Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-08-06
QUESTIONS ASKED AND ANSWERED.

1 have a fine half jersey COW that
gave from ten to twelve quarts. of
milk and a pound of butter With her
first calf. per day. which / would
like to ask a little information
about. She has been in fine condition
for a year and was MIXED up 70
about I'VE weeks before she brought
a calf which was on the night or
the eth. She did not pass the aft
erbirth until the morning Of the
9th. and in the afternoon of the
18th. she passed 1 IL or 2 quarts or
blood Just after the calf sucked.
No discharge since that 7 know OF
(she has free range.) She would
not eat after first day but now her
appetite is good and the flow OF
milk mas started up all right ana
she is now giving about eight quarts
per day and seems better, but she
seems to be falling off in flesh anc
occasionally, especially after the
calf sucks, to have pains as she acts
as if she wanted to pass water but
nothing passes and she. holds her
tail off all the time. Water passes
sIl .. X. The milk seems to be all
right. ! put up some of u yesterday
and il turned as nice as 1 ever saw
and the car is as fine and healthy
as I have ever seen-hasn't seemed
to have the least thing the matter
with it. She was fed three quarts
of shorts on middlings 20 ole pan.
Of bright or fertilizer cottonseed
meal all through her last milking
season with free range. Since calv-
ing 1 have only fed shorts and fer
the past two or three days a little
G. s. meal. The first day L fed
three quarts of shorts and one Of
cotton seed .ntal morning and night
then she quit eating and is now only
getting - eat again. Have not given
her any medicine.
]. ]. wIGGINS,
Plant City. Fla.
ANSWER.
The condition of your COW at
calving was nothing more than nat
ural, but you are feeding entirely,
too much ricn food. No cows sys-
tenn can stand such heavy feeding as
YOU are giving and until you get her
digestive organs in good condition
YOU can not expect her to thrive ana
do well, sny more so tl;an man
who would eat nothing but meat
continually. You should give her
equal parts of bran, beet pulp,
shorts and cotton seed meal and do
not feed nor any more than she viii
eat up clean twice a day vita rel
ish and It should be mlxeo with
hulls or alfalfa hay. She should
also have PLENTY of water and salt
where she can get it at all times.
If you will feed her as described
above you will see that she will
come around all right and digest
her food and improve in ftesh.
With your permission / would ike
TO ask for some advice regarding
trouble / am having with my poultry.
For the past few days several of my
chickens have something the matter
with their eyes. At first II becomes
red and Is continuously filed with
water which they rub off on their
wings. Each day the eye becomes
larger and finally closes.
Whenever, l. detect one l immedi-
ately isolate her.
Trusting that I may have the OPP
portunity of doing something to rid
them of this trouble. and thanking
YOU in advance for the advice and
pleasure of addressing you, am, ETC.,
c. II. TRAVIS.
Senoia, Ca. H
" ANSWER.
Your chickens have a summer cold
and it has gone into a slight touch
of the roup. You should change their
sleeping quarters and give them plenty
Of fresh air and keep them out of
the damp atmosphere. Furthermore
they should be fed principally on
grain feed and not more than twice a
week should they have a soft mash.
The premises should be thoroughly
whitewashed, using crude carbolic
acid in the wash. Also give them in
their drinking water a half grain of
permanganate OF potash to every
gallon of water every day until the
trouble has ceased. This should be