Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-01-30

Mrs. Leon T, Garner, Luxomni, Ga.
AS so many others do, turn to you
for help. Will you kindly answer
few questions for me in The Semi
Weekly Journal?
What are the causes Of rings in
incubator eggs when seen through a
tester? I know they are called dead
eggs, but can't account for so many
as I always have at the first test
ing.
set my incubator the last time on
Saturday morning, and did not take
them out of the machine until Tues
day morning to turn them. Was that
right? When do you turn the last
tinle-on the 18th or 18th day? My
incubator Is running fine, holding the
temperature nearly the same all the
time, excepting, of course, when eggs
are turned and cooled, it takes about
two hours to get up again. 1t hasn't
been high at all. What puzzles me
most is the dead eggs. If you can
tell me anything to help that I will
greatly appreciate it. I have Reds
eggs in the incubator and have always
had this trouble. I keep the mois-
ture pan filled with water all the
time. Can an incubator that is oper-
ated in a cellar hatch eggs all right
without any moisture in the machine?
ANSWER.
One of the reasons for so many eggs
dying the first part Of the hatch, and
for the red things around them, is
because they have weak germs to
start with Another thing that caus-
es this trouble is that the eggs are
often kept too long before they are
placed in the incubator, and are not
properly turned, but weak germs are
usually the direct cause. There is
some trouble with your chickens, eth
er in their feed or in your breeding
stock.
Usually IL is best to turn the eggs
on the second day after placing them
in the incubator. Some people do not
advise this, but think it is best and
I always do this Eggs that have
not been turned for several days will
always show a lot of dead germs.
You should turn your eggs earlier at
the beginning.
The pan that is used with the in
cubator should be filled with sand
and the sand moistened, and this
should be used instead of filling it
with water. 1t is just as essential
to have the sand in the pan when the
incubator is operated in the cellar as
when It is anywhere else.
Mrs N, Newan, Ca:
We have a hog that was fat enough
to kill about the middle OF December,
when he quit eating corn and would
hardly drink milk We turned him
out of the lot and gave him bread
scraps and slop and he seems to rel
ish them. His right hindleg seemed
to be drawn at first but he strays 100
yards or more from the house now.
He has a cough. He scratches him
self, and around the ears has an ashy
look. He is getting sinner every day
and won't eat much corn. hate to
see all that lard disappearing. Would
be glad If you can help me to cure
him.
ANSWER.
1t is evident that your hog had an
attack of cholera and he was lucky
to recover at all. There is nothing
you can do for him except to give
him good feed as soon as he is able
to eat. His having a wonderful con-
stitution probably enabled him to pull
through. There has been a lot Of
cholera over the country this year
and a great many hogs have died
with it.
w. Lea Clark, Langdale, Ala.
have a few Barred Rock chickens
that are sick and If you can tell me
what is the matter with them l GER
tainly will appreciate it.
l have had them several years and
this is the first trouble I've ever
had with them. They have a good
appetite but are weak in the legs
and sometimes when running they
Just fall over. Their combs are
dull red and seem to be o. X. in
every other respect. The trouble
seems to be worse with the roosters.
see no sign of cholera. 1 feed
them a chicken feed. mixed grain,
and table scraps.
ANSWER.
From the description given. it is
very evident that they are infested
with insects, and ar elm poor heshs