38 



MILK-ANALYSIS. 



during tte entire year, having fallen so low as 11.5. The 

 highest percentage of solids was 14.08. Only four times 

 during the year did the solids fall below 12 per cent. The 

 average was 12.8 per cent. 



My own observations, made on an entirely different plan, 

 fully bear out the statement, that cows' milk does not fall so 

 low as 11.5 per cent, of solids, and seldom so low as 12 per 

 cent. 



The following analysis may be published : — 



The first two specimens, named D. E., were specimens 

 of milk bought from milk-dealers believed to be perfectly 

 honest. The next five specimens were samples of milk pro- 

 duced on farms in the different counties named in the table. 

 Specimen YIII. is a sample taken by myself, out of some 

 fifty or sixty gallons of milk fresh from the country. Taken 

 altogether, the ten analyses represent the composition of an 

 immense quantity and of a great variety of milk, and sup- 

 port the conclusion arrived at in Sweden by Muller and 

 Eisenstuck. 



