4 BULLETIN 1190, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
respectively, were rated as very slightly off. Of the opinions on 
flavor 1.2 per cent and of the opinions on odor 4.3 per cent were rated 
slightly off, while one opinion, or 0.3 per cent, rated a sample off in 
both flavor and odor. (See Table 1 and fig. 1.) 
/OO 
FA 4 VOX 
O0OP 
/OO 
A 3 C 
A - CHECK 
B - /5 POl/A/DS / MOt/P 3 E POPE M/LPT/A/O 
C - 30 POUNDS / POi/P 3EFOPE Af/L/f/A/G 
£?- /S POC/A/OS /F7P?£:a/A TELy AFFEF M/LP/A/G 
E-30 POt/A/DS /MMED/ATE-Ly AFTFF Ai/LK/A/G 
U 
A/0FA4/U. 
si/opriy opt 
m YE-Fy SL/GPTLy OFF 
OFF 
Fig. 1.— Effect of feeding green alfalfa on flavor and odor of milk. The degree of shading shows the 
relative intensity of the flavor and odor produced. 
Table 1. — Opinions on flavor and odor oj 75 samples of milk from cows fed basic ration 
of hay and grain (check cows). 
Rating. 
Flavor. 
Odor. 
Opinions. 
Per cent. 
Opinions. 
Per cent. 
Normal 
297 
27 
4 
1 
90.3 
8.2 
1.2 
.3 
292 
22 
14 
1 
£8.7 
Very slightly off 
6.7 
Slightly off 
4.3 
Off 
.3 
Total 
329 
100.0 
329 
100.0 
