8Q AGRICULTUKAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



4. Analyses of Milk and Cream. 



The station herd consisted of six cows of various grades, 

 purchased in the vicinity, and are fair representatives of the 

 cows kept by average farmers of this section. Here follows 

 the monthly average of the composition of the milk. 



As some of the cows were replaced by others during the 

 year, no particular conclusions can be drawn relative to the 

 dift'erence in the solids and fat percentages. 



Fat. 



January, 



February, 



March, 



April, 



May, 



June, 



July, 



August, 



September, 



October, 



13.49 

 13.65 

 13.71 



13.76 

 13.49 

 13.36 

 13.48 



13.85 



4.33 



4.17 

 4.66 

 4.47 

 3.93 

 4.12 

 4.44 



3.87* 

 4.47 



* Cows not in good condition 



fat percen 



age noticeably affected. 



eani. 



Composition of Or 

 The station cream, ol)tained by the Cooley process, when 

 properly treated and the skim-milk carefully drawn, contains 

 about 18.50 per cent, of fat. 



5. "What the Creamery Record Shows. 



1. The nittritive ratio of the feed varied in 1893 from 

 1 : 3.50 to 1 : 5.00, with an average of 1 : 4.38 ; in 1894 

 from 1 : 4.50 to 1 : 5.50, with an average of 1 : 5.00. 



2. The average monthly percentage of fat in the milk 

 varied in 1893 from 4.37 to 4.84, with an average of 4.59 ; 

 in 1894 from 3.87 to 4.47, with an average of 4.27. 



