BIRD-RAISING PROVES
FASCINATING PASTIME
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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
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GREENSBORO POST OFFICE
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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
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Colombia University participate in Local UFi Brat anneal scholar
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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.
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