30 TESTIMONY OF JOHN BLAKE WHITE. 



By the COURT You cannot state that ? A. No, sir. 



COUNSEL Now, sir, how many milk shops do you visit a week, 

 on an average, to test milk ? A. I can tell, perhaps, by referring 

 to my book. 



Q. I only want an estimate ? A. I cannot say without referring 

 to my book, because some weeks I am busy otherwise and do not 

 make as many inspections as I do at others ; these courts keep me 

 busy sometimes ; I suppose about 20 or 30 a week between 20 

 and 30. 



Q. Well, sir, in 20 tests of milk made in milk shops in this city 

 about how many samples of milk do you usually find below 100 

 degrees on the lactometer at 60 Eahr. 



(Objected to.) 



COUNSEL I propose to show that since the use of this instrument 

 began by the Board of Health the traffic in skimmed milk has in- 

 creased five-fold in this city, and by this and similar questions I 

 propose to reach that ; it is one of the arguments I propose to make 

 to the jury against the lactometer. 



The COURT My embarrassment in ruling is that you have made 

 this witness your own ; I do not see any importance to this evidence ; 

 at present I will exclude it, it may be, by and by, I will admit it. 



COUNSEL Note an exception. 



Q. What is skimmed milk ? A. Skimmed milk is the fluid from 

 which cream has been removed. 



Q. Do all fluids have cream ? A. All fluids which nature has 

 put there. 



Q. Do you mean to say that skimmed milk is milk with the cream 

 removed ? A. Yes, sir. 



Q. Is it nutritious as food ? 



(Objected to ; objection sustained ; exception.) 



Q. Now, Mr. White, suppose a sample of pure milk stands at 105 

 by your lactometer as you use it at a temperature of 60, and that 

 milk be skimmed and then tested in the same manner, will it be 

 heavier or lighter ? A. It will be heavier. 



Q. About how much ? A. It depends upon the amount of cream 

 that has been removed. 



Q. Now suppose a milk rich in cream standing 95 at 60 Fahr. by 

 your thermometer having the cream removed from it so as to make 



