Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-03-03
THIS COLD. COLD DAY.

This i a sIeetiug February DAY and
Z truly pity the stock and poultry that
has no house TO stay i'm. Ny own ire
side would be a source of TeprOach 10
me ii / had anything for whose COM
fort / was responsible out taking the
weather such days as this. And I beg
YOU all who today have not provided
shelters for your dumb creatures tC re-
solve that you Will not let another win
ter pass with things like they now are.
Don't think that 1 am -daffy on the sub
ject;' it is the way all Christians should
be.
Last week the sunshine and warm
winds told ME that IL we did not bestir
ourselves the enemy would take pos
session of our chickens So The Farm
er and I armed ourselves with lime, A
bundle OF papers. some matches, an old
broom and a hoe and set to work TO
rout the advance guard II there should
be any in the hen house With ashes
containing so much good fertilizer, and
good for the chickens TO dust in. we
have usually scattered ours under the
rOosts and in the place for the poultry TO
dust themselves Then. when We clean
up things. We lisht papers and SINCE
under and along the roosting poles.
sprinkle lime. scrape the floor and put
the fertilizer where IL can be utilized.
Once a month this goes on, and twice
a year embarrassing is done.
II mites once get the upper hand. YOU
certainly will have your hands full
/ found them here. and / took each hen
which wanted TO set and rubbed ner
with some insect powder. put some in
the nest and saw that she was freed
from them before the eggs Matched
Then, when ] took each hen of, ] put
vaSaline on her head. on her throat
right under the bill. under each wing
and Just below the vent. That does not
sake mucn. for vasaline goes a long
way; but many people use lard with
about as good results Put a tiny. tiny
bit on each chicks head and where the
egg yolk has slipped into the little fell
low, and YOU will not lose little chick
ems.
n there should be a place that is
infested one neighbor found the pile OF
shucks in a work with mites. you need
energy and perseverance. Scalding will
not do much good except on smooth sur
faces Kerosene oil and caTbolic acid,
i've pints of oil TO one of 90 per cent
acid. or a wholesale burning is about the
only remedy for most places. Mites stay
under things and by the time water gets
there it's not scalding hot.
7 am pleased to see the way the let
these will continue to help a faithful
rev keep the Household up 10 its stand
ard.
The farmer kept the weevils out of
ne wheat by using carbon disulphide.
He had the wheat in barrels and set
A small saucer in each one, poured in
the liquid and covered with thick sacI-s.
The fumes sink, and not thing can live
tn IL You can get a pound can. for so
rents and save many a dollars WORTH
- produce. Don't open near the fire,
nor stay in the room where ycu have
put il to kill insects.
We are now on our second barrel Of
omemade flour. and only those with
flour made At a firstclass mill
out Of homegrown. wheat, can ap-
preciate the luxury nf our graham and
white biscuits
And the farmer wishes me 10 say that
Z VAR cattle suffer with grubs in their
GaCks. YOU have only to put drop
~ two Of turpentine on each place and
the matter is ended.
The ground is covered with sleet, and
4 a snow should come now there is no
telling how long IL will last. But it's
GOOD for the wheat. and won't hurt
things IN warm harms. but God pity the
cold and hungry, man or beast" is my
prayer-
Faithfully yours.
LIZZIE q. THOMAS
Tuscumbis, Ala