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Wednesday, June 7, 1972
SUPPLY OF POULTRY FEEDING FOR LOCAL FARMERS
Now Available At Retail Sale
A stabilized animal and poultry feeding, commonly known as the
meat-and-bone meal, is now available at retail sale from the Urban Services
Department.
Local farmers may henceforth have an ample supply from the
Kennedy Town Abattoir as the By-Products Plant of this Abattoir has
stepped up the rate of production, an Urban Services Department spokesman said
today.
The meat-and-bone meal, containing high percentage of proteins
fats and minerals, is generally well-known to local poultry breeders.
When the production was small in the past, the spokesman said,
the supply was only obtainable through the Agriculture and Fisheries
Department on a quota system.
"For the benefits of local poultry breeders, the supply is now
released for the first time on an unlimited retail basis ex store from
the By-Products Flant in Kennedy Town Abattoir or from the Livestock
Breeding Centre of Agriculture and Fisheries Department in Castle Peak."
The meal, packed in gunny bag, has a typical composition of
64 per cent of proteins, 11 per cent of fat and 6 per cent of phosphate and is
sold at the retailed selling price of $45 per picul (133 lbs. net),
Release time: 8.30 p.m.