504 Kidd V. Royal Agricultural Societij of England. 
Q, And did you give them any more ? — A. No. 
Q. How long were they without cake after that — hefore they had any fresh 
cake ? — A. Not above five or six days. I cannot say exactly. 
Q. And then did they have fresh cake ? — A. Yes. 
Q. Did that affect them at all? — A. Not a hit. 
Q. Have they been without cake at any time since? — A. No. 
Q. Was any clover given to the feeding beasts ? — A. No, never ; neither hay 
nor clover. 
Q. Nor mangold ? — A. No. 
Cross-examined hy Mr. Seymour. 
Q. You gave them, I understand, turnips and potatoes? — A. Yes. 
Q. And straw ? — A. Yes. 
Q. You say they had had cake previously? — A. Yes. 
Q. They had been taken from grass at that time ? — A. When we first tied 
them up they had. 
Q. And then you fed them in stalls with potatoes and turnips and cake ? — 
A. Yes. 
Q. How were the potatoes given them — boiled or raw ? — A. Eaw. 
Q. What quantity of cake were they taking before your cake failed ; while 
you had a supply, before the order came from Messrs. Ayre, what quantity 
were they getting ? — A. About 7 lbs. ; that is what we allow them. 
Q. Quite so. I want distinctly to understand you. Each beast was having 
about 7 lbs. per day of cake as long as you had cake? — A. Yes. 
Q. Then, your supply of cake was off for ten days ? — A. Yes. 
Q. And then yo\i began with 7 lbs. again ? — A. Yes. 
Q. What sort of cake was it you had previously given them ; was it Driffield 
cake? — A. I believe it was Hull cake, but I do not know whose ; I never 
inquire so much where it comes from ; but I believe it was Hull cake that we 
got after. 
Q. You have told us you had 25 feeding beasts: 19 bullocks, and 6 
heifers ? — A. Yes. 
Q. Those that were distressed in the manner you have told us, and blown 
lip in tlie way you have told us, were they among the 25? — A. Yes. 
Q. How many of the 25 were affected in this manner with distension and 
the symptoms you have mentioned? — A, There were four which were the 
worst, but the others were all affected ; there were four very bad. 
Q. Was there any difference between those four in their size, compared with 
the other beasts ? — A. They were about the same size. 
Q How are they fed — is there more than one animal at a trough ? — A. 
There are three tied up in a wide stall and they are fed in troughs. 
Q. Of the four that were worst were they tied up three in one stall ? — A. No; 
there was two in one and the others were odd ones ; they were'^ot both to- 
gether, they were amongst tlie rest. 
Q. Well, I suppose you know that some cattle like other things may some- 
times get a better share than others, in spite of any provision you may make? 
— A. Yes I know a little about it. 
Q. Is not that so, that some get a little more than their share ? — A. Yes, some- 
times they do. 
Q. Some eat a little faster and enjoy their food more ? — A. They cannot 
reach very well. 
Q. But they do sometimes? — A. The middle one may get a little more 
sometimes, but they cannot reach very well. 
