Show AN OSTRICH FARM sonic cioe ia almut a nev live In dotry A writer it in i the poultry I 1 y monthly siy says while attending the los angeles men ken riel bel club I 1 could riot not resist the dellill L tation of driving out to the ostrich farm at santa monica the enterprising owner deserves consi considerable lerable credit for fair his hh several of these efterpi enterprises discs have proved financial ini failures ono was recently dig disposed posed of nt at a great loss tho the ono one we iru ire about to des describe is acknowledged by all to bo be a success the farm fann consists of four acres divided into about talin 0 dinall lots with a I 1 live five aero acre outride 61 d 0 run not in also at present there are forty birds ou on tile tho farm at present writing callied it at from c 00 to buo each the birds are fell fed on alfalfa cabbage cab bige cauliflower beets bec ts oranges laid and sue lucli like food tho the males are not very quarrelsome but ocell occasionally ioli ally fight across tile fences doing but little damage lioio licwov er cr as they have very little power in their beaks their defense lied wholly in their feet alie attendant showed us several inch plinks planks broken in two pieces by a kick the adult birds are robbed of their beautiful plumes entry seven months the I 1 process process of III plucking tick i ng must bo be anything but pleasant as aa it takes four men to hold one bird the young birds on tho farm firm sixteen six terii in number about nine months old rai kaied acl at santa Dat batbara bara i they have found it impossible to raise them nt at monica on oil account of the proximity to the sea rea about maids those hatched it at sinta santa darbara bara are all hatched in incubators the feathers of the adult birds bring f from rom 0 to per lier pound fans and feather ornaments are made badt on the premises and fonn tio no small portion of the profit the proprietor alto alt o c charges ha rg es twenty civo cents admission to the rounds grounds wo we fail to sceano see any reason why this industry cannot bo be made to pay a i cry large profit if young ostriches can bo be rauch at sinta santa barbara they certainly can call be laifed elsewhere 11 |