Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-11-22
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! eSttrdaE we went 10 see IL ne
Yamuts were ready 10 bring 90 thc
house All Of them have dropped
and are getting pretty black. We
will put them ~ bags and the farm
tr Will put them ia the wagon ana
haul them to the house. We Sencr-
ally have nutbTeod once a week an
winter and Tor school lunches there
is nothing better. IL takes the place
OF cake and IS fine to use as the
bread Tor sandwiches. There should
always be system in fixing the chill
drcn'S lunches. They need material
for blood. brain and bone. ] often
see children that l know are INSULT
GENTLY nouriSned. Don't think that
l mean 10 say that they do not get
enough to eat. | mean 10 tell you
that their food is not the right sort
Nou know children that want to
make a meal of of biscuit and syrup.
or jam. They need the sweet. but
they need a certain amount of fat
and of mineral. Do you know why
an egg will blacllen silver? les the
sulphur in the egg. And the chill
dren need sulphur. Turnip green's
and spinach contain iron in the very
/ best form for people to take. The
recipes that call for baking powder
and no eggs are not the ones to use
this winter There are few families
that have not had a visitation of the
flu" and all who have had il need
or cup of milk that you set them TO
take Will help build up their systems,
Put your common sense 10 work.
Dom you know that corn meal or
whole wheat -four or any of the
combinations are more strengthen
ing with eggs and milk than with
water and baking powder? \ wom-
au said that she could not get her
child 20 eat an egg, not even il she
tried 10 hire II done. l asked her
ii she had tried boiled custard. no,
she had not. Then / told her that
if size would take a cup OF fresh
milk. beat the egg thoroughly in
IL, :ygceten il and freeze il she
could get il started. Some hospitals
give ice cream TO fever patients
wnen they can take nothing else. 1
don't blame anyone sick or well for
refusing eggs as some people cook
them.
t:C"G milk brought 10 q boil, pour
"a ONet "a raw wcu b-aten csA aud
.uCIt .seaSolteo MIth celery SAT- or
some tomato tuaJ has been put
through a IInc Seye makes 4 nCur.
iSniES FOOD IOr SICK o. well. This
winter must put all OF the EOuSeEeep-
trS ca Incir meJtiC, TOR the i'll red
undc. -HourisheG man, woman or child
viii Dc Jhc one TO so under. ou
may complain that vegetables are
hlgn. and hard 10 gct. But YOU
I NN-N- A%cN AZ - mat NEaAtl - sOkd
OF tie iarlH, % out o. tne Saruen
| Jr dairy brings Il price 10 proportion.
NOEIer nov. many or you are
still remembering the needy, The sick
ones especially, this year? Ii is our
duty 10 help nOse across the water,
buJ We must not forget the orphans
ana NlSs Emily Whitfield, OF Fin
laNSCn, Ga. She suffers with rheu-
matlSm and needs both food and
fuel all this winter. Can you nCc
send ncr dime shower Tor ner own
ana our THANKSGIVING. Sne mas
| lost mother and sister, so you know
she - lonely as well as sick.
Are YOU looking afteT You flocks
| tliiS winter. Roup seems more prey
alent than / ever have known II. 1
nave mad some nice letters from
| people who, a year ago, had scrub
IlockS or hens and put thoroughbred
ROSTERS with them. one lady raised
| tWcnty-SiN out OF thirty day-oil
chicks L cent her two years ago.
Another Sou nineteen out of twenty.
others have built up their flocks
/ by getting good roOsters. | Shall
/ snip several crates this week and
shall then begin 10 fix up for The
January matches.
II you have no green stuff for
them it is very little trouble 10
sprout oats. y cheese boz. is good
10 held the oats. two inches Gecp:
put warm water in il and let il sir
day and night, then pour off, cover
with a cloth and put in the sunshine.
u night set IN a warm place. As soon
as they get thoroughly Sprouted give
one incl square 10 each hen. I have
Few long boards i'm she chicken
yard. l dig a trench as wide as my
hand and ill with oats. Pull the
dlrt over Il, pour water over ii. then
cover with the boards. As soon as
I they begin TO spTout | slip the board
up few feet and let them scratch
them out. having several heavy
planl;S even ten feet long will keep
the hens that are confined in runs
with plenty of green feed
Get your dimes worth Of perman-
ganesc OF potash and At least once
q week nut pinch i'm the chicken
I trough. The wafer should be a deem
wine color. ] think that the sore
eyes that many are writing 70 me
ABOUT IS a form of roup. Put q
pinch OF the nermanganese Of potash
IN Gun, fill with water and put
the head of the fowl I'm it. keep -
under the water until some bubbles
come uD. That shows that it mas
breathed and has filled its lungs
with the medicine. Roup is con-
tagiOus. as fast as you find them
Kill the really sick ones and put the
others where thew cannot give it TO
the well ones. When Won feed YOUR
flocks do not throw out the feed
and rush off. See how they eat. II
hen is droonv catch her then and
give her nil. anv good liver pill.
then nut eDsom salts i'm the water
To- al Of them.
Watch your tlocks. An auncc Of
nreyentionNnay save many pounds Of
good me9t.\or eggs.
Faithfullv yours
LIZZIE Q. THOETAS.