| Show PROFIT 1116 F if INU IN KE dy crl cil A ca C ext eon amani it K the old a dage adage one extreme follows I 1 w another Is true 1833 1933 ought to bo be a fairly good year for those who continue to raise turkeys no one of 0 course Is prepared to state just what the price will be for turkeys this fall but there are a few factors that 1 appear to be favorable at this time first of all production this year in the united states will likely be considerably sid sider embly ably less than it was last ear when it Is believed the lar gesti crop on record amounting to about birds was produced the extremely tre niely low prices lec rc elved for turkeys in 1932 were indeed discouraging to many and the demand for baby boults this spring especially in the larger commercial turkey prod producing acing areas appears to be considerably below what it was a year ago at this time likewise lack ot of money and credit w it 11 ll which to purchase and b rood brood this spring are arb other facto factors rs thai that will I 1 likely reduce the number lumber ot of turkeys that are rals raised in 1933 while it Is true that the cold storage holdings of turkeys are at present considerably sider ably above those of a year ago it Is also true trite that more people than over ever before are eating turkey through the entire year it Is therefore possible that the present supply in cold storage will ie be entirely exhausted by the time the now crop Is roady to market the number of turkeys betra imported by the united states from the argentine and elsewhere Is also in i n the decline during the eleven month period from aiom january to november 1033 1932 only pounds of turkey were imported by this country as compared with a total of pounds in 1931 another item not be over looked Is the tact fact that rw today are aie being raised more concini cally than ever before and the producer doe snot need to get as much fur for his product to realize the same amount of profit that he lid did formerly losses in brooding have been ini 1111 teri serially ally reduced by the improved methods that have been adopter adopted and better care and in pm gen eral throughout the entire growing prow ing and developing period have made it possible to produce and macket a bet apt ter grade of turkeys than ev edw before peed feed costs as well are arc the loest they have been for a number of lean and although the present Is likely not net the time to entourage encourage much expansion of the turkey industry it la is believed that those who have plenty of range who already have the neres sary equipment and who have ind find experience in raising turkeys can well afford to brood boults again this ye year a r since good boults can be purchased this year for 30 cents each ind and with good feeding it requires five pounds of feed to a pound of lie turkey it Is evident that he can still market his feed to advantage through turkeys even when the birds sell for as low as 12 cents a pound providing of course that equipment for brooding and rearing Is already available on the farm and disease losses are aio i deduced educed I to a minimum additional Inform information atton on dalal turkeys and of a turkey improvement pro program for the ha state stale may be obtained without cost by writing to the extension service of the utah U tah state agricultural college at logan |
