The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1903-12-24

net remaining. The schools dining
halls. .crediting the dairy department at
the rate Of 8 and 10 cents per quart for
all milk used.
| Although the primary object of our
dairy is to supply the pupils with pure
| nutritious milk (ours averaging AZ but
ter fat) it is proving an important
educational factor and leaves profit
besides.
The above instance illustrates the
average results from average condi-
| tions, and would not in itself be suffi-
cient to arouse enthusiasm were it not
| for the record of our best cow, thor
oughbred California-bred Jersey six
years old at the time of giving birth
| to her fourth calf April 1S, 1902 and
[, between that date and April 20, 1903,
she produced 1880 quarts milk, and
| equivalent to 9,54S lbs. Twelve tests for
butter fat were made during the twelve
months covered in the record and these
gave an average of 81 per cent. TAKEN
| as whole, L consider this quite a re-
markable performance for local coadi-
tions and think it shows possibilities
OF high order
| The ration fed this COW was practi-
| cally as earlier mentioned and it's total
cost for the year including apportion-
ment of labor was $73, the value Of her
milk product at 91ac. per quart was
| 1886 for the year, but we do not expect
her to do as well by 80 per cent this
year, the period of lactation was ex-
| tended too long, up to August 18th Ga
| period of seventeen months) when she
again calved. A tremendous strain,
| but it was unavoidables it seemed i'm
| possible to dry her off.
I have entered so fully on this case
because of it's authenticity and it's op-
| Grafton within our midst; it strikingly
| shows the great influence of feed and
care on the individuality of milk cows
| when the best modern methods are
| practiced. That the reverse of our
experience at Kamehameha is often
true is not to be wondered at when it
| is explained that ignorant japanese
and Chinese help feed, milk and gener-
ally superintend the dairy
The general fundamental principles
| which underly the breeding, feeding
and care of dairy cows, also apply
to beef cattle and live stock in general,
and without such knowledge the stock
breeder gropes about in darkness. The
best modern methods have for their
foundation underlying principles, and
an understanding of the laws of hered-
ity, the principles of nutrition, the
composition and the anatomy of the
bodies of farm animals, the value Of
feeding stuffs the selection and COM
pounding of rations-the tests of for
age and folders, all play their part
in rounding out the perfect whole.
To summarize and add a passing
tfcdght-the past and present years
have been prosperous ones for the cat
tie raiser here and elsewhere, due
to his own advancement as much as to
external causes. He need not fear
the slump of a prime article, although
the Indifferent may become a drug on
the market. Experience at home IN
the study of method abroad, visits to
the stock shows when opportunity Of
fers-perhaps a show of our own
careful perusal of the high grade Jour
nails pertaining to your business-the
experimental station bulletins-the
publications of the Department of Ag-
ure-corHespondence with thu
Breeders Association. frequent meet
ings and discussion-each contribute
their mite to help the work along.