The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-07-20
THE OTHER SIDE.

The old saying There are two sides to
a question" was very forcibly brought to
my notice not long since while listening
10 a conversation on the subject of the
chicken industry and as our columns
have been al the disposal of those who
have known only success. 1t Is but fair
to give the other side
The country is certainly the place TO
go to learn about chickens, cows butter,
etc. From q recent visit to the coun~
try returned. having learned much use
ful and practical knowledge. and also
firmly impressed with the fact that peo-
pie who live in the country are the
smartest and most useful people on earth.
What they know can be put TO use, and
their knowledge. gained from coming In
constant contact with nature. and Gods
creatures, is of a practical character and
serves to make lfe's work a success.
one warm morning several friends came
in to call-as we gathered around a tah'r
filed with luscious fruit (pcaches, figs
and apples)-we discussed both frui; and
things in general. and among other things
chicken culture. Each lady had an ex-
pericnce and while somewhat different
all We're on "the other side" from sue
cess
Did YOU ever hear Of a worse year
FOR chickens?" said one, 81 have had
the worse luck / ever had. If the negroes
don't steal them the hogs and dogs eat
hem"
Yes" said another. my luck has
oeen the same Hard 10 get eggs enough
to set my hens. and then think of it, L
had mink eat fourteen frying-s size
chickens in one night" This seemed
dreadful enough. but the next experience
In, x,D off
two hundred and fifty chickens and
haven't got fifty left"
Well" said the next speaker, Il have
taken off a hundred and have only forty
left" Still another: Il had a hen come
off with twenty beautiful little chicks,
they were doing well when one day
told the cook 10 make her bread as usual
and feed then. Immedtately almost after
eating nineteen laid down and died. She
must have put salt or something in the
bread though she protested it was made
the same way but my chicks were dead"
Now spoke up the lady who wrote to
these columns about her paralyzed hen.
Her enemy had been a cat, and eleven
chicks of one hen disappeared before
she discovered the cause, but her luck
had been just the same as the others,
from a large setting sent by Miss KoXie
SnCetS she NaI fdiSeQ Only i've tillChS.
These she was watching carefully as
she did her baby. She hopes to raise
them.
AS many Of our readers were kind
enough to write her in regard to the
paralyzed hen. ,ney will be glad to know
It has entirely recovered.
The party present was greatly amused
at the treatment. We leave it to our
readers to judge If 1t was not sufficient
either to kill, or cure. The poor hen
became so crippled that It was walking
only on It's thighs and she thought =
would be obliged TO die, but she was
faithful in her treatment. First she gave
the proverbial dose given in the country
for man and beast-calomel; then teas
spoonful of castor oil; then a little gum
camphor; then she tried massaging legs
with alcohol and 10, her hen is well.
The experience that seemed the saddest
to me. was given by q young lady. when
she said, "Well, l have only tasted fried
chicken once this year and then bought
the chicken We live in the country, but
have not been able to get eggs or chick
ems for love or money.
Think Of living in the country and not
having plenty OF chickens or eggs! L
think you VIII agree with me that there
are two sides to a question"
But we will turn now to a brighter
outlook. and one which any woman can
make pin money out of. The young lady
present then gave US her experience in
dairying.
She attended entirely to the dairy. They
MIXED nineteen cows. had three mixers
and a cream separator. She furnished
one firm in Atlanta with Sc pounds of but
ter a week. and another with 20 or 30;
got 20 cents pound the buyer paying
expenses.
She wanted this year 70 go into the
canning business, discussed the danger
Of sallyciic acid and the efficacy of the
Ice water system. She told us how to
keep cabbage for winter. when they were
well headed. Cut the cabbage dig hole
and put head down and cover with dirt.
only leaving the stalk ont: also a good