Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-06-14
QUESTIONS ASKED AND ANSWERED.

Royston. Ga--Please tell me
through your columns If you have
had any experience in feeding nux-
vomica in dough to chickens to kill
hawks and crows that kill them.
They are getting quite a lot of my
chickens and l am very anxious to
b get rid of them. If there is a rem
edy will YOU please tell us what II is
and oblige. MRS. CROW.
ANSWER
I have never had any actual eXpe-
rience in feeding nuxvomita. When
ever a hawk would bother me ] would
watch for 1t and kiln IT with a gun
as they usually come the same time
every day. However, by feeding ta-
blespoontul of nuxvomica i'm soft feed
to about % broiling size chickens, af-
ter a few days time their system
should become enough saturated with
this preparation to kill anything that
is born with its eyes shut that
should eat it. either a hawk, rat or
dog.
lwaycross, Ga.-On taking hen off
a few days ago with 10 little chicks,
discovered she had the pip. / noticed
that she would eat but very little for
some time before. I took the pip off
but she still doesn't eat. What causes
the pip and what more can 1 do for
the hen?
What would you do for little chick
ems that have mites on them?
would appreciate an early reply.
A SUBSCRIBER.
ANSWER.
There is no such thing as pip in
substance on the end of their tongue.
Nature has provided this to protect
their tongue while eating and IL is
cruel to remove this substance. When
a chicken is not we'll and feverish
this substance becomes dry and shows
more plainly than when in good
health Give your hen about one
third of a SC bottle of vaseline each
day and if this does not cure her,
chop her head off and burn her. 1t
does not pay TO doctor sick chickens.
Chickens that have mites on them,
if with a hen, the best way to treat
them would be to dip the hen in
solution of Bee Dee or Chlo-Napho-
leum Dip and about two hours after
she is dry let her go back with the
chickens. See that they have a clean
place to roost in. If mites are In
the roosting quarters paint them with
with coating of thin gas tar or Gre
osote. Mites will not stay where they
will inhale the fumes of either tar or
creosote.
Collins, Ga.-How long and by
what process can eggs be kept per-
fectly sound and good during sum-
mer months? Thanking you in ad-
vance for this information, l am,
yours very truly.
ANSWER.
only fresh, clean eggs are used
for preserving i'm water glass Wa
ter glass consists of sodium sill
Gates, a white or yellowish syrupy
liquid In preserving the eggs you
can use a 3 per cent solution. Some
Doultrymen use a 10 per cent solu-
ton. but | have found a per cent
solution strong enough. To make a
3 per cent solution, use soft water
% parts, boiling the water before
you add the water glass. Then
add three parts water glass (liquid
measured.
Place this solution in a stone
crock or Jar, Of any size to suit
your purpose. Place the fresh, clean
eggs in the water glass day by day;
cover the crock Win a cohllnoh
cover SEQ that the eggs are well
covered by the liquid. If necessary,
place an inverted plate over the top
Of the eggs in the solution to hold
them down. This plan will proba-
bly, not be necessary if you use per-
fectly fresh eggs. I should not at
tempt to keep the eggs longer than
six months i'm this water glass solu-
ton, although they have been kept
for a whole year successfully. If
YOU boil these eggs il may DE well
90 pick a hole IN the shell with a
needle or a sharp, fine awl.
a fiocculent. snow-like precipi-
tate may form on the liquid and
cover the shells of the eggs. When
taken from the preservative, let the
precipitate and solution be all