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Show SNAKE RAISING PROFITABLE.. Thero are fortunes In raising snakes, declare the Wiseman brothers of I llnlon eountj Ind who are proprietors of the cnlv rcgulirlj conducted snake farm In the worll Thej raise the reptller principally prin-cipally for their nil ond Ihe demand they sav. Is manj times greater than Ihj tupplj Four jears ago the two voting men b-gan b-gan the raising ot snakes as no experiment experi-ment So phenomenal his bten their sue-, cess that now all their other Interests have been Ignored nntl they are devoting their entire energies to the novel enterprise enter-prise Iho Wisemans were formerlj far-leers far-leers and stock-breeders, but thev have found In the snakes more mnnev b far thin in the growing of corn wheat and other firm products or in the breeding of cattle Two yeirs ago they Inclosed a two icre trict of land nnd specially prepared It for the propagitlon of snakes Hlnco then they line doubled the extent of their acreage and they nre preparing to mnke extensive Hridltlons next vear The two men starlet out with 4M snakes last venr they killed Wtrt for their oil They will pinbably kilt Sinno next vear The reptiles, thev sav, re. quire but little attention A 15-veir-oll girl nerihn I.ovden diughter of one of thu fntm iittendlnts has ihtirge of 10000 snakes and manages them all hi herself r-he likes her occupation, und severul of tho larger reptiles are diluted ns her pels 1 'toiling Iho reptiles h but a stnill pirt of her duties Ihe girl tletlirc. Two meals a month ore all that are necessar for iho snakes to eat and ktep fit ' sail Herlha 'In winter I do not fted them nt all Tho could llvo anil keep n fnlrly good condition by citing but twice a venr but we fted them often because we want to keep them fat so the will produce lots of oil None tf the snakes I have In. mi charge will I lie Manv of them will crawl toward me when I come obout them and they tin not object to mi taking them In my Hnitkea oil Is used tor medicinal and lu-bileallng lu-bileallng purpose it n M to make Iho hnest lubrltnnt inown Mr 1 W U I eman a member of the llrm save that the world Is Just beglnnlnr to real Izt the actual viluo of the oil and that there are hundreds of uses to which It might be applitd that lire vet not recognized recog-nized lt will tinlv be il few vints, he sass until snake rtlslng will bt rt ig-nixed ig-nixed liidustrj In the countr and largo ripltal will h Inlesled In It as there li today In ihe raising of sheep, ho,s and attle lllerv species of lepllles that would live In thu Iiidltna iltmite was experimented with In de l-llng nn the kinds thit wire tho most i ii 1e for oil As n result tin brothers hue fo ind the gnrler snake and the tnmmon houo smkn best adapted In their pun nses Not only are they the best nil producer but they are moro prop, ngalle and much hirdler Mnnl sptclea htnl In he discarded because of their In-ablllt In-ablllt m urvlve the winter snitkt prnperlv fed and cared for said Mr M Wiseman can .be ma. lured for ill producing purposes In three in tilth Thej multiply so rapidly when ilitlncstlraletl Hint from a pilr m iv bo grow'n lion in two veirs Me have aWut tint bundled fem lies ttt one mnle Tho former are Inrrer ami better nil pridu rr .A" i'y snakes ure ovlpirnui ami trnsldernble care has to be taken In see '-g thit the do not devour Iho eggs of iarn oiher Ono will lay from len to twcnty-flvc eggs In a well slinrnd ..pot The srake Is most fragile when It Is sheading This thev tin several Units a venr, often as muth as onte every luo months Before shedding they am nf. ten blinded bv the thingo In skin nvnr tho eves and at this time they are very iviilln a snike Is verv h irdy In iiiinv rrspeets It la exceedingly flail In niher It inn be lllled bv a very small lilt r An ordinary irawll.h lint often Infr In hi ponds we hue for Ihe reptile n kl a snake In less time , , i ,holt , tell nbout it when In Ills leach Ihty uru inlsonetl liv hunnn saliva Spit on a Minko and he will tile In less thou two hour Ihei ennnot mduro the Scent of ruitlviitd How. rs Ihe ophldl. raised by Ihe Wisemans for tpninierre hnve riillur short fit boil than four frit V 1 en being rationed thev ire tu nnetl up mid are fed on fro5s yount ililrkem in, i, ,ic smillll ndnth.r mall iinbiiib. -ihe food I strv.d them ullle und thej swallow It Inlnrt The suiiko firm I well sinikel with prndj and grns The repines n t In the fit Iriihi! Kn". n." B,l0',r "t roam at will wiihln the Inilosure In sumiuer time but In wlnur ihei are li.r.l. I to the Jul,," Hitting Ind rrnm witch Ihey dl, not merge r, rib unill suintn.r nuiln , .',! i1)."' klllU "r, '"tkes bcflies iho oil irniluicni irt. also riiK-i by Ihn W I "e .n,nliHmi1I.Tr"y "" " "' l"el" "l.l for npi . rnl"J l",1,l"""' , I-or these they Ind a nutrkcl In truvelllni mtnn-rrl s. inuseums nnd sonlogltil gardens qiirt greut iirnoint of nttenilon nuessry for most or Ills klntl Ihey tlnlm rnikes .ai? itJ'Ti"'""!' "lf"'"hle 'Ihey u!i. . . h" '' "'' I" c w nter anil Th. i e:,rrA'ri'" "l"'!!llnr" ht stimmtr lale ihsii uilr n"u " "ro morc '''""" te'reVi'iiL '""!? "'''"nn snnkn farm Is In- iV7rB1!J,1,,rrrth,ffkKl,.,r,n"f,?t1 nil wllllmly .ubnilt In handling The oil i..,iV",'r "" Pnlsonoiis Snake, hi the Jii.V i.1 . 'J ' fy'l'l"" 'or llmld per ons i.. . (,,f",,"lfl","M,,'"'l'lon. or aver Siei ih. iJ'.ll" i l n,1,r ,h """ '""v ii vl lor h. i,lnh ln'""tn rle nnd '.'ran! 't'lng n",hlm,,, , nTie '' TV I,.yyh'.nu,,l,5, i'iV ."iV,,"1""" "' '"'" KlrXl ""lYre.? ,"".' i',;Ve,nV Vr!"n:e'n cintvllng about over ho "aid hills ho Mlftl'in'Pe" liTil, "' Vlk.ylk" ora' ? I ' V". ''".','" "' Vrv hundreds . ., . mn i ii. on the niifai thev .tm I'll. I up i, , ,,h oihir on lop f netin" logs and planks, tho banks setmui a moving mat of snakes. These nro the reptiles that are in,, to ream at large In covered ptnit bo seen tho thousands that are sw be killed for their oil They lr,ti, nnd more docile In appearance ibui others Some of the garter snaku r-ry brilliant In their coloring No sound cornel from all thlivaitt. tlllan congregation, save the lowrur of Ihe leaves and occasional gplittJ of the water made by their movtmeij New lork Journal |
