Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 284, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 November 1919 — Post Offices Liken Unto Miniature Barnyards as Farmers Ship by Mail [ARTICLE]

Post Offices Liken Unto Miniature Barnyards as Farmers Ship by Mail

Cat calls and barks of penned-up canines will mingle with the crowing of fowls in the country post offices in the near future. Live things of noisy age may now be sent by rural parcels post as a result of the new ruling of of the postmaster general, extending the service which heretofore has rejected live things except germs in sealed bottles, and one-day-old chicks. The new service is “confined exclusively to raral motor vehicle routes and country motor express routes and then on]v when drUvrrr can he effected on the route where mailed or on a connecting rural motor vehicle truck route, or country motor express route.” Interpretation of this ruling does not permit the receiving of fowls and live animals for shipment between cities where delivery by train and numerous handlings would be necessitated. Delivery must be made within 4S hours. Fowls and animals must be carefully and securely crated.