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dilute with water before giving it to the foal; if bent on 

 pushing lambs for the show-ring, the stockman will use 

 the best cow's milk he can get, ewe's milk being so 

 much richer in fat than that from cows. One ewe' s milk 

 at the Wisconsin Station tested fourteen per cent, butter 

 fat. Milk tends to diminish in quantity and improve in 

 richness (per cent, of butter fat) as lactation progresses. 



COMPOSITION OP MILKS. — (HENRY. ) 





Water 



Casein and 

 Albumen 



Fat 



Sugar 



Ash 



Mare 



90.78 

 87.17 

 80.82 

 85.4 



1.99 

 3.55 

 6.52 

 6.04 



1.21 



3.69 

 6.86 

 8.24 



5.67 

 4.88 

 4.96 

 4.75 



35 





.71 



Ewe 



89 





1.07 







Fleming, in his Obstetrics, places the animals in the 

 order of the richness of their milks, as follows: bitch, 

 ewe, goat, sow, cow, camel, Woman, ass, mare. The 

 first milk, after the birth of the young is richer and 

 thicker than ordinary milk, containing a large per cent, 

 of albumen and ash, less water, and is termed Colostrum. 

 This colostrum is usually secreted during the first four 

 or five days after calving. It is intended by Nature to 

 remove the fecal matter (meconium) accumulated in the 

 bowels of the young animal before birth. This natural 

 purgative has done its work when the feces (dung) of 

 the young animal changes from a black or dark brown 

 to a yellowish color. 



Some breeders when preparing for a milk test get 

 their cows up to a rather fat condition previous to calv- 

 ing, then when the test begins a short time after coming 

 in, the fat on the animal gradually disappears, to reap- 



