Beaver Press | 1915-05-21 | Page 7 | Chickens and the Garden

CHICKENS AND THE GARDEN learn how to get best results different ways of feeding housing and breeding A student at one of the agricultural normal school short courses in agri culture gave tho the following answer to the question what objects are to be b obtained in the study ot of poultry and garden the objects to be ba obtained in ali UK study of chickens and garden are tc learn how to get the best results from the different ways of feeding housing and breeding which aro are the best breeds and how to keep them pure and get the most prout profit from them at al the least expense in gardening how to get the most profit from soil without robbing it ol of its fertility chickens and gardening may be studied together to mutual advantage by having two lots one for the chickens and the other for the garden the garden will furnish food for the he chickens and the family also and the manure of the hens will keep the soil fertile and productive the chicken yard and garden cavi can be alternated each year to get better results the greens for the chickens chicken may be grown in the end of the plot which Is not occupied by the chicken coop the chickens are to be shut up all the time except perhaps about an hour each evening evenin g