64 OSTRICH-FAKMmG IN SOUTH AFKICA. 



2 Horses, Baddies, and bridles 40 



1 Incubator 40 



Cash in hand for wages and petty 40 



500 



60 Young birds ... ,» 1,000 



4 Pairs good guaranteed breeders 800 



2 Pairs 3i-year.old birds 200 



Total 2,500 



It will be seen here that the capital over and above 

 that invested in the birds is a fifth of the total ; but if 

 he was on veldt, where the bush is scarce, he would 

 have to go in, at any rate partially, for wire, vfhich 

 would bring this item up to a quarter of the whole, 

 and correspondingly reduce his returns. There will 

 be considerable saving of labour after the wire is 

 once up, but this will probably be counterbalanced by 

 the greater liability to accidents with wire. 



"What shall we say as to the returns our friend may 

 expect? This we have partially answered in another 

 chapter, where we have given the case of a man under 

 somewhat similar circumstances, who made in one year 

 a net profit of over a hundred per cent., and over a 

 considerable number of years made an average of 66^ 

 per cent. ; and in his case he had scarcely any bush, 

 and was compelled to use wire. But he worked with 

 both hands and brain in a manner few would be found 



