Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-04-09

lots coming on regularly II you nave
it to feed all the time. If you have a
small place where you can plant few
rows of Swiss chard or endive you
will find that it win make more green
food for you than anything you can
grow. t3t'9
s..- BoLINGBnoKE, Ga.
have a nice pointer dog, about
four years old. He does not seem
to be, sick. but pumps and Jerks all
the time, and has a., knot on his
mead about the, size of a half-dol-
Lar that, iss swollen and has been
beating all the time for the past
year. ~ fslvs4s
Any information, you can give
me concerning him will be greatly
appreciated.
Yours very truly,
s. NJ. NORRIS.
ANSWER.
Your dog has evidently had dis
temper, which, in many cases,
leaves them with something SINH
lar to st Vitus' dance. or a ner-
vous affection. 1t is not lIkely
that you can cure him now on ac-
count of his age and the long
standing of the trouble. The
swelling in his head is probably
caused from some rupture and
would naturally show. the circula-'
ton more plainly there than ii
would on a smooth surface. That
is why you notice that IL beats.
1 don't Know of anything TO
suggest doing to cure him. If he
is a very valuable dog, ii might
pay you to have some good veter-
marian to see him.. DR.. John An
derson, of Maconsr'is a good one,
near you. He can probably give
you something to relieve him, but
If this nervous trouble is all that,
affects him, 1t would be best not to
treat him. ~ sd- lbs. ~ 44---.s
n. Fowlers Solution of Arsenic
would have helped him If he had,
been treated when the trouble first
appeared. --..
Mrs. j, NJ. Mullins, Durant. Ca
I would like your advice as to
whether or not my chickens that
have form of indigestion, causing
a hard lump in their crop, can be
cured without cutting open and
taking the indigestible matter out
I have more than a dozen chickens
affected this way. They draw their
neck, or rather jerk It,. to one side
as If they were choking. 1 have
succeeded in killing all that have
operated on. Is there a good condi-
tion powder that Il can get? Do
you think this could be caused
from eating barley? We have a nice
patch, that they stay on quite a
good deal Would so much appreci-
QnW1Hn
ANSWER erst
am confident that the trouble
with the chickens mentioned in your
letter is caused from their having
eaten too much barley. If chick
ems are hungry, and have been with
out green. food for some time, they
will often eat too much and it will
pack in their crop when they are
kept in a place where they can get
an abundance of this food, and it
is hard to digest. You should give
them plenty Of oyster shell and grit
which viii help largely. in the diges-
ton of this coarse feed. Some
times chickens are so eager for
roughness of some kind that they
will eat straw, leaves, or other
coarse substances, that are hard to
digest, and it is almost impossible
for them to digest these different
substances unless they have plenty
of water, oyster shell and grit.
Charcoal should also be kept where
they can get it, as It helps to keep
their liver in condition. IF you are
not situated so that you can cut the
barley and give to. your chickens, it
would be best to let them have the
run Of it only short time each day.
They should not be turned into it
until they have been fed.
About the only thing you can do
with those that are affected is to
give them a large lump of vase
line, as much as you.can hold on the
end of your finger, and put this in
their mouth. Also give four char
coal tablets each day-two in the
morning and two in the afternoon,
at the same times you give the vas
cline. 1t is better to. give the
vaseline in lump form rather than
to melt and pour down their
throats, as it will often get in the
windpipe and strangle them, and
they are not likely to get too much.
There should be a sufficient quanti-