Quite unexpectedly, I came across a tender notice of The Erode District Cooperative Milk Producers Union. Now, this is exactly what a jobless fellow like me would read - its not racy, has little feminity about it and is normally on the second last page of the least read business newspaper.
I read it with morbid curiosity - it was a tender for the supply of a number of items that go into the production of mineral mixture that is fed to the cow. The materials were as follows:
1. Dicalcium phosphate
2. Sodium thio Sulphate
3. Magnesium Oxide
4. Calcite Powder
5. Ferrous Sulphate (anhydrous, whatever this means)
6. Copper Sulphate
7. Manganese Sulphate
8. Cobalt Sulphate
9. Zinc Sulphate
10. Potassium Iodide
11. Trivalent Chromium Chelate
I wonder just how much of this a cow gets every day in her diet. I wonder, further, just how much of this I get everyday in my diet.
Thankfully, I have never been a big fan of milk, despite being reading, on many occasions, of the shortage of Vitamin B12 in a vegan's diet. Maybe my tastebuds found the trivalent chromium chelate a tad sour......
Did you know Mahatma Gandhi never used to drink milk himself..... :)
ReplyDeleteWell, Mamta, I think he used to drink goat's milk. From what my mother says - and she was brought up on the stuff - it is hardly appetising, but is apparently extraordinarily healthy and very low on fat.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comment though!