Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-06-28

of fresh water, and nice clean run
for them If you can tell me what
to do for this / will thank you very
much Yours very truly,
&C. P. MATHIS.
ANSWER
Your ducks have evidently had
something to eat or water to drink
that was poison, and they are suf-
fering with ptomaine poison. Taste
the feed that you are giving them and
see if it has salt in il. Some pre-
pared chick feeds have too much salt
I'm them for ducks to do we'll on.
However, it may not be the case with
what you are feeding. but if so
change their feed. also give some Ep-
SONS saltz in their drinking water
or any feed you can get them to eat.
have seen almost a whole flock
of ducks killed by giving something
that was poisonous in their feed, and
they were affected very much like
yours. The best thing for you to do
is to change their feed at once, pliysic
them out and get their system In
good fix again. Change The run that
thew are ir and give them a new yard
and entirely different surroundings.
Autreyville. Cal would be
pleased if You could give me any
information about my chickens. l
have lost a rooster and hen with
the same disease. Their combs
get very pale and they eat very
little. Then their legs get weak
and when they try to run or walk
fast they go like their feet were
burned or very tender. Their drop
pings are very watery and a white
green color. They sit around until
they die. I would be glad 10 hear
from you at once Respectfully,
MRS. J. C.
ANSWER.
1t would be impossible for me
to tell you what to do for your
chickens unless / knew what you
had been feeding them on or how
you have been keeping them.
Examine the roost and see if
they are not infested with mites.
Also examine the chickens and see
If they have any lice on them. If
so, paint your roost with tar. and 2
dip your chickens in solution of
Bee Dee Dip or Chlo-Naptholeum.
Confne all of them in a yard.
what you give them to eat. Feed
them good twice a day. One feed
in the morning of scratch feed and
a feed in the afternoon of equal
parts of bran, shorts and cornmeal
This should be fed in a trough and
should have Barker's or Bee Dee
Condition Powders IN it. This
should be fed co them every day
regularly. They should also have
some copperas in their drinking
water.
Atlanta, Cal have COW chat is
giving milk at present. and is due
to come fresh again in about two
months. 1 wish you would please
advise me through The Journal
what causes the milk to go to wa
ter. which it does Immediately aft
er churning. Also / only get about
one-half the butter that l did be-
fore. l feed on q mixture of wheat
bran. shorts, beet pulp, cotton seed
meal and hulls.
Thanking you for an early an
swer, I am
Yours very truly,
MRS. G. NJ, N.
ANSWER.
Sometimes a COW in the condition
that yours is in Will become affect
ed in this way. 1t would be best
for you to dry the ccw up and
cease using the milk. She will do
much better with the next calf If
you will give her six weeks or two
months rest. You should leave the
cotton seed meal out of her ration
and not feed IT at all until the calf
is four weeks old. If you are
compelled to keen milking her, stop
using the cotton seed meal and
substitute cornmeal instead. Give
plenty salt and before churning
have your milk as near the tenn
perature Of SO as possible and
churn when 1t is ready, before 1T
turns too much to whey. To dry
a COW off, which should be done
and milk once a day for a few
DAYS. then once every two days
until she gradually ceases giving
milk.
Atlanta. Ga.-Please answer me
the following questions: I wish to
punch the. web of my little chick
ems feet so that l can tell them
apart Will you please tell me at
what age and how to do this?
Can. you dip chickens at six weeks
of age in one part of disinfectant
to so parts water?
/ have a pullet that has been
sick for a few days. She makes
noise as If she was sneezing. Her