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further examination ; a microscopic examination might be neces- 

 sary. 



Q. Did you make any further examination ? A. No, sir ; I 

 thought the state of the health of the cow was sufficient. 



Q. Now concerning that strainer, Dr. Waller, don't you recollect 

 the offer of some person present there to clean the strainer? A. 

 Mrs. Mulford offered to clean the strainer, I believe she did offer 

 to do so. 



Q. Was not that obstruction of the strainer produced by the dirt 

 in it at the time ? A. No, it was not. 



Q. Are you sure about that ? A. I am sure about that because 

 the dirt that was in the strainer was almost entirely straws and things 

 that did not really clog the strainer at all, they just lay there. 



Q. They were straws lying at the bottom ? A. Straws lying at 

 the bottom and dropped into the milk while milking. 



Q. And it was necessary if you wanted the milk to run through 

 to remove these straws ? A. No, there were not straws enough for 

 that ; you could count them on your fingers, three straws about an 

 inch long. 



Q. Did anybody ask Mrs. Mulford to wash these ? 



(Objected to ; objection sustained ; exception.) 



Q. This lactometer that you had with you, did you test that 

 yourself ? A. That was one of those that I tested myself. 



Q. The results of these strippers, the milk that comes from the 

 strippers, does not that come to the city the same as other milk 

 does? 



Objected to ; objection sustained.) 



JOSEPH T. O'CONNOR recalled, by Mr. PRENTICE : 



Q. Dr. O'Connor, you were with Dr. Waller on the 23d and 24th 

 of December on a visit to Mr. Mulford's farm ? A. Yes, sir. 



Q. And there met Thomas C. Doremus and Mr. Boot ? A. We 

 did, the next morning. 



Q. You witnessed the milking of cows ? A. I witnessed some of 

 them, not all of them ; I was present in general, we divided up the 

 work as it were, but in all cases the milk was brought into the 



