Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-02-19
BAN ON SLAUGHTER.
Of CHICKENS GOES.
INTO EFFECT FEB. q.
GOVERNMENT PLACES RESTRlC-
TONS ON KILLING FOWL DUR
ING TEN WEEKS PERiOD-TlME
LIMIT FIXED AT FEB % TO
APRIL 30.

If chicken i your tavorite dish Tor
meatless days. il will have TO be the
cold storage variety after saturday
Feb. q. and until April 81.
IN order 10 force the largest pro,
duction of eggs during the months Of
March and April, the food admins
rration has forbidden the Slanshte.
of hens and pullets during tina
period The order became ehectlNr
Feb. /. but dealers are allowed un-
iii next Saturday to dispose OF the
supply which they may have on hand
and which was killed before The Is
snance of the mandate.
Official Order Issued.
The official order which has been
issued by the food administration
reads:
THE licensee shall not between
Feb. IL. 1918. and April 30, 1918, pun
chase. ship. sell or negotiate the sale
of any live OF freshly killed hens or
bullets. provided however, thar this
sl;al not prevent the purchase ship
ment or sale between Feb. II and
Feb IS, 1918. OF hens or pulleJs
which were either killed or shipped
prior to Feb. II, to markets for sale
us food and provided further thar
nothing in this rule shal prevent the
purchase. shipment or sale OF live
hens or pulets for egg production
purposes
Commenting on the ruling. the food
administrator says,
This rule is designed to prevent
the slaughter of hens and pullels
between Feb. II and April 80 l9lN,
for the purpose OF forcing during the
months of March and April the larges,
production OF eggs possible, these be.
inc the two months in which supplies
90 into cold storage and being the
months of heaviest productiop
Farmers and poultry owners may
not therefore sell their hens and pn'
let's nasmuch as the packer and dis.
tributer are pfohibitel from purchas
ing them These packers and distrih
uters. however. must Oe allowed
reasonable length of time in which
TO dispose Of live hens or pullets OF
freshly killed hens or pullets which
have already been purchased and fol
this reason the provision permitting
the purchase, shipmes., or SAFE unit
Feb 90 of hens and pullets, eithel
shipped or killed prior to Feb. II. has
been arranged
"All of such hens and pulieis shoult
be out Of licensees possession before
the date specified, but should sucn
stock reach them after that time, il
must be handled under the direction
Of the food administration, and they
should be disposed Of so that theil
utility as egg producers nay continue
II already killed, they should be passc
70 consumers in as direct line as
possible and with little or no profit tt
distributing agencies in order tina
there be no inducements TO continu,
such trading.
IAN city dealers, whether commits
sion merchants, wholesalers job
bers or large retailers, should al
ready be licensed. therefore. no trad
ing in this forbidden class OF pouI
try should be allowed by those claim
Ing exemption from license,
Your earnest efforts to locate an,
suppress such trading are "tQueate
and dealers should be fully advise
of this ruling.
The federal embargo on the kiIin
of hens and pullets during the tw
months period will have the effect q
materially increasing the egg suppl,
It is expected and will bring re
duction in the price Of eggs Whic
are now retailing in Ottawa at &
cents dozen. Even at this price N
supply is limited, many grocers /,
Iusing TO carry stocks.