Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-01-29
CHICKEN RAISING !
MORE ABOUT CHICKENS
BY LIZZIE o THOMAS

January is the crucial time with
the pens that are to turn out the
fine chickens, and all Of US should
try to raise no other kind. I fire.
ouently hear people say that they
are not raising chickens for the show
room nor to sell. That may be true,
but one should want the very best
for home I do not mean that all
should pay fancy price for pen
of prize-Winners just to raise broll-
ers or for eggs, though the prize
winners should be the sort to givs
them eggs all the year, and that is
what any family wants. But anyone
that has been honest with their hens.
housed them in a dry place, and
has given them food and clean wa
ter, will see the difference between
scrubs and purebreds.
am going to tell you my rem
edy for scaly legs. see many other
remedies, but this Is the one 1 use
and find best. Use tin can half
full of crude oil and have a mop.
Whenever you see any sign of scales,
mop the foot and leg thoroughly.
Keep the can where you can put
your hands on it, for when one Is
busy, it is a great temptation to put
if off, and every day makes the
scales thicker. Crude oil Is the sort
that is so fine for mango. on hogs.
1T is also good for Verm1n on the
hogs; keep it all the time. Many
chickens that get shabby looking,
then finally get to where they can
not walk without staggering. The
government experts have been call
ing it worms, and sometimes it may
be-, but Rhode Island Red breeder
The disease is called leg weakness,
rheumatism, worms and kidney
trouble whatever it is, it generally
does up the fowl. | have had mems
down on their launches and l used
liniment, but that did not do for
the Youngsters. Mr. Scott says box
it up in a dry place and put tea
spoonful of sal hepatica in quart
of drinking water. This has oeen
prescribed dozens Of times ana IL
never fails unless the case has run
so long that it has become chronic.
Too many mites, or lice is. often the
cause. The fowl gets weakened ana
the vitality becomes exhausted, then
disease settles on the weakest part
which in these cases are the KID
neys. After a crown bird ma mas , troy.
bic Of this + sort ni Iook p IGf T them
out and see the right sort come
back in little while. I knew a
lady that bought a beautful fooster,
he had not finished molting When
he was shipped, several white feath-
ers came among the red ones ana
she thought her prize was ruined
The consequence was she gave MIN
away. The one that. sold MN Iounq
fn
Il -" white feathers, that he had
PROBABLY bruised the young feathers
while in the shipping crate: S ne
bought him back and he IS SUN
heading her best pen. Don't De 700 700
majority of them are honest and
take a pride in sending out the best
they have for the money; L saw
two broods of chickens tnat came
out of the same hatch, incubator
f fheof best of care, and after they got
m to two pounds she gave them
a fine pea patch to run on; Inc
others were raised in PACK yaah
with nothing green, not much aissn
water and an abundance OF mites:
Tbe first lot are as pretty as | eyer
saw and the others. do not look ike
even the same variety.
Whatever makes chickens more
f6e he2 1ane no an0 ony
show birds, but for table use. l am
NOT a crank on the subject OF Rhooe
island Reds. believe that they are
not to be excelled as an all-routl9a
fowl. but if you have gooq4
strain Of any other breed 40 mo-
Sisnose Of them because your neigh
bor has such good luck with Kegs
Anconas, or whatever II may . re.
Get a pure bred cockerel OF tns
sort YOU have, study conditions anu
See if your flock will not DO as Wen
as YOUR neighbors. Remember tnae
fhe purebred male can soon 90
wonders in building up your 1ioc eI1
and that healthy hens are the only
kind that can give you nealtny
Chicks. If you expect to raise iot
Of young chickens and not have tn ZEN
dwindle away you h must b nen FED Fed
air. ali sorts of tonics and egg-pTrSfduefee
ing stuff TONES are all rlgnt II
one is selling table eggs ana Is
willing to dispose of the mems a1ter
a little while. This has been DARK:
cold month, it is just the sort or
cold weather to start roup, and the
best thing to do is to keep their
drinking water slightly tinged with
permanganate of potash. Use
wooden or earthenware vessel, for
it will rust out iron. or tin.