| Show WHY WHY- I Ostrich Owners Are Congratulating Congratulating Con Con- Themselves The fact that lint their feathers are to tobe tobe tobe be worn on miladys milady's hut hat this winter tins has just saved birds from extinction extinction tion according to the Sun Francisco Chronicle When the war brol broke e out It hit the ostrich plume In Industry and hit It hard Ostrich plumes were a 11 drug on the market et and thousands thousand of fine line birds owned by Arizona ostrich growers were sold for almost nothing Most of them were bought by other concerns at what seemed to them at atthe atthe attile the tile time bargain prices But the plume market failed to revive and what ostriches ostriches ostriches os os- remained were were eating their heads off orr The California ostrich men were not bu buying any more birds They had more than Unto they knew what to do de with Then It was that somebody Bug sug suggested ug eating them Last spring Phoenix owners decided that they could no longer keep the birds s. s The matter of marketing the ostriches as meat was taken up with T T. T A A. A RIordan food administrator for tor Arizona and he gave his consent A committee had the task In charge and soon soun had all arrangements completed The ostriches were to be slaughtered at the ranch and rushed to the city where the they would be placed In cold storage prior to selling Tho The wholesale wholesale whole whole- sale dealer was all ready teady The shop shops that were to handle ostrich meat at retail had been announced Then the rood good news came |
