THE BIRD STUDY BOOK 



similar enterprise when they saw with what success 

 the undertaking was crowned in the home country 

 of the Ostrich. A few hundred fine breeding birds 

 and a considerable number of eggs were purchased 

 by adventurous spirits and exported, with the result 

 that Ostrich farms soon sprang up in widely separated 

 localities over the earth. The lawmakers of Cape 

 Colony looked askance at these competitors and 

 soon prohibited Ostrich exportation. Before these 

 drastic measures were taken, however, a sufficient 

 number of birds had been removed to other countries 

 to assure the future growth of the industry in various 

 regions of the world. It was in 1882 that these birds 

 were first brought to the United States for breeding 

 purposes. To-day there are Ostrich farms at Los 

 Angeles, San Diego, and San Jose, California; Hot 

 Springs, Arkansas; Jacksonville, Florida; Phoenix, 

 Arizona, and elsewhere. 



There is money to be made in the Ostrich business, 

 for the wing and tail plumes of this bird are as popu- 

 lar to-day for human adornment as they were in the 

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