BUFFALO 6 MILK. 



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Composition. They give the composition 

 TABLE LXXXII. 



The milk is always white in colour, and the butter fat prepared 

 from it has only a slight yellowish tinge. Except that it is 

 much richer in fat, and somewhat so in solids not fat, it does 

 not differ greatly from cow's milk. The average fat was 7-57, 

 and the variations were from 4-08 to 9-95. Pappel and Bichmond 

 for Egyptian buffalos, Leather for Indian animals have each 

 pointed out that the ratio of milk-sugar, proteins, and ash is on 

 the average 12 : 10 : 2, as against 13 : 9 : 2 in cow's milk. 



Leather finds that the freezing point of Indian buffalo's milk 

 is the same as that of cow's milk. Pappel and the author found 

 0-30 per cent, of citric acid in Egyptian milk. 



The author has calculated the following formula as applicable 

 to buffalo's milk : 



T = 0-27 



1-191 F. 



The following notes on the constituents of the milk will show 

 the differences from cow's milk : 



Fat. Table LXXXIII. below gives the composition according 

 to various observers. 



TABLE LXXXIII. 



