Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-08-29

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ANSWER.
You can get the books mentioned
from the Breeders Gazette. Chica-
go, Ill. This paper is published
by A. Sanders Publishing company.
These books are very valuable ones
and 1 am very glad to know That
we have men in Georgia who are
interested enough to take up the
study of these books. They are
reasonable in price and are very
valuable.
Enoch Sawyer, Dawson, Ca, Route 5.
+, VIII you please give me a remedy
for sorehead in chickens? Mine
! have just commenced taking it. What
is the cause of sorehead in chickens7
ANSWER.
Sorehead is capsad from a thick
ening of the blood, or impure blood.
at this season OF the year. 1t can
be cured by the application of one
ounce of carbolic acid added to a
pint of Iinseed oil, thoroughly app
piled all over the head. Usually two
applications will cure. Your chick
ems should have some sulphur Ia
biespoonful to 10 to Is chickens
on Tuesday of each week, and should
have salts every other day in the
same proportion, until they are bet
ter.
Mrs. w. ID. Cantrell. Welcome. Fla.
My husband is a subscriber to
The Journal We take great inter
est in the poultry letter and find
them very beneficial. Do you think
White wyandottes would do we'll
in south Florida, and il so could
j get eggs for setting purposes?
Which do you think is the better
all-round fowl--White Wyandottes
or Black Minorcas?
What is the best ration for hens
during noulting season?
ANSWER.
White Wyandottes will do well in
Florida and are q splendid general
purpose fowl For general purposes
they have few equals. Black MI
norcas are better if you wish eggs
alone. but If you wish both eggs
and fowls you will find the White
wyandottes better for this purpose.
Am mailing you a balance ration for
your hens while moulting.
w. p. Gary, Swainsboro,- Ca Il
have just been reading a. descrip-
ton OF your poultry house in The
Atlanta Journal of August 4. I like
thfs plan and. as / am thinking of
building a small house to accommo-
: date about 20 hens. / would like to
have the plans or outlines of this
house drawn in more detail or so L
will better understand how to build
n - a.
face south. What win you charge to
give me full Instructions how to build
this house? ~
ANSWER.
l will have in The Daily Journal one
day this week the plan of the house
referred to drawn to scale, with full.
description Of same.
DR., Robert N. Hogs, west Point.
49, Ca. IL
p Please tell me how 1 can tell
: duck from brakes from two months
: old on; in fact. how soon can i tell
them? / have six and all have fine
voices but two, and one of these is
not entirely so loud VIII appre-
ciate a reply very much.
ANSWER.
1t is impossible to tell the sex of
duck until II is old eonugh for the
duck to make a quacking noise.
which they will do when caught
The drake makes fine kissing
noise and as soon as oil deonugh
will show a curl on his tail. You
cannot distinguish them until they
are Old enough to tell by their
Z voices. which they are.
J. III. Hickman, sanford, Fla.
Among my chickens we have two
that have something like sorehead.
4 just receRtly bought these chick.
ems and they we're affected. at the
time, but 7 did not Notice IT, One
eye of each chicken has entirely.
closed UP as though 1T had just
healed over. They are pure bred
White " yandottes and | want to
save them IL possible. Would also
like to do something that would
open their eyes.
ANSWER.
IF you will use nr1imeht of
equal parts of camphor sweet oil
and turpentine, to which has been
+ added about IS to 20 drops of car
bo1ic acid to- three ounces Of this
mixture, and apply thoroughly to
J your chickens heads it will re-
Iieve them. Some of this should
also be injected up their nostrils
to unstop their heads, which Will
usually open the head up so the
eyes can open. If this is applied
twice per day you can probably
save your chickens. but unless
they are valuable chickens, they
are not worth the time and atten-
ton TO save them.
Mrs. 1. G. Williams. Cordele. Ga.
Enclosed find postoffice money or
der for $3.50. for which you will please
send me a revised Standard Of Per-
lection / am raising Buff Orping-
tons and White Minorcas and cam
not tell how to select my birds until
/ get a Standard
II am IN the fancy in a small way.
+ showed Buff Orpingtons at our
county fair in COrdele last year and
got all the premiums in that class.
/ bought. this spring, a setting of
eggs from -, and paid $40 for
them. have raised eight. all that