Show I CAN KILL HENS I II I I I I AFTER AFIER APRIL 20 I I Regulations Against Sale I IThen Then Lifted by Food I Administration I II I Restrictions against the tho ale alc of ot live lve or freshly killed tens bene ns will wi bo be be lifted on April 20 the food tood administration ton has an an- n- n flounced A regulation ton prohibiting licensed I dealers from buying or soiling selling this type I of ot fowl Cowl in force since February 23 23 was to have havo remained effective until April Apri 30 Weather eather conditions have havo brought about abut an curly erly laying nn and hatching period period however however how how- ever and tho the food administration believes that the regulation has cen served its It pur pur- po pose In lii order to t test out the tho effect of or the prohibition n. n inquiries havo have been mado made in inthe inthe I Ithe the principal chicken producing states slates as asto asto I Ito to tho result on production of eggs and chicks Replies received from twentythree twenty twenty- thrpo three states which produce about SO P per percent percent r cent of ot tho the chickens In the country In Indicate Indicate In In- that the regulation has had an nn extremely beneficial effect effect Ten states which account for tor only a minor part pat of ot the tho nations nation's naton's poultry stocks report either r rno no particular benefit or opposition by the tho producers It I Is estimated that in New York Tork Chicago Chi Ci- Ci cago and Bo Boston ton markets alone at least lost three and a third million hens capable of ot producing eggs and Increasing the I country's flocks tocks have been saved due to tho the hearty cooperation and support of ot the th I II I I Industry Tho The food administration expresses ex ex- presses appreciation for tho the patriotic I manner manner In which the tho Industry has haa hU obI ohI ob ob- I I served sred tho regulations which were designed designed de de- 1 I signed 1 to prevent rapid disintegration of ot the egg and poultry stocks stock and at the I same time to provide for tor normal future supplies In lifting the tho restrictions the food ad administration administration ad- ad ministration appeals to tho the farmers not notto notto notto to begin rushing their hens to market hut but butto hutto hutto to send them gradually Too 00 many birds sent from the farms Immediately upon suspension of ot the regulation will wi glut the markets and result in heavy loss from fromI spoilage I Full Ful Fully as important It I considers the necessity for retaining on the farms all al I he hens s which are aro still laying |