. Bulletin. Agriculture -- New Hampshire. 148 THE BABCOCK TEST produced an equal amount of milk during this period, cow No. 8 produced more than twice as much butter fat as cow No. 7. Since fat is worth from 20 to 30 cents a pound, we see the value of the Babcock test in enabling the farmer to weed out the unproductive cows. The variations in the per cent, of fat in milk from the same cow are also shown to be large. COMPOSITION OF MILK Forty-seven quarts of average cows' milk will weigh 100 pounds, of which 87 pounds is water, pounds fat, pounds casein and albumin, 5 pounds sugar, and
. Bulletin. Agriculture -- New Hampshire. 148 THE BABCOCK TEST produced an equal amount of milk during this period, cow No. 8 produced more than twice as much butter fat as cow No. 7. Since fat is worth from 20 to 30 cents a pound, we see the value of the Babcock test in enabling the farmer to weed out the unproductive cows. The variations in the per cent, of fat in milk from the same cow are also shown to be large. COMPOSITION OF MILK Forty-seven quarts of average cows' milk will weigh 100 pounds, of which 87 pounds is water, pounds fat, pounds casein and albumin, 5 pounds sugar, and .8 pounds ash. ^^—7 } cc \ n /. v/ w Fig. 1. Fig. 2. U Fig. 3. 175" £8 f-7 1-6 £5 1-4 1-3 |-a Li. 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 New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station. [Hanover, N. H. ] : New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station
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