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Show Marketing Turkeys Is Explained in Bulletin Many farmers could get more for their turkeys If they would improve the quality of the birds and adopt better bet-ter dressing and packing methods, concludes con-cludes a marketing specialist of the bureau of agricultural economics, on the basis of investigations in poultry packing plants and terminal markets. It has been found that many producers pro-ducers expend much labor and money in an effort to raise turkeys of fine quality, and then, through improper selection, finishing and preparation of the birds for market, fail to get much of the profit they would otherwise receive. re-ceive. In a bulletin issued by the United States Department of Agriculture, the specialist tells how to select turkeys for market, how to handle live turkeys, how to feed turkeys, how to kill the birds and bleed them, how to pick turkeys tur-keys and clean the carcasses, how to wrap the heads, sew torn skin and remove re-move the crops. Hauling to market, grading, weighing, packing, loading and shipping are also covered In this bulletin, entitled, "Dressing and Packing Pack-ing Turkeys for Market." In "a final word," he says: "It Is to the interest of the producer, packer and retailer to see that the customer is satisfied with her purchase, so that she not only will continue to use turkey tur-key as the center of the holiday dinners, din-ners, but will buy one occasionally at other times." |