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.contributor.author Douglass, Arthur
dc.coverage.spatial Africa en
dc.coverage.spatial South Africa en
dc.date.accessioned 2010-10-08T08:33:07Z
dc.date.available 2010-10-08T08:33:07Z
dc.date.created 2010
dc.date.issued 1881
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. en
dc.description.statementofresponsibility by Arthur Douglass. en
dc.description.uri http://explore.up.ac.za/record=b1715669~S1
dc.format.extent viii, 251 p., [11] p. of plates : ill., map ; 19 cm. en
dc.format.medium Original format: paper en
dc.format.medium Digital format: PDF
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/14979
dc.language.iso en en
dc.publisher London : Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co. ; Silver & Co, en
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dc.rights Electronic copy: University of Pretoria ; Printed copy: Public domain. en
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. en
dc.subject Ostriches en
dc.subject South Africa en
dc.subject.ddc 636.6940968
dc.subject.lcsh Ostrich farming -- South Africa en
dc.subject.lcsh South Africa -- Description and travel en
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 en
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