Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-25
LEoNARDse BRIDGE BUTTER
 SCORED ABOVE NINETY
E. H. Mccall Was One of Three Who
 Entered Samples at Storrs.

The sixth quarterly milk and butter scoring was held by the Dairy and Bacterfology departments 0 fthe Con necticut Agricultural college, Storrs, on November g. 1916. There were twelve entries of milk and three of butter as against six of milk and one of butter at the July scoring.
 In the milk class there were but three samples that scored above S5. The names of the exhibitors of these three samples follow:
 Score Mrs. Geo. Seward, Guilford. .94.16 Webotuck Farm. Sharon S9.S Conn. Col. Epi1. Mansfield. 86.8S
 It was very striking 10 note that the average scores on flavor and sedi- ment for the twelve samples were particularly low, 20.56 and 7.65 re- spectfvely. This scoring was held at season of the year when the cows are being taken from pasture and kept in the barn; therefore these re- suits might be expected. After a COW is accustomed to summer pasture, the milk usually is of better flavor than under winter conditions. There is less danger of getting various feed f1avors and less danger of a stable flavor. These f1avors were very common in the majority of the samples, showing the effect of changing to winter feed and housing. It is also easier to pro- duce milk low in sediment under sum- mer conditions than under winter con- ditions. It is evident from the low average score on sediment test that with the rush of late fall work, etc, the herdsmen have not given their cows the attention they will receive after getting adjusted to winter con- ditions.
 An interesting point which brought out an argument for the clean milking suit for milkers and attendants in the milk rooms was that in two of the samples there appeared flbers from woolen sweaters, one of red and an other of blue. As cold weather comes on the sweater is commonly worn for milking jumper and good many times with the results above stated In scoring one hundred samples in an other state in the month of March it was found that fully 30 per cent. of the samples contained these sweaters flores.
 There are two classes of exhibitors at the scoring, those who sell milk in bottles and. those who sell milk in cans. The latter class simply bottle two pints for scoring. The scores to date for sediment for these two class es show that there is very little diff ference 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 selling in cans.
 The amount of sediment found in the 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 bacterra score on the twelve samples of 31.75 out of a pos sible 25 is relatively high. and some | -.I-- flavor score was low. In making a comparison of bacterla and flavor scores all samples entered to date were divided into three classes as regards bacteria. count. First class, score for bacteria 30 to 35; second class, score for bacteria 25 to 30 third class score for bacteria below 25. It was found that the average score for flavor in each class was almost exactly the same, showing that there is no re- lation between flavor and bacterial count unless the milk be sour or de- | cidedly old. The flavors commonly found in milk are due to the absorp- l tion of these fiavors by the volatile fats in the milk from various sources. l They are not commonly dependent up- ] on factors which affect bacterial growth such as temperature and cleanliness of utensils, etc.
 A list of those receiving a score of l 90 or better on butter. who wished their scores published, follows: Score E. H. Mccall. Leonards Bridge. SIS Conn. Colony for Epileptics, | Mansfield .91 o The fact that butter is now very l high in price makes 1t possible to se- cure relatively high prices for most | any grade of butter. It. should be ] borne in mind, however. that the high est 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.