| Show surplus of turkeys i t throughout the country I 1 brings prices down 1 some interesting information begard ing the turkey supply for christmas i and the prices at which hey were ere sold in different parts of the cc country antry has been collected it appears that the high apices p aces of christmas turkeys i last year resulted in in an unexpected large crop of birds tor for the feast this year ear so that the y exceeded the del dei land in all sections it lt the country in salt lake city just christ I 1 mas one of the markets A I 1 carload load of uintah basin uri djs lor for 32 cents per pound while abo it retail price in vernal vicia 40 cents retail prices of turkeys in ch chicago were 55 to 60 cents representing the tone of the market in the burky raising area of the northwest missouri turkeys were reported selling fairly well in st louis and kansas city at 45 to 51 cents a pound prices of texas turkeys slumped noticeably duo due to oNer overstocked stocked markets in the east and growers sr viere ft ere only id to 27 cents a pound at dressing stations in denver and the far for west sa 0 cents a pound v was s the top retail price ol 01 due to failure of f eastern markets to absorb the usual portion of the crop new nes york produce dealer dealers were put the bird birds in storage to avoid a loss wholesale prices there ranged from 30 39 to 46 cents a pound and retail prices were from 40 to 60 cents it Is reported that about pounds of dressed turkeys went this year to the new york markets from the uintah basin which the growers got 26 to 34 cents per pound tor for most of this shipment has tty gone into cold storage until the market Is not so glutted the hatfield pa annual turkey auction tion stopped without bidding by byl commission merchants when the auctioneer demanded 52 cents a pound as the offering price |
