| Show W WHAT T SALT LAKER SEES IN It Orson M Rogers Writes Interest jn ly of Ostrich Farming In u Cape Colony SOMETHING ON FEATHERS Th 1111 Jill JUB lint l I j As They Th Aro ro 10 News 0 has ball received lO an n fl Int r I I 1 HIT lIr t from Oron M MS I a aK K silt S 11 leaker who Iho Is Ii I rilling R A mu Int muI I i liP Colony South Africa Mr Ir i 1 wrote the th ette In l Port rt RUM Kilns RUMI I U it tells tl t of or n farming n In hr 1 i things equIty novel Th The ThI I follows foI f IloW r i h funning form torm on of ot the i M In South Africa When ll n nf f 1 v carried on It I R wre of h to the farm Mrm nn but bul there i ca r i of or f t f II u reI a aqil there Ih nil 1111 other pur pu t nut Hut on nn the th tu the owners cT tit r Mr ar arthe i i the people x of fit the coun I flOOD v may my be 00 the Ih 1 of r Tit o u Iv park or 01 ten or twelve timer time ti I fh l 11 i or more and nd It I by byi b bs i s i f It 11 m my mity y m strange to In toP top P 1 1 nt nl i home hOlm to 10 hear tear that bird are a ah h In n place pia by only a trIn of ft f wire wi wio f o hut that lc ip sit all It taken lak to 10 cnn i to tn the th limit limtt of nr a man mani i 1 i Iante IAre tr t of or f land tand th t tr r ii fl nn no Rood ond for anything are a re Jut Junt th V m e to 10 raise ral thin this kind of ot It Iti i I KM k no nn difference whether there tw II III i he hp h land d the Itu aloe 11 or mere mereN N Id and Md Anything that t ht H ill II and tnt many t t m rn to 10 It J lc tp make mke nod food fod for or the I IA A Rood good d farm tarm h hun n They r require very vry little or care cr rI and an need nd Ih elah itc it harmi or hed for fOt f r their proter 0 In fet fart t about bout tb tM only naly nt 11 a II mn man need nd make mak I 1 II the fen l l 1 H a corral orral for the Ih feather i i to In t date III It owner are Uti now Initialling it to mine fuse more mON birds bird than thy hy otherwise could ami and r i tn t rn C rI and 1 other grain grains that the bIrdt III ll thrive b hitter HITMAN It U I to 10 MN ei young younK o Mt t tri ri hen that have hll been n i lally It I Ic to have a It mother to In take IRk care cr of o them and to toIa toad Ia ad them to In the tit feeding MI O Ol ID in l the th ab enre of nr a real reRI mother a R lit little nfl tle I IX IM l It hi IH no un uni i ight to in e a little girl 1111 with her brood of ot IS HI to In 20 to r reer r They Thy soon lern Im the of ot her hr voice find rero I her hr a their mother If It Ift Itt t t hol tart to rain the Ute human humen fo fo 1 ir T mother would ul l call cil the feathered to h her r and would then lead liD DIP 1 little huh to shelter The little Utile with hr her family of tInt birde all alt allI tin I only ont leaving them thIn when they have o to deep for the th night or when h MO r C busy eAting for or a few tew minute It I n 10 i nc H g ry for tor the young youn neRrena it to t tr ar for her hr charge for tor a II few Wk weeke v ek or i til pi l they the lenine l large larce FOGS sirL m ADlI Y do in not form torm the only como n of ot revenue from hell The Thega ga ere ure alo elan put on the market markel and unit are I hl In III iI Iota loU by b bakeries I r o o e gI lire are arci i half Ml and halt half with ordinary I ii Too roo to UM UN alone aloe ti t I make l l very ver rich egge M eo u ed edi i h pay fIR y on an average 18 cents cants m e I tar for OBI rich eggs BK 1111 They 1 he then thon the I h empty shell for IS 12 cents oak inaki i k i t he h egg eg cost t then only oaly Dill six cents r I 1 I 1 hey hl get It the equivalent Of or 18 IB to hn s eggs PRK from It II Some people I ostrich eggs egge f H as RII they the are and buy hu t MI in at ai retail for tor about K 25 or 16 30 cents cent r i e The Th egg e lias hh a peculiarly p wild R 0 ng OK taste which most foreigners foreigner like Ilk An ordinary ostrich lays lay la more eggs ell nn III a II common hen and an sets et on 16 to toi I i Th They hatch in 41 U 4 days The first firl bree 01 0 t C f ur eggs laid are not nol good for They are arc called ailed fat ft eggs sg gg nil the h hit hen absolutely refuses to set Iet seton seton on nn them She will kick them out Dill of ot the nest nl having nothing to do with theta For cooking purposes purpose the fat tat eggs ga lire are area as II a good as all any an n and look exactly like Ilk fertile eggi ia to In a man mn but bill It If they the are a smuggled into Inlo the Ih nest the hen will detect It and will 11 angrily kick klek them out nut AttIC ARE 1 Ordinary ll ostrich are worth shout about C fio so but bUI l prIM pile urto taker for tor breeding purposes purpose are A worth from tu ti a pair p lr The Th birds bird are ar plucked for the tint time at the PIP rge a of nine months month U the th f feathers be boo being bemi ing mi In only IDly mod good for tor feather tuther dusters end and lId similar Then TItan they the are 1 pluck plucked plu ed 1 every Ivry months thereafter The Tue Ih male hide bird produces produce the bent beat feathers feather for tOI plumes plumbs he having white II black feather but the tIte coal bird does not nol have ha good plumes pI U An aver average age Cje IIa plucking Is worth U S to tn the own owner er pr I but exceptional cine cease are lire worth ry times limN that IC mo 1110 moTh The Th buying and anil selling of nr ostrich i there liners is I p an cc extensive business and andi i on nn touch much like mining stock toek f F n I Elisabeth I fa 15 the tb chi place of nt i for Cor them and aad so 80 vast la is the Ih Hint flint of or business don done that thaI there I i been heen boe a larg lar hall ball about the UI sis ste 1 Me ho National Guard Gurd armory In III Malt Bait i e erected for tor the feather market TI 1 I feathers feather ar are bought by auction 1 mining stocks toek at t so much pet per peri petI i r id d varying from rom a few w shillings t I veral trai ral guineas guinea In III this city alone alne al alneA A worth of ot teeth feath t ir re rc sold eold weekly week I are ar her here hereth f th the principal clU of or the world he Its Is quite quit lilt k but I n ugh lIgh this thU I is Ia a for foe the tha Ih teeth faath and the til most moat Important i 11 t of fit production good plumes cult coat r I Iy ly a se ae touch much a In Salt Lake City CIt li 11 r I III Ii by b tall OLD OLI u II have ha all reed In your gao r i hw how are run by n It hork and how 1 when t tI they I u cal they tk will bury rr ua I under Linear the and lid thinking because II j see aee they ar Cr are not hot aen II link k I II have hII to La exploits aJl loda that thet ryth I key hav Ive lam alII talked d with I who ho hey have Ih based ostrich M all e ft R I Cs end and nd who kno know a as much about g ostrich down probably as II a 1 out but 1 I have hav yet yel 1 to In see as a man mn manin in n confirm that tIarA I old geography Th The a ill III keep hen on run t Ii I Ii they lher are arc an caught cc ugh t bur hul t ne q ord rI I the Hie Ih nn who m I ki hy Ihy Ih H I ter Ir bury burr in III ii in Iii other Place D 1 Ly iv V that I I u birds Man tie Mil men eni meni I i killed li 10 Ih ll rilly l t Illi I h 1 Infill I ti 01 hl I II I g If t J eting on oni i S r I 1 i n If M I u p pIt Th 1 hi y Jf II It I t i i r i M ff r j HM I II I i f r in II III IIA j H I A Ih r lap loe 1 OstrIches have ha t hi two o toe on OH each ench n toot loot a K smell one and one une great lar 1111 laron one on with Ith a big Wg 01 nl I hook I It they Ih can sn once strike lit a man with Ihl huge hull hook of or a toe 10 they Ih tear him al sit all to In pieces I but they can ean strike only straight to tn the th front When men nan lava have lavato heto to go CO near them they the take a Ion lone forked Corked stick with which to tn grab rb rab th neck which I is III an h tender leader spot In plucking the birds bird they Iber the are a u that a stocking has ha to be bP slipped over oer their heads had and then they Ih are led IId Into a stall and firmly held It I is a occupation to pluck ostrich feathers tel I end and men so an engaged have hav to be bf on 0 the Ih alert t I to save af Cs their live 1111 The Tb birds are ar swift swifter Itt er 11 than IhA a good horse hors and anol era are r able bl to 10 torun torun run for a great I distance Very el cry fh y chase men out nut ot of f the Ih field seem Iem seeming seeming ing In to In have ha great 11 sport port In so doing dol |
