522 Kidd V. Royal Agricultural Society of England. 
Q. There are albuminous compounds — flesh-forming matters — such as 
mucilage, sugar, and digestible fibre, as distinguished from woody fibre ; these 
together fonn the other flesh-giving and nutritious elements in the cake, do not 
they?— ^. Yes. 
Q. I will now ask you this question : I find in this cake, which was sent 
up to you by Mr. Wells, a percentage of 13-06 of oil — is not that a very 
considerable percentage ? — A. The analysis of a linseed-cake by itself gives 
no indication as to whether it is poisonous or not. 
Q. I will not use the word " evasion," but you must allow me to say that 
is not an answer to my question ; you will kindly answer it. I am upon your 
analysis and your proportions. Is a proportion to the 100 of 13'06 of oil a 
good proportion so far as the oil goes, of nutritious matter ? — A. It is a good 
proportion, and it is above the average of linseed-cake. 
Q. Is 27"68 of albuminous compounds containing 4'43 of nitrogen, a fair 
average result ?—A. It is a fair average result in linseed-cake. 
Q. Is 2o"68 of mucilage, sugar, and digestible fibre a fair average result in 
linseed cake '? — A. It is ; the whole analysis represents fiiirly the composition 
of good linseed-cake — the approximate composition. 
Q. In fact, I have been throwing the decimals together, and it gives you a 
proportion out of the 100 of 66'42 of flesh-giving, nutritious elements ? — A. 
That is so. 
Q. Now, I think on the 16th of June, 1871, you made an examination of a 
sample of pure linseed-cake, which is warranted pure, for Messrs, Ayre Brothers; 
this is an analysis of Diamond K., which you have heard of this morning, the 
purest linseed known in commerce. You made that analysis (handing a paper 
to the witness)? — A. Yes. 
Q. That was sent to you by Ayre Brothers ? — A. Yes. 
Q. There you found moisture 10*88 ; albuminous compounds, flesh- 
fonning matters, 29'12 ; mucilage, sugar and digestible fibre, 27"43; woody 
fibre, 12*53; mineral matter and ash, 7"58; = 100. Containing nitrogen, 
4-66?— A. Yes. 
Q. I find there that the pure Diamond K. has 69'01, and the linseed-cake 
that Mr. Wells' cattle are said to have been injured by has 66"42 ? — A. That 
is so. 
Q. The pure linseed-cake being sold at from 11?. to 121. per ton in the 
market, and the other at 101. ? — A. Yes ; and that clearly shows that 
Q. I will trouble you not to make a speech. Is it worse or better than the 
present ? — A. It is described as pure. 
Mr. Justice Blackburn : Will you tell me shortly, is the analysis made in 
1871 an analysis superior or inferior to the present ? — A. The analysis which 
I made in 1871 is an analysis of a pure linseed-cake, and practically the analysis 
of the pure cake shoves neither worse nor better than the analysis of the mixed 
cake ; showing, what I mentioned in my Keport, that you cannot draw an 
inference from the mere approximate results of an analysis. 
Mr. Seymour : Then you are no use, practically, to us in this investigation? 
— A. Well, that you will find out for yourself; it is a matted to be decided 
with reference to the appearance of these animals, and the history of the case, 
without going into these microscopical matters. 
Q. If I get the same ]5roportion of nutritious matter in the one as in the 
other, is one more than the other injurious to life? — A. I will answer your 
question in this way : You may get the same amount of oil in an analysis of 
olive-oil as in an analysis of castor-oil ; but the ofl'ect, as you know, would be 
totally different. In olivc-oil, as in castor-oil, this approximate analysis gives 
merely the quantity of oil, albuminous compounds, and so on. 
Q. But I understand you to say that the oil from sesame-cake, for instance, 
is quite as wholesome as the oil from linseed-cake ? — A. I believe so." 
