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NewsApril 5, 1995

Emus have become one of the fastest growing alternatives to livestock farming, say Carl and Mark Whitaker, who will address a 1 p.m. seminar at the Extension Office in Jackson. The Whitakers will discuss the basics of raising emus. Among products from the ostrich-like birds are food, a leather-like skin used in apparel, an oil substance used in cosmetics and feathers used in feather-dusting...

Emus have become one of the fastest growing alternatives to livestock farming, say Carl and Mark Whitaker, who will address a 1 p.m. seminar at the Extension Office in Jackson.

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The Whitakers will discuss the basics of raising emus.

Among products from the ostrich-like birds are food, a leather-like skin used in apparel, an oil substance used in cosmetics and feathers used in feather-dusting.

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