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give as rich a milk as those giving less, it does not 

 necessarily follow, as is too commonly believed, that 

 cows yielding large quantities of milk yield poor 

 milk; for it is quite possible to have both a large 

 yield of milk, and one of good quality. 



All farmers are aware that, so far as the quality of 

 milk is concerned, no cows yield so rich a milk as 

 the Jersey and Guernsey cows. Analyses of the milk 

 of cows belonging to these breeds are on record which 

 show an extraordinarily large percentage of total 

 solids. As an example of such milk, reference may be 

 made to a sample analysed by the author, in which the 

 total solids amounted to no less than 18 '3 9 per cent. 

 The milking records made in connection with the Lon- 

 don Dairy Show(1880-89) also illustrate this. Thus : 



Total Solids. Fat. 



Shorthorns . . 12-87 373 



Jerseys . . 14-65 5'02 



Guernseys . . 14 -2 3 4-90 



Ayrshires . . 13-43 4-15 



But a more convincing evidence of this difference 

 is afforded by comparing the average of the results of 

 a large number of analyses of the milk of different 

 breeds ; and interesting statistics, recently published 

 in America, may be cited in this connection. 1 The 

 results have been drawn from hundreds of analyses 

 of samples of milk obtained from six different breeds. 

 They are as follows : 

 1 American Experiment Station Record, vol. v. No. 10, p. 945. 



