. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. POULTRY NOTES. Combining^ Poultry Keeping and Gardening. Tiie foUuwiiig notes arc extracted from the ' Farin .and Garden' column of the Illtintnitcd Mail of April S:— One has often heard the remark, 'yon cannot have a good garden and keep poultry at the same time,' but in my opinion the .statement is not accurate, and I that, within certain , it is quite possible to combine the two industries on a small or moderate scale, not only without loss and inconvenience, but even advantageously. To do so, how
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. POULTRY NOTES. Combining^ Poultry Keeping and Gardening. Tiie foUuwiiig notes arc extracted from the ' Farin .and Garden' column of the Illtintnitcd Mail of April S:— One has often heard the remark, 'yon cannot have a good garden and keep poultry at the same time,' but in my opinion the .statement is not accurate, and I that, within certain , it is quite possible to combine the two industries on a small or moderate scale, not only without loss and inconvenience, but even advantageously. To do so, however, there is one point that must be strictly carried out, and that is each must be kept entirely and absolutely apart from each other, the fowls, etc., being either securely enclosed by means of a high fence or wire netting, or else the garden being similarly enchised from the poultry. No ganlenei' worth the name would tolerate the constant mischief and ?damage caused by fowls .scratching and picking, and it is this point that has given rise to the remark quoted above. However, when separated, as I have said, the advantages .gained by a gardener keeiiing poultry are several. For instance, many of the waste products of the garden, which would otherwise be thrown away as useless, can, when fowls are kept, be profitably enqiloyed as food for poultry, while the latter's drojipings in their turn are of the greatest benefit to the garden. Among the products of the garden useful as food for poultry, may be mentioned imperfect or over-grown lettuce.^ cabbages, or the like, defective tomatos, or imperfect fruit, while the spare potatos form a very nutritious and fattening food if boiled and with a little barley or Indian meal. Too much of this mixture, however, should not be given to laying , but when the fattening time comes it will be found most beneficial. One of the chief advantages of the gardener keeping poultry, however, is the valuable manure formed by the <l
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