Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-05-07


Cordeie, lGa.-Please give me the
cause and remedy for my pigeons.
have about 40 Plymouth Rock HON.
ers and have lost about half OF them
lately. They first seem to be droopy,
sit down on the, ground and can
scarcely walk, as they seem to be
weak. They quit eating or drinking,
and droppings are watery green
streaked with a little white. l caught
one. and water would run out OF its
mouth. I keep grit oyster shell and
coarse salt before them at all times,
feed them twice a day on Como
Chicken Feed and give fresh water
twice or three times per day.
Any information you can give me-
also address of parties handling
books on disease of pigeons, will be
very much appreciated.
Yours truly,
ANSWER.
Your pigeons evidently have a dis
ease among them, or the feed and
water or some of the general sur
roundings has caused the trouble.
Pigeons should have plenty or sun
and should not be kept IN damp
quarters They should also have
rock salt before them, or Red Cross
Health Grit. which is better at al
times You should add about 10
drops of strong carbolic acid to one
gallon of their drinking water every
dav supply the rock salt, and. IL
possible. get the Red Cross Grit for
them. Stop feeding the feed you are
feeding for a short time. and change
70 whole wheat and cracked corn,
lust what they will eat up with a
relish twice each day. Also give one
handful OF hemp seed TO every 70
pigeons once a day. The house should
be thoroughly whitewashed, using
plenty OF crude carbolic acid in the
whitewash.
II these instructions are carried
out promptly, you can most likely
stop the death rate among your
pigeons.
Chula, Ga. 1 wish to plant two
acres in crops to make feed for
chickens. 1 wish crops that 1 can
gather and grind in feed mill to
make proper balanced feed. one
thing will want is sunflowers. How
many bushels will one acre in sun
flowers make, fertilized heavy on
good land?
i wish TO guy one lOV-cBB
bator and want one that is the least
trouble. What make would II be
and then tell me, about brooder TO
90 with same? Would I want over
two or more brooders? What should
the incubator and brooder cost, this
size7
How old should a hen get before
her eggs will hatch good chickens,
or does age have anything to do
with the eggs? I want something
to put on hogs to keep lice off.
can get them off but can't keep
them off long at the time. Would
coal tar be good? Would it stay on
hogs several days? Some of my
hogs have a cought. What would
you do for them? They are in
good shape. I use best disinfectant,
kerosene oil and give them Bakers
Hog Cholera remedy and will this
week inoculate them with serum
against cholera This is very cost
ly, but is much better than to loose
the hogs. When 1 go to Atlanta
again / wish to go to your place
and see your chickens. Thanking
you in advance for information
asked, I am yours truly,
JOE H. YOUNG.
ANSWER.
Either Of the incubators advertis-
ed in The Atlanta Journal are good.
Get catalogues Of each and decide
for yourself which one you like the
best You should have two 75-ca-
pacfty breeders for the one 100
egg incubator. You can get a good
outfit, one incubator and two brood
ers for about $40 or s45. They will
last you for years and will put you
in good shape to hatch a lot of
chickens.
The pullet eggs will usually hatch
about as well as the hen eggs, but
ordinarily the chickens are not as
strong until after they have laid