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THE FREEZINO POINT OF SOMK .-VBNORMAL MILKS. 



HERD B.— i2 COWS.) 



These results clearly show that the samples originally 

 received, while below the legal miiiinium standard at which 

 milk may be sold, had not been adulterated by the addition 

 of added water. 



The causes of the abnormality seem to have been 

 similar in each case. In each, the cows got most of their 

 food by grazing on the roads and vacant lands in their 

 vicinity, and although the dairies were nearly two miles 

 apart, the soil in the district is very poor, and the grass, 

 therefore, probably poor in both quantity and quahty. 

 The food supply of the cows may therefore be safely taken 

 as having been below normal. 



Most of the cows were nearing the end of their period of 

 lactation which is recorded as the period when " salty " 

 milk is generally noted. 



The inspector reported that cow No. 3 in Herd " A " 

 was obviously sick. 



The only cow giving milk which could be classed as 

 normal was No. 2 of Herd "A." 



The striking feature of these results is that from 

 eight cows, seven of them being apparently in good health, 

 only one cow gives milk which is normal. All the others 



