| Show Off Flavors In MiI Milk Can Be Eliminated l When feed reed flavors are present I milk by direct contact the cor cores c Y ll tion of the trouble Is la not nol states George Q L Bateman I of or the Dairy experiment experiment D farm at the Utah Agricultural station J 3 Storing of highly scented fee feea tir where they will not the atmo r phere of oC the milking barn feeding the feeds in question so that the co coy 1 c chas has contact conta t with ith them by the mout lr Ci 1 milking clothes that t l using are are- trl from objectionable fee feeds da and al oders and proper cleanliness of Io o r rand and are all that Is 18 needed 1 1 ti an otherwise objection I able condition n Mr MI Bateman e ex ez tj a plains Green feed reed such as ag green alfalfa sweet clover legume and corn cornage age and wet beet pulp pea VI el els s l. l silage beet top brewers brewer s grain ano anu characteristic turnips turnip convey e flavors an and odors in milk By Br experiments it has bas been found that feeding 3 30 30 lt of or alfalfa to dairy I pounds green dal If f cows one hour before beCore milking pr I a off of flavor in th tai I milk Green alfalfa should be fe tea eta u after milking and In case of alfalfa d pasture cows should be taken o off pasture four tour to flue five hours b before fore milking asserts Mr Bateman j jAs As a general rule a healthy cow ow will produce milk free from off off- flavors or odors The above feeds teeds and an excess of certain feeds such I as rye-pasture rye and some somo varieties 8 of roots may also cause an off flavor Cavor in the milk of an animal In general feeds are re re- re responsible span for for very few of the off ott tt flavors which occur in cream eream that more sanitary methods on farm will result In a decided Improvement improvement Im- Im provement In tho the quality of or the cream I The IThe elimination of ot another cauree of oC oxidised flavor is not so clear Looking ahead it may be bever bevery ver very complicated and might eve even SI take the form of or a breeding problem pro lem saS says Mr Bateman |
