Show wild meat meal not affected by meat rationing meat stored in freezer lockers should be declared by owners in the nationwide meat rationing program which begins january 1 Direct director oi william peterson of the state extension service advises wild meat is not on the list included in the program Direct oi peterson says unless federal officials make a special ruling covering I 1 venison elk rabbits and game birds these items will not be called for I 1 in the declaration the share the meat slogan does not mesan that people will be called to share with their neighbors what stores they have but it means that all will share alike in the available market supply when rationing goes into effect director peterson explains wild meat storage ties right in with the rationing program because holders wont buy meat from th the e market while they have stored supplies there Is one problem that will have to be solved by the federal authorities suppose a person has a good supply of pork on hand will he be compelled to exhaust his supply of work before he Is allowed to buy beef or mut mutton tont most people like variety in their meat diet and some provision should be made to allow tor for variety farmers should count home slaughtered meat as part of the sharing allowance as well as the meat they buy at local retail shops this applies to the meat from home slaughtered cattle calves hogs and sheep since the share the meat program affects all beef pork veal lamb and mutton all meat whether slaughtered on the farm or commercially makes up the total supply to be available to consumers to avoid waste when large supplies of home slaughtered meat are temporarily available more than two and one half pounds per person per week may be justified however over the year this amount should be held as a maximum weekly allowance the director concludes |