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REPORT OF DRS. WALLER AND CONNOR 



H. REPORT OF DOCTORS WALLER AND O'CONNOR ON THE COWS OF 



THE MULFORD FARM. 



NOTE. Samples of low gravity milk from this farm were intro- 

 duced by the defence to prove that genuine, unadulterated milk, 

 from healthy, well-fed cows sometimes shows a specific gravity 

 below 1.029 (100 on the lactometer), the standard used by the 

 Board of Health, and others, as the minimum gravity of pure milk. 



W. DE F. DAY, M. D., Sanitary Superintendent. 



SIR: "We have the honor to report that, at the request of the 

 President of the Board of Health, we visited the farm of Mr. 

 Charles Mulford, in the neighborhood of Guymard, Orange Co., 

 N. Y., about 80 miles from New York. We reached there on the 

 afternoon of Saturday, December 23, 1876, and were present at the 

 evening's milking. 



His herd consists of some 22 cows, of which but four were at that 

 time regular milkers ; eight were " strippers," or cows that were 

 nearly dried up, and the rest were dry. Only the regular milkers 

 were milked that evening. 



Evening milking " milkers ;" milked twice a day. 



The cow Charley was stated to be half Ayrshire ; all the others 

 were of the common breed. 



That evening, after all had retired, Mr. T. C. Doremus and his 

 friend, Mr. Boot, arrived, and the next morning ( Dec. 24th) the cows 

 were milked in our presence, and the milk tested with the lacto- 



