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Show mer merLa La Sal Man Ian W ' Wins 'Vins Vins WinsJannel ins inse me e as Turkey Gro\ve1i Gro ve1i Grower GrowerJ Growernnel \ 1- 1 { - 1nnel - J Jannel nnel W . Ray , formerly of ofand ofand ofy and La Sal and now engagedrkey engagedrkey engaged engagedJkey rkey ranching at Mack , Colo Cob Cobhieving Cololeving , Jkey hiev1n hieving considerable fame as a agro ay agrower y gro gros " er throughout v . western"iado westerniado estern esterndo esterndo " do The following followmg articleSunday articleSundays article " Sundays Sunday s Grand Junction Junctionnel Junctionnet JunctionInel nel net tells of "Mr Mr " Ray Rays s 5 success successg success1ng successKing 1ng g the Thanksgiving birdw bird birdSW SW w . Ray , Mack district dlstnct rancher rancherme rancherama rancherime & ama * me into this valley cnly t\\ t t0 tago ti two'ago twoago \ 0 o oago ' ago from the La Sal dIstnct district dIstncttern districttern district.stem districtstem . tern Utah v.h vh shFe . where e he was en- en enm enin en-l en l - in m turkey growing growmg is prOinga provingI proving prO\ing prO ing provingJa \ I a doubt the advantage ofby of3y of- of ofy - Ja by 3y > y the Grand valley for fer theIe thele the thelfr * lfr Ie le raising of the 'l'hanks- 'l'hanks lhanks Thanks- Thanks 'l'hanksbIrds Thanksbirds ' Thanks-thirds Thanks thirds - . bIrds Last } year , ear v . was sas as Mr Mrftrst Mrfirst Mriflrst ftrst first vear sear } ear in the industry inunty Inounty in innrnty -nrnty nrnty ounty - unty , and he held his flock flockto flockto flockto ; to 3000 Satisfied S-atisfied S atisfied - with the ad- ad ads ades ad-Eres ad Eres - es s to be found here , this thise thisI thisae I e increased his flock fiock to 4 500 500And 500nd 500And And nd already he is planning planmng a a6cXYO aat 6,000 6000 6cXYO , , for next year It is an anting anting aniting ting spectacle to see 4 4500s 4500 500 s , . weighing v.eIghing veIghing seighing probably from fromto fromto fromto to ten pounds and up each eachg eachg eachK [ g 0\ 0 over 0er \ er the nearby fields and andx and'the andthe ? x * 'the the ' the manner in v . which ithich hich they theyndled they'I theyundled 'I I ' _ ndled indled by Mr Ray and hisnts histits his hisKitS KitS nts tits titsI I KitSF F " turkeys turke'S turkeS } ' are ranged in m one onedt onejflock dt dtlock lock ock and scour the flelds fields fleldsrom fieldsI fieldstfrom . I rom rem the Ray ranch to the theHerders theis theus is Herders accompany themthat themthat them themthat that they are arc unmolested byI byor byor by byor I or other predatory ainamls ainamlsI ainamlst ainamisat I 1 ' t all aU goes well ivehl , with ,1th 1th the herd herdlu herd"the herdthe I " 'the the , ' the At all , lu day night nhiht nJfht come comeo ) roost " roosty - . Ray ay y plans this sear } year ear to have havereadiness havereadiness havereadiness readiness tor for the Thanks- Thanks Thanksmarket ThanksI Thanks-market Thanks market - I market , and to accomplish accomplishey ey are nobemg now no\\ no nos \ \ being bemg fed fcd heavi- heavi heaviween heaviwean heavl-veen heavl veen - - ween wean 1 800 pounds and a tonis tonis ton [ is consumed dally daily by the thehe thelie ' he ration consisting of \ wheatriey heat heatrley heatriey rley riey , sometimes scmetimes mixed in aI alock a aflock I flock lock ock is fed in the morning morning'plentiful morningplentiful , I Iplentiful ' 'Plentiful Plentiful ' supply , and this tillS is isfeeding isy isy y feeding for the day Dur- Dur DurdayUght Durdaylight Dur-daylight Dur daylight - - dayUght daylight hours they are arc free freeover freel L over the nearby fields and ande andI andtc I e to say net a grashopper isd is 4 4sad " "id id sad " d In those fields . The in- in - S year a ag a.1ng a'iing aiing ' .1ng 1ng . g rancher had a , largebeans largebeans large beans on Vi which vhich hich the beetles beetleseir beetlesheir beetlestheir heir eir . work v.ork vork sork of destruction destructionturkey destructionturkey destructionturkcy ; turkey is very fond of theties theetles the ctles etles ties and the pests sereit \ were sere werert ere erert > rt it lived after the turkeys turkeysof turkeysof | of their thelr presence The bean beanit beanIt ' it itas ; , was sas \as as \ related , did not sprayct sprayyet spray yet ct marketed an excellent excellentbeans excellentbeans excellent.beans excellentbeans ( . beans The birds h:1\ h:1 h1 has have h:1e : \ e also alsosolved alsosolved alsosolved solved the grasshopper pro- pro prothe prothe pro-the pro the - ! the Ray ranch ranchy ranchay ranchay ay y does not hitch h1.tch h1tch hatch . l Ills his s own owncferring ownrcferrine 1 cferring derring to buy them from fromgeles fromngeles . - ngeles geles hatchery as day old oldese oldhese oldFhese : hese ese young oung birds this year yearcents yearI yearcents year'cents yearcents I ' cents each . , several cents centshan centsban cents.han centshan . han ban last ) years ear s a pnce price pncey priceay priceay ay y studied the turkey rats- rats rais- rais ratsustry raisp raistlstry rals-istry rals istry - - p ustry tlstry while located in cast- cast castI casti cast-a cast a - i , and arid came here to engage engageI engageter engageter engageker ter learning the advantages advantagesby advantagesy , by y this tills valley vaney Last La.t Lat La't . ' } year , ear he hein hein heIn in with 3 000 young birds birdsng , ig g 2700 2 700 out of that number numbertotaling , . totaling 300car 300rear 300 rear ear car the flock of poults sas \ wasid as asto , it to 1,0 10 , 4 4800 MO 800 and out of that thatthere thatthere that\ that thatthere . \ there are now approxi approx- approx approxi- ! - - I I , : ' mately matel matel3 } 4500 neanng nearmg nearing shape for the theThanksgivrng theThanksgiving theThanksgiving Thanksgivrng Thanksgiving dinner table This Thisyear Thisyear Thisyear year theyere they \ were \\ere ere sere \ received on April Apnl 17 , , ; and the hens now ' range in m is \ weightfiom eIght eIghtflom eightfmom flom fmom 8 to 10 pounds while whlIe the toms tomsrange tomsrange tomsrange * . range up to 14 pounds They should shouldall shouldall shouldall all reach aeight a \ weight \\eight eight iceight of from frcm 15 to 16 16pounds 16pounds ; pounds or heavier Last L3St sear } year ear many manyof manyof " of the birdsere birds \ were \\ere ere siere sold at Thanks Thanks- Thankslvmg Thanksiving Thanksgiving manyI - I giving lvmg iving , . the others being bemg held over overfor overfor overfor for the Christmas Chnstmas and hOJ1da hohida hohidatrade holidaytrade } trade This year sear ear an eff01 effort effoit t . will v.lll vlll scill be bemade bemade bemade made to place them on the theThanksgIving theThanksgiving theThanksgiving ThanksgIving market m3rket The entire entirefleck entirelcck entirelock fleck lcck is prepaied prepaled prepamed for market on the theranch theranch theranch ranch and sold through the Utah Utaht Utahoultr3 Utah'oultry Utah"oultry Utahoultry t " > ' oultr3 'oultry oultry ' associatIonMr associationMr association associationMr UtahI I Mr Ray and amid family came caine to thIs thIsv911ey thisvalley thisvalley v911ey valley cnly only two t\\O t O tiso \ ) ears ago This yearthey year yearhey they + hey grev\ grev gre\\ gre gres grev70 gre70 \ \ 70 acres of wheat and andratley and1aricy andbarley ratley 1-aricy 1 aricy - , foi fOl use cl cl-Tefly cl Tefly C1'efl3 C1efl3 - ' ef1y ? as turkey turkeyI turkeyfeed turkeyfeed ; feed , and next ne'lt nelt ' : year sear 3 ear they \ < will ill in- in in"rease In'rease in-"rease in "rease rease - - I "rease rease 'rease " ' this to 140 acres which w111 will w111mean willmean willmean mean they the will gropractIcally grow gro\\ gro grey \ , practically 311 all 311cf allof allcf cf of the feed the 6 000 birds will con- con conume conume con consume - . ) sume ume Mr Ray has now been en- en engaged engaged en engaged - gaged in 111 the turkey business busmess for 111 11 11sears 11years sears ears At one time \ while ishmie \ hlle raIsing raisingturkeys raisingturkeys . turkeys near La Sal Utah . , . hisnumbered his flock flocknumbered I II Inumbered I numbered 11 000 birds It is bel1eved believed bel1evedthe believedthe believedthe the 6 6000 000 bird fleck flcd flcck " to be bel1evedI raIsed raIsedhere raisedhere raisedhere I here next year } year ear will about reach the thecapaClt thecapacmt3 thecapacity capaClt capacmt3 } of his IllS present equipment equipmentA A visit to the Ra Ray ranch is an anDxtremely an"xtremely anxtremely I ( xtremely Dxtremely " ineresting inerestmg event and al- al already already al already - ' ! ready many have hne hue driven dnven there from fromthis fromthis I IthIs thIs city or over the valley vaHey to see seethe seethe seethe the turkeys \ when shen \ hen they come home homein homein homeIn , in the eveningWhile evening eveningWhile I | While the turkey growing grO\\lng grO lng grosung \ \ mdus- mdus indus- indus mdustlY industmy indus-tiy indus tiy - - tlY tmy has been slc\\ slc sicvvly slcly slcssly \ \ ly increasing mcreasmg over overthe overthe overthe the valley salle3 \ alle in recent years , this th15 is isthe isthe isthe the first attempt at the wholesale wholesaleI wholesalegrOung wholesalegroing wholesalegrowing grO\ung grO ung groing \ of the birds in this .ic1Illty ic1Illty slcmity slcmityTo . vicinityTo .ic1IlltyTo I To date it has been entirely suc- suc sucI successful suc successful - - I : cessful and 3nd Mr Ray has confi confi- confiI cozifi- cozifi cozifidence confidence - - I dence of the future of the industryI industry I |
