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The First A. R. O. Record Made In 

 Hawaii. 



By Ralph J. Borden, Agriculturist at Kamehameha Schools. 



To the Kamehameha Schools goes the honor of having bred 

 and raised the first dairy cow to qualify for Advanced Registry 

 (the honor class for dairy cows), in the Hawaiian Islands. 



The cow which has gained this honor, Jannek Ormsby, is a 

 registered Holstein-Friesian animal, not yet two and a half years 

 old. She is well built, of good size for her age, has a large 

 framework, a strong constitution and a remarkably good diges- 

 tive system. She was put on official test, under supervision of 

 an official of the College of Hav^^aii, seven days, after dropping 

 a fine heifer calf, and for seven days was milked at eight-hour 

 intervals, producing 281.2 lbs. of milk containing 8.7 lbs. of 

 butterfat. This is equivalent to 10.9' lbs. of butter. Consider- 

 ing the poor pasturage and the exceptionally lifeless weather at 

 the time the test was made, the production is very satisfactory 

 and this young cow gives promise of developing into an excellent 

 milk-producing animal. 



Jannek Ormsby is sired by Prince Ormsby of Sleepy Hollow, 

 a bull secured from California in 1913 and which has since been 

 sold to the Parker Ranch on Hawaii. Her dam, Jannek Pietje 

 Korndyke, is also an imported animal from Iowa, and besides 

 this daughter has produced another daughter and tw^o sons dur- 

 ing the four years she has been in Hawaii. She has made 323 

 lbs. of milk in seven days from three quarters, one quarter hav- 

 ing been spoiled by garget several years ago. 



During the seven days that Jannek Ormsby was on strictly 

 official test, she consumed the following amount of feed : 7 lbs. 

 bran, 27 lbs. rolled barley, 27 lbs. rolled oats, 38 lbs. Suremilk, 

 9 lbs. oil cake meal, 36 lbs. beet pulp, 105 lbs. alfalfa hay, and 

 about 100 lbs. of freshly cut green alfalfa. At the then prevail- 

 ing prices, this feed cost $6.44. The time consumed in grooming, 

 feeding, milking, cooling and bottling the milk and cleaning her 

 stable amounted to about one and one-half hours per day. At 

 twenty-five cents an hour, it cost $2.63 to take care of her, during 

 the test. This made her total cost of feed and labor for seven 

 days, $9.07. She produced 281.2 lbs. or about 131^ quarts of 

 milk. This retailed for twelve cents a quart or for $15.78. This 

 account shows a credit difference of $6.71 between receipts for 

 milk produced and cost of feed and labor. Crediting the animal 

 with the value of her manure and the increase in her own valua- 

 tion and charging her for a few minor costs like the use of build- 

 ing, wagon, bottles, pails, interest, etc., there is still a neat little 

 sum to show for the week's work. 



