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Show Cube Turkey Steaks To Aid Consumption Process Boosts Market For Large Type Fowl By W. J. DRYDEN Turkey raisers want to produce the larger holiday bird the public wants the smaller fowl. The cost for a large torn is too much for the average family. To produce a small turkey the cost per pound of gain is far greater than in the case of the larger fowl. Desiring to create a year around consumer demand for turkeys, the National Turkey federation and the Poultry and Egg National board de- 1 . ' x' '"l Making turkey steaks with cube machine. cided to utilize the machine which for years has been turning out the beef cubed steak. The meat 'is removed from the turkey and sent through the machine ma-chine and out comes a four or six ounce steak, ready for the stove and then the lunch box or the formal dinner. Consumption of turkeys has been less than five pounds per capita. With development of the turkey steak, the turkey industry is endeavoring en-deavoring to attain a per capita output out-put 10 times higher. The cubed turkey tur-key steak can be quick frozen and packaged in the same manner as many other kinds of steaks. This new plan is expected to assure the turkey raiser that there will be no overproduction of turkeys. |