. Natal province : descriptive guide and official hand-book . ING: A POTENTIAL IN DUSTRY.— The ostrich industry, soimportant in the Cape Province, is represented in Natal by about three thousand do well in the thorns, and at Estcourt and Weenen they are a great Government has been making efforts to encourage the taking up of this industry byfarmers, and their endeavours will probably bear good fruit ere long. The high price ofgood birds has, however, had a deterrent effect upon those who might otherwise be disposedto take up ostrich farming, but that there are good
. Natal province : descriptive guide and official hand-book . ING: A POTENTIAL IN DUSTRY.— The ostrich industry, soimportant in the Cape Province, is represented in Natal by about three thousand do well in the thorns, and at Estcourt and Weenen they are a great Government has been making efforts to encourage the taking up of this industry byfarmers, and their endeavours will probably bear good fruit ere long. The high price ofgood birds has, however, had a deterrent effect upon those who might otherwise be disposedto take up ostrich farming, but that there are good profits to be made out of the industrythere seems to be little doubt. A well-known Natal farmer who has farmed ostrichessuccessfully for many years says:—I cleared within two-and-a-half years £318 gross profit 41 ,,n my small investmenl of £12 I oannol think ol anythingbetter. He remarks further Ostrioh farming in ths thorn ntry oi N,,,,,..i profitable industry there is no mistake ;il>oui i haldo what is wanted and his supervision should be oonstai. An Ostrich and its Eggs l ne r ir^t ArrivalAn Ostrich nest, with a young hirl just hatched POULTRY.—There are, on the farms of Europeans in Natal, nearly poultryspread over between four and five thousand farms. In the whole Province— in thepossession of the coloured races as well—there are over There are good opportunitiesfor men who are willing to take up poultry-raising on modern lines, and the Customs figuresof imports show that there is an extensive market in South Africa for poultry and poultryproducts. There are diseases to contend with, of course, chief among them being the so-calledfowl-sickness.* but they are not insurmountable, and there are numbers of poultry raisersin the Province who are carrying on their business on intelligent lines and profitably.
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