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Show A. F. TURKEY GROWERS TO ENTER EARLY-SEASON MART ON BIG SCALE THIS YEAR Er.terir.g early-season turkey ranching on a large scale, turkey growers of American Fork and vicinity vi-cinity have purchased an estimated 50,000 poults which will come on the market as early as Memorial clay. Since the first of November, a steady stream of poults has been corning into American Fork by railroad, rail-road, and the early-season brooding has been conducted on a larger scale than ever before. The value of striking the early markets has been demonstrated in a small way in past years, with the result that growers here will attempt at-tempt to capitalize on them. Until the last two years, most turkeys in this section have been raised for Thanksgiving and Christmas consumption. con-sumption. Fifteen thousand poults have been received by Pulleys, and are -now thriving on the Pulley ranches. To supply this large order, turkeys were received every Tuesday in November and December. Several other prominent prom-inent turkey ranchers have received poults for large flocks, bringing the total up to approximately 50,000 for this district. A luxury afforded only by the wealthy person-a private railroad car-is accorded the turkey flocks as a matter of course. Overheating is almost as injurious to the baby turkeys as chilling; hen ce special precautions must be taken for their care. . Less than 24 hours after leaving the hatcheries in shipments of poults have been re ceived in American Fork and whisk ed to the brooding pens rival of the tram from C and the departure of e 1 d the and in this twen y-minut perw several thousand poults are y transferred from one depot to other and reloaded Such taken that practically no loss from exposure. . production, American Fork last year, when 150,0uu holiday-ed holiday-ed from this sec to season turkeys wi 1 u. to the ranches early in Aprn |