THE SECRETARY TO THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, INV. 1490, sig. 109-4/1244

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English Translation

However, the introduction of a number of measures, which must also be in line with the directive on bovine animals, requires that the quantities of animal feed which are present and which have become scarcely available in this herd should be used as rationally as possible. I have already ordered the following measure: 1.) Among the piglets and runners are experience- according to a certain number of carers, these are animals with a low weight gain. In particular, some of the piglets and runners imported from the Reich are difficult to acclimatize to the other climate, these poor feed processors are slaughtered under the supervision of the official veterinarians, in order to ensure that the inspection is carried out exclusively on the public slaughterhouses to which slaughter cattle markets or livestock distribution centres are attached, so that the issue is secured against meat cards. 2.) It is also ordered that all pigs which have reached the minimum required weight for industrial slaughter of 70 kg and 90 kg for pigs for fattening under contract may be slaughtered in order to ensure feed for the offspring. (This weight so far has been 80 kg, at least 400 domestic slaughter pigs are to be converted from lo0 to 9.) The previous key of 60% Rin 30% pigmeat and l0% veal was changed to increase it to 50% in the districts, where the sh is very strong, in favour of beef, so that in 2 -3 months a substantial relief of the pressure from individual quantities of feed does not cause the order to be maintained, now Swirtschaftsverband is also an actid