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Ce livre historique peut contenir de nombreuses coquilles et du texte manquant. Les acheteurs peuvent generalement telecharger une copie gratuite scannee du livre original (sans les coquilles) aupres de l'editeur. Non reference. Non illustre. 1879 edition. Extrait: ...to one. In other cows, however, and in particular circumstances, the disproportion was not so great; but in no case did it fall short of the ratio of eight to one. "The difference in the quality of the cream, however, obtained from these two cups was much greater than the difference in the quantity. In the first cup the cream was a thin tough film, thinner, and perhaps whiter, than paper; in the last the cream was of a thick consistence, and of a richness of colour that no other kind of cream was ever found to possess. "The difference in the quality of the milk that remained after the cream was separated, was perhaps still greater than either, in respect to the quantity or the quality of the cream. The milk in the first cup was a thin bluish liquid, like as if a very large proportion of water had been mixed with the ordinary milk; that in the last cup was of a thick consistence and yellow colour, more resembling cream than milk both in taste and appearance." From this interesting experiment, it will be seen that thorough and effective milking would make a very sensible difference in the increased product of butter, as against milking inefficiently performed, and the necessity of its being done in the most skilful manner, so that the whole milk be drawn from the cow, will be readily seen. There are what are termed FANCIES OF COWS WHILE BEING MILKED. 107 "hard," and "soft," or easy cows to milk; and much depends upon the milker. If he, or she, be rough and unkind, or noisy, the cow will often not give the whole of her milk, but retain a portion; and many of them have certain little fancies during the time they are being milked, which it is best to humour, if of a harmless nature; and the..."