Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 84, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 April 1918 — BAN ON FRESH-KILLED HENS TO BE LIFTED APRIL 20 [ARTICLE]

BAN ON FRESH-KILLED HENS TO BE LIFTED APRIL 20

Restrictions against the sale of live or freshly killed hens will be lifted, on April 20, the Food administration announces. A regulation prohibiting licensed dealers from buying or selling this type of fowl, in force since February 23, was to have remained effective until April 30. Weather conditions have brought about an early laying and hatching period, however, and the Food Administration believes that the regulation has served its purposes In order to test out the effect of the prohibition, impuiries have been made in the principal chicken-pro-ducing states as to the result on production of eggs and chicks. Replies received from 23 states, which produce about 80 per cent of the chickens in the country, indicate that the regulation has had an extremely beneficial effect. The states, which account for only a minor part of the nation’s poultry stocks, report, either no particular benefit or opposition by the producers. It is estimated that in the New York, Chicago and Boston markets alone at least three and a third million hens capable of producing eggs and increasing the country’s flock have been saved, due to the hearty co-operation and support of the industry. The food administration expresses appreciation for the patriotic manner in which the industry •has observed the regulations, which were demanded. • ■ __