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Q. State what precautions you took ? A. I watched the cows 

 milked, and then the milk was taken into the house and it was 

 tested and then the samples were taken and placed in these bottles 

 which I have here, the green bottles, and sealed up. 



Q. By yourself? A. By myself. 



Q. "With a private seal ? A. "With a private seal ; I am wrong, 

 I put a different seal on each one so as to distinguish them. 



Q. Have you kept charge of them since ? A. I have kept charge 

 of them since. 



Q. The milk of the Black cow when it was taken, state its 

 appearance? A. It appeared watery, and there were these curdy 

 masses floating in it, which, when the milk was placed on a strainer, 

 seemed to prevent entirely its running through, or nearly so. Mr. 

 Hoot, I believe, put his finger in and rubbed them in this way, and 

 the milk finally got through ; the milk was strained before we took 

 our test. 



Q. Which is a sample of the Black cow's milk? A. This is a 

 sample of the Black cow's milk [bottle produced] ; I put some here 

 in a colorless glass, a glass of less color, so that it might be seen ; 

 so that it might be more visible. 



Q. Do you consider that normal milk from a healthy cow ? A. 

 I do not consider it milk in a normal condition ; I should no more 

 want to taste that, than I should want to taste matter from the 

 ground. 



Q. I understand you to say that you would not taste of it ? A. 

 Not any more than I would matter from a running sore. 



Q. The outward appearance of the cow, did it seem healthy. A. 

 So far as I could judge ; her coat was rough, as I said. 



Cross-examined by Mr. WAEHNEE : 



Q. Now, Doctor, do I understand you to say that all the cows 

 in this dairy, with the exception of four, were strippers ? A. All 

 cows that were milked, with the exception of four, were strippers. 



Q. The only knowledge that you had upon the subject that they 

 were strippers was derived from information that you received from 

 the farm, was it ? A. I saw for myself that they were milked but 

 once a day, and that they gave a very small amount. 



