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pure linseed, although it contained 20 per cent of sesame-cake ? — A. Ob, yes ; 
tliat woxild lie quite so, because it is extremely difiBcult to find out, when this 
cake is so finely crushed, what it is. 
Q. But do not let me sbrink from the direct question which I meant to put ; 
even if it is found, knowing what a good, nutritious thing sesame-cake is, do 
you alter the opinion j'ou have given, that that is a good, genuine linseed- 
cake, supposing I prove to you that there was 20 per cent, of sesame-cake in 
what you analysed, would you say that it was not ? — A. Certainly, if I found 
that I had made a mistake, I would say it was not. I would not say it was a 
genuine linseed cake if I had not failed to detect the sesame-cake. 
Q. But with 80 per cent, of pure linseed, and 20 per cent, of sesame, do 
you mean to say that that would not be a good, pure cake ? — A. It might be. 
Q. A good feeding and perfectly wholesome cake? — A. Yes, sesame-cake, if 
it is in good condition, is a good feeding cake, 
Q. Will ycu look at the seed if you please ? — A. This is a specimen of 
sesame-seed and sesame-cake. 
Q. If it is a good specimen of sesame-cake and carefully imported into this 
country, you do not say it is an improper food for cattle ? — A. Certainly not. 
Q. Now look at that linseed (handing another specimen marked C). 
Just take bottle A and bottle C, and tell me if there is any difference between 
them, and if so, which you think the cleaner of the two ? — A. Well, I could 
not form an opinion by looking at it roughly. 
Q. As far as you can judge from the eye? — A. I should say this, if any 
thing, would be the cleaner (pointing to one of the specimens).^, 
Mr. Seymour : Then that is what we made this cake of. 
Mr. Justice Blackburn : That we shall hear by-and-by, when your wit- 
nesses come and are cross-examined. 
He-examined ly Mr. Field. 
Q. Are you able to judge without a microscopical examination accurately 
with reference to the comparison of the two bottles ? — A. Ko ; merely judging 
roughly, it appeared to me a cleaner seed. 
Q. You told my friend that sesame in itself is a good feeding cake ? — A. 
If it is in good condition it is. 
Q. Under what conditions does sesamd become injurious? — A. When it is 
kept in a damp place or an ill-ventilated place, or if it is shipped in a wet 
condition and heats on the passage, then it may become mouldy, or otherwise 
damaged and unfit for food. 
Q. And if ground up and mixed with other linseed-cake, would it affect 
the whole of the linseed-cake? — A. It would. 
Q. My friend asked you whether you would be surprised if that cake which 
you analysed and said was genuine contained 20 per cent, of sesamd. Should 
you, if you had found 20 per cent, of sesame have certified it as a genuine 
cake ? — A. It is very possible I might have missed it. 
Q. But I say had you found it? — A. If I had found it certainly* not. 
Q. In this very cake that you are now speaking of were you able to find 
the sesamd ? — A. No, it is impossible to find sesame if it is so finely ground. 
Q. What is the effect of your analy.sis — does that show you what the cake 
is composed of, as distinguished by seeds from seeds, or merely the feeding or 
other properties of what there is in the cake? — A. It may show the com- 
position of a very poisonous material, as well as a feeding material. You find 
the same approximate constituents of albumen or oil in the most poisonous 
as well as in the most nutritious seeds. 
Q. Therefore by itself is the chemical analysis a test of jiurity or not? — 
A. No, it is not. 
