EFFECT OF FEEDING TURNIPS ON FLAVOR OF MILK. 6 
consumer might have no serious objection to those samples rated as 
'•'slightly off"; and it is doubtful whether the flavors and odors 
rated as "very slightly off" would be noticed by persons other than 
those accustomed to judging milk and cream. 
THE EXPERIMENTAL FEEDING. 
CHECK SAMPLES. 
The check samples were taken from the milk of the check cows, 
which were fed only the basic hay and grain ration. A few off 
flavors and odors were noted in these samples, but they were very 
slight, and undoubtedly were instances 01 the slightly off flavors 
and odors which are frequently found in milk from individual cows. 
Out of a total of 285 opinions obtained on 50 check samples, 97.5 
per cent of the opinions on flavor and 94 per cent of those on odor 
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Fig. 1.— Effect of feeding turnips on flavor and odor of milk. 
showed a normal condition. All the off flavors and odors, that is, 
2.5 per cent of the opinions on flavor and 6 per cent of those on odor, 
were rated as very slightly off. (See Table 1 and fig. 1.) 
Table 1. 
on flavor and odor of 50 samples of milk from cows fed basic rations 
of hay and grain (check cows). 
Character of samples. 
Flavor. 
Odor. 
Opinions. 
Per cent. 
Opinions. 
For cent. 
Normal 
278 
7 


97. 5 
2.5 


268 
17 


94.0 
Very slightlv off 
6.0 
Slightlv off 

Off ... 

Total 
S85 
LdQ 
285 
100 
