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Fruit Trees for Shade in the Poultry Yards and to Prevent Ground Poisoning. 
It is impossible to overestimate the advan¬ 
tage gained from having young chicks running 
and working among the rows of canes or bushes. 
The innumerable insects and worms they 
destroy are only a part of the benefit, though 
no small part by any means. The droppings 
are stirred into the ground by the scratching 
and thus incorporated with the soil so that the 
feeding roots can reach it, and the frequent 
stirring of the soil gives the roots an oppor¬ 
tunity to get the plant food necessary for best 
growth and to make fruit. It is not intended 
that the brooders shall remain in the fruit 
plantations through the entire time of the 
growth of the chicks; as soon as they have 
passed the brooder period, the brooders can be 
removed elsewhere to be refilled, and small 
colony houses put in their places. The chicks 
will adapt themselves quickly to the change of 
home. 
No two branches of farm work combine 
together to better advantage and profit than 
fruit growing and poultry raising, and we cannot 
too often nor in too strong terms urge the 
uniting of the two interests. They can be 
worked together most admirably, each decidedly 
benefiting the other, and enabling the growing 
of two profitable crops on the same ground at 
the same time. Everyone can well afford to 
invest some money in fruit trees for the home 
place, and few investments pay better. They 
make the place more attractive and valuable, 
and the products are a welcome addition to 
the table delicacies, greatly relished by all the 
members of the family, and the surplus can be 
old readily at good prices. 
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