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BIRD-RAISING PROVES FASCINATING PASTIME • _ By GEORGE BUTLER One hundred pete is nothing un ssaaal for a Fayetteville couple. "Pets in assorted colors, pets that ' talk, sing and do acrobats ; . . That is what makes bird-raising & a fascinating hobby tor Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Hockaday of 606 Mc Pherson Ave. A clerk in the post off ice here, Hockaday spends' a good part of his sparetime raising lovebirds, - canaries and cockatiels—a small Australian parrot There is a keen demand for the birds and Hocka day occasionally sells one, but he raises them as a hobby, not for profit. He points out, however, that it can be turned into a lucrative business. A bird-raiser in Texas makes a tidy $50,000 each year bn his birds, after starting out with a “nest egg” of $20. Hockaday has constructed mod ern, sanitary pens in the backyard of his home and raises the feath ered creatures in scientific fashion. The pens have concrete floors, are well screened to keep out cats and other intruders, and have auto matic feeders and waterers. Hockaday has been interested *— ' i CAPITAL COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY JOHN ASKEW PAINT & PAINTERS SUPPLIES i • ■_ __ CAROLINA HARDWARE CO. Incorporated . JOBBERS 233-35 Sooth Wllminfton St. RALEIGH, N. C. ,, _ •- ■ ———— ———^ JOB. P. WYATT fir SONS CO. Hardware — Seeds — Implements RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA ' " ' ' " i“‘ State Capital Life Insurance Co. Home Office 2620 Hillsboro Street RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA GREENSBORO POST OFFICE i i, ■ . ■ hi— — .... . ■ ‘ ' "| . —." .. ■ -- 1 i • in birds most of his life. As a youth in Angier, he worked in his father's combination postoffice and store, kept birds on the second floor. During the past 30 years he Has raised nearly every kind of pet bird, but right now is con centrating on lovebirds, cockateils and red factor canaries. Some of the red canaries fetch from 9100 to 9260 each, he said, and Hnckkaday hopes to breed some of this quality. The price, it seems, depends upon the color. These bright colored birds came from mating a wild siskin with a canary. The ones Hockadky possesses are mixed in color and not too valuable. But be is hoping to acr quire birds of an all-over red or deep orange, Then he will mate the red and orange and see what happens. Colors of the red factor canaries never fade, ha explains, which makes them valuable. The parakeets or love birds alee offer an interesting study in color. Hockaday’s original pair of love birds were given and their off spring have been white, green, blue, and yellow. “There’s no telling what color you’ll get in a lovebird.’’ The first blue! ovebirds were raised in China, he said, and brought 94,000 a pair. They have become quite common now, but are still in high demand as pets. In addition to their color, love birds make interesting pets because of their loving nation, their talent in whistling and talking, and their aerobatics. “Just like little mon keys,'* Hockaday declares. “They climb and suspend themselves by their bills, play with mirrors and trinkets, and have a lot of fun. If nised by hand, the male lovebird can be taught to talk. For some reason, the female never ac quires this ability. The same holds true for the cocliateil. The female lovebird lays an egg each day and will spend most of her lifetime nesting, if nests are available. The male is a dutiful husband and provides for her while • K* ‘ . North Carolina Equipment Company RALEIGH — WILMINGTON — GUILFORD CHARLOTTE — ASHEVILLE Distributor* of CONSTRUCTION, INDUSTRIAL AND LOGGING EQUIPMENT CONTRACTORS' AND MUNICIPAL SUPPLIES "IntornotioiMl Industrial Powor" <s ArL Union Establishes Scholarships New York.—OBciala af Uw AFL BailBing Service Employes aaB Colombia University participate in Local UFi Brat anneal scholar •hip Bay marking estabHahmewt at 1C foar-year scholarships, worth IUN each, ta Calambia aaB BaraarB Colleges far eaiaa members aaB their children. L. ta r„ AFL Vice-PrealBeat William L. McFetriBge. president BailBiag Bervke Employes: President David Sullivan of -Local S2B: Associate Deaa of BaraarB College Leraa F. McGuire, aaB Retiring Deaa af CahnaMa College Harry J. Carman. she is nesting. She in turn feeds the young ones. The baby lovebirds are born “all bill and head” and remain • on the nest until a month old. At that time they arc full-feather«d and as large as their parents. Hocka day said the only way he can tell the young from their parents is by small "sebra- stripes’* on head of the young. These stripes dis appear as the bird gets older. Sex of the lovebird can be de termined by a small spot above the bill. If the spot is blue, it’s a male; if bftiwit, a female. “A Little Bird Told Me” is not just another song for the Hocka days. There is a lot of truth in the statement, for the birds are always “teaching us things.” It’s an educational and interesting pastime—this job of raising birds. ^Fayetteville Observer. WIN TEXTILE PLANT Andalusia, Pa. — The AFL United Textile Workers won bar gaining rights for the Margold Ribbon Mills, Inc., by a 2-1 vote in a National Labor Relations Board election. ARRANGE THROUGH BUS TO CLEVELAND HEEL FED, and Chester L. Stephenson, Vice-President, NC FPOC, have completed negotiations with the Queen City Bus lines for one op more chartered busses to carry Carolina delegates and visi tors to the National Convention and return at a substantial savings in round trip fare. Present, plans call for one or more new air-conditioned Silver Liner busses to leave Fayetteville on Saturday, August 19. Announce mentf have been circulated throughout the state and as soon as all replies are in, a route will l)e mapped through conveniently located intermediary Carolina points. The busses will run straight through to Cleveland with rest stops oid^and will letum by an alternate route. Interested persons sre asked to write wVQarolina Caravan, Box 181, Fort Bragg, N. C. Round trip fare has been set at a flat $20 per person which rep resents an average saving of 20% in addition to the time-saving charter. k. l ; ' ' ' Drink a bite to eati i. ■ t-’ -# ... . ' W-St. fyifL '■ r.' • <u ■ (5f at. 10-2-4 O'clock DR. 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