LeTourneau University offered less grant aid to undergraduates than both the average private not-for-profit 4 year college in Texas and the average college in Texas. Similarly, fewer undergraduates took out federal student loans than the average private not-for-profit 4 year college in Texas, but more than the average college in Texas.
E.E. Hoag used these feathers to invent the first feather duster. Using a short broom stick and splitting the feathers with a pocket knife, the duster was found to be too stiff for use. In 1874, the Hoag Duster Company was founded, which became a pioneer of feather dusters in the U.S. state of Iowa.
This duster is made with the softer black ostrich feathers. Black feathers are unique, softer feathers (compared to the gray drab feathers) and are exclusive to the mature ostrich male birds. There are about 4 female birds to every one male bird. 14 Apex Line Premium Ostrich Feather Duster - Gray (ALTAAP14G) 14 long (8 head with 6 stained handle). The Apex Premium Ostrich Feather Dusters from Alta Dusting Products are bulked out with extra full black feathers and are then bound with a metal coil wire--and then extra secured with a industrial foam glue that surrounds the feather quills and holds them in extra tight.