498 Kidd V. Royal Agricultural Society of England. 
Mr. Mellor : What steps did you take that night? — A. I left" it with the 
veterinary sui-geon. I immediately wrote to Messrs. Ayre. I had just time 
before the post went out, which leaves at 7 o'clock, and I wrote to Dr. Voelcker 
and requested one of my clerks to get a portion of cake put into a bag and 
sent up to Dr. Voelcker. 
Q. Out of what you talk of as being found in the troughs or from the 
bulk ? — Out of the bulk that had been broken up. I ought to add that I 
requested a junior clerk to go immediately to Airmyn Pastures to tell my 
man there not to use the cake as our animals were all wrong. 
Q. With regard to the cake that you told the clerk to get — did he get some 
of the cake ? — A. Yes, he got some of the cake and that was put into a bag 
and sent by rail to Dr. Voelcker, and the letter by post. 
Q. Did you send it that night ? — A. I sent it that night. 
Q. The nest day did you go to Airmyn Pastures ? — A. Yes. 
Q. Before we leave the night of the 16th, did anything further occur to the 
cattle ? — A. We had them out in the grassfield, the worst of them until late 
and when they began to settle we put them up again. 
Q. Did you give them anything that night? — A. I left them in the hands of 
the veterinary surgeon entirely. 
Q. Next day when you got to Airmyn Pastures, what state of things did 
you find there ? — A. The first thing in the morning I sent a telegram to 
Messrs. Ayre to say that the remainder of the cattle were out of danger. 
Q. What state of things did you find at Airmyn Pastures when you got 
there ? — A. I found the cattle there were staring in their coats, but perfectly 
easy the next day. 
Q. Did you receive any complaint from your men there with regard to the 
cake? — A. Yes. 
Q. Did you notice at either places the dung ? — A. Yes, I did at Booth Ferry 
— that is the next day — the ITth. It was very black and very offensive. I 
may say the heifer continued in a bad state for several days — the roan heifer 
that I alluded to in particular. 
Q. How long was it before the cattle recovered at Booth Ferry ? — A. Some 
of them took their food again next day — a good many of them ; three or four 
that I have mentioned looked very bad for a few days. 
Q. When were the beasts next fed with cake after this t^A. I ordered that 
no more cake was to be given to them until I got some fresh. 
Q. When did you get some fresh cake ? — A. Six or seven days after; I wrote 
immediately for more cake but it would be that time before I got it. 
Q. How did they do upon it as far as you know ? — A. Very well indeed— 
no illness, no trouble of any sort. 
Q. The 17th of February you wrote to Dr. Voelcker? — A. Yes. 
Q. How long afterwards was it before you communicated •with the Secre- 
tary ? — A. I communicated almost immediately with the Secretary. I think 
T was asking for information — something about sending the animate, but there 
will be a correspondence there. 
Q. After communicating with the Secretary, did you send him a cake ? — 
A. I did. 
Q. Did you send to him more than once ? — A. I sent him some twice. 
Q. Where were the cakes taken from ? — A. The first cake that I sent him 
was from Airmyn Pastures. 
Mr. Justice Blackburn: The cake that you sent him from AirmjTi Pas- 
tures, was it or not one taken out from the bulk that liad been brought from 
Goole ? — A. It was taken from the bulk that was brought from Goole. 
Mr. Mellor : Had you given directions that all the cake in question should 
be kept separate and apart ? — A. Yes. 
. Where did you take the second samplu from ? — A. From Sancton. 
