Show poultry shipping rules effective jan 1 1929 revision of express regulations relative to shipping coops for poultry will be made effective on january I 1 11 ailese new regulations provide that snipping coops must be large enough prevent overcrowding and top of esch erch coop roust must be covered by slats nut not more than one inch apart wr or by wire screen containing meshes not to exceed one inch in size charges will bu based upon the gross weight of coop and contests at the time of ship nent any coop which with its con teste exceeds pounds bounds in weight will not it was proposed that these regulations would be made effective at once but through the efforts of harrlson harrison F jones secretary national poultry butter and egg association the express company was urged to withhold the now new classification in order that shippers might have time to become conversant with the rules before they were made effective considerable lossi loss has been experienced in the past t kough through the crushing of heads of birds this will he prevented in the new coops with the slats of the tops closer together |