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milk. To compete with tinned milk, fresh cows milk, on this 

 basis, would have to be sold at 4|d. per quart. 



REPORT ON THE MILK OF JAMAICA COWS. 

 By H. S. Hammond, F.C.S., Assistant Chemist. 

 Dairy No. I. — These cows are stall-fed, receiving oil-cakes and 

 middlings, and guinea-grass. They are milked at 4, a.m. and 12, 

 noon ; these samples were taken at noon. The amount of total 

 solids and of fat is high throughout ; the ash in the case of No. 7 

 is low ; the non-fatty solids are very low in the case of No. 2, and 

 decidedly low in No. 7. The mixed milk, i.e, as sold to the pub- 

 lic, is of excellent quality. These cows are mainly Barbadians, 

 which are descendants of Channel Island cattle, famous for the 

 richness of their milk, imported into Barbados several generations 

 ago. 



Dairy No. 2. — These are all native cows running at pasture and 

 receiving no artificial food. They are milked (with the calf) at 

 5 a.m. and I p.m. ; these samples were taken at i p.m. They are 

 ordinary Jamaica cows ; the richness of the milk is partly ac- 

 counted for by the calves removing the first milk, which is the 

 poorest. 



