FOOD AND ITS COMPOSITION. 



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Quantity and description of food supplied to six cows during twenty* 

 seven and a third weeks, and its composition in proximate elements 

 and minerals. 



ANALYSIS OF MILK BY HAIDLEN. 



Water, 873. 



Butter, 30. 



Caseine, 48.2 



Milk sugar, 43.9 



Phosphate of lime, 2.31 



Magnesia, 42 



Iron, 07 



Chloride of potassium, 1.44 



Sodium and Soda, 66 



1000.00 



