Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-07-05

for my hens. nave ABOUT ~ mems
mixed Rhode Island Reds and
White English Games. Only have
two ROSTERS, one White English
Game and one Rhode Island Red.
For the past three weeks three OF
my hens have gone to Growing.
have killed three to stop them, and
1t seems that they crow worse.
Will you please let your answer
appear in The semi-weekly Jour-
nal, as L always read the poultry.
Yours very truly,
MRS. L. B. r.
e..-. v. ANSWER. 49,
II will not hurt the hens to crow,
neither is 1t any bad sign. Let them
crow all they want to. If the hens
are good, do not kill them.
Atlanta, Ca have two hens
setting that can't stand up when
they come of to eat, They totter
around and almost faik I only no
tIced II Yesterday. They all seemed
perfectly we'll up to that time. They
will nnish Matching on-the LIST and
4th Is 1t something contagious, and
what Is the remedy?
What are the best setting varie-
ties? 1 have the Barred Plymouth
Rocks and only one of them has set
this spring. The two mentioned
above 1 bought after they became
broody,
An early reply will be greatly APP
preciated. Respectfully,
MRS. L. A. PERRY.
ANSWER.
1t would be best for you to change
the eggs and put them under some
other hens that you know positive
ly are setting 1t is true, the time
is short before they will hatch, but
IL Is possible that the hens have be-
come weak from setting too long,
and II you can get two other set
ting hens it would be best to change
the eggs. 1t Is not likely TO be con-
tagious. There is no difference in
the setting qualities Of any chickens
YOU wish to set. Plymouth Rocks,
Reds, Orpingtons and Wyandottes
are all good mothers and splendid
hens to set once in a while you
will md a hen that is persistent
layer but they sooner or later take
their nest and make good settlers.
Most Of the Mediterranean breeds
cannot be depended upon to set.
Dublin, Ga.-Will you please give
best plan to cure alfalfa hay to re-
tain it's green coloring and the leaves
remain on the stems? My alfalfa will
soon be ready to cut.
Thanking you in advance, ] am,
WILLIAM KEA.
ANSWER
The first cutting of alfalfa is usually
hard to cure as there is so much
water in it. The best way to cure IL
is to cut IL in the morning after the
dew has all thoroughly dried of. Then
put in under a shed with a wire floor
with at least one foot of circulation
under the floor. l have used some
heavy wire fencing on top. Of the stills
instead OF using planks and md that
/ can pile the alfalfa to feet deep
on top of this and put II in the house
the same day that II is cut BY doing
this It cures all the leaves nice and
green and they remain on the stems.
II II Is cut from 10 to ; o'clock it
should be raked into wind-rows from
2 to 4 o'clock and then hauled directly
under q shed.
Another good way to cure II so that
II will retain its green color is, put
post feet high in the ground deep
enough to make IL steady and about
foot above the ground IL a platform
made OF strips 4 feet around this post
is made, the alfalfa can be placed on
top OF this 3 TO feet high around the
post. This will let the air circulate
through 1t and 1t cures out nicely In
this way. II there Is much grass or
weeds In the hrst cutting you cannot
put It quite so deep in the building on
the wire floor as the weeds are much
harder to cure than the alfalfa. The
second, third and fourth cuttings will
be much easier to cure than the FIRST
one.
Pelham, Ga.-Will you please
give me some light on raising
poultry? Ny greatest. trouble Is
in raising the little ones from the
time they are ono week old. They
seem strong and all right until
about this age, when they begin
to die. They get very much soiled
about the rectum, IS If they had
bowel trouble. Don't know wheth-
er they have dysintery or are con-
stipated, but one thing l do know,
and that is they are sure to die.
Please tell me what is the matter
and what 10 do? 1 feed them on
cooked cornbread for week or
so. then on baby chick feed.
Also tell me If it is all right to
mate rooster with his offspring?
/ don't like to buy a rooster every
wear. What is good for corns un-
der chickens feet? / read what
you say about soft mash Tor
Chickens What is it? When