Show poultry as insect destroyers there Is one valuable advantage ot keeping poultry on the farm that Is the vast number of insects destroyed by them if every insect caught by a hen in a day were counted and an estimate made of the number of insects eaten by a flock of twenty five hens it should show that hens are more use ful in that respect than may bo sup posed when busily at work scratching the ben secures many grubs and worms while the larvae of insects also assist in providing them with food A flock of turkeys will search every nook and corner of a field for insects and as a turkey can consume a large amount of food it will make away with a vast number of them each day the active guinea Is ever on the search over the fields for insects it does not scratch but every blade ot grass Is looked over and it rarely comes up to the barnyard to seek food its industry prompts it to secure its own food and in so doing hundreds of insects are destroyed poultry ad |