Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-01-04
CHOW TIME-AT THE 100

Housekeepers who are weary Of
hunting turnip tops and fresh spring
onions to tempt the palates Of winter
worn families may find comfort in
the troubles of a caterer who goes
marketing of a morning for ten
pounds of hay and four quarts of
grain to feed his baby buffalo.
This is just one Of the minor
items on the daily menu that the su-
rerintendent of one famous zoolog-
zeal garden must provide for his
from the Washington, d. c., head
quarters of the National Geographic
Society.
"A chimpanzee must have two or
anges, a cup Of boiled rice and two
eggs beaten in a glass and a half of
milk for his breakfast; a half dozen
bananas and some warm milk at
noon; and a slice of rye bread, two
ang and two glasses of milk for
his dinner. To add to the keepers
woes and quite a bit to his u
ment a baby monkey has to be fed
occasionally from a bottle and later
with a spoon-for he must get his
table manners early in life.
When "Hippo" Rings the Breakfast
Bell
"And how is the hippo fed? He
knows the hour and the man and
when both approach he opens the
enormous cavity between his jaws
and awaits the shoveling in of three
and a half quarts of rolled cats, threo
and a half quarts of bran, the four
heads of cabbage, the half basket of
potatoes and the five pounds of hay
| that make his meal.
1.-THE elephant goes him n bet
ter on the hay. He needs rs
pounds for his morning meal and
his eight quarts of oats and eight
quarts of bran in the afternoon.
THE poor 'pater familias' at the
National Geological Park in Wash
ington, d. c., must provide for the
queer members of his household
about 800 pounds of horse meat to
satisfy the hunger pangs of his lions,
tigers, wolves. foxes and leopards,
enc lion alone requiring twelve
rounds to turn his attention from
his secret desire for a tempting por-
ton of the anatomy of his keeper.
Ostrich Likes His Alfalfa Chopped
"The horse meat Is merely a small
item on the order for the day at the
zoo. There are also 100 pounds of
fish for the sea ions and seals, the
ftsh-duck, and other fish-eating
BIRDS; and for some of the %connois-
seurs, a long list from the vegetable
k.ngdom-carrots, both kinds of po-
tatoes, beets, spinach, cabbage and
turnips; and quantities of eggs and
milk for the babies. These creatures
are fasti6ious. The ostrich must
have his two quarts of alfalfa chop
ped, and his quart of corn cracked,
and the other constituents of his
dietary-bran, carrots, beets and
bread-must be properly balanced.
The giraffe is sometimes tempera
mental and when no takes a notion
that he won't bend his head for his
food, there is nothing for his keeper
to d. but climb a fence or get a long
step ladder.
"Snakes are partial to eggs. They
also like rats, birds and small NAM
NILS. The boa wraps himself
around his dinner, squeezes it and
swallows 1t whole. If he has two
animals to manage at the same time,
he ties one Up in a knot at the end
of his tail while he sticks his long
teeth into the other. Nor does it
bother him if the animal he has to
swallow is larger than his head. His
Jaws are loose and elastic. He
opens them both vertically and hor-
:1ontalIy as ne gently urges down his
prey, and the course it takes down
his body is perfectly evident.
Some Auinlals Require Imported
Dainties
Zone zoo owned until recently a
koala, or australian bear, for whom
eucalyptus leaves fc rn California