Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-01-26


the Island were present. Jared G.
Smith. director of the United States
Experiment Station, told the story OF
the work of the society. The follow
ing addresses were made: "Pineap-
pies" by Jas. d. Dole of Wahiawa;
"Dairying," by Prof. +. @. Shorey:
Mature Study in the Public Schools
and Its Relation to Agriculture" by
Prof U. Thompson Of Kamehameha.
There was music by the Kamehame.
ha pupils and an address of welcome
by Principal Dyke. The following
committee was appointed to prepare
for submission at the next annual
meeting an agricultural calendar for
Hawaii, indicating for each month the
things that could be grown to best ad.
vantage and indicating the proper
treatment OF the soils: Messrs. b. o.
Clarke tchairman), F. G. Krouse, C..
Ii. Austin, Crockett and Higgins.
II It is possible to secure an appro'
Iriation by the Legislature. the pro-
ceedings Of the year 1902. with all the
papers read. before the society, will be
printed in pamphlet form.
Prof. Z. c. Shorey's paper on Dairy.
ing" follows:
In presenting for your consideration
q few notes on dairying, | shall not
take up time which might more profit
ebly be spent in discussion, in review.
ing the history or giving statistics OF
the dairy industry either here or else
where; but will attempt to point out
V hat seems to me the road to be tray
eied II the industry is to be a success
in this country.
Dairy Products.
With regard to dairy products in
general, II may be said ] think with
out contradiction ~ That dairy prod
ucts, while not actual necessities OF
life excepting milk in infancy. are
valuable articles of food; t2) That
where civilized man lives, dairy prod
vets are and will continue to be con
sumed; go That such consumption
H. sure TO increase, due both to the in
crease in population of the civilized
world, and TO the increased consump
tion per capita as mans conditions i'm
prove.
With regard to dairy products in Ha.
vail 1t may also be said without con.
tradiction % We import large quaint
ties of milk (condensed), butter and
cheese; (2) We pay for these articles
about twice as much as consumers on
the Mainland; go Dairymen who sup
ply these articles for local consump.
ton do not find II any more profitable,
II as much so, as do dairymen on tho
Mainland.
Local Demand.
The dairy business can be consider.
ed a success here only when II Is so
enlarged and improved that the local
demand is supplied, and supplied at a
lower price to the consumer, and at the
same time with as much or more profit
&c the producer. Can this be done? II
so, how? To the first ! am willing to
answer that think It can. To the sec
ond, how? ! am also willing to say
that II I could answer II simply by
analysing milk, and visiting a few dai
ries. ! would be much tempted to keep
the answer to myself and go into the
GARY business.
cannot answer how, but think
can point out some OF the things
which must be done before anyone can
answer.
Comparisons.
In order to bring the matter better
before you, allow me to make a com
parison between the dairy conditions
Lere and those where | know them
best, IN northern New York or the adj
joining Province of Ontario, Canada.
! In that section farmer having $50 or
zoo acres of arabic land generally car
| ries on mixed farming, with dairying
il the lead. Such farmer will have
herd of 90 >25 cows and If, as is the
case Of the majority, the milk is sent
to a cheese factory, the herd Is so man
aged that the cows all calve in the
spring, April or May, and are milRed
until October or later. During the
first weeks of spring and the last
weeks of the milking period when pas
ture is short, these cows may be fed
green corn, ensilage, chopped roots
with straw; but for the greater portion
of the milking period they get no food
whatever except that from the pas