Show RAPID GROWTH IN RAISING TURKEYS fowls utilize areas of oth otherwise er wise profitless land the turkey industry has baa made a rapid growth in idaho idabo in recent yeats years says prea moore loore extension poultry sp specialist with the university of idaho college of agriculture it has baa grown gron since 1922 when turkeys were rather la in volume until now cow jt ailt has become an important ind industry astry in point of volume the bulk of the tha orl original ginal stock was vaa small and of poor poor cUi quality allty there was very little nat native lie a stock at that time which was sulta suitable b for or breedl breeding tig purposes there were a few breeders bleeders bre eders in the pie state who had been importing go good od breeding stock b but ut the general average was of inferior quality lit allty the increase volume soon at attracted the targe large produce dealers who began bidding for the bul business ness grades conforming forr alrig to those in general use throughout the country were applied not until antil then did the growers realize the bilue of breeding to improve the quality of the stock the few good local breeders bleeders bre eders were unable to supply thedo the demand inand for better breeding stock deeding breeding s stock i was imported on a large laigo scale ecale some of it was of high quality while much was inferior but most of it was an improvement over the average of the native stock improvement pro pent was rapid which dee developed lopea a a rapidly graw growing ing interest in turkey breeding as au an enterprise demand for better breeding stock led lea to a system of accreditation similar to that attaining such success inn in the poultry industry the popularity of this accreditation work in turkey raising says saya mr moore Is apparent from the growing demand for the service |