Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-07-14
BLACK LANGsHANs.

Dear Mrs. Thomas: If you will per-
NIT I'll step into your coy parlor this
fine Monday morning. We have had
a fine rain at last The last day of
June brought to US that joy, yes a fine
season, we hadn't had a good rain since
the 9TH of May. We had a shower in
May but not enough to stop the plow
The farmers were feeling bad, the prom
Use for crop was dark and gloomy, but
now all is bright and prospects are
good. If the good season continues from
now on till the crop is made we shall
all rejoice and thank our blessed Re-
deemer to whom we all look for help
In time of need and who gives us more
than we deserve.
There have been many things to him
der this pen, in mind l am with YOU at
all times. I have been kept busy and
the hot weather doesn't suit my health
L have been to Atlanta since I was
with you all but 1 didn't see as much
as | wanted to. l mean to go again
ere the good old summer time is gone.
Grant park is a place that one would
never tire in. 1t is a place of beauty,
Mrs. Thomas didn't exaggerate
one bit. | wish ] was there this min
ute. The capitol is another place
could linger in quite a white | went
to The Journal building but they were
not ready to go to press, so l thought
I'd wait and see them print The Journal
but never got back, as there were so
many sights to be seen that our time
had passed almost before we knew it,
But we saw enough to keep us busy
Eliminating every since.
Those high building, oh, my, [ would
not like to be the ones in the top part
or the bottom part either in time of a
storm or fire. My time is limited this
time, L will tell Mrs Smith how to
rid her neighbors premises of fleas.
had those awful plaques once and |
know how troublesome they are Here
is our way: Cleanse your premises OF
all trash and dust chip piles. They
cleaned out all the shelters and hauled
IL clear away from the house, also chip
piles and put it in cotton fields I'm
der your shelters put meat salt and keep
il damp so the eggs can't hatch and
you will soon be rid of them.
This year 1 have had mites. I have
worked faithful to rid my premises Of
these pests. This evening am to white
wash all my hen houses with strong
lime. My hens are lousy: they have all
sorts of lice on them. Mrs. Thomas,
tell me quick, all sorts of dips to kill
them. Kerosene will do It but il blist-
ers them and I don't want to use a
thing that hurts them. How much of
any kind of insecticide to a gallon of
water and the best that could be had?
l VIII tell Mrs. Smith how my book
tallies with hers. From thirty hens l
have gathered 2,4S1 eggs ending June
80. Mine are not all laying for I have
had some carrying chickens the entire
year, AMI nearly all time ! have some in
Jail to keep them from setting. Up
to June / I had gathered 2,112 eggs.
beat you 2S4 eggs. Can you account
for that? l can, for the Langshans are
so much better than yours. If it had
not been so dry l would have made a
better record; the last of June they went
back. ] just simply lost my record.
Only got IS the last week but they are
doing better now. My sales in the six
months amounted to $56.34. Can you
beat that for a side line? I do all my
work, don't hire a thing, so I'm kept
busy all the time. My chickens are only
a side line but some day when my
health gets better | mean to show folks
what can be done with chickens. I'm
only practicing up now, see?
Very sincerely,
BUSY BEE