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Show TREES PROTECT FARM FOWLS In Summer They Afford Shade and In Winter Some Protection From Wind and Sleet. Those who live near a forest where the chickens, turkeys and guineas may have the range of the forest are fortunate. for-tunate. In the summer the trees afford af-ford shade, In the winter some protection pro-tection from the chilling winds and driving sleet -Besides trees protect the soil ; keep it from washing or blowing; blow-ing; they shed their leaves, making a covering to hold moisture, protect insects, in-sects, etc. Fowls delight to scratch among leaves under trees and In a little forest. for-est. Turkeys will eat acorns and find many insects in such places as the forest or grove. Where one lives on a prairie or on the plains it would be well worth while to plant a few trees near the home to protect It from the bleak winds, add to its setting and at the same time give the fowls a place to "range." Even on the plains such quick growth as black locust or ca-talpa ca-talpa could be. planted and It would hot be long till a nice . little grove would be had. There are other trees that grow fast and would soon make sufficient growth to be of use to the poultry. The trees need not waste, for when large enough for posts or other useful purposes they could be thinned and younger growth left to take the place of the older. Even where one has but a city lot or a small poultry yard on the farm a few shrubs could be used to advantage advan-tage for shade in summer and for winter win-ter protection. Figs, privet, grapevines, grape-vines, Japonica, Deutzia, splrea, lllao and other shrubs or vines might be used for this purpose. |