Show 1 t W A F 0 COMBINE POULTRY AND FROIT allowing fowls full range of or chard aids in keeping trees free from insect pests pa 1101 kl roop flint culture and the pio production of 0 poultry products can frequently lie be combined in a most satisfactory min mid ner ncr theio ale aie several reasons alij wh fruit ind and 1 loular boulto can be produced eco cco no together in the first place fowls fouls or arr nerv destructive to iu in sect life and 1 it sufficiently largo large tic lie dept few of 0 the larger insects u which may spend a I 1 of their time on the among tho the dead deives and brass will escape the destruction of 0 insects tend of course to mil main 0 the tiers moio health and the hult produced more perfect the amount of 0 fertil lt too which may mai he be added to the suit soil tho the droppings of the be fowls fouls is i matter of no small consid cred tor for a erles cries of years ears medium ailed to fowls 1 1110 0 the I 1 re quire about a bushel of grim amin per lear ind and laica fouls ton Is considerably consider bly more the hie greater pirt part of the nitro gen potash ind and phosphoric acid pres 1 res ent in tills this grain pisses passes into the ex c crement creni ent ind and when tins this is scattered uniformly over the surf surface ice the so I 1 1 should become more fertile from year air to lor tar thib tin mailing jahnig the trees moze moio thrift 3 and productive product ne in these wis then will the fouls to Is berin bene fit the trees while on the hand the shade tui fili nishel b tile orchard on the sultry days das of summer adds va V gm nv I 1 I 1 I 1 tn fl Z i winning calumet cock to the comfort oni fort and vi acing of the fowls and thus inci increases eases the profit bolit chich may lie be il killed from them lu iu connection alth ith 11 Is important to hao halo the unit oil so arranged arrange d as to inter feic as little as to 10 sible alien the tle hiees s ir ic mand most attention namely in tile spring ulicia it Is necessary to spray and in the autumn it at harat time keeping eel lilg for li Is l i lor lee egg production pio can I 1 be made to meet this more ecail 13 than any other lit bl inch of the poultry business colony coloni houses should be through the the shape or size of these houses house i is quite immite imm ite rial tint hit the liens hens lie not ind that the hous houses csaro ire jr dr and comfortable A house ik 16 or IS feet acot ilac ulde ind and 20 1 l feet lung hing mill accommodate about 75 fowls of the sn iiller breeds ind arid one house per acre be sufficient chose houses should face the south or bouthet t so as to receive as much Bunsh lne as possible in i inter the hick back aall on oil the north side of the houe boue should be double boarded so as to be perfectly tight aul nl and the south side should lie be pro tided d with an all opening which cm can be cload clo chosid sid la i cold and stormy meather by a cini canlas as or duck curtain the porches should extend the entile length ct c tile the cudse at tile the rear ind and should ta le provided vilh dropping boards ut di deneath neath th the nest may imy he be I 1 located the try iry mah system of feeding cun cn be used this reduces the cost coat 0 ot labor for feeding to a minimum consists in keeping constanel const antl alil lable to tile the fouls a mixture of ground grain and beet scrip it mix m ture lure u aich has been found to be very cry faCtOr consists of equal pails by b weight of cornmeal ground oats and ulicia w licit bran to this mixture Is added about ten per coat cent of beet beef scrap crap in addition to the dry dr mish mash the fowls should be fed at least once per adly diy some whole giali such as i 1 mixture rat x lure of corn wheat and oat oats s in thu the win ter time the foals bov Is ire confined to the houses this should lip br scattered in the straw or litter which should color boier the loois of the housos houses n surn sum mer tho the whole bole grain mi maj be scattered outside laying lading hens bens of tho the size or of leghorns Leg horns require from CO 60 to 70 pounds of grain and beef scrap crop per held head early earb at the plesent prices for grain tills u will cost about one dollar per fowl foul each year ear young fowls when property properly fed a and nd earl can d tor for and given free range ranga 1 in nn all orchard as outlined will lay jay at the very lowest estimate ten d doan oz n agga egga per year at an average price riga of 26 25 cents per dozen these aou would ill be ba worth 12 2 EO 60 or a profit above th tho acost cost I 1 of 0 feed of 1 60 per hen ben per year |