Show Turkeys Prepared for Market Jf Here This Week 5 55 Local People Employed In Dressing and Packing Thanksgiving Birds Approximately turkeys under contract to the Lee Brown Poultry company of Ogden have been brought into the dressing plant located in the Peppard Seed company building here during the past ten days for dressing and packing for the Thanksgiving market This is in addition to birds that were shipped during the first part of the season a dressing plant at American Because of the warm weather here during they could not be handled Nearly 55 people have been employed at the dressing plant during the past ten T. H. representative of the Ed Mowery of Roosevelt has been in charge of dressing operations and White and H. Hooper are directing the Average Weights Some flocks of birds averaged 15 pounds per bird and others 13 One group j of toms averaged nearly 20 and some individual turkeys have weighed as high as 25 White Prices paid to growers this year are lower by about one one-half cent than prices paid this time last Prices paid for turkeys under contract are the top New York grade for grade and weight for weight as quoted from New Christmas Market All dressing and packing of birds for the Thanksgiving market will be completed here White Operations will be resumed on when approximately more turkeys will be prepared for the Christmas |