Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-08-18
A Look Around, Look Ahead


I often wonder which is worst on
the poultry raiSers, the drought OF
daily floods. If one is well equipped
dry weather is worse on chickens
for they can be kept out Of the rain
but cannot be kept in cool quarters
July and August are the two
months that call for constant work
germs that will develop into sore
heads, roup and cholera. I use every
precaution against each one, and even
then there will come something to
show me what would happen if
were to let things go as 1 see them
in in other yards, I buy stock dip by
the gallon, and carbolinium in the
seven-gallon containers. Stock dir
can be bought at the stores or from
the agents. At this season I use a
pint Of coal oil, two Of dip and two
quarts Of water. 1t is strong and
I've had my hands as shriveled as
wet paper, but if it is put on the
roosts, the walls and then soaked into
the ground there will be no mites
nor intestinal worms. Often there
are chicks that will not fatten, they
get light and their feathers are rag
ged. If they have been treated for
lice, mites and worms they should
be killed, for it may be a case of
tuberculosis. I feel sure that they
are generally afflicted with worms
Many old poultry raisers have told
me that it never occurred to them
that chickens had worms. Many die
from worms, so get busy make some
tobacco tea, mix in bran or corn meal
dough and feed them. Let this feed
be in the morning, and at noon give
them a feed with epson salts. a
That will carry off the worms, and
If possible, it is well to have them
shut that tho Filth he
covered with ashes or lime. A half
barrel Of lime lasts long time, and
is a wonderful help in taking care
Of poultry.
Get a leaking bucket, fill is half
full of lime and pour water on it..
Let 1t be in a dry place until it gets
thoroughly dry and then put it where
the poultry can get it and see them
eat it. The youngsters will make
bones extra strong and vigorous on
dried mortar. I have had one hen to
set every month this year, except
June. I find June heat worse than
any other, so 1 do not punish my
hens by giving them eggs for that
month. Here is the way I manage.
The May chicks were eggs in April,
and the chicks Matched June 1 were
May eggs. Then the first of July 1
set hen, and yesterday I took off
my August chicks. 1t may sound like
Ialry tale, out L nave not lost one
Of any in those summer broods. I've
kept each lot five weeks and have
sold them and the hens, to people
who saw them. There has not been
one lost since I sold them, for they
are vigorous. I've only five hens
and rooster that I keep for sum-
mer chicks, the others are ranging
I am raising the incest bunch I've
ever handled. I know that have not
lost 20 out of all I've had this year.
But you can't let chickens be a side
issue and expect wonderful things.
Look around your premises and
see If things are clean, free from
vermin and no dampness where the
birds roost. Examine their heads
under the bill and their long wing
feathers for three varieties of lice
That groove in the wing feathers can
hold lice enough to kill them. Grease
those places and just below and
around the vent, carbolated vaseline