Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-02-15
.PULLETS AND HENS MUST
NOT Be KILLED OR SOLD
Cold Storage Eggs Must Also
Be Brought Out SOuIe
Declares

Three important announcements were
made Tuesday from the office of DIR. An
drew NJ. Soule, federal food adminfstra-
tor for Georgia:
An order was issued from that office
directing that all cold STORAGE eggs N
this state must be brought out of stor-
age and put on sale by or before
March /.
Effective at once and continuing until
May /, no young pullet or hen snail be
killed and put on sale or shipped. Eff
fective February 10. and continuing until
May /, no young pullet or hen shall DE
offered for sale or shipped. The latter
clause of the order is so arranged that
any young poultry killed prior to this
date but not yet sold, may be exposed
for sale and disposed Of.
Effective on and after this date. the
food administration will rule that eV-
cry retail dealer of whatever nature,
who sells to hotels and restaurants, is 20
be classed as a wholesale dealer in that
line of business and as such must Sc
cure a license to make sales to hotels
and restaurants. Heretofore retail deal
ers doing a business under 100000
year have not been required TO obtain
license, no matter to whom sales were
made or in what quantity, under other
regulations of the administration, unless
such dealer was actually engaged in the
wholesale business, and then the license
was required merely to cover the whole
sale department. Hereafter, however.
sales made to hotels or restaurants by a
retailer will be construed to constitute
wholesaling and a federal license there
for will be required.
Acting With United States
In the matter of restricting the kill
ing shipping and selling of young poul-
try, the federal food administrators are
acting in compliance with a movement
by the United States department of ag-
riculture, which is urging the people of
the whole country to refrain from offer
ing for sale or buying hens between the
first of this month and the first of May.
The poultry and egg section of the Unit
ed States food administration, in APP
proving that campaign, feels that CO.
operation with the movement is highly
desirable, and says:
Every hen which is killed and sold
before the first of May represents a
food loss to the nation of about thirty
eggs. The total loss of eggs repre-
scented by the customary selling of hens
between February 1 and May l amounts
to about 15O,00O,000 eggs. The value
of these eggs is about so per cent of
what the hen is actually worth, so that
this program does not entail a loss 10
the poultry raiser, but an actual gain"
The food administration, in it's con-
sideration of this program has con-
cluded that the program unquestion-
ably is going to bring some protest from
people who will argue that for every
pound OF poultry not consumed a cor
responding pound of beef or some other
meat will be used The administration
believes, however" as is stated in the
announcement from DR.. Soule's office,
that the killing of hens just before and
during the heavy spring lay is really a
wasteful practice-just as wasteful as
the killing of fresh milch cows for
! beef-and that by enforcing the program;
outlined, prices will be kept within rea-
son, which could not otherwise be
done"
Hoover's Letter
Dr. Soues office is in receipt, also,
of a communication from Herbert Hoo
yer bearing on the matter of unauthor-
lied statements given to the press
generally, in which the following APP
pears over Mr. Hoover's signature:
Numerous letters, circulars, etc,
have gone out purporting to reflect the
policies and attitude of the food admin
! istration. These should in no wise be
| accepted as official or as interpreting
the rules and regulations of the food ad-
ministration, or as constituting author
ity for any action contrary to the same.
/ Attention should be given only to COM
munications and publications issued by
the food administration or its proper
! departments
when necessary to advise of new reg
ulations or interpretations of, or changes
in, existing regulations, such announce
ments will be made (to the public) by
the food administration"