32 Milk and Its Products. 
the same breed is as great as the difference be- 
tween the average percentage of fat in the breeds 
giving the richest and poorest milk. 
The variations due to the breed of the animal 
extend, of course, in some measure to the butter 
made from the milk. This is particularly true of 
the color and hardness of the fat. But while 
these differences are sufficient in amount to be 
characteristic, they scarcely affect the quality of 
the butter as a whole. While some partisans may 
contend that the butter made by their favorite breed 
is of superior quality, it would be well nigh impos- 
sible, in any given case, by an examination of the 
butter, to say from what breed of cows it had 
been made. Butter of the very best quality in tex- 
ture, color and flavor may be made from the milk 
of any breed of cows. 
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