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Q. Then you leave it to him? — A. It is left to him. 
Q. Did you give him any sj^ecial caution ? — A. I did not. 
Q, Here is a cow, a fortnight without artificial cake, feeding on mangold 
and clover, and you leave it to his discretion without any caution? — A. I 
said nothing at all about it. The cows, I believe, were not quite so long 
without cake as the steers — at least, the man will tell you that. 
Q. The symptoms that you saw were distension ? — A. Yes. 
Q. Shivering ?—Tes. 
Q And distress ? — A. And distress — moaning. 
Q. You have added that uneasiness, distension, shivering and distress, 
moaning, and general vmeasiness ? — A. Yes. 
Q. And we have heard also the description of the appearance of the dung ? 
— Yes. 
Q. Are there any other symptoms that occur to you to mention — striking 
you as a farmer ? — A. Xo, I do not know of anything else ; for two or three 
days they were like other beasts, with staring coats very much, and showing 
that they had been wrong. 
Q. Well, I suppose when cattle are out of order they show staring coats ? — 
,1. Yes. 
Q. You have been asked about a form that you received from Messrs. 
Ayre — you did receive circulars from them? — A. A curcular comes, I think, 
every week. 
Q. Is this the sort of circular (handing one to the witness) ? — Yes, that 
will be the style of circular. 
Mr. Setmoub : Do you object to my stating the effect of it ? 
Mr. Field : Of course I do. You kept out what I wanted to get from Mr. 
Ayre. 
Re-examined by Mr. Field. 
Q. You say you left it to the discretion of your feeder with regard to the 
feeding of the cattle ; how many years has he been with you as feeder ? — A. 
With myself and my uncle nearly forty years, the feeder of the cows thirteen 
years — that is, at Booth Ferry. 
Q. At Airmyn Pastures ? — The man has been with me thirty years and 
the foreman twenty-six. 
Q. That is Calvert?— J. Yes. 
Q. Now, with regard to Siincton, do you know the course of feeding per- 
sonally at Sancton? — A. No, I do not; I am very seldom there. 
Q. You would rather leave that to Mr. Dean ? — A. Yes ; I am very seldom 
there. 
Q. You say the shepherd complained with reference to the sheep ? — A, Yes, 
he complained very much. 
Mr. Seymoue : The sheep rejected it for a time, that is your expression ? — 
A. Yes. 
GEORGE TUTTY sworn : examined by Mr. Field. 
Q. Are you a fann labovurer ? — Yes. 
Q. How many yeai-s have you been in Mr. Wells' employment : with him 
andhisimcle? — A. Forty-five. 
Q. Has it been your duty to look after the cattle and their feeding ? — Yes, 
for thirty-six years — thirty-six winters. 
Q. At what time of the year do you usually commence to put the cattle 
up ? — A. About October. 
Q. What has been your course of feeding at Booth Ferry for the feeding 
beasts? — This present winter ? 
Q. No, as a rule? — A. W'ell, in the morning I tell you how I start with 
