Show chickens on free range devour many harmful insects the chickens were pastured there were only about 20 10 1 per cent as many hoppers as on the other 80 acres this Is a better showing than has been made on most of the fields where poison was distributed the owner and the renter found the method profitable after they had used what they needed of 0 the poultry for domestic purposes and after the weasels and cootes had taken their toll the rest were marketed and brought in about 73 per cent of the orl gnal investment this year the owner Is stocking tile he farm with 1000 chickens as insurance against th tha a grasshopper pest |