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Show FINAL CHECKS FOR TURKEYS RECEIVED Checks for final settlement of the Thanksgiving turkey pool have been mailed to growers throughout the state by the Utah Poultry Producers Association. The gross prices received by the association were as follows: Milk white hens, 31c; milk white toms, 32c; 'economy hens, 22'c; economy toms, 2214c; old toms, 25 14c The expense involved in handing hand-ing the pool amounted to 3c Per pound which were deducted from the gross price. Owing to toe fact that the volume of turkeys tur-keys was greater this year than it has ever been before, the board o' directors, at the suggestion of Mr- Willardson, voted to refund the turkey growers one-half of "NT regular commission. The Utah Thanksgiving pool amounted to 1,031,000 pounds which a tremendous volume and represents rep-resents an increase of over 300 , cent as compared with last year. ! With the large increase in the ; Production of turkeys this year nroughout the United States, Is no telling what might e happened had there been no "rsanized marketing method in "n. Utah turkeys have received fide distribution, some finding "" way into many of the New island states' markets all along 11,(1 Atlantic seaboard. |