CURBING THE HENS.
Meanwhile the hen has been riding the high horse, so to speak. There was no limit to the price chargeable for a good fowl, and in, view of the shortage of meat, hens which might have- been better employed laying one egg per day were devoured as flesh hi a single day— at the price of 3s 6d per lb. Now prices for poultry are to be fixed. With the meat situation so satisfactory, .a limitation of the number of fowls killed for table purposes would cause little inconvenience, and it is desirable that the supply of eggs should be maintained. It may be taken as certain that the present charge of 3s 6d per lb for roasting chickens will be reduced.'
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Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 21, 24 July 1918, Page 7
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125CURBING THE HENS. Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 21, 24 July 1918, Page 7
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