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Butter, 3 lb. 



Dissolved and uncUssolved casseine,. „ 5 lb. 



Milk sugar....? 4 1b. 



Water, 87 lb. 



Chloride of sodium, t.. 1-6 lb. 



Chloride of potassium, ^Ib. 



Bone earth,> > | lb. 



Free soda, | lb. 



Total, 1001b. 



This is milk in a healthy condition. Of course it may contain 

 many deleterious substances. The best substitute for the natural 

 food of a child is rich cow's milk diluted with water and sweet- 

 ened with refined sugar. That chemist who shall succeed in in- 

 venting an equivalent for the natural food of the infant will confer 

 •a great favor upon ihe human race. If the digestive powers of 

 the stomach be weak, the curd may sour before it is dissolved in 

 the juices of the stomach, and will be ejected by vomiting. The 

 €urd of milk is devolved in the system of the nursing to the pro- 

 duction and support of muscles. Ordinary cow's milk will make 

 twice as much weight of veal as pork, because it contains the 

 elements of bone and muscle, and is better calculated to form 

 lean meat than fat. It is not proper food for a child, because its 

 constituents vary so much from the milk of human beings. This 

 fact should be better understood. 



HOW TO CHOOSE A GOOD COW. 



The Doctor gave it as his opinion that one of the most impor- 

 tant and true marks of a good milch cow is a large body — ^a 

 capacity to hold a large supply of food to convert in her chemical 

 laboratory into milk. 



Dr. Wellington observed that the best milk cow he ever knew 

 was noted for her great capacity of abdomen. 



Dr. Waterbury gave some very valuable hints to prove that a 

 breed of cattle good for beef, or rather the best breed for beef, 

 . will never be good for milk. He thinks Durhams make excellent 

 beef, but Devons always will produce the most good milkers. 



The Club then adjourned. 



H. MEIGS, Secretary, 



