Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-05-24
ANSWERS TO INQUIRIES

AS I was expecting, there is wall
the mites and lice are eating up the
hens and little chickens. The long
rainy season and 'the occasional
warm days are certain to bring them
out in swarms when there is a dry
season of even few days. Many of
you take the Rhode Island Red Jour
nal, and I am sure that every num-
Der tells you how to take better
care of your chicks, but 1 am going
to give all of you the splendid
method of one of the foremost wom-
en- in poultrydom, Mrs. Helen Dow
Whitaker:
Henhouse Cleaning-Dissolve one
pound of commercial I've in as little
water as possible, starting with half
a pint and adding more. Let it stand
three hours. Then pour the cold
ly solution into thee and one-tlfth
quarts of raw linseed oil, stirring
constantly. 1t takes about thirty
minutes to make it smooth.
Then, still stirring, add eight and
one-half quarts of commercial cresol'
Call this cresol soap, and put from
three to six tablespoonfuls to a gal
lon of water to spray henhouse.
Mrs. Whitaker has been identified
with the Washington state poultry
station for several years and is
woman of good, clear judgment.
Don't get the idea that you can
spray or house clean once and sit
back in ease the rest Of the summer,
you must keep everlastingly at 1t,
once a month is the least you can
afford to wait if they once get the
upperhand of you.
There are twenty letters asking
me what to do for lice and mites
would like to write each one per-
sonally, but I would have to say eX-
actly what I am writing now, and
YOU will have it so that you can
cut it out and put it on a card or
in that envelope I advised you TO
get for your poultry clippings. L
am taking off three hens today, last
week [ changed each nest, saturated
the boxes with the mixture of stock
dip that I have frequently told you
how to mix, then lined the nests with
newspapers and clean straw, ana
before ibid this 1 busted the hen
with a good lice powder and turned
her loose to get them off, it there
should be any on her. When she
got back on the nest [ was reason
ably sure that the babies would start
the world free from vermin, ana
not sleep themselves off the earth
as so many complain their May
chicks do.
I missed one of my pullets that
was Matched the last week in Au'
gust, 1 had never induced her to go
to the henhouse, and [ decided that
had caught her. imagine
my pleasure yesterday to see heF
with thirteen yellow balls clustered
around her. They are more like bros
than biddies, but I am going to see
what I can do with them. L mao
TO take them from her for she Would
have taken them off, and it is a Ger;
tain way to teach hogs to eat
chickens if you let the downy crea-
lures run under their noses. L smut
IN every one in some field or run
till they are we'll feathered and
even then they are not allowed to be
at the barn at feeding times. The
hog is spoiled and the chicken lost
when there is a collision between
the two. Here is the recipe asked
for and I hope you will enjoy it as
we'll as we 90:
Egg Custard-Four yolks and one
ar
thirds of cup of sugar, half a cup
of butter, two tablespoontuls OF
flour, and flavor to suit your taste.
Have the pastry in the pans ana
bake IN q moderate oven. use the
egg whites for the meringe.
One of our subscribers sent me