A BUTTER-FAT POINT.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 647, 26 October 1909, Page 8

A BUTTER-FAT POINT.

!• , - MORNING OE EVENING MILK? i ' 'iTlie arrival of tho season of butter-fat coni: t&ts will-'give'enhanced'interest to. the. varyi' ing richness of the morning or evpning milk. The • question hafe even greater importance at Home, whcro rpilk vending covers;relatively a greater 'ta New Zealand are not alono m the possession of cows which sometimes give a morning t&t. that'dismays ■ us. A' • woJl-fcnowii • New Zealand, judge quotes a'case in which a cow inv a Canadian contest pwe- d; I.4;test in the njoruing, aqd a. 4.7 test, in the evening. It is this: that makes those contests which'are base<l on'only one milking practically valueless. In countries where but-ter-fat contests are 1 , commoner than in our own, it S is not n rare occurrence for a .competitor to arrange" for his' cows~ to . graze on tho sceno • of the*bohte3t: for Some, weeks before the actual ' competition begins, in. order tliat they may becomes accustomed to givo , their maximum vjeld. be quoted in .New Zea-' . lind w'hefe cows : sh'ovr : a 'decided -preference : fi)i'. a particular- paddock' on a farm, and give ,a- 'diminished .yield; if, grazed elsewhere. : ' Mn the ;milk'-vending: trade'at Home-difficulty : is. ; soraetimdi experienced in .'getting milk to ; come.up to:'the. standard" in'the mornings at , tiMes* of the year,.and under certain .'cbnditiqhs,- and.-.the.idea.is, held-.by.some. that', thei.'coriiparative '-richness or poorness of the morning . versus the evening ; milk is due . to unequal time 3 of', milking. , Air.-. Primrose • M'Connell.states that has, h&n .in the habit '. 'of ,milking. earlyiti the, afternoons, partly for/the purpose of suiting- the''.trains or .the trade, and ; partly to shorten the day's work, • and tho : variation in the analyses has been so accentuated ; thereby that many.-'peoplo think •it to.. this' cause. ~The. fact-re-, imaihs./lpwover.t that'even when.'.the, times of milking made.'.'absolutely.:, twelve hours apart, there.'is, still a . variation; to ;be found. It must boremembered .that 'ih some/parts of the country equal; times, of, milking, are 14 to lS - hours, and there is a host -of dnalyees of the'milk thus produced'on record., • .'The/. Highland ...aud .Agricultural. ':S6ciety >: of. Scotland ; ; nas .^fo'fcv,''several', testing :tfie l jnrifk':-of.Da'-';lax'ge;number y of^'liprds : - iri. tlie" ' 'Scotland,\cqntaining several thousands* of covre, ; and among other thifigs have published the anaylses of the morning: and even-■ ing yields of milk.; The universal evidenco; ofi these proves .that':;th& morihing's -milk is: ■ nlivaVs- poorerj 1 ;one -'lease,. :'w}iere. a - -'large; •ripinber. of';:cowß..-was the iii'.the: fatfcontettfe .was only. o.l;':per,', cent, but' .as 0.5- per', cent.' •The' point' is, .however,,. that- the.se njilkinga were at equal times apart, for throughout the (listriqt this has; alwayS';Boen 'the -custom, and ■ ,i£.Xa. .'few. ,ihayei/ hours;-. it /would not 5 > )i&ljejfo!l£4^teij v ' reSMts. ' It is a: fact,, •qfc' cpiK&j'Vnmf "tte•• peaier the inequality of. the fifties.'' fh'o 'greater" the inequality .of .the,, .fat/centents, and when cows are milked at.i. I say/i-'five^^o'clock: in the: morning and two; ,#cto'<^UnVtlie' : afternoon, - there will be great the" morning- milk up- >, On the. other \harid, thai ;®iii'jrHth^ , ?fimes approach;:' to equality the' , but ; become ac- : ; tually: equal,' :th'ptigh? thfivtimfi^. be 'equal. • .'It:; interest,Vund afford' • us ihfonnPtibfl'if someone /would. test ; a ;herd; .of\Vcow%'''".with«;the times of .'itiillcing: '• say,-atj five,;in the: _'mbrning,;anff;seven'.; at , night,, so • that this .night"; !;ftenpd ( L the,;Shp\'test.; ~As most' of ; get 'itheir .milk} SijKjijjß £"jgil?'.t^aipMrs , t,o"bo.:'donbtfur:'if,. milk. ;