. Dairy fortunes. Dairying. 22 DAIRY FORTUNES. When a cow is fresh, her milk is low in fat and highest when stripping. It may vary as much as 40 per cent. Test her carefully, when she has been in milk about three, five and six months, for several days and the average for the three tests will be about the per cent, your cow will test. In testing, always take the sample from the entire milking after it has been mixed thor- oughly. The first milk of a milking is very poor in fat, and the last very rich, the last half being about 2^ times as rich as the first Never Tested. When is a Cow's M
. Dairy fortunes. Dairying. 22 DAIRY FORTUNES. When a cow is fresh, her milk is low in fat and highest when stripping. It may vary as much as 40 per cent. Test her carefully, when she has been in milk about three, five and six months, for several days and the average for the three tests will be about the per cent, your cow will test. In testing, always take the sample from the entire milking after it has been mixed thor- oughly. The first milk of a milking is very poor in fat, and the last very rich, the last half being about 2^ times as rich as the first Never Tested. When is a Cow's Milk Richest?—It is claimed that milk is richer in fall and winter and poorer in spring and summer. With most cows this is true, but there are ex- ceptions, as some cows will test fully as high in May and June as they will in fall and winter. The low test is evidently due to atmospheric conditions and annoyances from the heat, flies, etc. I have observed that when cows are kept in a cool place away from flies, the milk tests higher than when they are in pasture, subject to all the nervous annoyances of hot, dry Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Larkin, Landy. Cincinnati, O. , Specialty publishing co
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