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Show INCREASE RICHNESS Of MU It Will Pay Farmers to Feed Hit Cows So That They Are In Good, Healthy Condition. An Increase in the richness of a cow's feed does not make the mil'-richer. mil'-richer. If it were possible to change the test of milk by feeding the cow5 we would then be able to make all the cows giving thin milk produce Fine Type of Heavy Milker. cream or change a Holstein into a Jersey in so far as the richness of the milk Is concerned. Increasing tie feed of a dairy cow has a tendency to increase the pounds of milk she will give but the milk Is of the richness characteristic to that cow. Experiments Experi-ments have shown that the natural richness of a cow's milk Is Inherited or Is an individual peculiarity the same as the color of her hair and feeding does not change it. These statements apply to cows under normal nor-mal condition of health and reasonable reason-able treatment. A fair test of the milk given by a herd of cows may vary from 3.5 to 4 0 per cent fat. This, of course, will change according to the period of lactation of the cons, the milk of fresh cows is not usually so rich as that of strippers. It will pay anyone to feed his cows so that they are In good, healthy condition and produce the maximum amount of milk which their natural capacity as dairy animals will permit them to give. |