claim: "turkeys today weigh 29.8 pounds. in the ‘30s, they weighed 13.2 pounds."
author: mother jones
evidence_1: nov 25, 2015 ... according to mother jones, turkeys of the 1930s were, on average, 13.2 pounds.  as of 2014, an average turkey weighed in at a whopping 29.8 ...
evidence_2: nov 25, 2015 ... "turkeys today weigh 29.8 pounds. in the '30s, they weighed 13.2 pounds."  mother jones on monday, november 24, 2014 in a facebook post ...
evidence_3: nov 27, 2014 ... "turkeys today weigh 29.8 pounds," the liberal magazine stated on itsfacebook  page. "in the '30s, they weighed 13.2 pounds." the claim was ...
evidence_4: "turkeys today weigh 29.8 pounds. in the '30s, they weighed 13.2 pounds." —  politifact wisconsin on tuesday, november 25th, 2014. page 1 of 1.
evidence_5: nov 27, 2014 ... today, the average bird weighs in at more than twice that amount: a whopping  29.8 pounds. ... (newser) – in the 1930s, the average thanksgiving turkey  weighed 13.2 pounds. ... in fact, male birds grew so big they could no longer  transfer semen to their female counterparts, so producers took on artificial ...