Show COWS MILK FOR foil INFANTS VARIES IN F SHOWS tests ot of the character of the curd in the milk of dairy cows may eveni dually become almost as important a procedure tor for the market dairyman as tests testa for the butterfat butter fat tat content it the first f results of a series ot f expert i I 1 ments being performed nt at the utah agricultural college are fully verified these experiments are being performed by dr reuben L hill professor ot of chemistry and the results were reported by him in the november 1923 issue of the journal ot of dairy Ss lence fence I 1 one of the most serious problems in the artificial feeding of infants is that of finding a substitute tor for the mothers milk that contains all of the necessary ingredients and at thi same time does not upset the dig of 01 the infant most physicians urges the use ol of cows milk as the most readily available substitute lu in many cases however especially with weak delicate babies violent digestive disturbances attend the use of cows milk most of the patent baby foods are designed to modify this food by softening the curd which is normally carded in texture than the curd ot of the babas natural food dr hill by means ot of a specially constructed apparatus has been perform forming lug a series of tests on the milk of individual cows of the A C datry dairy herd by which he hm has determined that there are wide differences in a the texture of curds from different cows some animals in the herd are found to give milk the curd ol of which would seem to bo be almost indigestible by an infant because of its hardness while others show a curd that Is 13 soft sift and flaky not unlike the curd of mothers milk favorable results with bottle fed infants are reported when milk has been fed from cows especially selected tor for softness ol 01 curd while the report admits that the data thus tar far obtained Is insufficient to warrant the drawing ot of positive conclusions it seems to bear out the following statements 1 that mixed milk from a number of 0 cows is perler ablo able to that of an individual animal unless the animal in question has been tested and found to give a sott soft carded curded milk 2 that top milk containing all of the cream lias its a softer curd than milk on on which which the cream has not been permitted to rise 3 that in fit general the milk from rom a holstein herd la is sotter softer carded curded than that from a jersey herd and 9 finally 4 1 that curd character seems seem 9 to bo be hereditary in cows the offspring giving milk with the same general character as to curd as that ot of the mother 0 |