Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1908 — Fowls In the Orchard. [ARTICLE]

Fowls In the Orchard.

The orchard is a very good place In which to keep fowls, and there is no reason why poultry yards should not be extended to take In a large area of orchard. Usually the trees shade the ground too much to make any kind of a crop profitable, and this shade is just what the fowls need in the summer time. Their droppings are a great assistance to the trees, especially if the land is not too rich. The farmers that have combined orcharding with poultry raising claim to have found It profitable, and there Is no reason why It should not be more so. The only drawback generally is that the orchard is not sufficiently well fenced to keep in the fowls, but it will cost no more to fence In a good area of orchard than of other land. The larger the area fenced In the less likely will the fowls be to try to get out