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Table No. 9. — Showing comparison between results of the examination of goats' milk as 

 given by other authors and as determined in Manila. 



Kind of animal. 



Fat. 



Sugar. 



Total 

 proteids. 



Casein. 



Lact- 

 albumin. 



American goats (Rotch) 

 European goats (Konig) 

 Maltese goats in Manila. 

 Native goats in Manila- 



4.30 



4.80 

 4.75 

 5.73 



4.00 

 4.40 

 4.27 

 3.54 



4.70 

 4.30 

 3.23 

 4.05 



3.20 



1.10 



The same objections as those already mentioned for cows' milk must 

 obtain until the general conditions for securing and caring for this milk 

 have been much improved. All of these milks as they appear on the open 

 market are exceedingly dangerous bacteriologically, and the lack of large 

 herds makes it impossible to obtain any quantity of average, mixed milk. 



3. Carabaos' milk is extensively used as an infant food among the 

 poorer people and it is the least adapted to this purpose of any which 

 we have as yet studied. The results of analyses of 6 samples of cara- 

 baos' milk made by Charles L. Bliss, formerly of the Chemical Laboratory, 

 Bureau of Science, are given in the following table : 



Table No. 10. — Showing results of analyses of carabao milks. 





1. 



2. 



3. 



4. 



5. 



6. 



Averages. 





15 yrs. 



3 mos. 



1,700 



1.040 



12.76 



3.62 



6.97 



.99 



24.34 



25.28 



74.72 



12.52 



13 yrs. 



2 mos. 



1, 550 



1.037 



9.55 



3.82 



6.75 



.09 



20.02 



20.83 



79.17 



11.28 



6 yrs. 

 2 yrs. 



8 yrs. 

 1 yr. 



16 yrs. 



4 mos. 



1,000 



1.038 



8.65 



4.19 



5.54 



.85 



19.23 



19.92 



80.08 



11.27 



10 yrs. 



7 mos. 



1,500 



1.039 



8.36 



4.50 



5.46 



.85 



19.17 



19.79 



80.21 



11.43 









Amount of milk _ 





1.032 



13.22 



3.34 



6.78 



.90 



24.24 



24.24 



75.76 



11.02 



1.032 



11.56 



2.90 



6.34 



.82 



21.62 



22. 52 



77.48 



10.96 



1.036+ 

 10.63 



3.73 



6.31 

 .88 

 21.44 

 22.09 

 77.90 

 11.41 



Fat 







Ash 



Total - 



Solids by evaporation .. 



Solids not fat_ 





Two samples, 3 and 4, were treated with dilute hydrochloric acid. The 

 coagulum found was compared with that produced in fresh cows' milk similarly 

 treated. To 10 cubic centimeters of each of these milks 5 drops of hydrochloric 

 acid of 1.12 specific gravity were added and the whole heated to 37-38° C. Both 

 carabao milks became solid immediately. The coagulum very closely resembled 

 that produced by rennet in cows' milk. The result with the cows' milk was neg- 

 ative. This would indicate that carabao milk would need to be diluted con- 

 siderably for infants' feeding, as it would coagulate. 



Carabaos' milk as it is obtained and marketed in Manila, is about as 

 dangerous and dirty a mixture as it is possible to have. Bacteriologically, 

 it is excessively contaminated and chemically it is not easy properly to 

 modify for the use of infants. 



