HOW OSTRICH FEATHERS ARE OBTAINED. Share full article. Nov. 26, 1876. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from November 26, 1876, Page 4 Buy Reprints.

The flue of the feather can be worked and curled to make brooches, says Saag Jonker, an 82-year-old farmer. "At the moment it's really in fashion," he says. A mischievous-looking ostrich adorns ...