Show FLAVOR OF MILK IS 15 IMPROVED BY OATS Series of Experiments Made to Ascertain the Truth of This Assertion It has been asserted by some dairymen dairymen dairymen dairy dairy- men that the feeding of crushed oats to c cows ws will improve the flavor of at milk To ascertain the correctness correctness of at this theory a a. series of experiments was made by the bureau of animal Industry of at the United States department department depart depart- ment of agriculture at the experimental tal dairy farm at Beltsville Md Six cows were used in the experiment experiment ment three were fed a grain ration of cornmeal bran bren and cottonseed ed I meal the other three were fed agrain a a. agrain grain mixture of five parts crushed oats and one part cottonseed meal A number of samples of milk from tram the cows fed these rations were submitted submitted submitted sub sub- to various persons persona in the dairy division and they were asked to indicate indi cate cats their preference In all 50 opinions opinions ions were passed on various samples Of these 16 showed a pr preference ference for forthe forthe forthe the milk from cows fed ted on crushed oats 25 preferred that from the bran branand branand branand and corn ration while nine expressed no choice The results show that in these ration rations rations ra ra- ra- ra tion not only was there no marked difference in favor of the crushed oats as a feed to improve flavor but If It anything the ration co containing bran branand branand branand and corn was more successful in producing producing pro pro- producing a flavored fine milk |