Show SHIPPING TURKEYS POST five hundred dollars a ton for birds in suit salt lake by charles B bartlett A short time ago I 1 made my first trial shipment of turkeys by parcel post it was the simplest thing in the world to turn the four large boxes of dressed birds over to mafoi lewis W bonawell Bon twell our genial whiterocks post master I 1 also mailed an invoice of the turkeys at the same time and uncle sam delivered both the turkeys and the letter in salt lake city at the same hour how is that for prompt service returns from the shipment ment are now at hand the birds reached the dealer in the pink of LOndi condition tion and brought twenty six cents a pound in the lot were turkeys one a hen that continued on page 2 riNG TURKEYS liy BY PARCEL al POST continued floell 1 brought avei 4 each today I 1 shipped that tit at the above mentioned pi ice will bring avei 5 eich each two y cilia igo ago I 1 sold bold to stanley ahanley ashton it at 7 a bied bione gobbles that he used t 0 seasons caon and marketed this tall fall the bit baid netted 15 00 0 so 0 o the two deais breeding cost him only my philos in wilting this alt altiere iele Is to call attention to the noble node american Amei ican bird as a money chop a valuable side line upon any faini the demand seems unlimited the glosa pieces ii ices I 1 liane hae received in the past lango iange from 23 cents per pound in december 1912 to 28 cents in 1910 it Is a little interesting to coni compain paie the till key with other money oops tin keys at 26 cents a i pound means a ton toll wool lit at 15 cents it a pound will bling POO a ton toil gonei tit nt 6 5 cents a 1 pound will biln a ton toil abc it several x idt awake people lit in the uintah basin who quietly gather lit in it a nice little check evemy fall for turkeys the largest ship ment that I 1 know mr geo A shipped worth last november he had to haul them to price and ship by express uncle sam will now freig freight jit them to salt lake for per bundled pounds rhe mall mail cair carriers lers naturally have heavy loads coming into tho the basin doubtless they will not to return empty mole moie turkey shipments will help provide outgoing loads and incidentally help to keep the balance of trade in out oui favor now that N e have a pi product that is woith a ton the trans vol poi tation charges a hundred pounds the demand unlimited how many tons hae we to ship |