The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-23

ll'''lit-d III f.l-Ty-JWo 1sys 10y
'1lrli- and tl,s u3iicks are Wa1cile,Si by
them far 8 nioGrrn ar ln8re with rrs.iil
rare after winch tiley ara taken from the
ln-relIts sIid ,l,rr..iitd- N L month from
tili- tIIli. the hen begins fo !ily a-sli1l and
ali ordinary tir1 VII produce thrse
tirpois . wear and perhaps far1Y v0Ilnc
bIr.i. willie tI-st cia-e i3lrds isy ninety
,-g..s i vtar- Assuming thlt II Ihs.-e ssV-
.1ufv i've these VII begin 10 isv. when
four wears Old tbeagh they cannot fe
S8nside-td flrst-,'lit-s tllrgie uIIfll older
when tiit.v hHve 1 record Eke their EIllr-
elIts uf sixty or severity birds a wear.
Birds liifitr greatly. and II Their selection
I,s.--tIll.s The --sa1e-7 secret % The rrHae
hes some never make s1a3 breeders
isy-iIlr inferior err. ExI.e-T OSTRICH men.
1nat T. nieU vino hEve made 1he bgr-is II
Intelligent study, ID e8u--s hsre the ad-
vslIEtaat and can Is.ll more reaCliy rus,d
breeder than 3 green huna- Atf So free
a1rs 1tis- tlr1is from disease y troubles 81
auF KIND thu1 undasutIf4-lliv PARTIES with
iIr1ie or no experience wauid nie-st with
lev drawbacks. and ~ the increase after
Il lev ve.sre y very ugid there Il much 10
encourage gIlt
The BIRDS had been piucke.a fe'V tiHvs
lirsE-lous 20 ou- vis1 and - did mo- pre-
stIsI H. attractive al appearance, though
lhe Tiiuck1ur does nor s1riV them, a. T.
SOMETIMES thought TheF l.-e l,lu,k=d
ab1u1 every seven or EIGHT id1lI1is. both
-ezes E,rJducIne ahpJu twenty-five living
viIiie lIlunies thIn are valued NV or
saai1s.d- n from & to -. some Of the twp
wear odd cflicks tlad been plncked three
times Al frs vheI SIX months old. The
f,.iltftsrs 4 ttis--e birds we've valued Il
abuui - each. AND when -iIrt-e vesIrs gld
~ - they E,redHos Jtt fnesH iearhs-s-
FaETUSEs Is FEATHEEs.
Tins rlznc.h r the pioneer uile II the
country and II was s.,tg tiilsiI4.d IL 1883 ~
AZ experiment K determine whether a--
trft.h farming was N al practiclhis here
The incentive lav II THE fae1 tisal the
business IN south Africa has assumed
mHmma1h V,raplrriDIls and the ostrich
feather H. al ar78eie Il inaI,8r7 rsI4ss ntxt
to the dlansond T. show i's71er tiss yal-
N. II the lndu4rrv fii1v millions n t.sgl-
mis1t.i to be invested In the INDUSTRY II
Care Ctlsnv. wiflit tiltt irsLIlsse. Free Stale
the Tra1isvssl and Na1al havt 81 leass as
uIut.t more The ostrich men there r.
r.sire seven million dollars for the f-atii-
~ they send out II Winch America tfia1
resolves olls-llalf rhe i0is psys certainly
four million dJ,l!ars. besides the Tnip9r1
dury % fifsy I.er ceIIl upon NV feathers
and fxel1F=fivs upon dres-s.d- These
figures naturally 81 eapitRlisss 10 think
irle and the result Il the ostrich -i1iieh-
T..S1 the south Africans ART jealous 81
their IsreraeatIve il eEIsienl from the
enormous exJsB-1 duTv they charge.
amounting 70 five hundred dollars aaa ev-
.-v bird taken from tDe country, irTs--I,..s'-
tive ID aae, End arle hundred and twenty
five ga each ese- IL other words. they
are determined II make the business a.
expensive as ,1'-ss,le 10 1tiie.rs and 1e pre-
reIR 2nx opposition ID tizis eo1nt-y- The
rssnch RECENTLY vIsifed r stock l,1ill4zaIly.
with rsE,Ilsll af thirty 1hsnsHIsa os,iiArz-
t,l.srssisr,s were t-egizu three vezrs Reo.
v'ith twer11y -fv'e birds.
The Southern CiaiIfssr1EiH experimental
HIS are naturally re1IceiIf - ~ tins profits