H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia 
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POULTRY REMEDIES 
We carry a complete line of Pratt’s and Conkey’s Poul¬ 
try Remedies, a remedy for every disease, and special¬ 
ties of other manufacturing chemists. 
If you have a sick chicken or if your hens are not lay¬ 
ing, ask to speak to our “Poultry Doctor,” recognized 
as one of the foremost poultry men in the country. 
Several years ago there was a “chicken craze” in At¬ 
lanta, when most everybody bought stock of “high class” 
poultry. The proposition was not feasible economically, 
because most of the people bought rare specimens that 
cost a great amount and which did not pay for utility 
purposes. These rare specimens to a large extent had 
been inbred for show purposes until their profit and 
usefulness was away below par for our common needs— 
egg laying and chick raising. That “craze” died down, 
as all “crazes” do, and just now the people are begin¬ 
ning to take it up again in a common sense manner. 
They are starting with standard breeds that are good 
layers and are not again going into the “fancy” stock, 
which is not as a rule a paying proposition, nor a sav¬ 
ing in the egg bill. Eggs are very wholesome and con¬ 
tain a large amount of energy units that are available 
for human food. Chickens for eating come in mighty 
handy, make most tender and high quality meat and 
will save the meat bill if good standard breeds are rais¬ 
ed. Our Poultry Doctor is always ready to advise you 
what breeds to raise and to offer many valuable sug¬ 
gestions on anything you ivish to know about poultry. 
There is no charge or fee. It’s just a part of the Has¬ 
tings’ Service. 
We will not go into detail here in naming our reme¬ 
dies and describing them in detail. We just want you to 
know that we have a remedy for every curable disease 
that is common to poultry. If you don’t know what the 
matter is just telephone us and tell how the chicken is 
acting and w T e will generally know the trouble. 
Lee’s Germozone is a fine tonic and keeps the poultry 
in good condition. It is not like a human “cure-all,” but 
is a preventative of most poultry diseases and keeps the 
system clean. 
Eggs are very important to the person with chickens, 
and if a hen stops laying she is a dead expense. If you 
are not getting enough eggs from your hens you can 
bring about a change by giving the hens a laying tonic. 
There is little use of having poultry unless you are go¬ 
ing to get something out of it. You must have efficient 
hens and keep them efficient, and to do so you must 
keep them in good condition—by feeding them right and 
giving them sanitary surroundings. 
If a hen is covered with lice she can’t work very much, 
or if she is not getting clean water and a well-balanced 
feed she is not of much use. It doesn't cost any more 
to have the best feeds than to have some filled with dust 
and trash and made of surplus grains on hand. The 
remedies we carry and the feeds and supplies are recog¬ 
nized throughout the Poultry World as standard goods 
that are always to be relied on. We are headquarters 
for Atlanta and the South in the Poultry and Pet Stock 
line. We don’t generally sell very much poultry and pet 
stock, but we keep them up on our feeds and supplies, 
which are unequalled. 
, FEEDS, SUPPLIES 
All feeds are of the highest quality, clean, sound and 
sweet. (Prices subject to change w’ithout notice). 
RED COMB FEEDS—FINEST MADE. 
50 lbs, 
Scratch Peed . 8 lbs. 25c 
Baby Chick Peed . 7 lbs. 25c 
Coarse Chick Feed . 1. 7 lbs. 25c 
Meat Mash . 8 lbs. 25c 
Pigeon Peed . 7 lbs. 25c 
Health Grit (Pigeon) ....10 lbs. 25c 
Oyster Shell .12 lbs. 25c 
Stone Mountain Grit ....12 lbs. 25c 
Swift’s Meat Mash . 6 lbs. 25c 
Alfalfa Meal . 7 lbs. 25c 
Pure Wheat Bran .10 lbs. 25c 
Gran. Poultry Bone .7 lbs. 25c 
Aunt Patsy Mash . 8 lbs. 25c 
Pratt’s Chick Meal . 3 lbs. 25c 
Conkey’s Buttermilk Start¬ 
ing Food (for Baby 
Chicks) . 3 lbs 25c 
Esso Charcoal .2% lb. carton, 15c; 2 for 25e 
Oyster Shell, Grit, Charcoal and Granulated Bone come 
in three sizes: Pine, medium and coarse. In ordering 
please mention size wanted, as fine is for small chicks, 
medium for larger chicks, and coarse is for grown chick¬ 
ens. If you buy in larger quantities than 100 pounds, 
please ask for special quotations on larger lots. 
These feeds are the best you can buy; the kinds the 
poultry eat clean. They are well-balanced, giving essen¬ 
tial food elements in the correct quantities to get the 
most out of poultry in eggs and meat. These formulae 
have been wmrked out theoretically and then put to the 
test of years of practical use, small changes having been 
made until they are about as perfect foods as can be 
$1.25 
1.50 
1.50 
1.25 
1.40 
1.15 
.60 
.60 
1.75 
1.15 
.90 
1.75 
1.50 
3.25 
3.25 
100 lbs. 
$2.50 
2.75 
2.75 
2.50 
2.75 
2.25 
1.00 
1.00 
3.50 
2.25 
1.80 
3.25 
2.60 
6.00 
6.00 
made. 
STOCK FEED. We have bran and clipped oats for 
stock feed sale and have Lee’s Best Stock Food Condi¬ 
tioner, stronger in condimental and tonic properties than 
ordinary stock food. For horses, cattle, sheep, hogs or 
poultry! Satisfaction guaranteed. 
POULTRY POINTS WORTH KNOWING. Two male 
birds in the same flock frequently quarrel and bad results 
follow. 
Plenty of milk to drink, or mixed in the mash, is an 
aid to the production of good hatching eggs. 
Don’t breed indiscriminately from all the fowls on the 
place, but select the best male and the ten best females 
and breed from them. 
If you are just starting, Hastings will be glad to get 
you good sitting eggs of good standard breeds for us¬ 
ually $1.50 per sitting of 15 eggs. 
The average hen outlives her usefulness in two years, 
and is more profitable if eaten or sent to market. There 
are at times good hens in the third and even the fourth 
vear, but the average limit is two years. Old hens are 
more liable to contract disease than younger ones. 
Never let the male birds run with the hens after the 
breeding season is over; don’t crowd poultry and don’t 
try to keep chickens and lice at the same time, as the lice 
are apt to get the best of it. Use lice powders oi* sprays. 
