THE COMPOSITION OF MILK 



Milk taken 10.51 gm. 

 section 3. 



EXAMPLE 



See 



Dish and milk ash 



Dish 



Ash 



GRAMS 



12.928 



12.850 



0.078 



10.51 : .078 : : 100 : x. 

 .078 x 100 



10.51 



= .74 per cent ash. 



9. Variations in Com- 

 position of Milk. Aver- 

 age milk has about the 

 following general com- 

 position : 



FIG. 2. Determining the ash in 

 milk. 



It is seldom that the extreme limits as given for the 

 composition of milk are met with ; occasionally an 

 individual animal may give milk of abnormally high 

 or low solids and fat, but it is rarely the case that 

 the milk from an entire herd will contain either the 



