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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.