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EXPERIMENT STATION, 



[Jan. 



Composition of Mixed INIilk (largely Grade Cows, All Breeds) . 



American and Foreign. 



Naturally, the larger the proportion of cows in a given area 

 producing thin milk, the nearer will the mixed milk in that 

 area approach 12 per cent, solids; and the larger the propor- 

 tion of cows in a given area producing thick or rich milk, the 

 nearer will the average of the mixed milk be to 13 per cent, or 

 more of solids. 



1 Number of cows. 



2 Koenig, Die Menschlichen Xiihrungs- und Genussmittel. 



3 Dairy Chemistry, Richmond, p. 120. 



4 Eighteenth rejiort, p. 2-23. 



6 Bulletin No. 110 (Amherst and Northampton Milk Supply). 

 6 Modern Methods of Testing Milk, p. 15. 



