Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-01-26
ShOrey Tells Why Hawaii
Dairy Returns Are Small

farmers When cows are MIXED
through the winter for butter, or fur
nishing milk for direct consumption,
roots and ensilage are depended on
chiefly, and | have never seen or
heard of bran middlings or grain being
fed TO a mich COW in that section.
Cows not milking get as a rule nothing
but plain straw.
Superior Herds Here.
What do we find here? Herds Of
COWS which in point Of breed are equal
Il not much superior. and, except
where dairying is carried on In small
OF very Indifferent way, these cows are
fed constantly when milking with feed
ether than they get in the pasture. The
Lii Of fare includes everything In the
fodder line that can be bought or
grown here, bran, middlings, cocoa
meal. brewery grains, sorghum, millet
and alfalfa being the chief, and the
yield is what's or 4 quarts per COW,
and considered pretty good.
The Eastern farmer gets 5 cents per
quart for milk sold for direct consump-
! ton, 2.5 to when made into butter
end 10 to 2 II made into cheese; the
average being probably between and
|: cents. He obtains. however twice
as much milk and pays out no cash
Tor feed. Here, milk for direct con.
sumption brings 10 to ~ cents; and
while the return when made into but.
ter Is much less, the average Is prob
ably twice that obtained by the East
ern farmer. The dairyman here, how
ever, obtains only half the quantity OF
milk and Is at constant expense for
feed, so that | think there is no ques'
ton that the Eastern dairyman has tho
best Of 1t.
Now why this difference? The fac
tors affecting the yield of milk which
ere or may be different in the two 10
calities are climate. breed of cows
handling of herd and feed.
Climatic Conditions.
Climate: The things which the eli.
mate here has been held liable for,
would make almost complete alpha
etical list. and while | have no de
sire to touch on the somewhat danger
Gus topic of the white man in the cane
field. think It will not be disputed
that white men here, out of the cane
field can work with hands or head
with Just as much energy and hustle
and accomplish as much as on the
Mainland; and can see no theoretical
reason why cows, especially II bred
rere. should not thrive Just as well as
in the East, where the best milking
season is during months when the tenn
perature is higher than here. II will
not do. however, to be dogmatic on
this point, for II Is known that import
ed cows often do not do well hsre "
full grown when imported, but that
this does not apply to those imported
when young. One thing is certain, we
cannot experiment with or change. the
climate, and while do not believe the
climate is an important factor in the
matter there certainly is room here for
Investigation worthy the attention of
the Experiment. Station and the Stock
Breeders Association.
Annoying Insects.
| Closely allied with the question OF
climate Is the matter of annoying in.
sects. 1t Is well known that mich
cows are easily affected in yield OF
milk by anything that interferes with
quiet feeding and the transformation
OF this food into milk, and various spe'
Cies of flies furnish such interference.
do not think, however, that such an
noying insects are any worse here
than in many places in the East, and
think you may look TO your worthy
secretary to reduce this annoyance tc
t. minimum.
Breed Of Cows.
Breed of Cows: As already noted
the dairy herd of the average Eastern
farmer is in no case composed OF
thoroughbreds, and | think the aver
age herd here Is up to, II not superior
to the Eastern herd in this respect /;
and while the questions of breeding
End the best breeds for certain pun
loses are important ones, 1t Is plain
tHul any ulHtItHCeS tntTe may Dc wiz
, rotaccount for the disparity of results
noted. In this connection would like
J &c impress on dairymen the desirable
/ fly of keeping milk records and using
such records in selecting cows for
! breeding. By milk record ! mean the
, weight of milk per day yielded by
| each cow and the amount of butter fat
It contains. Any dairyman can, OF
course, make a rough classification OF
! his cows into good and bad but
! think anyone keeping proper record
, for the first time will be surprised to
find how much astray this rough esti
mate may often be.
, Handling Of Herd.
| Handling OF herd. This is think a
/ more important factor in accounting
for small yields of milk than the two
already discussed and the status OF
r the dairies here on this point is best
, expressed in a remark made to me a
, few days ago there Is too much OF the