Poultry as Insecticides. 81 



I have done a good deal of hoeing and raking in the garden 

 and among the strawberries, etc., this season, and of all the 

 thousands of grubs and worms I turned up I am satisfied not 

 half a dozen escaped the vigilant eyes and nimble beaks of my 

 chicks. They have also kept the lawn, flower-beds and gar- 

 den entirely free from grasshoppers, while there are thousands 

 among the clover not 300 yards away. About 20 are enough 

 to have around, and as soon as they begin to scratch hard they 

 should be sold or shut up and another lot of small ones 

 brought in. 



