherefore therefore possible that the present presentsupply presentsupply presentsupply supply in cold storage will be entirely entirelyexhausted entirelyexhausted entirelyexhausted exhausted by the time the new crop cropis cropis 15 is ready to marketThe marketThe market marketThe The number of turkeys being bemg im- im im'Ported imported im imported - ' ported 'Ported by the United Umted States from the theArgent111e theArgentme theArgentine Argent111e Argentme and elsewhere is also on the thedccrease thedecrease thedecrease dccrease decrease During the eleven-month eleven month elevenmonthperiod elevenmonthperiod eleven-monthperiod eleven monthperiod - period from January to November November,1932 November1932 , 1932 , only 474,000 474000 , pounds of turkey turkeywere turkeywere turkeywere were imported by this tWs country as compared com com- compared compared - ! pared with a total of 5 5044,000 5044000 044,000 044000 , , pounds poundsin 111 in 1931 . . Another item that must not be over over- overI overlooked overlooked overlooked - I looked is 15 the fact that turkeys today todayare todayare todayare are being raised more econom1cally economically econom1cally'than economicallythan economicallythan 'than than ' ever before , and the producer producerdoes producerdoes h15I does not need to get as much for h15 his h15product hisproduct hisproduct I product to realize the same amount of ofprol1t ofprofit ofprofit prol1t profit that he did d1d formerly , . Losses in brooding have been mater mater- materIally materially materially - ially reduced by the improved methOds methOdsthat methodsthat methodsthat that have been adopted , , and better bettercare bettercare bettercare care and management in general generalthroughout generalthroughout throughout the entire growing grOWlng and anddeveloping anddeveloping anddeveloping developing period have made it pos- pos possible possible pos possible - - sible to produce 'Produce ' and market a better bettergrade bettergrade bettergrade grade of turkeys turl.eys turleys . than ever before beforeFeed beforeFeed beforeFeed betterI I Feed costs as well , . are the lowest they theyhave theyhave theyhave have been for a number of years , and andalthough andalthough andalthough although the present is likely not the thetime thetime thetime time to encourage much expansion of ofthe ' the turkey turl.ey turley . industry 111dustry mdustry , it is believed beheved that thatthose thatthose those who have plenty of range , , who whoalready Ialready i ialready already have the necessary equlpmeT'lt equlpmeTlt equipment equipmentand ' ' and who have had experience expenence experignce equlpmeT'ltII in rais raIS- raISing raising raising - II ing turkeys can well afford to brood broodpoults broodpoults broodpoults poults again this J.ear Jear year . ear . I ' ISince Since good poults can be purchased purchasedI purchasedtins purchasedthis purchasedthis I tins this year for 30 cents each , and with withI withgood withgood withgood I good aboutlfive feeding feedmg it requires reqUJres only about aboutl aboutfive ! fIve pounds ipOunds of feed to produce aI al a apound apound I pound alpound of live turkey , it is 1S evident eVldent that thatone thatone thatone one can still stlll mirket m\rket m rket m'irket ' \ ' his feed to ad- ad advantage advantage ad advantage - , vantage through turkeys turl.eys turleys . even when whenthe ' \ whenthe hen henthe henI I the birds sell for as low as 12 cents a apound apound apound pound , , providing , , of course , , that thatequipment thatequipment thatequipment equipment for brooding and rearing rearmg IS ISalready isalready isalready already ava available lable on the farm and anddisease anddisease anddisease ISI I disease losses are reduced to a mini mln1- mln1 mini- - mum mumAdditional mumAddltIonal Additional AddltIonal information mformahon on raising raising.turkeys raisingturkeys . . . turkeys and copies of o a i , turkey im- im improvement Improvement im improvement - provement program for the state may may- mayI maybe maybe - I be obtained . without Wlthout cost by writing to toI tothe tothe tothe the Extension ExtenslOn Service of the utah- utah utahstate Utah-State Utah State - - _ I state Agricultural Agncultural college at Logan |
