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Show NO DEPRESSION IN TURKEY EATING Depression's heavy manacles to date have apparently rested lightly on the Utah-Idaho turkey industry for prices to be paid by the Northwestern North-western Turkey Growers' Association to members in these states on Thanksgiving birds will about equal last year's, declares Herbert Beyers, assistant general manager. Mr. Beyers reports his organization has just finished mailing out checks aggregating nearly $150,000 which represents final payment for the Thanksgiving "gobbler" crop. The funds will be distributed to the individual indi-vidual member producers by unit state associatiations in Utah, Idaho, Colorado, Montana, Washington, Oregon, Ore-gon, Nevada and Wyoming. Net prices to be received by the growers will be based on gross prices of 34 1-2 cents per pound for prime young toms and hens at New York, 32 1-2 cents at Los Angeles and 32 cents in San Francisco, with freight and minor overhead expenses deducted. deduct-ed. Transportation charges to the more distant eastern market will not exceed four cents per pound in any instance, the assistant general manager man-ager asserts, while overhead and packing charges, similarly, will be light and vary with the different state pools. Quality of birds shipped and met prices paid producers by the regional region-al turkey organization, were the highest in the country, said Mr. Beyers. Bey-ers. The movement of Christmas "gobblers" eastward from the Gem and Beehive states is well underway and should continue strong for the next two weeks, it was stated. |