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sweat or oil glands in the skin makes 
it an easy animal to keep clean. The 
scant hair on the body affords a poor 
hiding place for lice, so that they can 
easily be detected and eradicated. The 
absence of tuberculosis among buffalos, 
and their resistance to the tick fever, 
adds much to their value as dairy cows. 
The breeding of the native buffalo of 
China for milk production, and the im- 
portation of Indian dairy buffalos 
should be encouraged in every way pos- 
sible, rather than the importation of 
European cows to China, because of 
the danger from tuberculosis in the 
latter. 
OBJECTIONS TO THE BUFFALO FOR 
DAIRY PURPOSES 
The chief reason why so few buffalo 
cows are used for dairy purposes in 
China is no doubt due to the fact that 
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they give but little milk, and that, while 
the milk contains about three and one- 
half times as much fat and nearly twice 
as much total solids as does European 
cow's milk, it usually sells for the same 
price. However, as soon as the public 
knows the value of buffalo milk it 
should command a much higher price 
than it does at present. Cows which 
have not been especially bred for milk 
production, but were simply selected 
from ordinary buffalo cows, produce 
as much as 10 pounds of milk a day for 
several months. This fact indicates 
that individual cows, giving a much 
larger amount of milk, may be secured 
in a few generations of selection and 
breeding for dairy purposes. 
Some authorities claim that buffalo 
cows need a bath twice a day in order 
to be kept at their best. It is the cus- 
tom for animals to be driven to canals 
TaBLeE IV.—Analyses of Canton Buffalo Milk and European Cow's Milk Compared. 
(The per cent of fat represents the average of about 800 analyses, and the per cent of the other 
constituents represents the average of 10 analyses made by the writer.) 
Canton Buffalo 
milk, per cent 
Total solids (including | the ‘fat, ash, pro- 
Water.. 
12 
6. 
3 
teids and popes): Re ie hts j 23%. 
ee heres 76. 
| European cow's 
milk in Canton, 
European cow’s 
milk in America, 
per cent per cent! 
60 3.80 3.69 
03 Ds) 3.53 
74 5.63 4.88 
89 82 ar) 
11 13.89 12.83 
89 86.11 87.17 
TABLE V.—Analysis of Buffalo Milk in Southern China Compared with That in Other Countries 
Southern China| India? | Phitiine Italy* 
per cent | per cent | per cent per cent 
| ee 
Pe Re etn A Ae Bib hie 7:95 |. SvRRRRRMe| 3 < ope 
PROvEM aah tere eae 6.03 4.00 4.97 4.13 
Sugar | 3.74 Sats 5.16 | 4.75 
ASH. sacnswetwnns suk cinema moe .89 78 83 } 97 
Water 76.89 82.09 82.20 82.16 
1From Wing: “Milk and Its Products,”’ p. 17. 
2,4 from Bailey’s Cyclopedia of Agriculture, Vol. iii, page 295. 
3 Philippine Agriculturalist and Forester, Vol. vi, December, 1917, page 110. 
