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Philippine Journal of Science 



1919 



Table IX. — Milk produced by buffalo cow 6'. Average fat for six months, 



12.34 per cent. 



1 Freshened August 2, 1916. Lactation period ended June 84, 1917. Records 



1, 1917.] 



began January 



Month. 



Morning-. 



Afternoon. 



For 24 hours. 



Aver- 

 age 

 fat. 



Total for month . 



Milk. 



Fat. 



Milk. 



Fat. 



Milk. 



Fat. 



Milk. 



Fat. \ 





lbs. 

 2.2 

 2.4 

 1.9 

 2.0 

 1.2 

 1.2 



P. ct. 

 9.0 

 10.0 

 13.0 

 10.5 

 12.00 

 10.2 



lbs. 

 1.7 

 1.7 

 1.4 

 1.4 

 0.9 

 1.2 



P.ct. 



12.9 

 14.1 

 16.3 

 13.9 

 12.5 

 12.5 



lbs. 

 3.9 

 4.1 

 3.3 

 3.4 

 2.1 

 2.4 



lbs. 

 0.414 

 0.480 

 0.435 

 0.425 

 0.268 

 0.282 



P. ct. 



10.6 



11.7 



13.2 



11.9 



12.88 



11.69 



lbs. 

 120.9 

 114.8 

 102.1 

 102.0 

 63.1 

 72.0 



lbs. ; 

 12. 81 : 

 13.41 j 

 13.47 

 12.14 



8.42 



8.41 









May 





Totals for six months 

















574.9 



68.66 



i 

















Table X. — Milk produced by buffalo cow 7. Average fat for five months, 



13.82 per cent. 



[Freshened July 4, 1916. Lactation period ended May 31, 1917. Records began January 1. 1917.] 



Month. 



Morning. 



Afternoon. 



For 24 hours. 



Aver- 

 age 

 fat. 



Total for month. 



Milk. 



Fat. 



Milk. 



Fat. 



Milk. Fat. 



Milk. 



Fat. ! 





lbs. 

 2.2 

 1.7 

 1.3 



1.8 

 0.6 



P. ct. 



12.2 

 12.0 

 12.0 

 13.1 

 16.0 



lbs. 

 1.2 

 1.6 

 2.0 

 2.1 



P.ct. 



13.6 

 15.2 

 15.3 

 16.0 



lbs. lbs. 



3.4 1 0.432 

 3.2 j 0.432 

 3.2 ; 0.464 

 3.9 0.441 

 0.6 j 0.096 



P.ct. 



12.84 



13.2 



14.1 



14.7 



16.0 



76s. 

 92.0 

 89.6 

 118.0 

 107.0 

 18.6 



lbs. 

 11.81 

 11.83 

 16.64 

 15.73 



2.87 



February 





April 



May 



Totals for five months - 



















425. 2 58. AS 









1 









Table XI. — Milk produced by buffalo cow 8. Average butter fat for five 

 months, 15.J*8 per cent. 



[Freshened May 2, 1916. Lactation period ended May 31, 1917. Records began January 1, 1917.] 



Morning. 



Month. 



January -- 



February •_ 



March - 



April 



May 



Totals for five months . 



Milk. 



lbs. 

 1.5 

 1.8 

 1.4 

 1.1 

 1.1 



Fat. 



P.ct. 



14.0 

 14.6 

 14.4 

 15.0 

 16.5 



1 w 



Afternoon . 



For 24 hours. 



Aver- 

 age 



Total for month. 















Milk. 



Fat. 



Milk. 



Fat. 



fat. 



Milk. 



Fat. ; 



lbs. 



P.ct. 



lbs. 



lbs. 



P.ct. 



lbs. 



lbs. 



1.7 



17.2 



3.2 



0.481 



15.0 



99.2 



14.8 



1.0 



17.4 



2.8 



0.437 



15.6 



76.4 



11.92 ! 



0.8 



17.6 



2.2 



0.333 



15.1 



68.2 



10.30 



0.7 



16.7 



1.8 



0.227 



15.4 



54.0 



8. St ' 



1.0 



17.6 



2.1 



0.347 



16.5 



65.1 



10.74 ! 













362. 9 



56.08 ] 













Kowloon, Hongkong, had thirty cows that were giving from 10 

 to 20 pounds of milk a day on dry rice straw and very little 

 rice and bran, when visited by me in January, 1919. When 



