MILK - ANALYSIS. 



CHAPTEE I. 



INTRODUCTORY. 



MILK, which is the secretion of the mammary glands, and 

 constitutes the entire food and drink of the young mammal, 

 is an aqueous solution of caseine, milk-sugar, and small 

 quantities of mineral material, and holds in suspension a 

 quantity of fat in a state of fine subdivision. 



The milk of the cow, to which we will confine our atten 

 tion in this work, has been analyzed at various times by 

 many chemists. My own analyses, which are among the 

 most recent, are as follows : 



In 100 cubic centimetres of average country milk I 

 found 



Water . 

 Fat 



Caseine . 

 Milk-sugar 

 Ash 



90.09 grammes. 

 3.16 



4,16 &quot; 

 4.76 &quot; 

 0.73 



102.90 



