Kidd V. Royal Agricultuml Society of England. 565 
Q. What ! nuts that grow in the earth ? I do not understand 
what you mean. — A. Well, I really have not seen them growing. 
I Q. I do not suppose you have ; but you can tell me what the 
(earth-nut is, the cake of which you make into linseed cake ? — 
' A. It is a nut imported into France from Africa, the oil of which, 
I believe, fetches a good price, but not the price of sesame-oil. 
Q. Is it a nut to eat, or what ? — A. Do not you know the 
earth-nut of England ? 
Q. No.— ^. Oh! 
Mr. Field : Well, do not despise me for not knowing it. !^ 
Mr. Justice BLACKBURN: Is the earth-nut of England what I 
[have been in the habit of calling a "pig-nut" — a white, round 
thing, with a long slender stem, and a leaf at the top, which, 
when I was a boy, I used to dig up and eat ? — A. I suppose it 
is, my Lord. 
Mr. Field : Then it is a nut which is grown in the earth, and 
sent from Africa to France ? — A. Yes. 
Q. And it is made into cake in France ? — A. Yes. 
Q. And then imported here ? — A. Yes. 
Q. What percentage of earth-nut is there in the "Triangle," 
what of bran, and what of linseed ? — A. There would be 50 per 
cent, of bran — it is principally bran — 20 per cent, of nut-cake, 
and 30 per cent, of seed. 
Q. Seventy per cent, of matters other than linseed ? — A. Yes, 
it a lower price. 
Q. As I understand, your " Triangle " is made at the same 
rolls and hoppers as your " Triangle Best," — A. Yes. 
Professor Voelcker tells us that he found earth-nut in the 
' Triangle Best ; " is that so ? — A. No. 
Q. Mr. Justice Blackburn : I do not recollect that he said so. 
Mr. Field : Cocoa-nut cake ? — A. I never saw it. 
Q. Will you tell me, please, when was it that you made this 
igreement with Mr. Ayre that you refer to in your letter of 
March : " Those cakes having been made entirely in accordance 
ivith the agreement made between ourselves, viz., of linseed, 
:esame-cake, and bran" — was that agreement in writing ? — A. No. 
j Q. When was it made ? — A. About four years ago, when 
Ihose cakes were first instituted. I could tell by looking back. 
Q. When you speak of the price being 9/. 10s., is that for 
brward contracts ? — A. Yes, present and forward, as the case 
nay be. 
Q. First of all with regard to the Calcutta seed ex ' Labrador,' 
have your invoice here from Baxter and Tail's, of the 19th 
:)ecember, 1871?— J. Yes. 
Q. That, I understand you to say, is the linseed from which 
his cake was made? — A. It is. 
