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Show , C0M3INE PO'JLTRf AND FRUI1 Allowing Fowls Full Range of Or chard Aids In Keeping Trees Free Frc-n Insect Pests. Illy IKiltVf M ATWOOD.) Fruit cull ure mid the production of poultry products can frequently be combined In u most satisfactory manner. man-ner. There are several reasons why fruit and poultry can be produced economically eco-nomically together. In the first place, fowls are very destructive to lu-Beet lu-Beet life, and If sullictently large numbers arc kept few of the larger Insects, which may spend a portion of their time on the ground among the de.id leaves and grass, will escape. The destruction of Insects tends, of course, to make tho trees more healthy and the fruit produced more perfect. Tho amount of fertility, too, which may be added to tho soil through tht droppings of the fowls, is a matter of no small importance when considered consid-ered for a series of years. Medium sized fowls, like the 1'ghorr.s, require re-quire about a bushel of grain per fear, and larger fowls, considerably more. The greater part of the nitrogen, nitro-gen, potash and phosphoric acid present pres-ent In ti ls grain passes Into the excrement, ex-crement, and when this Is scattered uniformly over the surface the soil should become more fertile from year to year, thus making the trees more thrifty, vigorous and productive. In these ways, then, will the fowls benefit bene-fit the trees, while on the other hand the shade furnished by the orchard on the sultry days of summer adds Prize Winning Calumet Cock. to the comfort and well being of the fowls and thus increases tho profit which may be derived from them. lu connection with orcharding. II Is Important to have the poultry work so arranged as to Interfere as little as possible when the trees remand re-mand most attention, namely. In the spritiR. when It is necessary to spray, and in tie autumn nt harvest time. Kivplns fowls for egg production can bo made to meet this requirement more nearly than any other branch of the poultry business. Colony l.oies should be scattered through 1 ho' orchard. Tho shape or slo of these houses is qullo Immaterial, Immate-rial, provided that the hens are not overcrow tied, flnd that tho houses are 3ry and comfortable. 1 A tn. use lfi or 18 feet wide and in feet long will accommodate about ; "5 fowls of thf smaller breeds, and sne house per acre would be sufficient. ' The.-e houses should face the south ' , ar Kouihi ast, so as to receive as much lunshine as possible In winter. The back wall, on the north Fide of the bouse, fchould be double boarded, so is to be perfectly tight and warm. ' iind the Miith side should be pro- ' rlded with an opening which can be ! :on d n cold and stormy weather by 1 canvas or duck curtain. The perches ' Fhorld extend the entire length tf ;he house at the rear, ami shou.d te provided with dropping beards. u,i- ' ieree;ith which the nest mav be ! ' rated. ' ' The dry nirt.-h (.3 stem of feeding c;,n ' ;e tiied This reduce, (he cost of ! alcr for fee, litis to a minimum. Thii lyst.-m consuls In keeping constantly j' ivsiial.le to the fowls a mixture of 1 round grains and beef scrap. A mix ' ure which has been found to be very!' atlfactoiy consists of equnl parts, l ' 1 ci;;ht. of eotumea!. ground oats ai,d be.it brim. To this mixture U add. i i 1 ilout ten per cent, or beef scrap. In ! 1 iddltlon to the dry mash, the fowls '1 hould be fed at least once per day ' 1 lome whole praln. such pa a mixture r if corn, wheat and onts. In the win- ' 1 er time, wh-n the fowls are confined 1 o the houses, this should be Fcattered n the straw or Utter, which should 1 over the floors of th houses, "n sum i ner tho whole grain may be scattered lutslde. 1 Idling bens of the size of Leghorns ' equire from 60 to 70 pounds of grain 1 nd beef scrsp per head yearly. At ' he pr. sent prices for grain. U.ls 1 illl cost about one dollar per f0' ach year. 1 Young fowls, when properly fed ' nd cared for and given free ranga 1 n an orchard, as outlined, m lly 1 t the very lowest estimate, ten dozeo 1 ggs per year. At an average prc f i'i cents per doien. these would be ' rorth I DO, or a profit, above, the cost f leed. of 11.50 per hen per ! t |