MILK AND MILKING HOURS.
INTERESTING INVESTIGATIONS. Mr S. H. Collins (Proc. Univ., Durham, Pj&U;), has co-ordinated jfte data pfe'tatned during the last jtewj yeji's by the/'Agricultural pWsarthffinfs t)f 4he colleges and M ; .nlv. -(TOuncils upon the comp&rr&on,S of ■ - milk e at intervals,
with the following results: — When ehe intervals between milking are about 12 and 12 hours, for example, cows milked at 6 a.m. and 6 p,m., then the morning fat exceeds evening fat by 0.18 per cent, on the average of 22 tests. When the intervals between milking are about 13 and eleven hours, for example, cows milked at 6 a.m. and 5 p.m. then the evening fat exceeds morning fat by 0.33 per cent' on the average of 192 tests. When the intervals between milking are about 14 and 10 hours, for example, cows milked at 6 a.m. and 4 p.m., then the evening fat exceeds morning fat by 0.70 per cent, on the average of 18 tests. When the intervals between milking are about 14 and 9% hours, for example, cows milked at 6 a.m. and 3.30. p.m., then the evening fat exceeds morning fat by 1.09 per cent, on the average of 391 tests.
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Waipa Post, Volume II, Issue 71, 19 December 1911, Page 4
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