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Show Valley Turkeys Bring $10,000 Gunnison Valley boast of a mai i-moth i-moth sugar factory that brings nearly t hrce-piarlers of a, ,milliii dollars to the farmers and workeis annually. She also boa:, Is of I'r.c wheat and alfalfa crop;. This v; I-ley I-ley also is noted for the c xtra li n beef and mutton shipped every ye:,". The newest industry and which w '1 prove as large as some of the olh r big features, is the turkey harve. This week approximately 25,0' 0 pounds of turkeys, grown and rais I right here in the big Gunnison V; !-ley, !-ley, were shipped out. And the turkeys are some of the finest and fullest and will decorate with gra " and dignity thousands of tables ; t the annual Thanksgiving dinners I be served on the .'jOth ofNovembc Not only were the turkeys ship)'. ,1 out among the finest ever sent fro. ' Southern Utah, but they brought a handsome price and the farmer who managed to raise a hundred or so o' W the birds is being handsomely rewarded re-warded for the time spent in raisii -, his birds. The prevailing, prepaid pre-paid fo rturkeys here through II Central Utah Poultry Exchange i: thirty-seven and a half cents pc pound and the total amount di: tributed will run better than $10,0(V.i In the northern part of the sta mid even in the northern part t , Sanpete county the price offered fo. the turkeys range from 31 to P. cents per pound. Manager Ben.; Brown, however, and with a view to aiding the farmers of this valley i getting top prices, offcrd an advane. of 3 and a half cents above the out side prices and as a consequnce all turkeys raised in this valley will b shipped through the local exchange Not alone will the Gunnison Valley Val-ley Foultry Exchange handle 25,000 pounds of dressed turkeys through the local ollice, but an additional 25,000 pounds were shipped from Elsinore, the turkeys being handled through Manager Brown. Both cars were consigned to the Harry Phillips company at Los Angeles. With the establishment of the poultry exchange here and with idea! facilities for shipping poultry next year will more than likely see double the production of turkeys for the outside markets. |