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COMPOSITION AND PROPERTIES OF MILK 

 COMPOSITION OF MILK. 



Table 80. Average, Maximum and Minimum Composition of 



Cow's Milk. 



Specific gravity at 60 F. 1.02^1.034; average 1.032. 

 Specific heat, at 61-62.6 F. .9406 .9523. (Chanoz and'Vaillant.) 

 At 57-61 F. .9457, at 81 F. .9351 (Fleischmann. 5 ) 

 Freezing point .54 to .57 C. Average .555 C. (31 F.) (Grim- 

 mer. 6 ) 



Table 81. Average Composition of Cow's Milk, by Major 

 Breeds. Percentage of Fat in Total Solids. 3 



1 Farrington and Woll, Testing Milk and Its Products, 1908. 



8 Van Slyke. Modern Methods of Testing Milk and Its Products. 1916. 



Eckles, Dairy Cattle and Milk Production, 1911. 



*Babcock, Wing Milk and Its Products, 1909. 



6 Fleischmann, Das Buch der Milchwirtschaft, 1901. 



Grimmer, Chemie und Physiologic der Milch, 1910. 



