Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-03-31
QUESTIONS ASKED AND ANSWERED.


Mr. Loring Brown:
I have been very much interested
in your articles on poultry business.
Have always loved chickens and love
to attend to them, but have moved
about so much could not accomplish
much. want to ask you if you think
two boys, n and u years respect
lively, and myself could make living
at this business, with the addition of
two or three cows and some pigs2
Ifyou do, can you put me on to a
small place, say ten acres, with five
or six-room house, where we would
have good market for the products
and convenient to schools, churches,
etc. Have FIVE children. My hus-
band is in the oil mill business most
ly, but has had experience in fine car
penter work and / am trying to per-
suade him to give up the oil mill and
work in Atlanta and get us near
enough for us to do this and be at
home too If you know of small
place that can be rented, or If for
sale, get terms, etc.
Yours respectfully,
MRS. c. E. L. R.
Buford. Ca, March 20. 1911.
ANSWER.
You and your boys could, after six
months or a year, make a reason
able living out of the poultry bust
ness, COWS and pigs, If you had any
experience with them, but would not
advise you to undertake so much
without experience or capital. 1t would
be far better for you to start In a
small way and work up your BUSH
ness, as you will be compelled to es-
for your products If you get profit
able business There are splendid
markets in and around Atlanta and
something first class can always be
sold at a fair price. but it will take
capital and experience to make money
out of the poultry business as well
as any other line, and l would not adj
wise you to enter 1t on too large a
scale until you know something of it.
Troubles and expenses are attached
to this business as well as all others.
You can, by starting in a small way,
in the course of few years, work
up a nice little business that would
be self-supporting and would advise
you to touch It lightly at first. There
are plenty good places that could be
rented in and around Atlanta, close
to schools and churches. Your hus-
band can always get a good salary for
fancy work in his line in the city. II
l can give you any further Informal
ton, would be glad to 40 so.
Mr.. Loring Brown:
Will you please give me the re-
quirements of the Standard Buff Orp-
ingtons at the age of 10 months AMI
20 months2 Also, the requirements of
r. /. Reds at the age of 10 months
and 2 years?
Thanking you in advance, remain,
B. II. S. Q.
Americas, Ca. March 10, 1911.
ANSWER.
The standard weight requirements,
which 1 suppose you desire. for Orp1
ingtons should be 10 pounds for cock
bird, which is over 1 year old,
cockrel, under year old, 1-2 pounds;
hens, pounds, and pullet, Z pounds.
Rhode Island Reds: Cock, 8 IL
pounds, cockerel, IL pounds; hens,
6 IL pounds, and pullets, pounds.
These are the standard weights, and
the bird not to be cut for under-size
or oversize should meet these re-
quirements
Mr.. Loring Brown:
Please tell me in The Journal why
eggs can't be set at different times
in an incubator, say 80 week. I
have tried it and found it all right,
so far.
MRS. r. A. WATSON.
Dublin, Ga, March "a, 1911.
ANSWER.
It is not advisable to put eggs
in an incubator, or under a hen, at
different stages of incubation. They