Birds as Food 
May, fixed the prices of GAME and POULTRY 
as follows: old HENs and young CHICKENS, 
2s. 4d. per lb.; old and young TURKEYS, 
2s. 2d.: GOSLINGS and GEESE, Is. 4d.; 
DUCKLINGS and DUCKS, Is. 6d.; cock PHEA- 
SANTS, 5s. 8d. each; hen PHEASANTS, 55S. 2d. ; 
old PARTRIDGES, Is. 9d., young, 3s. 6d.; 
old GROUSE, 2s. 6d., young, 5s. (The Times, 
25.v.18). The Ministry of Food, in July, 
issued regulations regarding the disposal of 
GAME. The owner, or occupier, of a shoot- 
ing was held responsible for detaching the 
appropriate number of coupons from his food 
card, as a ‘‘ self-supplier,’’ for GAME consumed 
by his household, and it was made incum- 
bent on any purchaser or recipient of GAME 
to do the same, but under a different cate- 
gory, as areceiver of ‘‘ direct supplies.” The 
scale established for a ‘‘self-supplier ’’ was : 
PHEASANT, WILD Duck, GUINEA- FOWL, 
CAPERCAILZIE, one coupon for each two birds ; 
GROUSE, PARTRIDGE, BLACKGAME, WIGEON, 
one coupon for each four birds; TEAL, 
PTARMIGAN, WOODCOCK, one coupon for each 
eight birds; PLOVER, one coupon for each 
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