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1919 
milk of twelve cows, extending over a period of eighteen months, 
were made. Ten analyses were made for each of the remaining 
constituents. 
The analyses of buffalo milk included four hundred duplicate 
analyses for fat in a herd of fifty buffalo cows kept in the 
Canton Christian College dairy, including both individual and 
herd tests, and herd tests of five dairies in Canton. Compound 
analyses of both morning and afternoon milk were also made. 
The average was found to be 12.60 per cent fat. The lowest 
test was 9.80 per cent. The lowest average for a lactation 
period of all the cows was 9.65 per cent. The highest average 
was 15.60 per cent. The percentages of constituents in the buf- 
falo milk other than fat represent averages of ten analyses. The 
protein varied from 5.60 to 6.10, with an average of 6.04 per 
cent. Sugar was low, varying from 3.51 to 3.75, with an average 
of 3.70 per cent. The average for ash was 0.86, varying from 
0.71 to 0.99 per cent. The total solids averaged 23.20, varying 
from 21.00 to 25.20 per cent. 
Tables II and III give the analyses of milk for fat, and Tables 
IV to XVII the production records of buffalo cows for which 
we have records extending over a period of several months, 
or for entire lactation periods. The analyses for butter fat 
were made twice a month. The milk for twenty-four hours 
was weighed twice a month. The average of the two analyses 
was taken as the average for the month, and the average amount 
of milk at the two weighings was taken as the average daily 
production for the month. The cows were all in the Canton 
Table II . — Complete analyses of buffalo milk. 
[The samples analyzed were composite samples taken from twelve cows in the college dairy 
in November, 1917. The milking in the morning was begun at 4 o’clock, and in the 
afternoon, at 2 o'clock. Numbers give percentages.] 
Sample No. 
Time. 
Fat. 
Ash. 
Protein. 
Sugar. 
Total 
solids. 
Water, j 
i 
a. m 
11.00 
0. 94 
6.04 
4.00 
22.98 
77.02 
2 
p. m 
12.80 
0. 90 
6. 10 
3.57 
23. 37 
76.63 
3 . 
13.00 
0.71 
5.71 
3.32 
23. 02 
76.98 
4 . . _ 
_ _do ___ 
13.63 
0.74 
5.94 
3.57 
22. 88 
77. 08 
5 
12. 10 
0. 90 
6. 14 
3.83 
22.87 
77.04 
6 
14.00 
0.92 
6. 42 
3.87 
25.21 
74.79 
7 
a. m 
11.50 
0.95 
5. 80 
3. 70 
22.95 
77. 05 
8 
12.00 
0. 94 
6.00 
3.60 
22. 54 
77.45 
9 
12.34 
1.04 
6.28 
3.71 
23.37 
76.63 
10-.- 
-_do 
12.20 
0. 77 
5.90 
4.23 
23. 02 
76.98 
Averages 
12. 46 
0.88 
6.04 
3. 70 
23.08 
76.92 
