Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-02-21
NIENAGERIE FOOD.
IT. COSTS CoNsIDERaBIrr no
FEED WILD ANIMALS,
sWorn OufO'd Horses Make Sumptu-
I lo GUS Meals for Lions. Tigers aud,
40 observation-disclosures
b NJ itN and Monkeys Dict. Id.

v
The animals, in the Central Park Menace
eric;" said DIR. Conkm,. tho Suner;n-
tendent, to n New York N,,ss rcnortcr
and he. had the figures to prove # these
are few of them
Hay. 100, 455 pounds, 1897; corn.
554 bushels, 1888: oats. 800 bars. of rs
pounds each. SlS3; fish, 1850 pounds.
S247 milk, gaze quarts, S20S: broad
"a, 676 pounds, $69k; bird seed. 2S
bushels, sal Z apples. 81 barrels. $500
carrots, 81 barrels, $50; cnbbago l5Ou
9iU'' anu miscellaneous food, 1882.
nsSlues tllls' SHa We're paid Tor moti-
e'he; Sloo Tor ~ tons of peat moss FOR
peuoihS any S2"o Tor la6. horses. This
iaSt i'em OF expense will probably seem
70 'hc reaucr TO DC the strangest one of
inc ' entire INST Horses That cost less than
- each cannot be very valuable. And
yet ior such purposes as DIR. Conklin
onys horses, they are MS valuable ms amy
nc co"l' 'nu. ot these ia6 horses that
only cost ?S'o, lll were slaughtered,
c"rNe', ih.o pieces OF suitable sizo,' and
ea'e" ny inc ''ons' tigers, panthcrs, Loop
NUS "!cpas anu DINER carnivorouS curl,
a .,., = - .f'SNN'N'
~ Gov every week Gay afternoon
lor Inv nca, eating central lark animals
1888 $3.50 VIC ',H''aa of"ef oil things and
'''s' WI '"''i'y-n nun ro'iS IN IRON
w''o'p'.t"" mo thr ZION ho'Sc, loaded
VOW" WIN raw meat. Long before he
rt"cneS lhc o"''ohnS the inmates OF the
49, ''c,,' nus "PVr"'rn IN" Us he crosses
.nG '"rcS.oi'' scene oil savage greed
INV i"ss'o" chsucS 'hnt makes some
"o'"'" gro" wh''e ah" somn children
''t i'"i..t
The l"zy lion, Jack, bounds from one
end of his cage TO the other, coming
against the bars with force that makes
inc building almos; lrcmblc. The tigers
follow suit, and even the black lcDpards
leave Their shelves in the back Of their
cages and JOIN in the general nprom.
rive minutes MINUTES after the attendants ap-
pearancc, I'VE minutes after the great
p'eccSut meat are tossed into the cages.
the lion mouse would pass Tor II geological
nursery.
lhe lions and Tigers are the slowcst
eaters. 'rhcy play with their food as n
cat "ocs WIN mouse: They lap the
.1 WIN their rough, red tongues.
ihey mpDic !" IL AMI make faint efforts
10 'ear H. Alter they have satisfied
themselves WIN ms sport they 90 about
.heir DINNERS IN business like way, and
~ ~ 10" minutes all inc meat IS gone
hni even ihe bones: i'u' the bones can
I"t oc "iScS'c" py the cat animals.
lcil or twelve hours after the bones are
Sw m, enc stomach REJECTS them.
, NJ" $" win the stomach OF the hycna.
, l,,ke inc Soa'. he can eat anything
mere Is ho iaise 'ho'csly either about
,nc hye"a' AS soon rs the meat reaches
,' us .aso "p "cs'n' =" "'t'i ne iastens
'nS p'wcr'u' Jaws Ill one corner oil his
porto" "N' putting MS paw on the other
So,''e' ;. iic-le''r' 'le meat mo siirc1s. lie
CUPS II u"wh rs 'louSh he iad never
ra'cn pctpro' IN" thei proceeds l" grind
inc pong INTO pup .S
IT, S9''nin eft,'hn'e'g nan me horse
meat ros'fSune lark department cents
, Po"n" ne gives cacn nom. Tiger and
"ych" i'i'cen pohnus day which would
MINI ,,'' maintenance Oh THESE animals
.e''" 'he Tremendous ngurc oil twenty
,'Vc cents aa?' not including water and
ioas,nS' before horse lneat was s''bSti-
'.'c" ,'r peer the expense was much
Src"'ef ana me quality oil meat was
III" 'rs ~ 3 so"n Us II Is now
ine ''ouo IONS OF nay nrc eaten by the
icrn''crons "n''.i,'s IN Inc antelope house,
py r rnr c'''ic IN inc l@a9ookS' the camels'
'u''','o no, :'hu Snecp. ne elephants also
',c leu upon IT, ,ih"rc are now four
s"Pnahts III thc park only ohc'oi winch
''c''"ga 10 thc department. mp the
,"'' e'cl'n""', ~ IL Siit 10 inc CITY from
roitp"'iSn' inc other thrcc--Tom,
,:'An" '''"' 'i,np'yraFe "whc" ny inc
circu. h'hn anu are KEEP IN the park AS mn
: . u 'i,'r'ct'oh me cost oil Iced
l r,.. '"e e'rl''1h'l's Is Pau each per day;
nncy "rc leu carry IN inc morning ami
'hey arc sun eating when the lights are
l'" n, o"' 1T h's.i''
Ut corn Is consume" ny the deer,
n 'n..p, oiincS anu swans. ror the
"a u serves oh'y Us Il summer dic' ana
pun III poNcs n'ohS inc lakc every day.