Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-12-24
Answers to AIthea Potts

Dear Miss Thomas: VIII you please let
stranger In for q few moments 10 chat With
you and the Household sistersl / am great
admirer OF the Household. have often thought
OF writing. but there are always so many good
writers that seem so much ADLER 10 use the
pen- But this dark and dreary morning l Will
AIthe4 Potts was asking for a remedy for sore
head in chickens. ! will send ours. We nave
always found II good. We Lave had sore-head
among our fowls off and all the summer
and fall and used this remedy and never lost
single one: Take three teaspoonfuls OF mott
ed lard and one OF carbolic acid, mix Wen. run
the heads all over good and put the fowls In
= god. dry eoOp and In about two days apply
again, and turn out. il has been a sure good
remedy for
I viii also send a good remedy for cape.
Probably some Of you good sisters are bothered
spoonful Ct castor oil and three drops Of turpen-
tine for hens; you can lessen for smaller ones.
As I am q newcomer, / guess II Will be best
for me not to stay long this time. but If ths
escapes the waste basket you may hear from
me again. With love TO the entire Household.
Wishing all a merry Christmas and a happy
gairmOunt Ca.
Dear Household: I have been a reader Of
TIE Semi-WeeKly Journal for only few
months. but ] feel now like ! would never like
20 be without again. / do enjoy sif-the
letters so much, and also find quite a lot Il
other very interesting and instructive reading
In the PAPER. ! am like Mrs. Dallas, 1 loyr
to read the letters from Florida. / live In
Alabama, but my bone was In Florida.
I Will send Althea Potts my remedy for sore
head chickens. Procure 10 cents worth or
acetic acid and mix with butter; grease their
heads and II they are very bad pour a little OF
the acid in an old spoon or any little vessel
and a feather TO apply, and ] viii assure
Vou II the chickens only have the sores on thu
notside and nOne in their throat they Will not
need more than one or two applications before
they Will be- all right again.
With many god wishes for Miss Thomas and
all The members. MRS. A DAVIS.
Hammul. Ala.
near Miss Thomas; see in The Seml-week-
" Journal that Althes Potts wants a remedy
for sore-head In chickens. I found OF mine
that had II badly and before l found a remedy
it died. I discovered Is afterwards with the
same disease; some Of them bad cases. eyes
sent to Monticello for a remdey and they sent
this: Bicloride of mercury on antiseptic disc
(they are blue tablets one TO he dissolved IN
quart OF water. mop the head OF the chick
ems affected with IL three times daily. l cured
everyone ] had affected with II, after using
this remedy dry scab formed and then
all fell off and left the heads without any
feathers; they ore now all reatbered out ana
you can't tell that they were ever affected.
As I found them affected ! kept them in
coop while I treated them. Yours sincerely,
MRS ). V. WOODS.
REMEDY FOR soRE-HEAp ON CHf'KENS.
Feed your chickens three times week on
corn meal. with a Tablespoonful OF epson sal;s
to quart Of meal, with red pepper and baEsng
soda. ! gave IL 10 my chickens for sOrS-head
and have not had since using the remS-
dy. Govern the quantity given by number OF
chickens. Your friend.
GIISSl FRANCES J. WILi.EFUKD.
Washington County. Florida
noticed in The Semi-Weekly Journal OF DE
cember 10 that AIthea Potts wanted a remedy
for sore-head I'm chickens. Mine have mad a
among them this summer, but ] did not lose
one. MY remedy wCs: Shoe blackng and vase
line. I covered the head or painted IL as black
as I could and let IL remain for "A or 35 hours;
then creased them good with vaseline which
caused the scsbs and backing 10 peel off amt
leave them we'll. A few cases were so bad
had to repeat the remedy. Feed the chickens
sulphur dough; q is good for the diseased
ONES and prevents others taking IL. Give IL
every otner day. II the chickens have scaly
legs paint them thoroughly two or three times
with kerosene oil. There are tiny parasites in
the srales and the oil kIIls them.