242 TESTIMONY OF ELWYN WALLER. 



Q. State the substance, if you recollect it, of the conversation ? 

 A. I do not remember anything with regard to the food of cows ; 

 we had conversation with regard to the amount of milk they gave, 

 but that is another point. 



Q. What was the appearance of these cows ? A. Their coats 

 were apparently rough, though that may have been due to the cold 

 weather, and those who were with calf were big with calf and showed 

 it in that way. 



Q. Now, sir, have you analyzed the samples of milk from these 

 strippers ? A. I analyzed the three samples which I brought with 

 me for the amount of water ; if you wish the results I can give them 

 to you. 



A. Yes, sir, give the results if you please ? A. The milk from the 

 Mooley cow, which stood at 99 contained 86.66 per cent, of water ; 

 the milk from the Black cow, which stood at 78 contained 91.54 per 

 cent, of water ; the milk from Fanny, which stood at 93 contained 

 86.97 of water ; I also allowed them to stand to measure the amount 

 of cream ; the milk from the Mooley cow I could not see any definite 

 line of cream at all ; the milk from the black cow after standing 

 raised about 11 per cent, in bulk, something w^hich was not cream, 

 it was a curdy substance that might have contained more or less 

 cream but did not have the regular appearance of cream and un- 

 doubtedly was not ; there was also a sediment in it, a small amount ; 

 the milk of Fanny raised 11.5 per cent, by bulk of cream. 



Q. Was there any alkaline reaction in this sample. A. The re- 

 action was strongly alkaline in all three. 



Q. Is that a usual thing in normal milk ? A. It is not, not so 

 strong an alkaline reaction ; the reaction of milk is very faintly 

 alkaline, good milk. 



Q. This was strong ? A. This was strong. 



Q. And in fresh milk the alkaline reaction is faint ? A. The 

 alkaline reaction is faint, it passes away when milk is sour and that 

 will soon happen if the milk has been kept under conditions favor- 

 able for souring. 



Q. Has this milk been soured ? A. When I tested it ; I do not 

 know whether it is now, because I have not tested it since. 



Q. Now, these samples did you keep under your own care from 

 the moment the milk came from the cow till this moment ? A. The 

 samples which I took I did. 



