Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-08-18
CONCERNING THOSE CHICKENS.

CONCERNING THOSE CHICKENS.
Two letters and two personal inQuir-
les about chickens which were sup
posed to have cholera prompt me 10
change my plans this morning. and in
stead OF telling you of some delightful
new books I viii tell you about those
chickens
You remember that told you that
would prove 10 you that the month has
nothing TO do with raising young chick
ems. Strong shells. fertile eggs. from
hens whose vitality has been carefully
looked after. will hatch as well in May,
June, July or August as in January.
The only difference is that you have
got 10 watch your hens and keep the
nest cool and free from vermin-not
lazy mans job by any means. Then,
when the chickens hatch. the hen must
be put in a cool. roOmy coop. and one
corner must have boards for her 10
roOst on. and old sacks or something TO
keep the rain OF. II goes without say
ing that the top Is water proof have
one with wire on four sides, two feet
high and about four feet square, that is
fine for the big lot that l give my hens.
And the beauty about having one sort Of
chicken Is that the mothers can't tell
the difference il you add chicks a week
after she comes on Add the chicks at
night. and put the younger ones in a
basket and add those the second night
IL they hatch all at once
Now I am going TO tell you a few
things TO buy; and don't tell me about
substitutes. for they are uncertain. Get
a jar. or bottle. Of carbOlated vaseline;
II won't cost over 10 cents and will save
at least $40 I know OF plenty who use
salty grease. but I also know dozens
who lose chicks-and / can get plenty
Of affidavits that in all my experience
I've not lost a chick from disease since
the very first lot that 1 gained my ex-
perience with, and not enough of that lot
TO discourage me.
Up-to-date stock raisers-not the
trifiing scrub-tick combination crowd.
but hrst-class people actually raising
cattle-never let more than one get sick
before they get busy. And the one
that gets sick apparently has no ex-
cuse in the world. for such men, or
women, are not going TO have filthy
places for their cattle TO sleep in, nor
are they going 10 waste good feed try
ing TO keep them warm and in a living
condition when the poor creatures have
10 take the rain and even the snow.
And during the recent floods of these
lower states hundreds OF hogs and cows
had TO lie in water or not sleep at all
1 tell you sOlemnly that their cries
reached the good God who made them
for mans service. and distinctly said
The merciful man regardeth his
beast The man who loses his temper
and slashes his horse or COW. or
brutally kicks them, has bad record in
heaven; and he is coward, for he
knows the poor creatures cannot help
themselves
But I started out TO tell you about
those chickens that you are dosing with
all sorts Of cholera nOstrums
they are so light that the wind blows
them over Yes, and you declare that
they haven't an insect on them. Well.
ITS not much trouble 10 put some water
IN tub and add a little of your stock
dip Make the water look milky. then
put your thumb ana first finger over the
fowls nostrils, grasp the head firmly,
and hold the feet with the other hand,
draw the fowl back and forth through
the water so that the medicine will
get under the feathers. with the head
under, too. or the vermin will all be
there Then when the feathers are wet
you Will see the nits shining. In ten
days try IL again. for those nits will
hatch and the dip is the only way to
get rid of them. Some not able to hold
up their heads have been dipped and
are now as fine chickens as any. Turkeys
have less vitality than chickens and lice
kill them quicker.
l am paying just three times as much
for Epson salts as / did last year. but
a pound lasts some time. if il is fed in
soft mash. teaspoonful is enough
for four hens.
put the same proportion in the mash