Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-03-17
ANOTHER cH1cxEH talk.


Nine women and two men have writ
teu TO me about chickens. eggs and baby
chicks since my last chicken talk, 50
s.ln taking il sor granted that there are
alsny Others VINO would appreciate more
information along the lines on which
they desired 20 be informed.
FIRST OF ali. don't think that really
GOOD stock can be supplied at the prices
paid Tor mOngrels OF scrubs Crossing
tRo COCO breeds make one poor outcome
The firsr year they may seem TO JUSTIFY
your theory. bat the next year the flock
viii be u plain scrubs So while you
are keepiR good stock let there be no
mixture. a. 4 as soon as you can, be sure
10 do away with the scrubs. Once a
year weed out the undesirables amons
TIE thoroughbred stock They are not
guaranteed 10 keep all OF their offspring
right up TO the notch al the time.
Keep books on the farm just as yoU
merchant and seedmen do; then you Will
know that YOU are making money, as you
ere sure 10 do If you use patience, persc-
verance and good common sense
Ny irst investment as many OF you
snow, was in baby chicks at % cents
Zach I sold enough OF thoroughbred
cockerels at S1.59 each 20 pay Tor
the lot; then sold those not measuring
up to the standard to pay for their
iced. and NJ the end Of q year had a
beautiful flock OF my own.
Then / saw some prize-winners ana
invested s. in a dozen eggs, and mated
The best pullets with a $50 male and
out % that pen came seven prize-win-
uers-
There were three big exhibitors talk
ing once. They had Rhode Island Reds,
White Rocks and AIinorcas at the fair,
and one of them said: Il once lived in
a community that would drop dead IL
any one suggested paying even SO for
a thorough bred chicken So when
paid $50 for two small pullets and $50
FOR the cockbird they fairly buzZeo like
bees. NY husband raised his eyebrows,
but il was none Of his business as long
As We were able Tor me TO spend my
$50 as I pleased
4 took the remaining IS and made
over the chicken house, divided IL so
that these saristOcrats' had their own
side and their small run, and then we
started out After just q little while
the 'aristocrats' were laying and by the
End OF the season there were some little
-aristocrats' The first clutch of eggs
lid not set, but after that / did and
ny success was wonder TO all behold
ers. I had 20 advertise my stock for
he swaybacks' still held on to their dol
lars and their scrubs. After FIVE years
trying every way possible to beat me
with their sort. they see that it's a mis-
take / sold 500 worth OF baby chicks
last month.
The Others told OF their beginnings
md / decided that the world is pretty
much alike in many ways.
One woman wrote me, confidentially,
% am not giving names, and said that
she wanted to know the truth is IL pos
sfble TO send day old chicks fifty miles
in. = basket. or is IL just an advertisers
dodge to set business
have seen them sent almost across
lhes continent and arrive in good con-
clifton. have received them after thir-
ty-sx hours in the basket and did not
lose one OF the sixteen. nor were they
As sokn as they were taken out OF the
basket they were given all OF the fresh
buttermilk that they wanted, were put
where there was no draft on them and
Fed on hominy grits Of medium size
There was gravel for them TO pick up
and later I gave them oatmeal, the scr;
ore buys in 10-cent packages IL sounds
ridiculous I know, but the first months
feed for baby chicks costs exactly 1 cent
each. I've tried IL more than once That
Of course does ont include what the men
eats. / had no hens with the ones men,
toned. They are q lot OF trouble ano
one can raise a hundred as we'll as she
can ten in the time she is raising baby
chicks by hand. 50 I have at last put
twenty-five or thirty with one mother.
People said last fall. You can't raise
chickens in north Alabama in the win
ter" but 1 have found out that can
And a nsighbor has ten beauties. all
that were Matched the last OF December.
she is delighted with the was they have
grown
Another woman wants to know wheth-
not mites. Yes ms'am, when they come
OF they get that piece of vaseline, about
as big as q pea. rubbed on head and
where the yOIk hassslipped in. And tha-