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moved ; it would be necessary to dissect the cow to settle the ques- 

 tion completely. 



Q. Can you then from the milk tell Avhether the cow from which 

 it came was in an abnormal condition ? A. Within certain limits ; 

 if the milk stands below 100, I consider the cow in an abnormal 

 condition. 



Q. Although the ingredients of the milk may be the same as 

 usual ? A. They cannot be the same as ordinarily if the milk 

 stands below 100, because there is an undue proportion of fat which 

 is often the case with sick cows. 



Q. Will you state what there is about the analysis which I read 

 to you indicating that the cow is sick ? A. The fact that the gravity 

 of milk is below 100 on the lactometer indicates an abnormal cow. 



Q. Would this analysis show that the cow is unhealthy 87.08 

 of water, 5 per cent, of butter, 4 of sugar and 3.68 of caseine ? A. The 

 figures are a little unusual, for the ratio of fat is unusualy large, 

 and the caseine is unusually small, still one could hardly judge from 

 those figures that the cow was a sick cow. 



Q. How much butter usually proceeds from the milk of an 

 Alderney cow in health ? A. The percentage of butter is high in the 

 milk of the Alderney cows ; it runs sometimes as high as 8 per cent. 

 But the milk is still above 1.029 in specific gravity, because the 

 caseine also is present often in a considerable quantity. I have be- 

 fore me the analysis of Alderney milk in which there was 8 per 

 cent, of fat and the specific gravity of 1.030; another one with 8.28 

 per cent, of fat and a specific gravity of 1.029 ; the milk is rich in fat, 

 and also rich in other solids at the same time, and consequently the 

 gravity is maintained. 



Q. Now, Doctor, have your ever found milk at the specific gravity 

 of 1.029? A. I have not in my recollection ; not myself. 



Q. Have you known of its being found pure, good, healthy 

 milk. A. Some of the inspectors have reported milk which stood 

 at 1.029, 1 think, in some of those reports or samples ; there was one 

 before me to-day which you handed me. We found them this sea- 

 son, but last season we could not find any. 



Q. Do you recollect the trial of the case of John Kneib in the 

 Court of Special Sessions, on which trial you were examined as a 

 witness ? A. I do. 



