TURKEY RAISING 



which the turkeys are sent has a man on hand who sees 

 to removing the birds, cooping them, and weighing them 

 up, the attendant who came with the car checking the 

 weights for the shipper. After weighing, the coops are 

 ferried across the Hudson River to New York and dis- 

 tributed by the commission firm among retailers through- 

 out the city, who dress and sell them to the consumers. 

 Some wholesale dealers, however, buy the turkeys them- 

 selves, dress them and then sell to the retailer. 



Market Prices 



The following are wholesale quotations for the dif- 

 ferent grades of turkeys on the New York market as 

 reported by the New York Produce Review under date 

 of November 24 and December 22, 1920: 



November 24, 1920. 



Spring, dry packed, boxes : Western, dry picked, hens and toms, 

 selected, per lb., 54@55<; southern, 53@54P; western and southern, 

 fair to good, 5O@52# ; old hens and toms, 50$. 



Spring, dry packed, barrels: Maryland, dry picked, hens and 

 toms, selected, 6o@62#; poor to good, 45@58tf; culls, 35@4<>tf; old 

 hens, 5O@54^; old toms, 48(0)52$; Virginia, selected, dry picked, 

 53@56?; scalded, 51(0)54^; poor to good, 45@5otf; culls, 35@4O^J 

 Western, selected, 52(0)54^; poor to good, 45(0)50^; culls, 35@4otf; 

 Kentucky and Tennessee, selected, 5i@52#; Texas, selected, 5i@ 

 53^; poor to good, 45@5otf; culls, 35@4otf; western and southern 

 old toms and old hens, 47@49^. 



Spring, iced: Western, dry picked hens and toms, selected, 

 50(0)52^; poor to good, 42@48#; western, old toms and old hens, 

 4<5@48$ ; southern, hens and toms, selected, 48^ ; poor to good, 4i@ 

 47#; culls, 35@400; Ohio and Michigan, scalded, selected, 5i@53#; 

 other western, scalded, selected, 48@5i^; Virginia, Tennessee and 

 Kentucky, scalded, selected, 46(^48^; poor to good, 42@45#; culls 



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