Show PLUCKING LUCKING OSTRICH OSTRICE FEATHERS News comes from tram that Ostrich ostrich os os- farming arming Is now a n paying industry About Abut this season of the year eal man many people from Los Angeles go out to the farms at South Pasadena Pasadena to watch the plucking of or the feathers To many In Inthe Inthe Inthe the East Est the plucking of or ostrich fea feathera feathers feath feath- th- th ers era Is probably associated wih with a violent violent vio vio- lent laying haying on of oC hands and a tying down of o the bird As a a matter mater of oC fact tact the gathering g of ot the feathers Is a a aery very ery delicate task When hen the time comes a n man carefully examines the flock nock and picks out those birds whose feathers are ae ripening groups them into dozens and anc pens them in In so that the they cannot run about and injure their beautiful plumage When hen the plucking time comes the bird Is enticed enticed en en- into a a narrow dark passageway The entrances ar are then closed and tho the bird thus imprisoned A cloth coth bag bap Is thrown over o er the creatures creature's head head- Then the tho plucking b begins Three men inca perched upon platforms without the pen reach roach over the board Inclosure and with wih curious f scissor like appliances pluck oft off of the teat feathers hers Whatever wounds a bird may mY receive are immediately Immediately Imme Imme- dressed Th The tall feathers are pulled and not cut simply because they reproduce better beter than other feathers of or orthe the ostrich While the plucking pluckinG is in Ire the ostrich keeps up a dismal progress a roaring Were cre it not for tor the thc stanch construction of or the pen the cre creature ture would kick the boards hoards into splinters The first plucking Is the most ble For that reason the older ostriches are kept simply as breeders How Host successful Is the ostrich industry In Southern California may be gauged from Crom the tact fact that that about three quarters of or ii a million dollars are arc now Invested In InI it and milon the annual output of ot feathers Is I worth about Scientific Amen Ameri I can |