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Ostriches: wire fencing, lucerne, and the first feather boom

1860 · regional

Wire fencing and lucerne make ostrich farming possible in the 1860s, and European demand for plumes drives the first boom through to the 1890s.

Sources

Merino sheep and the ostrich feather boom in the Cape merinosa.co.za; southafrica.co.za (Oudtshoorn ostrich industry)