Provo Daily Enquirer | 1891-11-12 | Page 4 | The Original Eleven Ostriches

the Oris lual eleven the longevity of the ostrich is a ity that commends it to capitalists arthur douglass a poor sheep farmer near grahams town south africa was the pioneer ostrich farmer he started in 1865 with eleven wild bird chicks and finding that they could be raised in captivity he started in to supply the market with domestic feathers he has raised and sold thousands of chicks and stocked many of the surrounding ranches has marketed thousands of dollars worth of feathers and still has the eleven original wild birds breeding and yielding good marketable feathers interview in st louia globe democrat