, 1869-04-04
A NEW BARN-YARD Fowl.
Tho Deaest,c..l.n Of the u.tr,ch,

Tho DomestacAalon Of The Ostrich.
- 1nc i.ss 4 lsiaorc 9sor,oy Saint Hna,ze, IN
~ Tssassnte wo1t .1ne Aeci!mast1atton and
ostrich, ne nan1oM tne cassowssy ma cmco, a
Deserving Of a1entsou, on account of tner excI-
saa Ssa.hs iea.see Seesuse ~ ~ shSt
nsH .s,sn!s5@. I'm q 2 - tSss,esz@sst s,!es Is =
gnadrnpeds waa observed BY the anc,euta AIS
totle asserted that It Hna nA5tiy nttd and partly
aSaar1Psd. qradr md P,iny thought taas L might
beAsh
ThouEa the ostrien and the cassows.5 be rs.
sents no peculiar diMcu}ues sud thaf the nandow
demonstrated The cncu has nrcd in France,
n extraordinary power Of resisting COLI At
refusing tne shelter provided it. and sleeping ii
IL tnpenetr.ble neece Of fesihesn in
nesh, according to II. F3orrnt P1cvoat,
would Be valuable "a butcher mes. seeinS tast
the thigh Of an emeu may weigh more than tven-
y-two poHnda: the ncsh Of aynQhg onc; Of from
l. highly esteemed lie ta:te oeias sonetnFas ia
termedsate between that Of turkey md pork It's
eggs, one Il winch il eQuM % dozen hens esg1,
sk1n, covered with abundance Of down, scrrcs for
the making Of valuable eatpetA and is pllaut sud
Eaeetpi planes a5s Hssd io1 ornament I'M nj further
VIE add that for its demonstration the ImpcriA Ae-
eilnnat1tatou Society has oncred medal Of nltecn
WY % Pe4.ere1tns @ @ assempa = sao1id 1 oe 'sae msae
IN order that it u1ay he doncsuca1ed tn Europe; It
Is one Of the fve sPcc3es Of wtuglesa BIRDS Ett1l
ses e = nen no
TO Ehfch they arc not natives.
While the uccamatlratton Of a bird 30 hArdy Is
the eIne seemed 10 present no serious obstacles,
That OF the ostrich was hardly to be expected with
ont long delay and much paths: aad Jes this ap-
vsneed ~ to tustig lie oeet 1nas s.e y lons sno
ostrich w41I be domettcated tn Europe. Ii hass
been much prumotsd b5 the Tea, Of two members
Gosse, q Itarned pnJEeAn and phJaologist at
Geneva and n. ChHEut Partisan merchant The
inter gentleman. observing that the ostrich wus
the DETERMINATION Of bitl whose feathers are An
imrortans branch OF commerce, generously found
cd prize OF TWO thousand rrancs for the multipu-
Algeria, or Senegal.
Unsuccessful attempts at ossrIch-rrarog have
been made both al Maise!lles and ra,ts; hui better
In 1851, y. Hardy, Of AgserB, was on the point Of
succeeding In hts experiment; ratr Of ostrtches
in consequence Of The nest being drcncaed WITH
rAtn- To prevent the recurrence OF such IN aecl-
dent he faised > hil!ocr Of kand where the nest
had teen In The hope that Becoud deposit Of eggs
would be made In Il About the middle Of May, =
new nest Vas scnpcd IN the top OF the htllock; in
the end Of June, the birds began 70 SIT lew hours
greater regularity: md on ID september, q young
one "a temalel vas seen walking aoout This WAS
captivity. II throre 20 well that when ten months
old 1t WAS as big rs its parensa-
In 1saa, tho same pair Of birds hatched nine out
Of twelve eggs; and, during subsequent yelFE, N.
uxrdy wa equally fortunate In rearing young os-
trtchea from Others 10 his possession. Ii ten
ys as Hs 70 aS oegps a e.
end Of three months loa survived NJ HasdJ
gycs interesting details Of the ptont ou hts nock
~ k.-< A.fFr In
1855. The total vas hsls francs, twenty cents; or
consume daly n!s hundred g1.nme, Of barley
This food, including attendance, docs not exceed
twenty cents each day. or sevcntythree francs a
pront; they ntc Sold by public suction, and accord-
tne Gnivefsal K1hlbttions, we're valued a IN
mt ss 70 ee soid in Tie snessaskct .aere VIII q
course, bc new Item Of prons from the sale Of the
ne aeclmauzasion OF The ostrich has been pros
| ecuted with Ike SUCCESS N the Geological Garlcn
| Of San Don1tn, at Florence, At the in1tauee Of
| Prince Demidon. From the interee- pow accounts
esin H. e. nc nj ensa xs
solely BY the male; the female only tuntng near
the eggs when he retired 70 eat and tu!nlnz them
hatchinG wAa carried on BY the male aud the le-
male IN turn the greater part Of the tod, however
being len to him. On one occa&on. during tor
preserved the nest they both ~
On 1t. The second Matching also exhibited this
birds were timer aod permitted the approach oi
On seconns Of Its comparatively high northern
latitude u degrees, Its height above the sea, 6t
feet, and ita average temperature, g deg. Fahren
| hcn, 'Grenoo1e uuxt be regarded B furnishing tht
most interesting instance of ostrich: :rta.tns; II
se1aped ont hole loot and half deer, and NOR.
Vhoss coming Ill inistnct hsd taught him to e e
1ect The laItn1 began IN May; two eggs being pro
tiuced At Interval Of sK days, but both were bro
mepced 14th May, and proceeted Regularly. at N
inteFrM e. two days up to 9Th June, when sa'
segeH oe7 ~ s 81 st 1n
| cgEs, which was evidence that the laJlnK wa
over. The laying took place with TeIuarkAb'
without variation OF ten mtnutes before Of after
From e3th May, the male wished to hatch, Ant
sometmcs sas on ne eSGs: but AFTER so'a May, b
lay, Alter tho last cRK wss lid. the female sat o.
the eggs for afcw minutes IN the middle OF III
day: butthc male always sat At least twenty hour
Th.s curious incubation proceeded thus Ever
| morning At o'clock the ost1icheA were tu1uc'
esineo, beiore offss1ss., rhicn senerall, consi.'
Cd Of bread hurley, and G1asa. The repast bean
Of them, they rtturned to the nest, from whic
they weTe not 70 Btir for The next tWenty-fou
| fow1a and never once rebelled- ~
0i tas eleven esSs sve wsEs broken , before L
a!iss Hxular s!s,ng began, young one was Sc
q the edge Of The nest. impatient to sec wno
the nest eopraned. n. Boutetle obliged Tho O. O.
tiches 70 leareit Il had two young ones not ye
iEee OF The shell OF the seven rel1slning eor,
eAIec Wee ascerta!ned to be barren, AMI take!
AMY, and four doubtful were lefl As soon q
permitted the male resumed hia place Oh the mes,
ssnh had not been touched. At the end of fou
aa5n ne s2Es we're broken, and found 70 contall
The DAY after they we're born, the younv one
eapped Irom below tie ma.c and began TO peel
aaod as Fcu Is paste Of hard eggA, bread IN.
tnete ras no aaSicty u 70 whst to feed ,aen1 On =
a. IT., taess S yosnS ossaes xssc about to II:
doubled IN SIC, and accompanied their pafe1t
evesynnere, pccs1ng =. the sand, and running un
n9 tee,F s n,s wsn tTS1 1hs1 ', nesd them eating
MN . most anx1ons notncr, keeping her young
Of . yo1na turkrJ when fnghteoed '''''
Inese semldonest!catedo osttiches, therefore, Dc
n9t deserve TO be charged With Lack Of natur2
Writers TEefcr agzlut tho ostrich Of the wilder.
ue1at neither at they 10 stupid as that Is said tc
ess.cae - ness Z, 0es uul - q sSias
thus as Grcnoolc, the woman who hAd charge oi
tns@ te1s ne 5oung anes into her arms WITHOUT
hGht OF At1angc man or ani1Al, they sol into q
n. poutettie this concludes his account Of them
Of its practical interest It Il, IN fact haIcnlna
and rca1ng n courtyard which h1re been d.
not believe that fach fesn1t nas been obtained IL
| any latitude 70 far north ~ ou1s-"
ne M11e gentleman rciztes tne continuation Of
| the experiment up to 1857, and from bis account
| NC gather the following particulars:
In lsta, ostrich, rearing IN Grenoblc up to the
oneA Is big ss thelr parents, did, IN consequence
OF MnGnlat accident the cause and the remedy oI
wn,eh .,e & a'ae nntnown Frtsh.ful fractures ind
not IN %io+ent motion; IN one instance, while =
| workman WIS n hand and heard nos the Alt9htesl
bone might Do due . uaas Of eacaerous ma.er.aj
II their 1904 that was supplied, bat not In tine t.
prevent tue last accident This frae1Ilty has III =
Ba lno5gh these experiments bo not IL co.ieu,
q ne9tss P se's Is b. 10 osses
81m 1seops So ss1''nssa sd..sa,sa sas ~
taa aoe.ac.oa e02ss ees ony ss taisssstn9 III I;
| science hut also to those Who occupy then.elrcz
n nnataS cat new a!1meaiag and industrial re-
might become hrtcaer.mea1 blrd- Our too fre-
Quem scodtnta have ehahled Is to know this from
e1pe51tnee- Tne nesn Of toa ostrich Is Aoundaat,
1 Hutesxnt1al, wen.tAsted. Ind something IKE The
theox or DC NAN, steTed q nsScd: u = lossi
n ~ & sess % ss1s essa
a Grenoolc found II excellent Tne nesh Of The
ostrich II not the only ed1h,t product Of The ani-
eWA Weighing tn I'll Isl pounds. Prepared IL
different wAys they have atw45s beer
found very FOOL: Al ostrich egg on
M a1bmen, In the middle OF which tne ron
shtnes hfe N eJe Of tie brightest yellow. Al an
on,eset thfs eSg In no respect differs from thAt Of
| fowl but fts yellow "a Incompatible for the
| preparation Of cre1uA
"Aftet the atiraeuta1y rrod0cta come the festn
| eFA which are not 1eea Important The psunes Of
onr adult odHteheA atter mpnlt were sold for so
! francs l11 1ss }d) snatl end this letter with
| some ogHEcA which, hope, win prove thxt the