Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-03-16

There are ten letters about chickens
or asking questions about them. 50
am going 10 ITy TO answer them through
The Journal as believe that where
rem ask questions there are hundreds
waiting for that information
Reminder that we had chickens in
my mothers yard and raised at least
twice as many as our ueiChbOrs. She
had 30 many OF the advanced ideas that
practice and wholesome common sense
deemed essentials now Her chicken
house was DRY and clean. she had rye
planted every september for the calves
and chickens. and even then when SO a
settinS for eggs was considered sin
fully eNtrayaganJ she let me invest in
sine young Light BrIhma cOckerel.
From that sort of aU Investment can
you wonder at me for now thinking, s5o
a sensible price TO put in The head OF
the flock. or $40 for yOungster2
SO many OF the letters say. My hus-
band does not believe iu jusg one sort
OF chicken he Is not willing for me
10 get a setting OF eggs" Most prob
ably that man has thoroughbred hogs.
cows or horses. and IL any one should
give his wife a start in thorOughbreds
ne would be as proud as Punch lie
would throw Off on them occasional
Il because that is a little-minded mans
way Of Dragging
The question asked I'm many OF the
letters Is. Il want your advice about
incubators: my hens do not set early
enough.
one must have hens enough TO De sure
Of forty-tve or nifty eggs not over two
weeks old To do that one must have
sprouted oats or a rye patch 10 help
the hens. Then one must feed them
on some sort OF meat scraps. CONNER
cial. 10 take the place Of insects that
are not in evidence in December. for
that's the month the eggs must be set
for early -brOilers~
n one depends on eggs bought from
the neighbOrs in December and January
the fancy price cuts the profits and
there is more uncertainty about such
eggs Matching.
AS to the make, that - matter \
OF individual preference But don't
imagine that YOU can get a cheap one 1
and not lose eggs enough in year TO 4
nav. the difference They are like Tin 4
always in the repairer's
hands.
Then there are several writing about
nux vonica- II is a fine tonic for peO-
ple combined with iron il is in almost
every one that the doctors mix. conse-
the small amount that YOU I
would get BY estins chicken fed on
ID wOuId not be noticeable II il
medicine that kills anything born OF
Matched with its eyes shut. hawks.
dogs. opossums. skuuks can be very ef-
fsctiveIy broken from stealing eggs by
opening the end or the egg and putting
n about as much as the point Of a
pocket knife blade will hold. BE sure
7Hd tell the ueiEhbOrs that you have
COcrored your nest eggs IL YOU have any
along that line. for I knew
a boy to get one and il gave MIN hard
8 pasms-incidenJally il broke him from
his neiEhbors hens nests This was
ter years ago. but 7 am told thar a
Gistaste OF that sort lasts a lifetime
Last spring a hawk got one OF my
baby chicks I knew il would return
about the same time next day. 80 7 was
ready for Mr. HswG Had ! been feed
ing the chicks as much = week on
nux vomica there would have been
enough IN the system. but there was
none that time 50 next day Just be
fore time for him 10 return J put a tea
poonfII OF the medicine in a half pint
" meal and made a stiff dough. I fed
hat 20 fifteen about three weeks old I
sd not give the hen any. a. she was
but % danger 7 had the pleasure OF
seeing one caught and the only tire i'm
ny life that 7 enjoyed seeing a hawk
'stch chicken was right then ! fed
hem next nay and the next hut not
lavk did I see Late in the season |
saw one and again fixed for IT, and I |
suppose. got It, for after losing one as
-iE a. partridge the hawk failed TO
-stUrU
I heard a man tell or catching ten
la wks in a stesu trap { put A pole
~ and nut "A live baby chick in there.
he hawk struck a. 90 and was caught
Then he got little Faster chicken from
store and set 30 with that and cleared j
ID that neck Of the woods We have I
BOTTLES or sticks. and tin cans hung !
around and the Farmer thinks its only e
~srv brave hawk that ailI come here I
There has been 80 mulch cold weather {