dc.contributor.author |
Douglass, Arthur
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dc.coverage.spatial |
Africa |
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dc.coverage.spatial |
South Africa |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2010-10-08T08:33:07Z |
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dc.date.available |
2010-10-08T08:33:07Z |
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dc.date.created |
2010 |
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dc.date.issued |
1881 |
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dc.description.abstract |
1. Ostrich farming, its origin and prospects -- 2. The ostrich -- 3. South Africa in a farming light -- 4. The capital required -- 5. Fencing -- 6. The profits of ostrich farming -- 7. Birds on the halves -- 8. Farming partnerships -- 9. Travelling with birds -- 10. Stocking a farm -- 11. Managing a flock of plucking birds -- 12. Taking the feathers -- 13. Preparing the feathers for market -- 14. The English feather market -- 15. Selecting and managing the breeding birds -- 16. The egg -- 17. Natural hatching -- 18. Artificial hatching -- 19. Rearing the chicks -- 20. Diseases -- 21. Tape-worms -- 22. Strongylus Douglassii -- 23. Caponising -- 24. Wounds -- 25. Economy and credit -- 26. Destruction of carnivorous animals -- 27. Land laws -- 28. Horses and cattle -- 29. The labour supply -- 30. Dam-making -- 31. Building and brick-making -- 32. Hints on buying and hiring farms -- 33. To young Englishmen about to emigrate. |
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dc.description.statementofresponsibility |
by Arthur Douglass. |
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dc.description.uri |
http://explore.up.ac.za/record=b1715669~S1 |
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dc.format.extent |
viii, 251 p., [11] p. of plates : ill., map ; 19 cm. |
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dc.format.medium |
Original format: paper |
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dc.format.medium |
Digital format: PDF |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2263/14979 |
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dc.language.iso |
en |
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dc.publisher |
London : Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co. ; Silver & Co, |
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dc.relation.requires |
Adobe Reader version 8 or 9 |
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dc.rights |
Electronic copy: University of Pretoria ; Printed copy: Public domain. |
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dc.source |
Original book: Douglass, Arthur. Ostrich farming in South Africa : being an account of its origin and rise; how to set about it; the profits to be derived; how to manage the birds; the capital required; the diseases and difficulties to be met with, &c. &c (London : Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., [1818]), 251 p. |
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dc.subject |
Ostriches |
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dc.subject |
South Africa |
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dc.subject.ddc |
636.6940968 |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Ostrich farming -- South Africa |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
South Africa -- Description and travel |
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dc.title |
Ostrich farming in South Africa : being an account of its origin and rise; how to set about it; the profits to be derived; how to manage the birds; the capital required; the diseases and difficulties to be met with, &c. &c |
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dc.type |
Book |
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dc.type |
Text |
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