The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-01-20
YOUNG osraloAEs N cAllroRNlA.
sueee.. Of the Entsrpriss al the AnahsIt,
Farm Hablts Gf oftrieb chlskeaG

ANIAA-A
for s,n Yrspe;eo Ba1oasi
Last sbrine whpn fbers we're ;vosne
ostricheS 10 ~ lootsd sfier 4 Ssss.
found ns6esssrv n cj6ss fbs tsr,n
aeainst aiIsnectstors Tbe nareSt hi,,is M !,
beeafne ~ g,,ich ySitait n IA snnscssL
of a straneer that tbev stsnned on tbs
6biotens And lsileS fhsm Since then.
pfepautions baye beet, .tatsn n r,ofSct
he narents from lannbvancs / ilttis
more fhan three rnontbS A. elsyan ei,,s
were allowed 4 nsir az bifIis n n 4 n sorfsl VA
on Tia sonth Sids a the jnslosnrs
These wgre nlaoed N a nest bolloTs5
ont in tbe sand Ths nst,,fsl n I'M va s,Ssv n s
hatcbing ina bean concluded IA be' hs
Hest In fact tha' artifciai ins1bs tors
ON the farm have iietn iai;en n niscas
and appaFently discarded T6e ,ssss sSgs
yere III unof, by ma mals ostficIIs II
night and by the femsle ostfieh ~ dsy
in sir yeeks alsveY, scrs s,,ov. TX l,iSs,
little ostriches strugeied' ott tbroass.
the tbick shells ar,d besan "a sf,,,s,',
re for q living They were not lsftsrI
fhan i biseI spanish os,,e fSwl 7, ,,ss.
Haps not 81 large. 'but sfiil of saiielSnt
si7eto make Il a wonder tbst ihey
could have been e6ttsihet h, such n al
eges Thew ool on their fesf aitar n
few trials and nrasante4 aconieai sisif
rheys had ouiIls mora iike tbose AZ h
porcnpine. only st,ihs. than iike fcsth.
ers. THEY SOON went 10 eating and
were fed Egyptian corn. not coiible.
stones They were eleven odd chickens
growing bigger every day. AMI eontin.
unlly developing something mora like
feathers For The first week tlo hanny
father brooied them. Tie corral was
open to the air day and nlght Thsre
was no covering overhead. and the wind
blew between t6e stats az It would Bnt
the chickens passed tho apo which 4 said
to be the most critical sly weeks tbad
been demonstrated that the California
winter. with what rain may fail and
there was enough OF Il in fsss does moi
hurt ostriches. So these youne ones
went along without cojdling as others
have done
The chickens to.day ara MT so Iaroe
as a prize ThankspiyinS turkey bnt tbev
are already canal h nj, ordinary tnrLsy
They are ali gray All oStricbss oya
this color until later whom the msies
grow black with some white feathers
They have tbe inhdrited iendoncv n
their kind "A markedly deyeIonsd az tI,o h,
baby elephant has when he legins to
weave aS soon os he ran I stand an HE
post.shaped leps They feed with tbsir
parents. but that t6e naren4s feel T'v any
pride IN thar oTsnring Il not sv;dSnf
The big ILLS Of ths ol5 bir5s sbnt mon
tho alfalfa and csbboco with a briSI
swapping sonnd Tho IittIs b;ris on
poar 10 have tho samS roraciona 'S anna.
Tito How mToh tbsv ant dailv sts. 4 =
Question with an nnsatisfoctorv% % ansu,or -
for thew tramnls oyor their food '''"'
IL the en- eyer cIncGs to lTU bcr cbicLsns
after tile manner of domcStics fouls S'or or
If tbey nina or nSon nv ons9,or oD",S, ,,1o W,
this OCCASION tbe%v wv ,Fere ailont Thd "poa W.
tendants say tbSt tbo big Ss. nrt,irb"s "o AZ do
mot cali IN tbe cbictonv t',SnSs I.ho nSso1t nv
birds did not scratch in tbs sand IJ Gov
delicacios for fla chictons sncb =
proceedino " with % thSir OIJs'' Sia and S"yH hn,S
iogs wopa have scnt tbo oIfoi,. I o ond
pieces Of csbbags fiy;n, nh "SoSt n os ;f gi ala
CHARGED from mortar In faot t.L
ing tho cnstomarv nrocalnra hs Jornos
tic fowls AZ nIortsSIs nrsSocaUt L. eUitSS for
the Guidance ~ SS otbS. S;s eIyeenS tSS aoo; ior