Local Butchers Predict a 40 cent Quotation by Next Thanksgiving Day.
325 Birds Out of 400 Die in One Flock on One Farm Alone in Lake County.
    Thousands of young turkeys, nearly the entire supply for Thanksgiving and Christmas have perished in recent rainy, cold and inclement weather in the vicinity of Waukegan.
Predict 40 Cent Price.
Predictions that prices would soar to prohibitive levels and would reach 40 cents a pound by fall was made this morning by farmers and wholesalers.
    On one farm in Lake county, where 400 of the birds were raised last year, less than seventy-five have survived. The death toll has been as heavy elsewhere.
    Thousands of dollars’ loss has already been occasioned in the startling death rate.
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