PROCLAMATION NO. 236, December 19, 1955
DECLARING THE PERIOD FROM JANUARY 9 TO 15 OF EVERY YEAR AS LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY PRODUCTION WEEK
WHEREAS, in order to encourage the production of
livestock and poultry, one of the basic industries of our country, it is
necessary to set aside a period during which the people’s attention may be
focused on the necessity of producing more and better animals and poultry for
breeding, meat, and work purposes;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Ramon Magsaysay, President of
the Philippines, do hereby declare the period from January 9 to 15 of every
year as Livestock and Poultry Production Week.
The Department of, Agriculture and Natural
Resources shall take care of and coordinate all activities in connection with
the celebration of said week.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand
and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.
Done in the City of Manila, this 19th day of
December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-five, and of the
Independence of the Philippines, the tenth.
RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines
By the President:
MARIANO YENKO, JR.
Assistant Executive Secretary