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Show Meat In Storage Must Be Counted In Ration Meat stored in freezer lockers should be declared by owners in the nationwide meat rationing program which begins January 1, Director William Peterson of the state extension ex-tension service advises. "Wild meat is not on the list included in-cluded in the program," Director Peterson says. "Unless federal officials offi-cials make a special ruling covering cover-ing venison, elk, rabbits and game birds, these items will not be called for in the declaration. "The "share-the-meat' slogan does not mean that people will be called to share with their nigh-bors nigh-bors what stores they have, but it means that all will share alike in the available market supply1 when ratioiiing goes into effect,'1 Director Peterson explains. "Wild meat storage ties right in with the rationing program, because be-cause holders won't buy meat from the 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 sup-ply of pork before he is allowed to buy beef or mutton? Most people like variety in their meat diet and some provision should be made to allow for variety. "Farmers should count home-slaughtered home-slaughtered meat as part of the sharing allowance as well as the meat they buy at local retail shops. This applies to home slaughtred cattle, calves, hogs and sheep, since the 'share the meat'- program affects af-fects all beef, pork, veal, lamb and mutton. All meat, whether slaughtered slaugh-tered on the farm or commercially, makes up the total supply to be available to consumers. "To avoid waste wnen large supplies sup-plies of home-slaughtered meat are temporarily available, more than 2 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. |