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would take an enormous amount of cream, a large amount of cream 

 to bring it to 1.021. 



By a JUROR Q. If so much was added could that be detected 

 by the eye ; could any one tell that was accustomed to look at 

 milk ? A. Cream naturally looks rich and yellow. 



Q. Could an inspector of milk ? A. I see a large amount of 

 milk daily, and I become more or less accustomed to its appear- 

 ance ; I can judge more or less accurately as to its adulteration ; 

 we use the smaller cans in Rhode Island, the ten-quart cans ; I go 

 out in the morning with the officer who is appointed to accompany 

 me ; he pours from one can of milk to another, and if I think that is 

 too high in color brown sugar has been added. 



By the COURT Q. Does not the water of normal milk, ordinary 

 pure cow's milk, the water which has entered into its composition 

 and which is secreted by the secretions of the cow, weigh a great 

 deal more than all the other constituents of the milk put together ? 

 A. Yes, sir. 



Q. Is not the proportion something like this 87 or 88 to 12 or 

 13 ? A. Yes, sir. 



Q. Assuming that the weight of water in normal average pure 

 milk is 87 or 88, now when you find a specimen of milk which is of 

 the specific gravity of 75, is it not a fair conclusion that that has 

 come froni water or something lighter that has made it, which was 

 put into the milk ? A. Yes, sir; either an excess of water or an 

 excess of some lighter fluid, water probably. 



Q. Is not the extraordinarily diminished gravity from a standard 

 more likely to depend on the quantity of water that the specimen 

 contains than the quantity of anything else ? A. Cream and water 

 would have the same effect in reducing its specific gravity. 



By Mr. PRENTICE Q. I understood you to say that cream could be 

 distinguished by one accustomed to observe it ? A. Yes ; unless 

 they resort to a method which is frequently practiced down east of 

 adding burnt sugar to the milk to give it that yellow appearance 

 which cream ordinarily has. 



Q. Would the consistency be any different then ? A. I beg your 

 pardon ; I did not exactly comprehend the question. 



Q. Would the thickness of the fluid be different in one case than 



