GLUT IN OSTRICHES
. Despairing of a revival in the ostrich feather industry,' the Oudsthoorn (South Africa) ostrich-owners, are slaughtering birds by hundreds daily. Over 200,000 have been killed recently, but the market is glutted with, feathers.'which arc slill pouring in as the (result of packings from dead birds. Tin's glut must continue for some months. 'Then, if the 'demand revives too late', it will: be impossible to meet it in view of the wholesale destruction of the best breeds.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 8 June 1927, Page 7
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79GLUT IN OSTRICHES Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 8 June 1927, Page 7
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