Show 2 I DAIRY i SOY BEANS WILL NOT FLAVOR MILK 1 I I I No Undesirable Effects Are 1 I Found in Illinois Test I IB fB By W W. Yo B. B NEVE S NEVE S 'S University of J I Illinois L Complaints that the feeding of soy soybean bean can hay bay or 01 ground so soy beans to dairy cows affected the flavors of ot milk ream cream and butter to such nn extent hat that the ilie products were either not salable sal sal- able ble ble or their market value was lowered lowered lowered low low- ered reached the department of ot hus hus- husbandry bandry andry during the past year These complaints originated In several se different dif dif- dif dif- ferent erent counties In the state showing hat the trouble was not confined to tone toone one no ne locality Experiments therefore were under under- en al to learn the cause of th the trouble land jand 1 if possible a remedy for It Three groups of eight each were ere fed during lurIng six consecutive weekly periods on on rations consisting of either red cIo co- coyer yer ver hay or soy bean hn hay and a concentrate concentrate con con- mL mixture ture with or without ground soy beans benns The ground soybeans soy soybeans soybeans beans formed from 10 to 25 per cent of the mixtures The Tho milk produced was used In studies of ot flavor and composition composition composition com com- position and butter butter was made from the be cream Neither quality high-quality soy bean benn hay haynor haynor haynor nor poor quality moldy soy bean hay was found to have hmo any effect upon the flavor of the milk raw or pasteurized skim milk cream or butter Ground soy beans were likewise without effect effect effect ef ef- ef- ef upon fla flavor 0 r. r The fat content of ot the milk was affected but slightly and the tho acidity was not changed ably Marked differences in fu cream volume were noted but these seemed to be associated with Individual cows The most pronounced effe ts of ot the rations were upon the body of the butter Ground so soy beans caused the body to be gummy and the con- con became worse when the time proportion proportion proportion pro pro- portion of soy beans In the ration mUon was increased Soy bean hay had bad a similar sim sun liar ilar effect but to a n less degree There was a tendency f for r the Iodine number to increase slightly with the larger amounts of soy beans In the ration While the effects of soy beans upon the body of ot the butter were not serious serious serious seri seri- ous the time score of the body of this butter butter butter but but- ter was 1 to 1 l points lower than that of the butter pf produced duce duce-d by the ration mUon without soy beans The studies of ot this problem are being continued and it tt Is hoped to be able to combine I some feed with soy beans which will overcome in a n great measure the undesirable undesirable un un- un desirable effects upon the bod body of the butter |