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Show U. S. ORDER FORBIDS KILLING EGG LAYERS Washington, Feb. 11. Trading in live or freshly killed hens and pullets pul-lets anywhere in the United States is forbidden in an order announced todayby the United States food administration. ad-ministration. February 23 is fixed as the date when fresh stock must be disposed of, and adds that additional addi-tional Btocks may not be purchased. By restricting the killing of chickens chick-ens which should be heavy layers, the food administration hopes to increase in-crease the production of eggs and allow them to be put in storage at a reasonable price. The new order was issued several days ago and had been given publicity publici-ty by local food administrators before be-fore the administration announced it- |