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Show OFFICERS CHOSEN FOR ASSOCIATION OF PULTRY MEN George W. Gustafason of C'.iinook, Kont., was reelected president of the Northwestern Turkey Growers' association, assoc-iation, during the three-day annual meeting held recently at the offices of the Utah Poultry Producers' co-operative association in Salt Lake. Delegates Dele-gates representing 14,000 turkeymen in eight states attended. :Clyda C. Edmonds, Salt Lake, general gen-eral manager of the Utah poultry association, as-sociation, was named vice president and general manager of the turkey organization. L. E. Cline of Fallon, Nev., representing the Nevada Turkey Tur-key Growers' association, was chosen statistical secretary, and Herbert Beyers Bey-ers of Salt Lake, secretary-treasurer and assistant general manager. Executive Committee Elected The new executive committee consists con-sists of President Gustafson, representing repre-senting the Northern Montana Turkey Growers' association; Harry G. Smith, Seattle, of the Washington Cooperative Coopera-tive Egg and Poultry association, and Earl H. Brockman, Caldwell, Idaho, of the Idaho Egg Producers' association. Directors folow: Harvey P. Griffin, Bozeman, Mont., of the Southern Montana Turkey Growers association; P. J. Davis, Grand Junction, Colo of the Colorado Turkey Growers' association; as-sociation; J. C. Leedy, Roseburg, Ore., of the Oregon Turkey Growers' association; as-sociation; C. J. Noble of Fallon, Nev., of the Nevada Turkey Growers' association, as-sociation, and Messrs. Edmonds, Gustafason, Gus-tafason, Smith and Brockman. Speeches Given Roy C. Potts, chief of the bureau of marketing, and Albertus Wiliard-son, Wiliard-son, chief of the poultry products section, sec-tion, federal farm board at Washington, Washing-ton, D. C, addressed the turkey gathering gath-ering and assisted in working out marketing problems. Plans for the marketing of the world's largest "gobbler" pool, which this year should contain over 8,000,-000 8,000,-000 pounds, were outlined at the meeting. meet-ing. Estimates place the 1931 pool of the northwest group about double .that of last year which totaled 4,000,-000 4,000,-000 pounds. The increase will be largely due to extensive expansion of the northwest organization rather than from any material anticipated gain in this section's turkey production. produc-tion. Mr. Beyers is planning an extensive exten-sive field tour of Utah, Idaho, Montana, Mon-tana, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, Colorado and Wyoming to give pools not affiliated with the northwest organization or-ganization an opportunity to join. n . |