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MANUAL OF MILK PRODUCTS 



The following, compiled by Wing from a large number of 

 analyses made at various American Agricultural Experiment 

 Stations, will give a general idea of the average composition 

 of the milk of the more common breeds, so far as it relates to 

 total solids and fat : 



INFLUENCE OF BREED ON SOLIDS AND FAT IN MILK 



Influence of individuality of cow. 



While there is great difference in the average fat-content of 

 milk from the different breeds, there is also wide variation in 

 the individual animals within any given breed. It would be 

 difficult to find two cows in any breed whose milk contained 

 the same percentage of fat; in fact, the variations between 

 individual cows in a breed are likely to be as great as the average 



