Guest guest Posted June 4, 2001 Report Share Posted June 4, 2001 Sorry something is up with my program here nad it sent out this message a few times!! a Augustine I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright.I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more.I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive.I wish you enough pain so that the smallest joys in life appear much bigger.I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting.I wish you nough loss to appreciate all that you possess.I wish you enough ''Hello's" to get you through the final goodbye. ----- Original Message ----- From: Alan Lundin Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2001 10:44 AM Subject: Re: Refractometer reading of milk * a Augustine (augustines@...) [010602 17:45]:* Subject: Refractometer reading of milk:> Roelof,> > My dad got back to me with the reading on his milk. It is a 10.5> - 11. he says from what he knows it does make a difference on the> type of cow you have. He has just holstiens, probably the least> richest milk. He has just purchased some Milking Shorthorn and> would maybe like to switch to this..He is just trying them out> right now. He has about 80 cows so it would take a while to switch> over!! He has been farming the farm organic for almost 15 years> now.Interesting. I've measured 4 types here: holstein,holstein/guernsey mix, guernsey, and jersey -- eachfrom different farms/dairies spread over more thana hundred miles. They are all measure between 10.0 and10.5. The only one that had any grass measured the lowestbut the soil and grass looks about average. That farmerthought his grassy fields were comparatively outstandingwhen I asked him about it, but in my opinion, it lookedpretty sad with packed, lifeless soil and grass just barelysurviving -- like most the other farmland I've seen aroundhere.I've been somewhat baffled by the similar brix readingssince there is a world of difference in the taste, fatcontent, and thickness of the samples. The hypothesisI'm working with is that the fat and protein globulesdo not contribute to the brix reading as they are notin solution. This means that the measurement is thatof the liquid suspending these globules, and is likelydetermined by the water soluble nutrient content. Whyare all these readings so similar? I'm guessing it'sbecause the food that the cows are eating is similar.I have not seen any heroic efforts by any of the hay orgrain growers here to create highly fertile or remineralizedsoil. I have yet to find or hear about any milk higherthan 11 brix -- far less that the 21-25 brix milk thatsome consider the minimum quality for human consumptionwhich used to be available in this country in Weston Price'stime. :-(--alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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