EFFECT OF FEEDING CABBAGE AND POTATOES 
FEEDING AN AVERAGE OF 24 POUNDS ONE HOUR BEFORE MILKING 
There was a more marked effect on the flavor and odor of the milk 
when the amount of cabbage consumed one hour before milking was 
increased from an average of 14.3 pounds (out of 15 pounds fed) to 
an average of 24 pounds (out of 30 pounds fed). In a total of 358 
opinions on 86 samples of milk produced by cows consuming an 
average of 24 pounds, only 19.6 per cent rated the milk normal in 
flavor and 16.8 per cent normal in odor. 
The percentage of opinions rating the milk very slightly off also 
decreased somewhat as compared with the milk from cows consum- 
ing an average of 14.3 pounds, 21.2 per cent rating the milk very 
slightly off flavor and 22.6 per cent giving a similar rating to the 
odor. 
The opinions rating the milk as slightly off and off in flavor were 
increased from 22.9 to 25.7 per cent, and from 15.1 to 33.5 per cent; 
and those rating the milk as slightly off and off on odor increased 
from 26.2 to 28.5 per cent, and from 11.8 to 32.1 per cent, respec- 
tively. (See Table 3 and fig. 1.) 
Table 3. — Opinions on flavor and odor of 86 samples of milk from covjs fed 80 
pounds (average consumed 24- pounds) of cabbage one hour before milking 
Character of samples 
Flavor 
Odor 
Opinions 
Per cent 
Opinions 
Per cent 
70 
76 
92 
120 
19.6 
21.2 
25.7 
33.5 
60 
81 
102 
115 
16.8 
Very slightly off . .--_. 
22.6 
Slightly off 
28.5 
Off 
32. 1 
Total 
358 100.0 
358 1 100.0 
FEEDING AN AVERAGE OF 25 POUNDS IMMEDIATELY AFTER MILKING 
There was but slight detrimental effect on the flavor and odor of 
milk when the cows consumed an average of 25 pounds of cabbage 
(out of 30 pounds fed) immediately after milking. A total of 176 
opinions on 33 samples of milk produced by cows consuming this 
amount after milking showed that 76.2 per cent of the opinions rated 
the samples, taken at the next milking, as normal in flavor and 79 
per cent as normal in odor. 
Among the opinions designating abnormal flavors and odors, 13.6 
per cent of the total number rated the samples as very slightly off 
on flavor, and 9.65 per cent rated them as very slightly off on odor; 
8.5 per cent and 1.7 per cent of the opinions rated the flavor slightly 
off and off, respectively; and 9.65 and 1.7 per cent gave the same 
ratings to the odor. (See Table 4 and fig. 1.) 
Table 4. — Opinions on flavor and odor of 83 samples of milk from cows fed 30 pounds 
{average consumed 25 pounds) immediately after milking 
Flavor 
Odor 
Character of samples 
Opinions 
Per cent 
Opinions 
Per cent 
134 
76.2 
13.6 
8.5 
1.7 
139 
17 
17 
3 
79.00 
24 
15 
3 
9.65 
Slightly off 
9.65 
Off 
1.70 
Total 
176 1 100. I 176 
100.00 
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