Show plum thicket for chickens A plum or cherry thicket Is the ta refuge that many furnish for their chickens from hawks and crows such a thicket also furnishes shade on a summers day and shelter on a winter s day however a good dog one that Is alwais alert keeps away all enemies of the poultry tribe both in th air and on tho ground A good dog not a cur kills a surprising num her of rats snakes and other pests that often lilt the yard surroundings and Is usually under the crowl or hawk that shows serious designs on the flock of small chickens |