Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-07-12
QUESTIONS ASKED AND ANSWERED.

in your chickens seem to be very
common this season and a great
many fiocks of chickens are affected
In this way. The Conkey people
make a worm powder especially for
chickens. This can be had of any
seed dealer or drug store. 1t will
pay you to feed this to your chick
ems, also give one-half grain Of
permanginate of potash to one gall
lon of drinking water regular.
This Will do more to cure the
roup than anything you can give
and will eventually cure It. 1t is
possible that too much draught
blows directly on your chickens
which has started it, or some of
them roost in a place tnat IS too
close at night and when they come
out in the morning on the grass
they are likely to catch cold If
such is the case the permanginate
of potash in the drinking water
and the Conkey's Worm medicine In
the feed will most likely keep both
troubles in check, as roup is not
very contagious among old chick
ems and especially in the summer
time.
Abba, Ga.-Will you please tell me
through The Journal how long young
chickens should be Matched before
they are fed? I have the Rhode Island
Reds and like them fine. would like
to exchange with some one who has
the thoroughbred White Leghorns
five hens and one rooster, all just one
year old, for Leghorns same age, Just
to try them. Mrs. SULA NIXON.
ANSWER.
Little chickens should be fed when
they are As to 60 hours old. Any of
the prepared chick feeds that are sold
on the market are good for this pur-
pose.
1t is possible that you can make the
exchange with some of the advertisers
of White Leghorns in The Journal. If
you will insert a small ad in the
swappers' column of The Journal,
stating that you wish to exchange the
Rhode Island Reds for Leghorns you
can probably find some one that will
like to exchange with you.
Midway, Ala have a s. c. White
Leghorn cock that got in fight last
winter and the other rooster made a
hole in one of the waddles OF the best
cock Now 1 want to know II 1 can
show him this fall7 1 suppose you re-
member this bird. He was the one
that won a special for the best one at
the Union Springs fair.
An answer to this question will be
greatly appreciated.
Yours very truly,
A READER.
f. ANSWER.
The little defect mentioned with
your White Leghorn cock bird will
not affect him or amount to compare
lively anything In the show. If he was
being scored II would probably cut
him one-half to one point. However,
It amounts to very little and you need
not hesitate to show him. AS 1 re-
member, he was a very promising bird
and extra good.
Atlanta, Ga.-Will you kindly ad-
wise me what TO do for my Rhode
Island Red hen? She is now one
year old and for a month just be-
fore eating she will shake her head
and cough or rather hiccough for
quite a while. She eats and seems
perfectly healthy in every other
way.
Thanking you in advance, I am
p S. JOHNSON.
ANSWER.
There is nothing you can do for
the hen to relieve her of the trou-
BILE. She probably has some throat
affection and as long as it does not
hurt her do not attempt to doctor
as it will irritate the trouble and
cause more trouble than If you let
il alone.
Dalton, Gal have a fine COW
that 1 paid $50 for. She brought
calf about the first Of May.
bought her when the calf was two
weeks old. She was giving between
four and FIVE gallons of milk
when I got her. 1 noticed at the
start that her milk and breath
smelled feverish some, and got
worse until we could not use the
milk. AT this time she only gives
one and one-half gallons per day.
I have drenched her twice
with salts. 1 feed her bran. beet
pulp and bulls. I do not give any
cotton seed meal. The party I got
her from had a negro feeding and