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The total yield from the eight strippers was 12J pints, or an 

 average of 1 pints per day. 



The food of the cows, so far as we saw, was oat-straw only. 



Mr. Mulford stated that after that morning he should not 

 again milk the strippers Fanny, Star, Andrew, Mooly, Spot, or 

 Black, until af'er calving. 



Samples of the milk from Fanny, Mooly, and the Black cow, 

 all whose milk stood below 100 on the lactometer, were taken, 

 and, on reaching New York, they were submitted to examina- 

 tion. The results were as follows: 



Examination of the low gravity Milk (?) from Strippers. 



Milk from Mooly yielded no well-defined layer of cream. 

 Milk (?) from the Black cow yielded 10.5 per cent, by volume of 

 scum curdy matter mixed with fat globules. It also deposited 

 a sediment. Respectfully submitted, 



ELWYN WALLER, Ph.D. 

 J. T. O'CONNOR, M.D. 

 NEW YORK, Jan. 12, 1877. 



NOTE. The sample of milk (?) from the " Black cow " on the 

 " Mulford Farm," produced in court as " pure milk," " standing 

 at 78 on the lactometer," by Mr. T. C. Doreinus, before the 

 visit of Doctors Waller and O'Connor, was examined by Prof. 

 Chandler and Dr. O'Connor, who found it after standing a week 

 to exhibit a strong alkaline reaction, which it has not yet lost 



