The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-25
WEATER FIbRES
FOUND IN MILK
AT COMPETITION
Discovery Taken as Argu.
ment for Wearing White
Suits at Diaries.

The sixth quarterly milk and but
ter scoring was held by the Dairy and
Bacteriology Departments of the
Connecticut Agricultural college,
Storrs, Nov. 9. There we're II entries
of milk and three of butter against
six of milk and one of butter at the
July scoring.
In the milk class there were but
three samples that scored above 80.
The names Of the exhibitors of these
three samples follow:
Mrs. George Seward, Guilford, 94.16
WebOtuck Farm, Sharon, 1913
Conn. Colony for Epileptics Mans
field 1888
1t was very striking to note that
| the average scores on flavor and sed1-
ment for the IL samples we're par
! ticularly low, 2O56 and 1855 respec-
| lively. This scoring was held at a
season of the year when the cows are
being taken from pasture and kept
| in the barn; therefore these results
! might be expected. After a COW is
| accustomed to summer pasture. the
milk is usually of better favor than
| under winter conditions. There Is
less danger of getting various feed
fiavors and less danger Of a stable
flavor These favors were very COM
mon in the majority of the samples,
showing the effect of changing to
winter feed and housing. 1t is also
easier to produce milk low in sed1-
ment under summer conditions than
under winter conditions. It is evil
dent from the low average score on
sediment test that with the rush Of
late fall work, ETC., the herdsmen
| no ,o;y al n.
ton they will receive after getting
adjusted to winter conditions.
| An interesting point which brought
| out an argument for the clean milk
ing suit for mixers and attendants in
the milk room was that in two Of the
samples there appeared fbres from
wooden sweaters, one a red and an
| other a blue. AS cold weather comes
| on the sweater is commonly worn for
a milking jumper, and a good many
| times with the results above stated.
The writer is scoring one hundred
samples in another state in the month
Of March found that fully 80 per
cent. of the samples contained these
sweaters ibres
! There are two classes of exhibitors
| at our scorings, those who sell milk
in bottles and those who sell milk in
cans The latter class simply bottle
twop ints for scoring. The. scores to
date for sediment for these two
! classes show that there is very little
difference in the amount of sediment
found in the milk of these two classes
of producers. It was thought that
possibly those who made a practice
of selling their milk in bottles might
contain less sediment than those sell
| ing in cans
The amount of sediment found in
the milk depends largely on the kind
of a milk pail used and the method
Of straining and the effect Of these
two factors as well as other possible
| ones will be studied later.
The average bacteria score on the
~ samples of 31.75 out Of a possible
IS is relatively high, and some will
wonder why this is true when the
flavor score was low. In making a
comparison of flavor bacteria
scores all samples entered to date
were divided into three classes as re-
CARDS bacteria count. First class,
score for bacteria 80 to 35; second
class, score for bacteria rs to 80;
third class, score for bacteria below
rs. It was found that the average
! score for flavor in each class was al
most exactly the same, showing that
| there is no relation between flavor
and bacterial count unless the milk be
sour or decidedly old. The flavors
commonly found in milk are due to
the absorption of these f1avors by the
volatile fats in the milk from various
sources. They are not commonly de-
pendent upon factors which affect
| bacterial growth such as temperature
and cleanliness of utensils, etc.
A list of those receiving score of
80 or better on butter, who wished
their scores published, follows:
e. H. Mccall, Leonards Bridge,
score 91.5. Conn. Colony for Epilep-
tics, Mansfield, score 91.0.
The fact that butter is now very
high in price makes it possible to Sc
cure relatively high prices. for most
any grade of butter. It should be
borne in mind, however, that the
highest quality means highest price
in both times of war and times of
peace.
The next scoring will be held the
latter part of January or the first of
February, 1917. Notices will be sent
to all our mailing list. Others should
write to Superintendent of Milk and
Butter Scoring for information.
II. F. JUDKINS.
Supt. Milk and Butter Scoring.