Show a M al M 90 4 Is ML POOR POORLY ly FED COWS GIVE SAME CREAM important to learn leam mills milk standard standa rd before buying there la Is no foundation in fact for the general belief that the cows which give poor thin milk are those that are starved or fed a limited orun or unbalanced bal ration says dr george H glover ahead of 0 the veterinary division of the colorado agricultural college many feeding experiments have tally fully demonstrated that the percentage of creaman cream in milk Is not materially altered either by the amount or quality of feed doctor glover states when the feed Is reduced in quantity less milk Is obtained but the percentage of cream remains the same therefore the importance of breeding as fas well as feeding for milk and cream production Is apparent A grade jersey family cow kept under observation at the college veterinary hospital for several weeks gave very poor milk with a butterfat c content of only 17 per cent it was found in experiments that this butterfat content of the milk could nt not be altered by the most liberal feeding she was in perfect health and the owner had purchased her because she looked like a good cow this demonstrates the importance of learning the milk standard of dairy cows bafo before re they are bought doctor glover says he also points out that each quarter of a cows udder secretes milk of a different composition the milk of each of the four glands varying in the percentage of fat water albumin sugar mineral and specific gravity gravit Y tests have fully demonstrated that the mammary glands of the r same cow are anatomically and physiologically different |