THR RURAL NEW-YORKER 
April 20, 
THE HEN MAN TALKS. 
Burglar Alarm on Henhouse. 
IIow can I arrange a burglar alarm on 
my coop so that when anyone touches the 
<loor or windows the bell will ring, which 
I will have connected from the coop to my 
bedroom? j. j. k. 
Wallingford, Conn. 
A simple burglar alarm, which need not 
cost over two dollars, may he installed by 
any one possessing a little Ingenuity. The 
materials required are an ordinary electric 
door hell, a simple switch, two or three dry 
batteries, and sufficient insulated wire to 
carry a double line from the bell to the 
henhouse. The bell, switch and dry bat¬ 
teries should be connected and placed in 
the room where the alarm is to ring, and 
a double wire carried from them to the in- 
tlde of the henhouse, where it is made to 
pass along the casings, over such doors 
and windows as are to he protected, in 
two parallel lines about an inch apart. 
These wires should he drawn tight and 
stapled to the casings with the two free 
ends left disconnected. Over each door and 
window the covering should he scraped 
from the wires for an Inch or two, leaving 
them bare at this spot, and these bare 
wires should be raised a little from the 
wood beneath them. This completes the 
wiring which, inside the henhouse, at least, 
should he done with rubber-covered or in¬ 
sulated wire. A thin strip or spring brass 
or any other metal, about one inch wide 
and several inches long, should now he 
fastened by means of a screw in one end 
vertically across the hare places in the two 
wires, resting upon them and extending sev¬ 
eral inches below for connection with the 
door or window. When anyone of these 
spring strips is permitted to press against 
the two hare wires it will complete the 
electric circuit and cause the bell in the 
house to ring, if the switch there is turned 
on. To complete the arrangement, attach 
TO MEN HOUSE 
BELL 
. SPRING OVER WIRES MO HELD OfT 
.* IROM THEM WHEN DOOR 15 CLOSED 
BY KNOB OH DOOR 
WIRES FROM HOUSE 
INSIDE VIEW Of DOOR, 
BURGLAR ALARM ON HENHOUSE. 
a wooden knob to the door in such a way 
that when the door is closed the knob will 
press against the free end of the spring 
strip and crowd it hack off the two wires, 
thus breaking the circuit. If anyone opens 
the door at night the pressure upon the 
spring will he released and It will close 
down upon the two bare wires beneath, 
completing the circuit, and causing the 
bell in the bouse to ring until the door is 
again closed. By the exercise of a little in¬ 
genuity you will be able to make a similar 
connection with each window, and your 
burglar alarm will be complete. The 
switch in the house is for the purpose of 
disconnecting the alarm through the day 
to save the noise, and the batteries, if a 
door or window of the henhouse should be 
left open. M - B - v - 
Ancona Fowls. 
Can you tell me anything as to the stand¬ 
ing of the Ancona fowls? o. r. 
Middlebury, Vt. 
The Anconas were introduced from An¬ 
cona, Italy, about 1883, hence the name. 
They belong to the Leghorn type, having 
yellow beaks and legs, and plumage that 
is mottled or splashed with black and 
white. The hackles are black edged with 
white. Belonging to the same race as the 
Leghorns they are said to be their equals 
in every way save that possibly they do not 
stand confinement quite as well. They 
mature early, as do the Leghorns, and are 
considered good Winter layers of large white 
eggs. M. B. D. 
Deformed Chicks. 
So many of our chickens, for the past 
two seasons, have been deformed that I 
venture to write you for advice. It is 
sometimes impossible to notice any deform¬ 
ity in the live chickens, while some have 
crooked tails or feet turned' in so that they 
Interfere. These arc killed, of course, but 
so many seemingly perfect chickens appear 
to be hunch-backed when dressed and look 
very undesirable. We raise chicks with 
hens, do not crowd chicks in large colonies, 
provide roosts as soon as hens leave chick¬ 
ens and have replaced ordinary perches 
with very thin ones. We had expected to 
use those eggs for hatching this year. Can 
you tell me whether this trouble is in¬ 
herited, or is there something wrong in 
the management? e. m. 
Rahway, N. J. 
Having eliminated the ordinary causes of 
deformity, such as overcrowding in brood¬ 
ers, failing to provide proper perches soon 
enough, etc., your trouble would seem to 
be due either to insufficient bone-forming 
material in your growing chick rations, or 
to impaired vitality in your breeding stock. 
If the addition of such bone-forming food 
ns granulated or green cut bone,. wheat 
bran, cut clover, oyster shell, etc., did not 
correct the difficulty 1 should advise dis¬ 
carding the old breeding stock and making 
a new start with some vigorous fowls of 
a good strain of the breed of my choice. 
M. B. D. 
Pip or Gapes. 
What is the pip in poultry, how does it 
come and bow is it to be cured? w. m. 
Medford, N. Y. 
By “pip” the inquirer doubtless refers 
to the disease known as gapes; probably 
so called from the frequent gasping for air 
by chicks affected with this trouble. Gapes 
is caused by a small parasitic worm, of 
reddish color, and about three-eighths of 
an inch in length, which attaches itself 
to the membrane lining the air passages of 
the chicken, from which it sucks blood, 
and causes irritation and inflammation. 
The ground upon which chickens are raised 
for a number of years in succession is apt 
to become infected with this gape worm, 
and while in the' ground the common 
earthworm is thought to be its host. 
Chicks have been experimentally infected 
by feeding them upon earthworms. Unless 
chicks are particularly valuable it is hard¬ 
ly worth while to attempt to save them 
after they become infected, but if it Is 
desired to do so a loop of horsehair 
or a feather dipped in turpentine may 
bo passed down the windpipe—not the 
gullet—with .a twisting motion which will 
loosen the parasites and allow the chick 
to cough them up. The best remedy is 
prevention by keeping chicks off infected 
ground and plowing and thoroughly culti¬ 
vating the latter before returning them to 
it. A well-drained sandy soil is less apt 
to become infected with gape worms than 
a damp one, and if available should bo 
chosen for the chick runs. m. b. d. 
Ailing Hens. 
My hens are ailing. They act the same 
as a lien with her back hurt; part of the 
time they lie and pant, and they lie still 
witli their eyes shut. They seem to be un- 
aide to walk much ; when they do they stag¬ 
ger and fall forward, their tail and wings 
droop. They arc* affected with this one or 
two days and then are all right again. 
Some have had one attack, others two and 
three. The hens affected are laving and in 
good condition. I killed one when sick, but 
all organs appeared to bn perfect. Their 
droppings when sick are brown capped 
with white, and they eat when feed is 
given I feed oats, wheat and barley in 
litter morning, a mash of meat, meal and 
shorts at noon. The meat is beef, cooked, 
and the mash is wetted with the broth of 
the meat with a little salt and occasion¬ 
ally red pepper, and corn at night. Their 
green food is potato parings, chopped apple 
and onion. They have plenty of fresh 
water and shell. They are well housed 
and on board floor with six inches of oat 
straw for litter. c. J p 
Hannibal, N. Y. 
Your hens are probably egg bound; that 
is, suffering from an irritated or inflamed 
condition of the egg-producing organs. You 
are feeding a highly stimulating ration and 
the hens probably get too little exercise. 
Gut out the red pepper entirely and the 
wet mash of cooked beef and broth at least 
for a time. Feed the mash dry and their 
whole grain in about a foot of litter to 
make them work. Give hens free access to 
their outdoor range Summer and Winter. 
They will exercise good judgment about go¬ 
ing out if allowed that liberty all the time 
This change in feeding will probably cut 
down your egg yield for a time, but will 
improve the health and permanent useful¬ 
ness of your flock. m. b. d. 
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