Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-07-19
QUESTIONS ASKED AND ANSWERED.
Yours very truly,


Loganville, Ca. Route Al am a
subscriber. 1 noticed in The Semi
Weekly Journal of July where
Mr.. ]. F. H.. OF Monroe, Ga, gave
you his experience with scrub
stock Now, as / enjoy reading
your poultry advice, will give
you my experience with pure bred
stock. / have the pure bred Light
Brahmas. / have 81 hens and
cocks. They have free range of
the yard and a large orchard, and
feed them corn and corn-meal
dough- Since February IL, 1912, 1
have sold IS dozen eggs, used %
dozen. for the table and set 125 eggs.
out of which 1 got 100 chicks. In
the meantime eight of my hens set
and raised these chickens. / weigh
ed some of my chickens in Janu-
airy. The hens weighed IL pounds
and IL pounds, the cocks II to 10
pounds each. Now, do you think
j could get any other pure bred
chickens that would do any better
for me under the same treatment
than the ones l have? If so, what
breed? j. A. BASS.
ANSWER.
Your letter is of much interest,
and shows what can be done with
chickens when given the proper
care and attention. You are a good
caretaker and look after little de-
tails, or you would not get the re-
suits you do. Furthermore, your
chickens were evidently properly
raised and given the necessary
food to make them capable of pro-
ducing the great egg yield which
they have given you. Your range is
ideal for a small flock like you have
kept, and your range has probably
given them sufficient food for this
number. You may not have as good
results, however, if you increase
your flock very much, and you
should watch out for this and in
crease in proportion to the yield
such as, you have obtained.
The light Brahmas are one of
the very best chickens bred, and
when you secure a family that has
been we'll bred, as yours evidently
have been, they will do as we'll as
any large chicken that can possibly
be produced.
1 am glad to have your letter,
and no doubt there are others who
have done equally as well, whom 1
will be glad to hear from also.
H. F. Turner. Ringgold, Ca:
81 have a COW nine years old. She
was in good condition until about
three weeks ago when she began
bleeding all over her body, about a
pint of blood oozes through her
skin a day. We doctored her and
she seemed to be we'll till just a
few days ago when she got in the
same ix. When in good health she
gives about two gallons of milk per
day, but she went dry while sick
and would not eat anything or drink
scarcely any water. Feed her on
cotton seed meal and wheat shorts
and give her - stock food twice
a day. viii you please tell me what
is the matter with her and give me
a remedy
ANSWER.
have never seen a COW in the
condition that you describe yours
and il would probably be best to
have a vetlnary surgeon to see her.
If she belonged to me l would not
give her any cotton seed meal at all
but instead, would give her corn
meal, beet pulp and wheat bran
equal parts and would also give her
half a handful of sulphur every
day. Then / would rub her all
over with a mixture Of one quart Of
raw linseed oil to which has been
added two ounces of carbolic acid.
II this treatment does not cure her
you had better get a vetinary sur
geon to see her.
James +. Towns, Rockmart. Ca:
Il have a fine COW ga or rs Jer-
sey. six years old. She has some
trouble with her udder, about every
is or 20 days some of her teats get
affected and the udder gets hard IN
first one quarter and then the 9TH
er. The milk is very lumpy or col
ored at least two or three days
and then gets all right. Have you
ever had one of that nature; IL so,
what is the remedy. She is a very
good COW and when properly fed
will give - to gallons of milk,
l l-2 to pounds of butter. If you
can give me a remedy 1 will be more
than Obliged to you"
ANSWER.
The trouble which you are having
with your COW has been largely
complained of this year, more so
than / have ever known before. /