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

md then by pressing on their nostrils
a pus-like matter comes out. II am
correct in case. please let me know
Just what / have left undone. 1t
they have tried the same thing
have.
ANSWER:
There seems to be a lot of cold
among young chickens over the coun-
try for the past few weeks. This has
been caused largely by the change
able weather and its being unusually
cool at this time of year, and the
chickens system not being use to this
chickens system not being used to this
the trouble with your chickens is,
that they are sleeping in quarters
that there certainly must be some
draught in them, directly on the chick
ems heads, or they are sleeping in
crowded quarters where they get
overheated at night and when they get
out In the damp atmosphere early in
the morning they eaten cold. Chick
ems are very easy to catch cold II they
get overheated they are liable to
suffer from the effects of it. A
chicken can stand a lot of cold but
not much heat. In the last two weeks
/ had a house with lot of fowls in
It, / noticed that several Of them
seemed to be affected with colds and
on close examination I found several
split planks up close to where they
are roosting at night / had these
cracks covered with tar paper tight,
and with a small amount of perman-
ganate of potash given in their drink
ing water every day. soon Il entirely
disappeared and none of the others
have been affected. If / had your
flock of chickens, would take every
one that was badly affected and kill
and burn them. Those that are not
so badly affected or that were well,
would move them to fresh roosting
quarters that were clean and abso-
lutely dry and make them roost there
or take them out in the open air UNI
der a shelter. 1 would put plenty OF
lime all over the yard and grounds
where they had been running, plow
up these yards and plant them in
grain and peas or anything that
would grow. 50 as 10 purify them. I
would furthermore. divide them into
small Glocks so that they would not
be crowded at all at night. | would
feed them al the grain feed they
would eat up clean; give them plenty
of exercise during the dayA making
them scratch In litter by placing a
handful of grits or fillet seed in this
scratching pen for them. All of lae
other feed that / gave them, wou-~
give them in q wooden trough and not
feed anything on the ground. except
she small amount that was scattered
in the litter I would continue to use
the permanganate of potash in a
stronger form and it would be a good
idea to catch every chicken and dip
them, during a warm day. This would
do as much good to rid them OF the
trouble as anything you could do.
Chickens viii often have a slight
summer cold that does not amount to
very much and will usually get over
this. if they are fed well and nour
ished with plenty of sound whole
some food. 1t will weaken chem and
check their growth, but IL you take
extra good care of them they viii
usually come out of II. Roup Is one
of the worst enemies we have to con-
tend with in this country. AT the
first appearance you must work
diligently. Yards that are built where
the sun can shine on them usually are
free from this trouble, but yards that,
are absolutely shaded and where there
is much dampness-once they are con-
taminated with roup, IL Is HtFu
matter to get rid of it. I would be
glad to hear from you within week
or ten days how they are progressing.
Mr.. w B. Lawson, Spartanburg, s. G.
1 would thank you to give me de-
seription of Black Tongue with dogs
and state If there is any cure for
same. Would also like to know IL
there is anything to be used as
preventative. I have been told that
there is q worm In every dog which
il it is extracted when they are pups,
1t will prevent their having this dis
ease, also distemper. Do you think
there Is anything in this?
ANSWER.
Black Tongue In dogs Is fatal
disease so far as I have any expe-
rience with. 1t has practically killed
most of the dogs in this section OF
the country. II is a very bad dis
ease and you can never tell when a
dog is going 10 have it and do
not believe il is a contagious disease,
because / have seen some dogs die
with It and others that have been
kept right with them not be affected.
However, / am not sure of this. but
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