ADIOS, TURKEYS: Until about 30 years ago,...
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ADIOS, TURKEYS: Until about 30 years ago, Orange County farmers were in the turkey-raising business, but “the numbers went down as more land in the county started being developed,” says Orange County Assistant Agriculture Commissioner John Ellis. . . . In 1961, Orange County produced about $300,000 worth of turkeys, but that was the last year turkey production was high enough to make the record books. Ellis knows of no county farmer who now grows turkeys on a mass-production basis.
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