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relationship between the milk sugar, proteids and mineral, matter 
agree well with the proportions 13 : 9 ;2, The percentage of butter fat is 
high, varying from 4 to 6. Indian cows’ milk is invariably very nearly 
white and the butter very pale yellow, unless coloured artificially.” 
The following table (Table I) contains .the analyses made by Dr. 
Thornley, late Health Officer E 1 . M. S., and the writer, the analyses of 
buffaloes’ milk (Table II) being appended in a separate table for com- 
parison with that of cows’ milk. 
The results obtained by Dr. Leather are also tabulated for com- 
parison, with slight alterations in the method of tabulating the results 
in order to be more easily compared with the analyses carried out by 
us. 
Table I. 
Composition of milks of individual cows from dairies in the vicinity 
of Kuala Lumpor. 
No. of 
Age of 
Spec. 
Total 
Fat %. 
Solids 
Cow. 
Calf. 
Grav. 
Solids. 
non fat. 
1 
3£ mons. 
1029.00 
14.00 
5.5 
8.50 
2 
2 
1034.00 
12.60 
3.3 
9.30 
3 
— 
1032.00 
13.25 
4.1 
9.15 
4 
— 
1032.00 
13.60 
4.5 
9.10 
5 
2^ mons. 
1032.00 
11.00 
2.4 
8.60 
6 
H „ 
1035.00 
12.20 
2.7 
9.50 
7 
8 
1029.50 
15.50 
6.6 
8.90 
8 
3 
1035.00 
12.40 
2.9 
9.50 
9 
9 
1032.50 
11.90 
3.0 
8.90 
10 
9 
1031.00 
12.40 
3.7 
8.70 
11 
8 
1036.00 
11.45 
1.9 
9.55 
12 
7 
' 1036.00 
11.00 
1.5 
9.50 
13 
4 
1031.00 
16.30 
7.0 
9.30 
14 
5 
1033.00 
14.40 
5.0 
9.40 
15 
4 
1033.50 
12.20 
3.1 
9.10 
16 
15 days. 
1034.50 
11.30 
2.1 
9.20 
17 
12 
1032.00 
11.50 
2.8 
8.70 
18 
12 
1032.50 
14.70 
5.4 
9.30 
19 
10 
1029.30 
15.80 
7.0 
8.8.0 
20 
15 
1031.30 
14.10 
5.1 
9.00 
21 
9 
4030.30 
15.60 
6.6 
9.00 
22 
2 mons. 
1032.30 
12.40 
3.5 
8.90 
23 
1 
1032.60 
12.00 
3.1 
8.90 
24 
1 
1031.50 
11.70 
3.1 
8.60 
25 
9 days 
1030.30 
12.60 
4.1 
8.50 
Average 
1032.34 
13.03 
4.0 
9.03 
Highest 
1036.00 
16.30 
7.0 
9.55 
Lowest 
1029.00 
11.00 
1.5 
8.50 
