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and yet this man will claim in the abstract that he can 

 feed richness into the milk of the cow. 



In conclusion, allow me to repeat the offer which I 

 have often made, that if any six farmers can agree on 

 the character of the ration which they claim is the best 

 for feeding richness into a cow's milk, and will also 

 settle on the proper ration for feeding thinness into a 

 cow's milk, I shall be very glad to make a thorough 

 test of the matter not only on our own herd, but on 

 several others also. As a fact, when rations have been 

 given us, said to produce rich milk or thin milk, they 

 have been very much mixed up, one man claiming that 

 a certain feed, bran, for instance, gives rich milk, while 

 another is equally positive that bran gives thin, watery 

 milk. And in regard to the effect of feed on the char- 

 acter of milk we find a wide variety of opinion, and a 

 series of more than 1,000 tests which we completed ten 

 days ago seem to show conclusively that the popular 

 idea in regard to succulent pasture feed having an 

 effect on the milk is decidedly wrong." 



John Gould says : 



1. " In my dairy experience, I find that it makes no 

 difference how generously I feed the cows, they each 

 keep right on giving the same kind of milk — possibly 

 more of it — so far as I can judge. A heifer may 

 improve in the quality of her milk until she becomes 

 fully developed as a cow, and then the character of 

 her milk becomes fixed, or substantially so. Milk 

 varies in fat contents from day to day. Disturbing 

 causes I think affect the milk fats more than any of 

 the other solids; but for an average for the season 

 the fats are not greatly, if at all, changed with respect 

 to the cheese and sugar. I am not aware that there 

 are any authentic tests made public that go to show or 



