TURKEY RAISING 



milled by machinery. At times, especially when feather 

 boas are in fashion, the white turkey body feathers are in 

 considerable demand for this purpose and the price runs 

 much higher than at other times. Dark body feathers 

 and also white body feathers when not in special demand 

 for other purposes are used mainly in making feather 

 beds and pillows. 



The prices paid for feathers not only vary quite widely 

 according to their kind, color and condition, but also at 

 different times of the year and in different sections of the 

 country due to the changes in fashion in women's dress. 

 The quotations given herewith represent the range of 

 prices paid at three different points during March, 1920: 



Dark turkey body feathers, full 



fleece . .20 to 55 cents a pound 



White turkey body feathers, full 



fleece 45 to 80 cents a pound 



Dark turkey quills 10 to 13 cents a pound 



White turkey quills .10 to 25 cents a pound 



In the case of any mixture of feathers either of class, 

 grade or color, the feathers as a whole will bring only the 

 price of the cheapest feathers in the mixture. 



All turkey feathers will heat if sacked for shipment 

 before being thoroughly aired and dried. Even though 

 they are apparently dry, they will become warm and damp 

 again in a short time when sacked, unless the animal heat 

 has been thoroughly removed. To dry them spread them 



116 



