606 Kidd V. Royal Af/ricultural Society of Enyland. 
Q. Is linseed bitter? — A. It must have been some kind of seed that was 
put into the cake — it was a mixed cake tliat I was buying. 
Q. What was it that made tiie cake bitter — you come here to tell us all 
about the trade and as knowing all about these cakes — what was it that 
made the cake bitter? — A. I am not a maker of cake. I sell cake which is 
oftered to me by Messrs. Ayre, Brothers. 1 take it upon their recommendation. 
Q. What was it that made the cake bitter? — A. I cannot say. 
Q. Is linseed bitter ? — A. I cannot tell what made the cake bitter. 
Q. Is bran bitter ? — A. I cannot tell what made it bittei'. 
Q. To what extent did you have complaints at that time from your custom- 
ers about that cake ? — A. 1 cannot recollect exactly — we had several complaints. 
Q. Did it hurt the cattle '!^A. Not that I am aware of. 
Q, What were the complaints with I'et'erence to the cattle ? — A. It cannot 
be supposed that the cattle would say it was bitter. 
Q. I do not suppose that, but what did your customers say? — A. The cattle 
would not eat it. 
Q. Yes, but, still, I do not know why, because the cattle would not eat it, 
you infer it was bitter?—^. I could toll if I tasted it. 
Q. Did you taste it?— ^. I did. 
Q. How much did you taste? 
Mr. Justice Blackbdbn : Is not that wandering a good deal from the issue ? 
The Witness : Well, I should not be likely to eat much of it. 
lie-examined hy Mr. Seyjiour. 
Q. Do you know the taste of rape? — A. I do not — I do not deal in rape- 
cake. 
Q. The cake that the complaints were made of, had you got that from 
Messrs. Ayre ? — A. We had that from Messrs. Ayre. 
Q. Do you know what it is called ? — A. " B Genuine." 
Mr. Justice Blackburn : There is in Messrs. Ayre's circular now one marked 
"B Genuine" which is one of those of the second quality. I believe we 
hoard whose trade mark it was, but I do not know that it much matters. 
Mr. SEYMoaR : He said the rape made it bitter. 
JOHN SPETCH, Foreman to Messrs. Ayre, examined ly Mr. Cave, 
deposed to going to Booth Ferry, and seeing the eight tons of cake there that 
had been rejected by Mr. Wells, that some of it was put into bags and sealed, 
and sent to Hull and given by the witness and Stevenson to certain cowkeepers. 
GEORGE MASON, of Chapman Street, Hull, cowkeepcr, sworn: enamincd 
hy Mr. Cave, deposed to receiving a little over a hundredweight of cake in a 
sealed bag from Spetch and Stevenson, and his examination then proceeded 
as follows : 
Mr. Cave : Did S|.ietch and Stevenson give you instructions what to do 
with it? — A. They did not. * 
Q. You did witli it what you considered right? — A. 1 gave it to my cattle, 
the same as I should have done any other cake. 
Q. How much did you give them ? — A. Half a cake a day. 
Q. And did you contiime to do that as long as it lasted? — A. I did. 
Q. How long would that be ? — A. I did not take any particular notice — 
probably about five days. 
Q. Did the cows eat it? — A. Decidedly so. 
Q. And did they ajjjjcar to do well upon it? — A. They did quite as well 
on cake I had been giving them ))reviously. 
Q. What had you been giving them previously ? — A, Pure cake and Cotton, 
in about equal quantities. 
