Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-06
A Novel and FIourishing Ameri-
can Industry.
THE BEST METHODS EMPLOYED
a Farm in Successful Operation Within a
Few Miles of Los Angeles. Cal, Owned
by DR.. c. j. Sketchley-Ths
Ostrich and Its Habits

ostrich eggs and ostrich feathers.
i've or SIX miles out the old Temple
! street road, DR. {. J. Sketchley has estab
| lished an ostrich farm. He was one OF the
! pioneers of ostrich farming in Africa. and
| is the author Of 4 number of treatiSes OF
| the ostrich, its habits and diseases, and The
/ best methods of ostrich farming which are
regarded as the standard works on those
/ subjects. y visit 70 Los Angeles and 4 care
| in, study of its climatic influences convinced
| tie doctor that ostrich farming could be
| successfully carried on mere, and lie re-
solved 10 make the experiment. The result
was. the SiEetchley ostrich farm. which. for
some time past, has been an established
| success. and to which pleasant half hours
drive over good road, through 4 most
beautiful country. brought Us this morning.
The farm IS large one, numbering sew
era! hundred acres, Of which about sixty
are devoted 70 the OstrchcS. There are
thirty pairs OF these beautiful birds, equally
/ divided is regards sex, ana ali magnificent
specimens OF their kind. besides Il number
ri young ones recently Matched at the farm
| Their I0Od consists almost exclusively Of
corn and alfalfa. The latter is very
( beautiful perennial plant allied tothe clover
family, ana much cultivated for fodder
throughout Cd.lfnrnl2 and Texas. It seems
70 bc identical with the European luzerne
known 70 bOtauistS Is The medicago saliva
Long experience ms shown that this two
item dill of fare WI cause the ostrich TO
produce more feathers and OF better qual-
IT, than any other diet Each male !
mated with a female and fine Two birds are
assigned r,yo g,,ras of ground. fenced off
into to-s of one acre a1rh ,Tbe,- arc I'M
in op, Of these r.-, until fbev have aafnn
oil al the alfalfa Il contains. when they are
transferred to he other, being thus alter
mated between the two. a change which DR.
Ske;chlcT assures ne Is highly beneficial to
tricn as well as 10 the hunan family. tbe
splice Of life Fran H.. urscr,-,to1-y- tnv-,,,.
in ILs. ,.erlre,. Of the do.foi's handsome ,.,Si
,icrre fine. o-t,.;..f, -rp1IrJs inoir l.a NJ, in
uansc chess board and rb.. airanrir birds
I,L-" rt.. !-iuas n1ea.. lsr,jrLts bi,To,s
and rocks srsf-cytd rpop II
-Aufhe rgI grown ostriches that Won
seq ;, s,,id -ba dortcr ~ irnDor,o5 diro,.,r -
from Africa. laudiur them in mis- country
at Galveston. Tey and brfro;ner With t6cIn
four AIadras.se men and ONE woman the
people Of shat race possessing more rar
ju4ll intelligence and bn1n@ more familiar.
with ne ostrich fban ,,,,,. I,a+ira AfrI,.a,'g
Thus far nv experiment has succeeded far
beyond nv mos sancuina cxnacrafions
have found that moi only are H., ostrirhes
oui,e as h.4Irhg- ae il. Africa mn tha+ fIn,-
are lrf-I9liv more rro4i,3. hnrn thaI,
i'm their native rarufry hnrh
nm rIr number Of ouus tiev Inv
:tIN Of he VDIlOC ones they hatch
IS in he oIjartitv or featba,s ti,,.,- ,,,,FI,,
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I;at for rhon ! il, -ycvy N-nrl,
AS voi, win observe ,hn haieI,- of tho
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