Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-07-08
POULTRY
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Poultry Raising In oregon.

In the Review of April there was
an article on cape worms In poultry
It assigned angle worms as the cause.
This think is a mistake. have been
in the poultry business for the past
80 years in the states Of Indiana, Mis-
souri, and Oregon, and have seen many
little chickens turn up their toes In
Indiana and Missouri as result OF
the attacks Of the cape worm, but
have never had a case Of the kind IN
Oregon. The poultry business In this
state Is very extensive, and on &C.
count Of our warm and damp climate
angle worms are more abundant than
in the eastern states. The tempera'
ture of young chickens is about lou
degrees and that of angle worms ~
degrees. The angle worms Will not
live at the temperature Of chickens.
wish to tell you how to prevent
gapes: Last year at the expiration
Of the setting season had three hens
bring off broods on the same day. But
in place Of removing them to the
chicken yard let them remain IN the
shed. At the expiration Of the first
week I removed one of the hens and
at the expiration of the second week
removed the second hen, leaving the
third hen with 81 chickens. let them
remain there till they were eight
weeks old and did not lose one. They
were all healthy and in good condi'
ton. I always kept pure water In
shallow dish before them and also FED
them wheat. AS the shed was In the
corner Of the garden, all the weeds
they would eat threw in to them.
For the place to set my hens have
q shed IL by "a feet in size. The
boards used to inclose this were by
10 inches and were put on green,
without battens. This now gives
cracks one-fourth inch wide, which
insure good light. The floor Is OF
plank. This building we call our SIT
ting room. Our nests are portable
boxes and nail kegs. These are filed
about one-third full of straw, and
when biddy shows signs Of sitting the
straw is removed and new nesting
material is substituted. Then we put
in the eggs, and at night the hen and
nest are removed to the sitting room.
We keep the doors closed and give
plenty Of water and feed.
have a new poultry house to pre-
vent predatory animals from getting
in. If the readers Of the Review
would like, l will send description.
David Ruble.
Lincoln County, Oregon.
We are sure our readers will be
pleased to see a description OF the
poultry house to which our correspon-
dent refers.
AS to the gapes, we see that Mr..
Ruble has misunderstood what was
said. The angle worm does not cause
gapes, but the disease is caused by
parasite of the angle worm, which is
also an intestinal parasite Of chick.
ems. The scientific name Of this worm
is "Syngamus Trachealis." It is Of
Icuulbu COiOl anu voiAOo al AShosA
from thxee.eighths to three-fourths OF
an inch. The two sexes are perma-
nently united, which fact has caused
it to be also called the "branched
worm" Some people call It the red
worm on account of its color. Tests
have been made In which angle
worms infested with cape worms have
been fed to chickens, robins and other
birds, with the result that these birds
were all infected with cape worms.
There may be no cape worms In the
locality in which our correspondent
resides. He is doing the right thing
in any case, as he is keeping his
chicks on a plank floor till they are
eight weeks old. BY that time most
of them will be able to bid defiance to
the cape worm, as only the young
chicks, and weak ones at that, usually
succumb. We shall be pleased to hear
from Mr. Ruble again.-Farmers' Re-
view.