BULLETIN 1190, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
FEEDING 15 POUNDS IMMEDIATELY AFTER MILKING. 
Feeding green alfalfa at the rate of 15 pounds immediately after 
milking had practically no effect on either the flavor or odor of the 
milk. A total of 234 opinions on 48 samples of milk produced by 
cows receiving this amount after milking showed 93.6 per cent of the 
opinions rated the samples as normal in flavor and 92.3 per cent nor- 
mal in odor. This is slightly higher than the per cent of normal opin- 
ions on the check samples. Of the opinions designating off flavors 
and odors, those rating the samples as very slightly off were most 
numerous, 3.4 per cent representing flavor and 5.6 per cent repre- 
senting odor; while 1.7 per cent and 1.3 per cent of the opinions 
rated the flavor slightly off and off, respectively, and 1.3 per cent 
and 0.8 per cent gave the same ratings to the odor. (See Table 4 
and fig. 1.) 
Table 4. — Opinions on flavor and odor oj 48 samples of milk from cows fed 15 pounds 
of green alfalfa immediately after milking. 
Rating. 
Flavor. 
Odor. 
Opinions. 
Per cent. 
Opinions. 
Per cent. 
219 
8 
4 
3 
3! 4 
1.7 
1.3 
216 
13 
3 
2 
92.3 
5.6 
Slight^ off 
1.3 
Off 
.8 
Total 
234 
100.0 
234 
100.0 
FEEDING 30 POUNDS IMMEDIATELY AFTER MILKING. 
Feeding 30 pounds of green alfalfa immediately after milking 
apparently improved the flavor and odor of the milk. A total of 
181 opinions on 43 samples of milk produced by cows fed this amount 
after milking showed 98.35 per cent of the opinions rating the samples 
as normal in flavor and 97.8 per cent normal in odor. The few 
opinions rating the milk off in flavor were equally divided among the 
three different groups, 0.55 per cent being allocated to each. In 
the case of off odors there was a slight increase in the number of 
opinions rating the samples very slightly off, 1.7 per cent repre- 
senting this group. One opinion, or 0.5 per cent of the total number, 
rated the samples off, while none rated them slightly off. (See 
Table 5 and fig. 1.) 
Table 5. — Opinions on flavor and odor of 43 samples of milk from cows fed 30 pounds of 
green alfalfa immediately after milking. 
Rating. 
Flavor. 
Odor. 
Opinions. 
Percent. 
Opinions. 
Percent. 
178 
1 
1 
1 
98.35 
.55 
.55 
.55 
177 
3 

1 
97.8 
1.7 
Slightly off 
.0 
Off 
.5 
Total 
181 
100. 00 181 
100.0 
