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Patea Mail, 24 February 1881, Page 4

A ton, of bran fed to cows returns more than its cost in manure. Last .fall the , editor of the. Poultry World visited an orchard in which fowls were kept, the owner of which told him that before the fowls were confined in it the trees made little or no growth, and only a corresponding amount of fruit was obtained. But what a change was evident now! The grass was kept down, the weeds killed, and the trees presented an appearance of thrift which the most enthusiastic horticulturist could but admire and envy. The growth of the trees was most vigorous, and the foliage most luxuriant ; the fruit was abundant, of large size, and free from worms and other imperfections. The excellence was accounted for by the proprietor, who remarked that “ the hens ate all the worms and curiculio in their reach, even to the canker-worm.”