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OSTRICH-FARMING IN SOUTH AFRICA. 



The numbers are given liere to show all the whites 

 together, and then the feminas, &c. ; but in sending 

 them to market it is better to arrange the numbers so 

 that a lot of whites are followed by a lot of feminas, 

 then a lot of whites again, then a lot of fancy colours, 

 then whites again, and so on right through. This 

 assists to keep the lots from being mixed upon the sale- 

 tables, and insures the buyers seeing clearly which lot 

 they are bidding for. 



It cannot be too strongly impressed on the sorter 

 not to put broken or inferior featliers with the good 

 ones ; not only as it is not honest, but it defeats its own 

 end : the buyer buys nearly as much by the feel of the 

 feather as by the look. He takes the bunches in one 



