Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 87, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 February 1910 — HAVE INTERNATIONAI REPUTATION [ARTICLE]

HAVE INTERNATIONAI REPUTATION

Pulllns Bros. Get Order for Bronze Turkeys From Australia. That the reputation of the Pullin Bros, strain of Bronze turkeys is becoming worldwide was shown this week when W. H. Pullin received a cablegram from Muirhead, Queensland, Australia, which contained the information that the terms and conditions for the sale of five turkeys had been accepted. The circumstances leading to the negotiations are rather remarkable. The Chief Veterinary of the Australian government advised the prospective importer to write Dr. Melvin, Chief of ' the United States Bureau of animal husbandry for the address of the most noted breeder of Bronze turkeys In the United States. That the parties were brought in touch with one another through the recommendation of Pullin Bros., from Dr. Melvin, sounds very much like an official recognition of the quality of turkeys that are produced on the Iroquois Farm. The price of a hundred dollars, which has been agreed on, as made known In the cablegram, is by no means the top notch for the Pullin Bros. Sales to the first of January averaged $18.36 per head, a number being made at $25 each. One day’s business last week totaled SBS. For a number of years this strain of turkeys has in the hands of the originators or customers carried off the lion’s share of prizes at tne leading shows, the latpst victories being at St. Louis and Chicago, where it made almost a clean sweep in both cases. Messrs. Pullins Bros, reside in Barkley tp.