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Show Turkey Market Holds Up Well Depression's heavy manacles to date have apparently rested lightly light-ly on the Utah-Idaho turkey industry in-dustry for prices to be paid by the Northwestern Turkey Growers' Association to members in these states on Thanksgiving birds will abcut equal last year's, declares Herbert Beyers, assistant general manager. Mr. Beyers reports his organization organiza-tion has just finished mailing out checks aggregating nearly $150,-000 $150,-000 which represents final payment pay-ment for the Thanksgiving "gobbler" "gob-bler" crop. The funds will be distributed dis-tributed to the individual member producers by unit state associations associa-tions in Utah, Idaho, Colorado, Montana, Washington, Oregon, Nevada and Wycming. Net prices to be received by the growers will be based on grass prices of 34 1-2 cents per pouna for prime young toms and hens at New York, 32 1-2 cents at Los Angeles and 32 cents in San Francisco, Fran-cisco, with freight and minor overhead expenses deducted .Trans portation charges to the more distant eastern market will not exceed four cents per pound in any instance, the assistant general gener-al manager asserts, while overhead over-head and packing charges, similarly, simil-arly, will be light and vary with the different state pools. Utah and Idaho produced about 20 carloads or some 40,000 pounds of the 40 carloads or 300,000 pounds of fine birds shipped by the northwestern association this Thanksgiving. Approximately 1-2 of the $150,000 or $75,000 therefore, wiU be distributed in the sister states. Quality of birds shipped and net prices paid producers by the regional re-gional turkey organization, werj the highest in the country, said Mr. Beyers. The movement of Christmas "gobblers" eastward from the Gem ' and Beehive states is well under way and should continue con-tinue strong for the next two weeks, it was stated. |