THE WAY TO GET RICH.

Evening Post, Volume XXII, Issue 126, 26 November 1881, Page 4

THE WAY TO GET RICH.

? The gentleman wko proposes to Btart ostrich farming in New Zealand should be " in for a good thing," if the following extract from the London Globe is to be bolieved: — "Buy a cook bird and two hens, and there you are, established in life with a property Bare to yield ever-increasing profits, b'oma one — never mind the identity of the lucky person— tried the experiment a few years back, with the most wonderful results. He had, however, an ' artificial incubator,' as well as the three birds, and that, of conrse, made a difference. In his first year, 188 eggs were produced, and 133 chicks hatched out. eighteen of these died, but 4 letohed i 316 each when only three months eld, and the remaining 41 are believed to iave been sold at .£l2 a piece. The total monetary return was, therefore, over J61,600, which is not bad for a beginning. But if, instead of selling the chicks, they had been retained for breeding purposes, and if each three had done as well as the parent birds, and if the process had been repeated at every hatching-out, the owner would by this time have become a millionaire. True, the value of ostrich chicks has fallen considerably during the last two or three years, but matnre birds seem still to command a remunerative prioe, for we read in another Cape paper that couple lately killed by accident were considered north J3300. if, therefore, the maintenance of ostriches is mot exceptionally costly, it ought to pay well to keep chicks until full grown. Bnt there must be a weak point in the industry somewhere, or why should Sonth African capital embark in such risky ventures as diamond and gold mines when there is this magnificent opening presenting itself?