Show TURKEY CHOP h 1 LESS ESS SS THAN LAST YEAH Rumors have been afloat during the spring g and summer months m that an m excessively large turkey c crop op was wasis wasis wasis is the making and many growers have been led ed to believe that the thc market marK f for the national bird would bp be e glutted this fall and prices would be he Considerably lc less s than for Cor the lie past two seasons seasons' The rumor oC or an n Immense immense immense Im im- mense Texas Te as turkey crop has been especially persistent However the first authentic in information information in- in formation In the tho form o of a nathon- nathon lin v Ide survey e by the Produce Packer serves S to dispel any gloom that turkey turkey tur tur- key ler raisers might have felt The rhe Packers Packer's survey contains reports from Crom four forty Cor y producing districts of cf Texas the tho premier turkey turley st state te Analyzing the reports from these four forty-four districts eight show Increase Increase Increase In In- crease production twenty the flue same samo as last year and sixteen showing a 1 decrease The eight that show In Iii Increase crease average a only 11 per cent while the sixteen show an art average I decrease production of or 2 23 25 per cent It is obvious from froni these figures that the bumper Texas Texas' t turkey rl ey crop will not materialize Kentucky reports a decrease of 25 per cent form last year ear North Dakota and Minnesota crops crops' will he be 30 to 40 per cent less The rte remainder of tT e states slates east cast of the Rocky y mountains report a crop averaging from 25 to 30 per percent perI percent cent l less ss than last last year The states slates I west of or the mountains forecast a aI ai i I crop crap the same as last year rear I I o 0 |