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Show Ci owing And Fattening of Turkeys Tor The Market By K M. C- i.v. s. ... -U ,ih Turkey ! .i . r. ., 1 ' i' a CiV'.siiit-r.i'i'c :.'.u" v i : yi.irs the ra'sic.; -.. i, . Ix'ra en .ifi ci n i.i . , : i i iome of tl-.c runni" s ; I: -i Va.-'h:ne,ton County l.:i : i ihe bu'.KIina of the . n Cuiar C ty hi m- ,;; ! K' i A':is the ir.:i.i'!r. !.: i r-i ;m extensive sc.ile ;iia! e i :i u v i t'r' rescnt tilllf 'he h-- kl::-. 'li s jirsmess mui the cc.u'oiai. vutit;ii?e in ni.c.iv homes h i.s se:irce-iy se:irce-iy been tou.hci). ' -.1 i ir ' t, f"? V : ' J 1 . There are a number of encouraging encour-aging phases of the grow. tig i turkeys that sliould prove a deUied incentive for many more people to actively support the the movenun utid mainly for the reason that whoever who-ever goes into the business, eithei on a large or a small scale, they are the ones who receive the greatest great-est benefit. I only need to mention a pn.c tlcal case Illustrating the forego ng .statement. A married lady who each year since the plant has been in opera Ion has come with her .small flock of turkeys, had Diem processed process-ed at the plant and each time has received a ni'e check in payment for the turkey:; she has raised and fattened for market. Thus year she had 75 turkeys with an average weight of 22 pounds and at the selling price this year she will go to her home with a check of at least $550. Tills lady, I am sure has not neglected neg-lected her responsibilities In the home. She has taken a lot of satisfaction sat-isfaction in seeing a Job well done, and at the same time received a nice sum of money for the effort, put forth and incidentally this ladv has worked at the plant nearly every year during the processing season, receiving a nice sizeable check for her servi:c while there. What she has done In a .small way others have done on a far larger scale. Some of the growers of turkeys this year have already received, and others w.ll receive checks of five, ten, fifteen, twenty and as high as 25 thousand dollars dol-lars for their turkeys. Tills, of course, would be their pross return, but even after the cost of feed and processing Is taken out a very substantial margin will be left. I think it is safe to sav that the gross return from turkeys processed at the plant th's year will run over $500,000.00. As we all know, our basic industry indus-try in this section has been livestock, live-stock, principally sheip. The turkey tur-key business does not in w-.iy interfere in-terfere w.th that business. Tit capital investment In the growing of turkeys is not even a circumstance circum-stance compared with the amount involved in the jheep business and neither Ls it an all year job. These statements are not mad-' with any thought of urging anyone any-one to change from sheep to turkeys, tur-keys, but there are many penpl" n this section, who with a little preparation, determination. an.l perspiration, ran Improve their DO" sltion in this field of activity an. I service. The average number of penpl" that could be successfully employed at the process ng plant would easily be 100 and with at least that number, num-ber, a very efficient and profitable plant operation would result and o the same time yield a very substantial substan-tial payroll for those employed. I Time and space will not permit much to be said about the Fee.1 plant, which has been operated in connection with the processing plan. I for a year and a half. Suffice to say that the volume of business at th? plant during Its operation his reached nearly a hundred thotrand dollars, and it has been the means of establishing a rash mnrke' fo,' 'all the grain that can be pnuluee-1 In Iron Coun'y, and I am safe in saying that this plant can handle U-very pound of praln that can b? 'produced in Iron County, even f our annual production couM be i increased many times over. The processing plant and the feKl plant Is not privately owned, bu' is a cooperative orgunl'nt'oti and any prof ts derived from it - or:1 salon sa-lon will be returned to the mep.b j |
