The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-06

which this age of specialization has de-
veloped in the United States.
And in most of these odd branches tho
monopoly of the worlds trade is carried.
! for when your American develops a fad
that pays he doesn't stop growing I'LL he
has to. This Is why the United States is
lions and businesses
| A goldfish farm which pays $4,000 a
| year and is the biggest thing OF its kind
/ in the world is the property Of William
! Shoup. CT Waldron. Ind. Mr.. Shoup could
not make ordinary farming pay. for his
soil was poor. He went in for pet stock
and stocked a pond with goldfish for a
| pastime
| He soon found that they were multiply
| ing so quickly as TO crowd each other
out of their preserves.
In order TO get rid Of them he sent 10
| the east to find a sale for his superfiuous
| fish Mr.. Shoups especial hobby In his
| love for pets has always been goldfish.
and as his were the finest specimens 10
be had anywhere. he received a prompt
request for more until he decided 1t would
BE- worth while TO devote additional farm
Ing space to his FISH
| So from a mere pastime sprang the big
gest goldfish industry in the world. Al
rough calculation ne has 10000 Ash.
Worm farming Is the strange hobby OF
another man. William Grlswold. a public
1 Official of ST Louis. His whole farm is
encompassed in two good-sized packing
boxes, yet despite fits limited accornmo-
datious, it counts about 1900 head of
stock
In order TO be ever ready for the sport
on a minutes notice Mr.. Griswold culti-
waited the idea OF cultivating his own bait
instead of having 10 grub for II as occa-
sion demanded.
The tenants OF this stock farm are earth
| worms. not Strange or rare breed. but
the ordinary common. everyday earth
worm There are four species-biack. red,
sulphur and blue clay worms. They are
divided into classes. according to their
kind. and carefully nursed in separate In
| closures.
Pigeons form a means OF revenue for
Los Angeles man who found that TO
meet the demand OF dealers and satisfy
the appetite OF the public he must raise
! at lease 1880 OF the little feathered crea-
lures every year. Fifteen thousand lit.
tie white and gray pigeons. called squads
| In the vernacular of the produce market.
20 ont 20 all parts OF the United States
from this farm. for Mr.. T. Y Johnson.
the owner. has no rival in the country.
His farm. which Is the only one In the
| world. covers an area OF eight acres.
These gigantis spaces contain almost H..
90 rooms
The menu for each meal Is: One wagon
| load Of screenings two sacks CT wheat.
twelve gallons % bailed meat and about
half a SarreI Of stale bread soaked in
water This costs on an average OF 500
/ a month.
AZ South Pasadena. Cal. lives Edwin
Cawston. whose fame az an ostrich breed
or Is world wide His farm Il the parent
/ farm. the headquarters Of ostrich cul-
I ture in this country.
The hundreds Of ostrichss which pr
/ t-awston breeds 80 meet the csorpoUs
I demand for feathers have sprung from
single cargo which he brought from
! Africa. Here are displayed the progresses
OF ostrich cultivation from the beginning.
! Incubators aIled with eggs about 70 D.
I hatched. young chicks and fuli-srown os-
/ triches ready o. BE- piDcked. The owner
has the world ~ his market price.
J. G.. Osborn. Of Westneld. Pa. has
+ hobby for raising ginseng. the Chinese
drug which has found such favor In this
country. Until Mr.. Osborn iook It Up
/ ginseng Users had 10 content Themselves
with taking chances o. getting tie favor
| tie root from "shezg'' hunters. xho sfes
+ +; IN the woods or pay enormous prizes
/ for the imported article.
I II require. about eight years before thu
+ fir. crop O. r~as.ns roof can be Dig. and
T during an that time TIE growing plants
+ require constant watching and a great
/ deal q care
Cnsczgo has thu isrges; mushroom
/ farm IN the United States and So farmers
are women II sessrni iov briek rfrpe-
lures Stsnsing parity ua1er afa aarfiy
under ana partly over ground ~ North
western ard Bo~rasnrsiie svsuses. ars
+ s. ss square feet &C i@3s frurn which dor
( Irg TIE height % the .>sson - taken a
J ton Of mushrooms week
The most beautiful American far=s - Oh
I the Estates % M Artbss cos.e. kno-n
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