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Mornings' milk, 72 tests : 



15 tests under fat standard (3 per cent.). 



1 test under solids not fat standard (8*5 per cent.). 



Noons' milk, 72 tests : 



None under fat standard (3 per cent. ). 



None under solids not fat standard (8 '5 per cent.). 



Evenings' milk, 72 tests : 



6 tests under fat standard (3 per cent.). 



None under solids not fat standard (8 '5 per cent.). 



The milk of the individual cows varied considerably in 

 quantity, but increase in quantity did not usually mean a 

 falling off in quality nor vice versa. In the case of the mixed 

 milk, the largest quantity of morning milk produced (Jan. 

 24th) was also the richest in fat, while the smallest quantity 

 of noon milk (March 7th) was poorest in fat. 



BROOMHATJGH RESULTS. 



At Broomhaugh, the milk of each of twelve cows has been 

 tested as at Offerton, but the tests have been continued 

 each fortnight throughout the whole of 1903. The cows have 

 not been the same throughout, as none of them continued in 

 milk for this period. The times of milking were 5'30 to 6'30 

 a.m., and 4 to 5 p.m. The cows were all shorthorns, from a 

 herd consisting of from thirty-six to thirty-eight cows. The 

 milk was all sent off by rail. 



Mixed milk. The mixed milk was under the standard of 

 fat once only, viz., on the morning of September 24th, when 

 the fat percentage was 2'8. The solids not fat were five times 

 just under the standard in the evening, being only so in 

 July and August ; and once in November they were as low as 

 8*2 per cent, in the morning's milk. The effects of indoor and 

 pasture feeding were as follows : Average fat in milk : 

 winter feeding indoors, 12 tests, morning, 3'T per cent. ; even- 

 ing, 4'0 per cent. Pasture feeding outdoors, 9 tests, morning, 

 3*4 per cent. ; evening, 4'1 per cent. These averages show that 

 the milk at Broomhaugh was practically as rich in fat during 



