206 TESTIMONY OF EOBEKT OGDEN DOEEMUS. 



Allen street. Henry Schaffer said that a decision was necessary as 

 to what action should be taken with reference to the recent arrests 

 of milk dealers by order of the Board of Health ; he claimed that 

 Professor Chandler was in error when he attributed to the lacto- 

 meter any power to test the quality of milk, and said in his opinion 

 he was sustained by Professor Doremus ; it was impossible to arrive 

 at any decision except by a thorough analysis, for the most impure 

 swill milk often showed a higher degree of specific gravity than 

 pure milk ; a letter from Professor Doremus was read as follows : 

 ' Let me suggest that if your society intends to fight the lactometer 

 this fall, you should now visit the part of Orange county that we 

 were at a year ago, to collect additional evidence by testing the 

 milk of cows in that region ; at this season of the year milk of very 

 low gravity can be obtained ; a few weeks later it may not be so 

 readily got?'" 



(Objected to ; objection sustained.) 



Q. Have you not been lecturing and talking against the lacto- 

 meter ? A. I have always talked against the lactometer, and believe 

 it to be one of the great causes of fraud in our city. It is worthy 

 of the talent of Herod. 



Q. You have been present at this trial during all the days, have 

 you not ? A. Not entirely ; a good part of them. 



Q. Did you hear the evidence of the expert witnesses for the 

 prosecution? A. Most of them ; I did not hear those few towards 

 the last. 



Q. Do you agree or disagree with them, as to the use of the 

 lactometer ; how is that ? A. As regards the use of the lacto- 

 meter ? 



Q. Yes, sir. A. "With all the senses ? 



Q. Yes, sir. A. I disagree with them most markedly. 



By the COUKT Q. But you do agree with them so far as they 

 stated the lactometer properly constructed and graduated would 

 determine the specific gravity of the fluid in which it was in- 

 serted, the milk ? A. I do, sir, but I also stated that that knowl- 

 edge was of no use. 



