Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-06-14

bad plan to change II flock has al
/ ways been kept healthy with the home
prescriptions. In our chicken yard
there have always been iron vessels
for the drinking water. The rust
doesn't harbor germs. and If fresh
water is put in once or twice day it
helps the flock. Did you ever notice
how thirsty they are when they start
to .roost, and how much water they
consume?
i know that soft meal mashes are
not considered healthful for the young
chickens, but these rainy days are bad
on them and a good feed Of meal dough
/ thoroughly mixed with ground black
pepper will start them OF warm and
they do not seem to take cold so easily.
Three hens Matched in May and there
are only three dead chicks scored
against them. The chickens roam
hundred yards away from the feeding
coop and. Of course. only have the pep
per on rainy days. Plenty of lime in
a box that is easy for the flock to get
| in, some sifted all over the roosts and
/ on the ground of the hen house, an
4 occasional dose of asafoetida, clean
water and mixed diet and there is no
excuse for sick chickens They are like
babies, however; they cannot be neg
Iected and thrive. Yes, / know that
some babies and some chicks do live
IN spite OF neglect, but think what they
would be with proper attention.
/ The American hen and American hog
are veritable gold mines without the
labor ami he hardships uttendan. on
the latter. But every man to his
I taste. "Some find rest where some find
work, and nobody can afford to hew
a log TO ut snother'sl house. / know
some who cannot manage live stock,
others who couldn't use a hoe success
fully and others who couldn't run a
newspaper. SO / say find your calling
and stick 10 it. Some people let any
sort of setback discourage them and
they need never. expect success.
would divide my last loaf with a
plucky hghter against misfortune, but
to hear one say: Everything is against
me- makes me tired. / heard a man
say that his brother made a good farmer
until June. and then he always had to
buy his crop or see II waste About that
time visionary schemes begin to incu-
bate and the number of wild goose
chases' that hatch are astonishing.
There are people all over the world
"hshing for suckers" as they call it,
and the catch is prodigious. Some of the
smOothest letters I've ever read, have
been from firms Cd that bought my name
and address from some agency that
makes a business OF buying and selling
lists of responsible names. I sometimes
send out the money If IL is not more
than a quarter. so as TO learn their
methods and be ready to warn others.
Sometimes l take the letter 90 the postal
authorities and let them catch the thives.
Not long ago 1 received a letter in
forming me that my stock in some sort
of company entitled me to vote in the
election OF officers and II could not be
present. please MI out the inclosed slip
making the secretary my proxy and to
send the $40 then due The letter Eaid
that June would see at least Is per cent
dividend, ETC.
I quietly laid the letter in the waste
basket Ny $40 are not so easily earned
that can send them TO a company L
never heard ofI and certainly have no
stock in l know a young woman who
has lost a thousand dollars in a Mexican
mine. another who lost NTH as much
I'm copper.
Don't be smiling and think only the
women bite at such things. There are
ten men 10 one woman in all such lists
OF investors C?). for women as a rule
guard the home and see So many things
go to pay for the failures OF the schemes
Mr.. Micawber invested in they have, as
a rule. learned discretion But / must
confess that the most OF US hre wax in
the hands of silver polish, stove polish
and furniture polish agents. There Is a
fascination that cannot be resisted, IL
seems And charging pictures is often
delusion and a snare. I am sure / get
hundred letters a year from people
wanting their pictures back and have
no way OF tracing the agent They are
like the missing pins. nobody seems ever
to ind them. 1 have no advice to give
concerning the pictures, except not to
pay in advance, the other things you can
get IL you haven't something equally as
good.
This chat has indeed been informal,
but hope that IL may reach some who
need just the thoughts I've tried to Inn
plant in their minds There is always
something TO be thankful for, something
TO be cautious about. something to avoid
and some one to help.
Faithfully yours,