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Besides serving as a beverage or source of food, milk has been described as used by farmers and gardeners as an organic [[fungicide]] and fertilizer,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/stories/s948323.htm |title=Fact Sheet: Milk Fungicide |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |last=Campbell |first=Malcolm |date=September 19, 2003 |access-date=April 1, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818160904/http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/stories/s948323.htm |archive-date=August 18, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Hoffelt |first=Jeffrey |title=Milk works as fertilizer, says preliminary study |url=http://m.minnesotafarmguide.com/news/regional/milk-works-as-fertilizer-says-preliminary-study/article_028652ea-849c-11e0-9dcc-001cc4c03286.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20160901045602/http://m.minnesotafarmguide.com/news/regional/milk-works-as-fertilizer-says-preliminary-study/article_028652ea-849c-11e0-9dcc-001cc4c03286.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 1, 2016 |work=Minnesota Farm Guide |access-date=June 3, 2015 |date=May 25, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Phipps |first=Nikki |title=Milk Fertilizer Benefits: Using Milk Fertilizer On Plants |date=November 26, 2012 |url=http://www.gardeningknowhow.com/garden-how-to/soil-fertilizers/milk-fertilizer.htm |publisher=gardeningknowhow.com |access-date=June 3, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630144851/http://www.gardeningknowhow.com/garden-how-to/soil-fertilizers/milk-fertilizer.htm |archive-date=June 30, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> however, its effectiveness is debated. Diluted milk solutions have been demonstrated to provide an effective method of preventing powdery mildew on grape vines, while showing it is unlikely to harm the plant.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/09/020912071438.htm |title=Drop of white the right stuff for vines |work=Science Daily |date=September 12, 2002 |access-date=April 1, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090717041833/http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/09/020912071438.htm |archive-date=July 17, 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author1=Wagner Bettiol |author2=Brenno Domingues Astiarraga |author3=Alfredo José Barreto Luiz |title=Effectiveness of cow's milk against zucchini squash powdery mildew (Sphaerotheca fuliginea) in greenhouse conditions |url=http://www.agrar.de/agenda/bettiol.htm |work=agrar.de |access-date=June 3, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150425043433/http://www.agrar.de/agenda/bettiol.htm |archive-date=April 25, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>
[[Milk paint]] is a [[nontoxic]] water-based [[paint]]. It can be made from milk and [[Calcium carbonate|lime]], generally with [[pigment]]s added for color.<ref Name="Beecher">{{cite book |title=Plain and pleasant talk about fruits, flowers and farming |last=Beecher |first=Henry Ward |author-link= Henry Ward Beecher |year=1859 |publisher=Derby & Jackson |location=Harvard University |page=[https://archive.org/details/cu31924000019772/page/n192 187] |url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924000019772 |quote=Milk paint.}}</ref><ref Name="Transvaal">{{cite book |title=The Transvaal agricultural journal, Volume 4 |last=Transvaal (Colony). Dept. of Agriculture, Transvaal (South Africa). Dept. of Agriculture |year=1906 |publisher=Transvaal (Colony). Dept. of Agriculture, Transvaal (South Africa). Dept. of Agriculture |location=University of California |page=876 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3qoIAQAAIAAJ&q=Milk+paint&pg=RA2-PA876 |access-date=October 19, 2020 |archive-date=February 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210223073146/https://books.google.com/books?id=3qoIAQAAIAAJ&q=Milk+paint&pg=RA2-PA876 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref Name="Baird">{{cite book |title=The painter, gilder, and varnisher's companion: containing rules and regulations in every thing relating to the arts of painting, gilding, varnishing and glass-staining. Numerous useful and valuable receipts ... |last=Baird |first=Henry Carey |author-link=Henry Carey Baird |year=1867 |publisher=Henry Carey Baird |location=Philadelphia/University of Wisconsin – Madison |page=97 |edition=10th |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IcM5AAAAMAAJ&q=Milk+paint&pg=PA98 |access-date=October 19, 2020 |archive-date=February 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210223073530/https://books.google.com/books?id=IcM5AAAAMAAJ&q=Milk+paint&pg=PA98 |url-status=live }}</ref> In other recipes, [[borax]] is mixed with milk's casein protein in order to activate the [[casein]] and as a preservative.<ref Name="PS42">{{cite
[[File:Milk bath spa in DVN (2413988302).jpg|thumb|right|A milk and rose-petal bath at a spa in Thailand]]
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