S6 OSTRICH-FARMING IN SOUTH AFRICA. 



them into clear cold water to get all the soap out, then 

 in blue water about the same strength as you use for 

 clothes. Wring them out well, and finally put them 

 through thick starch (the starch simply mixed with 

 cold water). 



The feathers must then be shaken in the hand, out 

 of doors in the sun and wind, until perfectly dry, when 

 they should look snow-white. 



