Show poultry victims of floods human beings generally are the chief recipients of old aid from the red cross brosi in times of disaster but in the recent floods on the mississippi animals were rescued and cared for in great numbers says popular mechanics magazine at opelousas st landry parish la the largest temporary hen yard in the united states was constructed to feed chickens driven from their roosts boosts by the flood waters the feathered refugees were fed by the red cross as were hogs mules and some head of cattle one of the problems arising from the work was to find the owners |