Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-11-15

QUESTION.
Can you tell me what / can do
to save my chickens? 1 feed them
on plain corn and poultry food pre-
paired by Atlanta Milling company.
They begin to droop and make a
noise like they were choked and in
a day or so they are dead. They do
net drink dirty water and are kept
in open acre and one-half of land
and not allowed to run at large.
They are White and Red Leghorns.
please give answer as to what to
do. D.'A. S.
ANSWER.
Your chickens have what is
known as roup or cold. 1t is caused
from sleeping in a draught or get
ting out in the damp atmosphere
too soon in the morning. If you
will add some Conkeys Roup Cure
or pomanganate of potash to their
drinking water each day, and see
that they sleep in dry, comfort
able house, they will get well. They
should be fed all they will eat up
clean twice a day Of the corn and
mixed chicken feed, and once a day
at noon il will be a good idea to
give them a soft feed composed of
has been added some good condition
powders such as Bankers or Black
Draught.
QUESTION.
Lafayette, Ala.-We wish to
have a poultry show here, to slim
ulate interest in breeding better
poultry, but know too little to
start without advice. Please write
help. oHw to start how to have
place for fowls. what to charge
as entrance fee, how to interest
outside poultry raisers to exhibit,
whether by writing to each one or
by advertising, or by both. Could
you judge for a poultry show
about one or two days during theld
last week of October, and what is
your price for judging? Anyydndt
formation that will help us weF
will greatly appreciate. Possibly
we will be longer getting up the
show and may get ready in No
vember. Can you come then? I
have consulted The Journal list Of
your engagements and notice those
are your only leisure times.
Kindly let me hear from you
soon. and greatly oblige,
MRS. ID. A. II.
ANSWER
The best way to organize a poul-
try show is to call a meeting of
the fanciers and if there is enough
interest shown you can organize a
little association and put up $40
each, or enough money to pay the
premiums, eooping, Judging. etc
1t requires quite a bit of money
to run a poultry show and some
one has to put up this money. The
merchants Of your town, If gone
at in the right way, will probably
help you. as 1t will be Of as much,
If not more, benefit to them than
any one else. The work usually
falls on the secretary, and you
should select one for this purpose
who is willing to work. If you
only have small show the first
year YOU will learn much from it
and start the ball to rolling and IL
will grow every year If properly
managed. About 25 cents is as lit
tie as you could get out on for
entrance fee, as it requires this
much to feed and care for the
fowls. You should offer 81 for
first, so cents for second premium
the first year. and If your capital
warranted it the next year you
could offer larger premiums.
The best way to get the breed
crs to exhibit their birds is to see
each one Of them in person, or
write to them Usually large pre-
miums encourage exhibits more
than any other one thing. AS
rule you will have no trouble in
getting a good size display because
the breeders have found! out that