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The difference in these milks may be partially accounted for by the
difference of the time between the milkings. Those on the 25th
September being taken at 8 a.m., the previous milking would be about 15
or 16 hours before. Those on the 8th inst. were taken in the afternoon
about 3 o'clock, the cows having been milked about eight or nine hours
before. The feeding of the cows may have been better attended to after
the first samples were taken ; and the milking better done on the second
occasion.
(Signed) Jas. WEATHERITT,
Sanitary Inspector.
The points which suggest themselves by this report are—
(a) Can the amount of solids and fat in milk be influenced by
the way in which the cow is fed ?
(b) Is the first portion of milk taken from a cow at the milking
period usually deficient in fat ?
(c) Is the first portion of milk taken from a cow at the milking
period usually deficient in solids ?
(d) Can the amount of fat be influenced by the period of milking
adopted by the milkman ?