Show COMBINE FRUIT AND POULTRY how they benefit each other and their owneta scratching of fowls an aid to cultivation by A F copyright poultry keeping as a sole interest Is practically never met with some other interest Is always associated with it of the many different lines 0 agricultural interest fruit growing Is the best to work in with poultry keeping this combination is addan tadeous for two reasons first two crops arc being grown on the ground at one time second both fruit and poultry are directly benefited by being grown together poultry Is benefited by the shade of fruit trees and bushes and by the worms and insects which are chiefly found about trees and bushes while fruit trees and bushes are benefited and their growth promoted by the rich nourishment of the droppings of poultry also by the of worm and insect enemies and by the stirring of the ground by the scratching and dusting of the birds because of these advantages poultry runs should be in space and set with fruit trees such as apple pear peach etc and baby chicks should be given range of the bush fruit plantings the patches set to blackberries raspberries rasp berries currants etc in the latter case it Is better to set broaders brooders bro oders or colony coops forty to fifty feet apart along the border of small fruit patches the chicks being permitted to range at will in setting out fruit trees consider their future growth and here again a combination can be advantageously made standard apple trees should be set thirty five to forty feet apart each way but as apple trees do not reach bearing size under about ten years and will not attain full size un der about twenty it is best to set quicker maturing and earlier decay ing fruit trees between them two peach or plum trees can be set in spaces between two apple trees and rows of pear and cherry trees can be set between the rows the earlier decaying trees are removed in season to give the apple trees full room to grow the cultivation of ground about fruit trees Is aided by poultry which keep up a constant scratching and for worms and insects and it is found that worm and insect pests are kept in subjection where fowls or chicks are permitted to range when the range is among newly set trees or bushes it Is found desirable to place a mulch of small stones or bricks one or two inches apart about the trees to protect the roots from too much scratching young trees are always benefited by being utilized as shade tor poultry 1 BARROW FOR HAULING FRUIT vehicle like one shown in ll lustra alon cah be put together by any one handy with tool berries are very easily injured and anything that can be done to avoid unnecessary handling after they are picked is a great saving the accompanying illustration shows a wheelbarrow that is made in such a way that the berries hauled in it are subject to very little jar instead of the wheel being attached to the barrow fop fruit handles aa is usual it is attached to a pair of sticks which oscillate on a bolt as shown in the picture the opposite ends of these sticks are attached to the barrow by coll springs says a writer in the farm news these springs take up all the jar the barrow can be easily made by any one who can use a hammer and saw the catl springs may be secured from any hardware store the heavier sort used on screen doors will serve the purpose SOME horticultural to do well should be planted on high well drained soil scatter wood ahe by E VAN benthuysen it pays to thin out the blackberry patch if you have one so you can get through it without tearing your clothes have you got any grass bound fruit trees if EO spade up the ground around them and put on a good coat of manure it you want strawberries to do wll plant them on high well drained soil with just dope enough to carry off the water if you have any wood ashes spread them around your fruit trees and email fruits and vegetables there la nothing better don t fall to spray your fruit trees be thorough about it too see that the liquid reaches every portion of them the top middle and bottom not until the foliage of the tree begins to drip ie it advisable to stop |