THE TECHNOLOGIST. [March 1, 1865. 



376 OSTRICH BREEDING. 



the turpentine pastes ; melted and mixed with hot water and " barras," 

 it forms the oil of resin. The yellow resin is a kindred substance 

 obtained by a mixture of soft resin " barras," and " galipot,'' melted, 

 filtered, and formed into cakes in moulds. 



4th. The greasy " pitch," a viscous substance, of a reddish brown, 

 produced by burning in a brick stove the filtering hurdles and all the 

 debris and residues of the manufacture. 



After exhaustion, the stems of the pines are cut in pieces, and burnt 

 in ovens of earth or brickwork, when another product is obtained, the 

 " goudron," or a pitch coal of medium quality. All these materials are 

 of great importance : — The Navy could not do without tar and pitch ; 

 the spirits of turpentine serves for numerous uses, especially as a 

 solvent for varnishes ; the colophony is applied directly to the purpose 

 of illumination ; the resin oil and the yellow resin for making gas 

 for burning, soap-making, paper-making, and other uses. 



OSTRICH BREEDING. 



The problem of the domestication of the ostrich in the temperate 

 regions of Northern and Southern Africa appears already to be attended 

 with satisfactory results ; and instead of chasing the bird for its 

 destruction, in order to obtain the valuable spoils of its plumage, it can 

 be bred and led to yield its feathers periodically for the wants of fashion. 

 Some few years ago, it was stated that great success had attended experi- 

 ments at the Jardin d'Acclimatation, at Hamma, in Algeria, the director 

 of that establishment having received the premium of 80Z. offered by 

 M. Chagot, sen., feather florist, of Paris, a member of the Commission 

 of Valuers to the French Ministry of Commerce, who was the first to 

 get the ostrich to breed in a domestic state ; and the reproduction pro- 

 mises to obtain for commerce the ostrich plumes, which are daily 

 becoming more rare and dear. 



At a recent meeting of the Cape Agricultural Society, M. L. von 

 Maltiz, well known as one of the most enterprising and successful 

 farmers in the Colesberg district, gave a statement of his short 

 experience in ostrich farming ; and any theory formed as to the profits 

 which might be realized by such a pursuit falls immeasurably short of 

 the result obtained. M. von Maltiz said : " My desire is that a prize be 

 given to the proprietor of the largest number of ostriches in the dis- 

 trict. I believe I am at present the only owner of those birds, and, 

 therefore, I may, in making the proposal, be suspected of interested 

 motives. To set that at rest, if a prize be offered and awarded to me, I 

 will return it to the Society, to be again competed for at the following 

 show. My sole object in moving the resolution is to encourage ostrich 



