Kidd V. Royal Agricultural Society of Enrjland. 507 
Q. You say, if anything, there could not be a little over six pounds ?— 
A. Well, there might be, and there might bo a little under. 
Q. One beast might get a little more than the others by chance? — A. "Well, 
it might ; but I have Ibthered them so long that I know as near as can be. 
Q. And some enjoy it more than others ? — A. Oh, I reckon, to give them all 
alike as near as possible. 
Q. You give them mangolds also ? — A. Yes. 
Q. Where did you take your mangolds from ? — A. Wo have a shed on 
purpose to keep them in. 
Q. With walls round it, or an open shed ? — A. Yes, with walls round it, 
and a door to it. 
Q. You speak of it as a shed — I want to know. — A. Yes. 
Q. Is it in a room ? — A. It is in a room. 
Q. How long had the mangolds been there? — A. Three or four days — per- 
haps a week. 
Q. They had been brought from the field ? — A. Yes. 
Q. Then they were fresh mangolds ? — A. They were fresh out of the pile— 
they had been piled up awhile. 
Q. There is only one other point I wish to have from you. I think you say 
that you fed the cows with cake, and you went to fetch water — where did you 
go to? — A. Across the yard, about forty yards. 
Q. What sort of weather was it at the time — it was the 16th of Febru- 
ary — just recollect what sort of weather it was ? — A. I know it rained that 
iiiglit. 
Q. But you had had some frost had not you shortly before ? — A. Well, I 
cannot say. 
Q. What is your recollection — do you recollect ? — A. No, I do not recollect 
that there was any frost. 
Q. You do not recollect one way or the other? — A. No. 
Q. You keep some train oil to give the cows when they get distended 
A. Yes. 
Q. They do sometimes get distended do not they? — A. Well, the beasts 
that get potatoes do. 
Q. And when they get distended, they get uneasy, do not they ? — A. Yes. 
Q, And the coat gets rough — stares a little ? — A. Yes, and they fill up. 
Q. And they house, don't they? — A. Yes. 
Q. And then you give them train-oil, and if the case is not a bad one it 
improves tbem? — A. Yes. 
Q. And I suppose you find that' some cows who eat potatoes eat more 
heartily than others ? — A. My cows never get any potatoes. 
Q. I understood you to say just now that you have had cases of distension ? 
—A. Yes, the other man has, that I have helped him in — Tutty. 
Q. Have you sometimes seen them distended from mangolds ? — A. No. 
Q. Clover?—^. No. 
Q. Only from potatoes ? — A. Only from potatoes. 
Q. From turnips ? — A. Well, I have never seen them blown up from turnips, 
unless they get choked. 
Q. Just tell me again what you gave your cows to eat? — A. Chopped 
straw and hay, and mangold wurzels, and then turn them out in the fold-yard 
to water. 
Q. I think you gave them clover ? — A. Clover-hay, and straw, all chopped 
up together. 
Q. Was there clover with the hay and straw? — A. Yes. 
Mr. Field : Clover-hay ; not clover. 
Mr. Seymour: Well, clover-hav if you please — chopped up with the straw? 
— A. Yes. 
