Sed horum sunt discrimina quaedam et a pastionibus et a pecudum natura et a mulgendo: a pastionibus, quod ad alendum utile quod fit ab hordeo et stupla et omnino arido et firmo cibo pecude pasta; ad perpurgandum ab ea, quae a viridi pasta, eo magis, si fuerit ex herbis, quae ipsae sumptae perpurgare solent corpora nostra; a pecudum natura, quod lac melius est a valentibus et ab his quae nondum veteres sunt, quam si est contra.
But there are certain differences among these which arise from a difference of pasturage, a difference in the nature of the animal, and a difference in the milking. As affected by pasturage, milk is best for nourishment which comes from animals fed on barley and straw, and, in general, on solid dry food; while that from animals fed on green food is best for purging, and especially if the green food be such as purges us when we eat it ourselves. As affected by the nature of the animal, milk from healthy animals and those not yet old is better than if it is the reverse.
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