Turkey farms gobble up sales

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Early Wednesday morning, the cars lined the small grassy circle at the heart of Maple Lawn Farms in Fulton. A short distance away, people streamed into a large white building, and left bearing bulging white bags. It was just another day before Thanksgiving at one of Maryland?s largest turkey producers.

“It?s hard to gauge because we?ve got to get through today, but sales are probably a little bit higher [this year],” said Chris Bohrer, plant manager.

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