Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-05-03

Atlanta. Ga.-As I am a. great ad-
nirer of your articles in The Atlanta
Journal. i would like TO ask you a
question about the eggs my hens are
Having. have about Is hens and a :
hooster.s The eggs which are being
laid are cheesy or milky when they
have been boiled feed them twice
a dav' on scratch feed and twice a
week on mash consisting Of bran,
commercial beef scraps, corn meal
and charcoal 7fhey also receive
fresh oats, which grow in my yard,
and grit and oyster shell and plenty
OF fresh water. n,si" ~
If you will answer. giving the cause
of the condition of my eggs in the
columns of The Journal, will great
ly appreciate il.
Thanking you in advance, / am
j. E. JONES
t-- ANSWER.
If you will stick a pin hole in the
end, of each egg before it is boiled
you will md 1t viii be different when
cooked. 1t will let the watery sub
stance out that cannot get out now.
The water should be boiling hot
when the egg is put in.
EeWdnee, -1enu.--l nave SOihS
game and other breeds of chickens
A number of them have lost their
breast feathers; horrid sights they
are, and I suspect they pick off
the feathers of one another, as we'll
as themselves. What can be done
to prevent the habit? Is it a dis
ease that creates the desire to get
rid of the feathers?
If you win answer me and give
remedy in your columns OF The
Semi Weekly journal, which comes
to me twice week, shall feel
very much Obliged.
T MRS. R.w.
ANSWER.
1 am confident your chickens are
eating feathers The best thing you
can do is. to turn them out and
give them their liberty, where they
can get exercise and variety of
feed. tits for the want of exer-
else and a variety of food that
makes chickens do this, and when
they once form this habit it is hard
TO break them and only their liberty
. will do so; that is. it is the quickest
way to cure them.
tPorterdale, Ga--Please. tell me
what to do with little chickens
three and four weeks old whose
heads and necks are infested with
large lice. Please tell me whether
or not the little chickens get them
from the hens. MRS. A. X.
ANSWER.
A small amount of lard or vase
line on the little chickens heads
and neck will kill the lice. Use a
very small amount on them and do
not grease their bodies. The little
chickens get the lice from the hens.
During some warm day it would be
a good idea to dip the hens in a
solution of one part Bee Dee Dip to
as parts water and keep them away
from the little chickens for two or
three hours, or until they are dry.
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Equality. Ala--Please tell me
what to do for my dog. 1 have a
fine Shepherd dog and he has
beaking out and --his hair has all
come out. The breaking out is un-
der his body mostly. Between his
forelegs and around his mouth it IS
very q bad and swollen awfully.
There seems to be a hard cake under
the breaking out and he scratches
IT most all the time. 1t don't seem
to be the mango l have given him
sulphur and am thinking of giving
him castor oil. have put liniment
ION the affected parts and bathed it
IN camphor. He is just about six
years old. Please tell me what is
the matter with him and what to
do. He will eat some. and there
don't seem to be anything the mat
ter with his throat and tongue.
Please let me hear from you at
once w. +. GRAY.
ANSWER.
IT would be good idea TO give
your dog some sargant's condition,