36 THOMPSON YATES LABORATORIES REPORT 
40. Beans [Egyptian.) — Milk ' went ' well ; butyric acid smell. Guinea-pig inoculated 
with 2 c.c. whey ; killed ; had considerable separation of skin, which had sloughed through to 
outside. 
41. Beans [English). — Milk not changed. 
42. Rice [Rangoon). — Milk 'went'; slight butyric acid smell. Guinea-pig inoculated with 
2 c.c. whey ; ulcer, pathogenic. 
43. Bran. — Supposed to be the cause of illness in some cattle ; brought by farmer for 
examination; milk ' went ' well ; butyric acid smell. Guinea-pig inoculated with 2 c.c. whey; 
died in 18 hours with considerable separation of tissues. 
Specimens of Flower Seeds from a Seed Shop 
44. Peas. — Milk not changed typically ; putrid smell ; not inoculated 
45. Peas. — Milk not changed typically ; putrid smell ; not inoculated. 
46. Beans. — Milk not changed. 
47. Timothy Grass. — Milk not changed ; clot, no gas. 
48. Cow Grass. — Milk not changed. 
49. Rye Grass. — Milk 'went'; putrid smell. Guinea-pig inoculated with 2 c.c. whey ; 
died in 2 days. 
50. Rye G?ass [Perennial). — Milk not changed. 
51. Rib Grass. — Milk not 'gone' typically; putrid smell. Guinea-pig inoculated with 
2 c.c. whey ; died in 2 days. 
52. Quaking Grass. — Milk 'went'; putrid smell. Guinea-pig inoculated with 1 c.c. 
whey ; ulcer. Pathogenic, not fatal. 
53. Statice [a fluffy grass). — Milk 'went'; putrid smell. Guinea-pig inoculated with 2 c.c. 
whey ; ulcer. Pathogenic, not fatal. 
54. Corn Flower. — Milk 'went'; putrid smell. Guinea-pig inoculated with 2 c.c. whey; 
died in 18 hours, skin separated. 
55. Clover [White). — Milk 'went'; putrid smell. Guinea-pig inoculated with 1 c.c. 
whey ; ulcer. Pathogenic, not fatal. 
56. Clover [Reel). — Milk 'went' ; putrid smell. Guinea-pig inoculated with 2 c.c. whey ; 
died in 18 hours with very considerable separation of skin and fluid in the space. 
57. Fennel. — Milk 'went'; putrid smell. Guinea-pig inoculated with 2 c.c. whey ; died 
in 18 hours with considerable separation of skin and fluid in the space. 
58. Nasturtiums. — Milk 'went'; much gas; putrid smell. Guinea-pig inoculated with 
2 c.c. whey ; died in 18 hours with considerable separation of skin and fluid in the space. 
59. Beet. — Milk 'went'; much gas; putrid smell. Guinea-pig inoculated with 2 c.c. 
whey ; died in 18 hours with considerable separation of skin. 
60. Samples of dust from the top of a cupboard in the Laboratory. — Milk inoculated ' went * 
typically. Guinea-pig inoculated with 2 c.c. whey; died in 18 hours with much separation of 
skin. 
From the above 60 samples 41 gave an enteritidis-like growth in the milk ; 
of these 30 were fatal to Guinea-pigs when inoculated, and 1 1 were pathogenic but 
not fatal. 
Milk Samples (Liverpool Corporation) 
Each of these samples were tested for B. enteritidis and B. coli, and all those 
giving an enteritidis-like growth in milk were inoculated into Guinea-pigs. All the 
tubes which caused a fatal result, or were pathogenic but not fatal, were accepted as 
