Show EXTENSION SERVICE I 1 COMPLETES TURKEY tunkey production SURVEY earliest results of 1 the turkey survey conducted in utah during last year indicate that 1941 turkey production reached well above I 1 the one million ma mark rk reports carl extension at the U S A C purpose of the survey was to obtain information concerning the size of trie turkey crop and the conditions under which it was produced even though some 0 of the growers failed to answer all the questions asked and a few of the survey sheets were not returned the response was large and accurate enough to give a clear cut picture of the turkey growing indest industry i in rl utah mr states 1 the number of turkeys brooded blooded by each producer who failed to return the survey sheet was supplied by the county agents he adds the individual turkey growers in the twenty nine counties of the state reported growing a total of boults during 1941 the five leading turkey producing coun ties of the state were sanpete San pete washington sevier box elder and utah the number of boults brood ed varied from 30 in the smallest to in the largest flock with an average of 2937 for the producers A summary of the data indicates that 36 per cent of the boults brooded blooded were raised in flocks of less than 1000 each by growers or 33 per cent of the producers seventeen per cent or 63 of the producers raised per cent of the boults brooded blooded in flocks of or more boults each one per cent of the growers indicate that they were raising turkeys this year for the first time whereas others stated they had raised turkeys for more than 20 years the average number of years of experience reported by those who responded to the questionnaire question aire was 61 years |