Show bulhe SOY BEANS WILL NOT FLAVOR MILK no undesirable effects are found in illinois tet test ny by W 13 NEVENS university of illinois complaints that the feeding of soy beau tiny hay or ground soy beans to dairy cows affected the the flavors of milk cream and butter to such nn an extent that the products were were either not salable or their market value was lowered reached the department of husbandry during the past year these complaints originated in several different counties in the state showing that the trouble was not con confined to one locality experiments therefore were undertaken to learn the cause of the trouble and it if possible a remedy for it three groups of eight each were fed during sli six consecutive weekly periods ou on rations consisting of either red clover tiny hay or soy bean hay and a concentrate cen mixture with or without ground soy beans the ground soy beans formed from 10 to 25 per cent of the mixtures the milk produced was used in studies of flavor and com coin po atlon and butter was made from the cream neither Nelt lier high quality soy bean hay nor poor quality moldy soy bean hay was found to have any effect upon the flavor of the milk raw or pasteurized skim milk cream or butter ground soy sot beans were likewise without effect upon flavor the fat content of the milk was affected but slightly and the acidity was not changed appreciably marked differences in cream volume were noted but these seemed to be associated with individual cows the most pronounced effects of the rations were upon the body of the butter ground soy beans caused the body to be gummy and the condition became worse when the proportion of soy beans in the ration was increased soy bean hay had a similar effect but to a less degree there was a tendency tor for 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 the butter were not serious the score of the body of this butter was 1 to 1 points lower than that of the butter produced by the ration without soy beans the studies of this problem are being continued a and nd it Is hoped to be able to combine some feed with soybeans soy beans which will overcome in a great measure the undesirable effects upon the body of the butter |