Cruelty to animals
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animal in a cruel or inhuman
manner.
The proposed bill exempts the
transportation of live poultry in
crates, so long as not more than 15
pounds of live poultry are allocated
to each cubic foot of space in the
crate.
-The bill sets limits on the
amount of work that a horse, mare
(?), mule, ox or any other animal
may do in a day or week. The
limits are 15 hours in any 24-hour
period, or 90 hours in any one
week.
And even if animals are worked
less than those limits, that work
can not violate laws against
cruelty to animals.
-Persons may not knead, beat or
pad the udder of any cow or allow
cow to go unmilked for a period of
24 hours or more or enhance the
appearance or size of the udder.
-Or may not muzzle any calf less
than six weeks old to prevent its
taking nourishment and thereby
relieving the udder of a cow.
-Persons may not crop or cut the
ears of dogs and to show cropped
dogs, the cutting must be done by a
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A number of farm groups are
calling for public hearings on it ,
In other ag related bills, Sen.
Noah Wenger has introduced a bill
vet and the owner have a cer
tificate to this effect or a cer
tificate of registration from a
county treasurer showing the
cutting was done before die bill
became effective.
-Also, it would be illegal to
shoot, maim or kill any antwerp or
homing pigeon or detain or trap
any such pigeon which carries the
name edits owner.
to remove the eight percent ceiling
on the stock dividends of farm
cooperatives.
Wenger said that his bill, Senate
Bill 471, would help cooperatives
compete more effectively in
financial markets so they can
maintain or improve their services
to fanner members.
A similar bill has been in
troduced in the House. At first, its
dividend limits were tied to U.S.
Treasury bonds, but this limitation
has since been removed because
current money market conditions
would further impede the dividend
level.
Clean and
Green
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entire tract. Only the two acres
would be subject to
and tax roll-back. The commercial
activity would have to be operated
by the landowner or bis
beneficiaries who are defined as
Class A for inheritance tax pur
poses.
The amendment, contained in
Senate Bill 380 passed the Senate
by 48-0.
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