Show BUFFALO ALO MILK is Most NUTRITIOUS are contemplated with the EXPERIMENTS Asiatic buffalo in the United States It is isa isa isa a very valuable animal its milk containing three an and a half times as much butter fat as that of the every-day every cow The dairy diry breeds of buffalo in northern India are huge animals standing five feet high at the withers and with their huge spiral horns have a a. ferocious aspect yet they are exceedingly gentle The female yields over thirty pounds of milk aday a aday aday day and from this quantity about two and a half pounds of butter are obtained Buffaloes of these breeds are now being imported im im- im- im ported into the Philippines in large numbers to furnish milk and there seems to be no doubt that they would thrive in most parts of the southern states Dr David Fairchild of the department of agriculture who was first to suggest their introduction believes that the swamps and marshes of the Gulf states are particularly well adapted for them When Americans first went to the Philippine Philippine Philippine Philip Philip- pine they were much interested in the odd look ing beast known there as the water buffalo a buffalo a a smaller lIer variety commonly used as a a. a draft animal but buL g giving ng little milk It is extensively utilized in the same way in China The brute brut cannot endure hard work in ill the sun unless its skin is frequently wet and hence its habit of wallowing in mud or water If overcome overcome overcome over over- come by the heat it may go crazy and is liable tobe to tobe tobe be dangerous But the buffalo kept for dairy p purposes needs no water water-hol |