182 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION 



Feeding 15 Pounds One Hour Before Milking. 



Feeding 15 pounds of turnips, which constitute about 

 half of a full feed, affected the flavor and odor of the milk. 

 In a total of 254 opinions on 45 samples of milk produced 

 by cows receiving this quantity of turnips, 30.7 per cent of 

 the opinions on flavor and 24.8 per cent of those on odor 

 rated the milk as normal. Opinions on flavor were about 

 equally divided between very slightly off and slightly off, 

 29.1 per cent rating the samples very slightly off and 27.2 

 rating them slightly off, while 13 per cent rated them off. 



Off odors were more readily perceived than off flavors, 

 a somewhat larger percentage of opinions rating the sam- 

 ples off in odor than in flavor. The ratings for odor were 

 30.3 per cent, 29.9 per cent, and 15 per cent for very 

 slightly off, and off, respectively. 



Feeding 30 Pounds One Hour Before Milking. 



There was a more marked effect on the flavor and 

 odor of the milk when the amount of turnips fed one hour 

 before milking was increased from 15 to 30 pounds. Out 

 of a total of 240 opinions on 42 samples of milk produced 

 by cows fed 30 pounds, only 6.7 per cent and 4.2 per cent 

 rated the milk normal in flavor and odor, respectively. The 

 percentage of opinions rating the milk very slightly off also 

 decreased somewhat as compared with feeding 15 pounds, 

 25.8 per cent rating the milk very slightly off flavor and 

 18.7 per cent giving a similar rating to the odor. 



By increasing the amount of turnips from 15 to 30 

 pounds, the opinions rating the milk as slightly off and off 

 on flavor were increased from 27.2 to 33.3 per cent and 

 from 13 to 34.2 per cent; and those rating the milk as 

 slightly off and off on odor increased from 29.9 to 37.5 per 

 cent and from 15 to 39.6 per cent, respectively. 



Feeding 30 Pounds Immediately After Milking. 



Feeding turnips at the rate of 30 pounds immediately 

 after milking has but little detrimental effect on the flavor 

 and odor of milk. A total of 232 opinions on 41 samples of 



