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Show WHY AUTUMN LEAVES TURN YELLOW Do -you know that It Is tho samo coloring matter that makes loaves yellow in tho fall and butter particularly particu-larly yellow in the spring, also that it Is tho samo coloring matter that makes carrots yellow? As a matter of fact ono of tneso pigments s called carotin nnd xanthophylls aro found in largo part of tho coloring matter of carrots. Tho othor yellow pigments aro known ns xanthophylls. Both carotin and xanthophylls aro found in grass and aro particularly abundant In tho yellow leaves of autumn. au-tumn. Tho latter pigment develops In the late summer and autumn as a result of tho Blowing down of tho living processes of tho plant. Tho icniion why buttor becomes moro yellow yel-low In the spring, whon cows aro on green grass, is becauso thoso color-ing color-ing matters aro present In largo quantities In tho food. Atddo from this, however, It Is known that breed Influences tho color of milk and butter. |
