Show OATS IMPROVE MILK FLAVOR interesting experiments conducted at government farm favor bran and corn carn ration it hoa has been asserted by some dairymen that tho the feeding of crushed oats to cows will improve the flavor ol of milk to ascertain tho the correctness ot of this theory a series of experiments was made by the bureau of animal industry of the united states department of agriculture nt at tho the tal dairy farm at beltsville md aid six cows were used in the experiment three were fed a grain ration of corn meal bran and cottonseed meal the other three were fell fed it a grain mixture 0 of f live five parts crushed oats and one part cottonseed meal A number of samples cheb p of milk from the tha cows fed these rations were submitted to various persons in the dairy division and they were risked asked to indicate their prefer once in all go 60 opinions were passed on various samples of these 16 showed a preference prefer orenco enco for the milk from cows fed on crushed oats 25 preferred that from tho the bran and corn ration while nine expressed no choice the results show that in these rations not only was there no marked dIt Terence in fix favor of the crushed oats as a feed to improve flavor but if anything tho the ration containing bran and corn was more successful in producing a line flues flavored milk |