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used because it is tcmtrarv to the Jjuddhist religion to 

 take the life ot the animal and to drink the milk which 

 thev sav is the life ot the call. 



"The percentage of fat and protein in the milk of the 

 Chinese buffalo cow is very high, higher than that ot 

 buffaloes in other parts of the world. More than eight 

 hundred analyses whicli haye been made during the past 

 two and one-half years of tifty buffalo co\ys haye shown 

 an ayerage of 1 2.60 per cent tat. Ten analyses haye 

 shown the milk to contain 6.04 percent protein, ^^.no 

 per cent sugar, 0.S6 per cent ash and 76. (So per cent 

 water. Similaranalyses ha\e shown tliat European cows' 

 milk in southern China contains: Fat, 3.80; proteids, 

 3.2:;; sugar, q.(}6; ash, o.Si and water, 86.20. The 

 total solids in buffalo milk is 23.20 per cent as compared 

 with I ;!.8o in European cows' milk. Three buffalo 



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