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ration and the breed of the cow. A brief experiment will also be 

 reported showing the absence of these pigments in the body of a new- 

 born Jersey calf. 



Part IV (A) will report the chemical identification of the blood 

 serum pigment. It will show how blood carries the pigment and what 

 effect the character of the ration has upon the amount of pigment 

 carried by the blood and the amount secreted in the milk at the same 

 time. A brief study of the cause of the high color of colostrum 

 milk will also be reported. (B) This will consist of the report of a 

 few investigations relative to the fate of the carotin and xanthophyll? 

 of plants during their passage through the cow's body. (C) The 

 experiments reported here will show the character of the pigments 

 of human milk fat. 



