1908.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT — No. 33. 107 



In addition to the above, F. W. Woll 1 gives the following : — 



Summary of American Analyses for Buttt r Fat in Milk of Pure-bred Cows. 



Breed. 



Jerseys 



Guernseys 



Holsteins, 



Ayrshires 



Shorthorns, . 

 Brown Swiss, . 

 Devons, 



ltter Fat (Per 

 Cent.). 



4.98 

 4.77 

 3. 28 

 3.S4 



3.73 



3.78 

 4.57 



(b) Foreign Data. 

 According- to Hucho 2 and Koenig, 2 German authorities, the 

 average composition of the milk of different breeds is as 

 follows : — 



The average breed tests, conducted at the annual dairy shows 

 of the British Dairy Farmers Associations, 1879-98 inclusive, 

 have given the following results : 4 — 



1 Twentieth report, p. 158. 



2 Hatch Experiment Station, Bulletin No. 110, pp. 6 and 7. See also Woll's Handbook, 

 first edition, p. 213. 



a Koenis, Hie Menschlichen Nahrungs- und Genussmittel. 



* Woll's Handbook, fourth edition, 1907, p. 241. 



