Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-06-25
QUESTIONS ASKED AND. ANSWERED

Greenville, Ala: My chickens are
dying out fast. want to know II
you can and will tell me what is the
trouble and give me a remedy for
them at once. This is the way they
get sick. Their bowels get thin and
watery and the chickens Z get dis
able to walk in a short time, and
when they get past walking they sit
down and drop their heads on the
ground and thea draw their head
around under them. When picking
them up their head and neck will drop
down long and timber and the feath-
ers are easy to pull out of the flesh
of the chickens and the chicken fails
to eat at once. Some live after they
take sick about 10 to u hours, and
others live about "a TO As hours.
Now, If you can and will tell me
the trouble and give me a remedy.
answer this by return mail and
oblige.
PRUDENCE BOUTWELL,.
ANSWER.
Your chickens have what is known
as limberneck. 1 have had several
articles in The Journal on what
causes this trouble and how to treat
same. One appeared last week, going
into details fully on this subject You
should keep. these articles and they
win save many chickens for you.
Your chickens have been eating
some putrid matter from some dead
earcas and il has given them ptomaine
poison. The only way to stop this
quickly is to catch every chicken, shut
them UP in a yard and feed them
sound, wholesome feed and not allow
them to eat filth which will cause
their death Many letters just like
yours are coming to me now and
when the people learn that this is
sure death to their chickens they will
some day know that they must take
care of them II they prevent it.
The Conkey people make remedy
for this purpose and when you can
get II down a chicken in time II will
save some Of them, but usually most
of them die. A tablespoonful of tur-
pentine to one quart of corn meal VIII
sometimes save a few that are not TOO
far gone, but IL you will remove them
from the cause they will get well
quicker than by any other treatment
MOUNT VERNON, Gavin you
kindly give me the formula Tor
preserving eggs with silicate OF
soda, or water glass? thought
I had il among your articles in
The Journal. but find that 1 have
not. Which is the best to use, liq-
uid or dry form?
Yours very truly,
w. A. PETERSON.
ANSWER.
The proper way to use the water
glass is to mix from 95 to 81 parts
Of distilled or boiled water to three
to five parts of the water glass.
and make a solution which your
eggs can be placed in. You should
use only fresh clean eggs, and you
win have to put something over the
top of the water to keep the eggs
all under the water. If any part
Of the egg is exposed above the
water they will spoil.
Atlanta, Ga--Some months ago
a swarm of bees entered crevice
in my house, between the Chin
ney and the Misunderstanding. They
have been living there ever since
and are an unmitigated nuisance.
Numbers Of them get into the
house and IL seems impossible to
keep them out. They are con-
stantly singing the children and
causing other disturbance, such as
waking us up at daylight in the
morning by their buzzing on the
window panes.
How they get into the rooms 1
have been utterly unable to find
out. They cannot be reached by
smoke because they are not in the
chimney, but underneath the wealth
erboarding I do not know just
where the hive is located, and it
would be a serious undertaking to
tear out that side of the house in
an effort to get at them.
do not know that bees are one
OF your specialties. or that you
could give me any expert advice
on the subject. If you could,
would appreciate it more than 1 can