EFFECT OF GREEX EYE AND GEEEX COWPEAS ON FLAVOR OF MILK 
FEEDING 30 POUNDS ONE HOUR BEFORE MILKING 
When the quantity of green cowpeas consumed was increased from 
an a V e r a 2: e of 14.7 
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30 
pounds (out of 15 
pounds fed) to an aver- 
age of 29.2 pounds (out 
of 30 pounds fed) there 
Tvas an increase in the 
percentage of abnormal 
flavors and odors in the 
milk. A total of 195 
opinions on 55 sam- 
ples produced by cows 
consuming the larger 
quantity of green cow- 
I)eas showed 69.2 per 
cent of the opinions rat- 
ing the milk normal in 
flavor and 68.7 per cent 
normal in odor. In 
the case of abnormal 
flavors and odors, 21.1 
per cent rated the milk 
very slightly off in 
flavor and 24.6 per cent 
rated it very slightly 
off in odor. Likewise 
5.1 and 1.6 per cent of 
the opinions rated the 
milk slightly off and off respectively in both flavor and odor. 
Table 7 'and fig. 2.) 
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Fig. 
-Effect of feeding- greea cowpeas on tlie flavor 
and odor of milk 
(See 
Table 7. — Opinions on -flavor and odor of 55 samples of milk from coics fed 30 
pounds (average consumed 29.2 pounds) of coiopeas one hour 'before mUkinff 
Character of samples 
Flavor 
Odor 
Opinions 
Per cent 
Opinions 
Per cent 
Normal 
135 
47 
10 
3 
69.2 
24.1 
5.1 
1.6 
134 
48 
10 
3 
68 7 
Very slightly off 
24 6 
Slightly off 
5. 1 
Off-.. . 
1.6 
Total 
195 
100.0 
195 
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FEEDING 30 POUNDS IMMEDIATELY AFTER MILKING 
There was but slight effect on either the flavor or the odor of the 
milk produced at the next milking when the cows consumed an av- 
erage of 29.1 pounds (out of 30 pounds fed) immediately after the 
previous milking. A total of 183 opinions on 51 samples of milk 
produced by cows consuming this quantity of green cowpeas imme- 
cliatel}^ after milking showed 88.6 per cent of the opinions rating 
the milk normal in flavor, and 83.1 per cent normal in odor. In the 
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