182 TESTIMONY OF ROBERT OGDEN DOREMUS. 



one morning by daybreak to a creamery where I saw a number of 

 cans, say about four or five, say four feet in height, and about eight 

 inches in diameter ; they were standing in a pool of water where 

 there was a spring to keep them cool ; that was where I took the 

 cream off, a little off each, and the operation was being conducted 

 there of removing all the cream ; this was set aside and the residue 

 was put into large cans, and these cans were placed upon a vehicle 

 with a couple of horses and driven off to the railroad, where it 

 went I do not know ; this is what we call half skimmed milk ; if it 

 stands twenty-four hours then it is considered wholly skimmed. 



Q. Is the process of placing milk in cans and allowing the cans 

 to stand in running water the usual manner of cooling milk? A. That 

 is the usual manner ; I have stated already that I visited several 

 creameries and witnessed 



Q. By the COURT We are investigating the question whether 

 the liquids found in the prisoner's possession was milk and tested 

 by Dr. White ; whether it had been watered and not how much 

 cream it had? A. Cream makes milk lighter, but, nevertheless, if 

 you add to the milk a very large percentage of cream you make it 

 lighter. 



Q. By Mr. LAWRENCE But if you add cream to milk you may 

 make it lighter ; if you add water to milk you make it lighter ; we 

 claim there is nothing in this case to show which were added ? 

 A. May I be permitted, your Honor, to state that the milks that I 

 had examined had by no means been watered ; that they were pure 

 milks ; that I saw them taken from the cow ; that I myself tested and 

 supervised the testing of the lactometer ; I am talking now of milk 

 as it comes from healthy cows in a healthy region of country, Orange 

 County ; I went especially because we always see Orange County 

 milk lauded in this part of the world. 



Q. In the month of September last did you receive from your 

 son, Dr. Charles A. Doremus, other samples of milk procured by 

 him at that place ? A. I did, sir. 



Q. Did you, with him, test the specific gravity of milk and an- 

 alyze it, and if so, will you state the results in September, 1876 ? 

 A. I sent my son, Dr. Chas. A Doremus, alone to Orange County, 

 requesting him to visit a number of dairies and to bring me samples 

 of milk from those cows that I might test the specific gravity and an- 



