Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-02-23
Our HOUSEHOLD
| CONDUCTED BY LIZZIE Q. THOMAS

The turkey raisers have been nice
about giving their remedies, and L
am going to tell you of two that
have suggested ideas to me.
One lady whose Tom turkey held
his head as if he were chOked and
moped and swallowed, as only tur-
keys can, got desperate. With the
help Of a neighbor she wrapped a
stick with a soft cloth, made sort
of swab or throat mop. She creased
it thoroughly and pushed it into Mr.
Turkeys crop, moved it gently and
drew up a pecan nut that he had
swallowed too hastily. Recovery was
almost immediate, and she passes
her remedy to us.
Another writes: "My turkey would
stretch his neck and try to move
something in the passage to his crop.
So I gave him a good-sized pill of
asafoetida and the white of an egg.
This is a good remedy to remove
fish bones from ones own throat, the
asafoetida, I mean, of course, I put
a spoonful of q poultry tonic in his
mash every afternoon and now he
struts around with a face as red as
a flower and has splendid appe-
tite, though his appetite never did
fail him.
ct certainly appreciate your let
ters to The Atlanta Journal and
want to help you all [ can.
81 raised over $500 worth of tur-
keys last year and for this gobbler
to get out of the race just when I
needed him was distressing, but Mr..
Gobbler has entirely recovered
At this season one must watch
their fiocks. The fowls seldom take
as much exercise as they need and
the heavy layers often get out of
condition. I noticed that a. hen in
my best breeding pen went on the
roost earlier than usual. let her
alone that night, but the next day
examined her. I found her crop
empty, but her abdomen seemed
stuffed. She WINGED when I tried to
find her egg and 1 decided that she
might have a broken egg or some OBJ
struction. 1 gave her teaspoonful of
lard and a cathartic pill, creased the
egg passage with lard and put her in
q warm box, where she would be
quiet.
The next day her abdomen was not
so tight, but was inflamed and the
medicine had brought a lot of mucus.
l repeated the greasing and medicine.
She would not eat, so 1 gave her a
little milk, poured it in her mouth
and put her back. The next day put
her in the garden to get sunshine,
and that afternoon she seemed better
The next day she ate a little. I put q
teaspoonful Of condition powder in a
| cup of meal and made a dough of
it. I fed her moderately and believe
she will get well. L am going to give
her carbolated vaseline today and
keep her in the garden for a week
or so, and shall not set her eggs or
encourage her to lay for a month at
least.
The bitter cold of this month has
been hard on little chicks and on the
one that gathers the eggs. took
such q severe cold in January I did
! not set the incubator and as the cold
has held me all this time I am glad
that [ did not set it. But pretty soon
my time will come. -
It's no use to set eggs that chill
and in very cold weather mine are
, put on the bed in the guest room
and soft down comfort keeps them
snug. My incubator is in the same
room and when the temperature
drops in the night I put warm wool
skirt over it. That is more satisfac-
tory to me than to experiment with
the lamp wick. Just on general prin-
ciples, 1 turn the wick a trif1e high
err about 10 at night, for there is
bound to be a drop before morning.
And I don't let the baby chicks get
the least bit chilled. They can stand
more heat better than a little cold.
Have you planted that rape?