Kidd \. Royal AfjricnUiiral Society of Enyland. 
GOT 
Q. You say they did well upon it — it did not affect them in any way, did 
it? — A. No, not to my knowledge. 
Q. How long have you kept cows ? — A. About five years. 
Q. Have you ever had your cows swollen ? — A. No. 
Cross-examined hy Mr. Fikld. 
Q. You had fed them upon pure cake and cotton ? — A. Yes. 
Q. What time of the day did you give it to them? — A. I gave it thera in 
the evening. 
Q. What time ? — A. I cannot say what time. I do not always give it 
them at the same time exactly ; it depends upon circumstances. 
Q. About what time? — A. Sometimes about 7 o'clock in the evening, 
according as I get home. 
\ Q. That is after the milking. What time do you milk? — A. I com- 
mence to milk between 4 and 5. I give them the cake usually after I return 
from delivering the milk. 
Q. What other food did you give them besides cake ? — A. You mean at 
that time ? 
Jlr. Justice Blackburn : Yes. — A. At that time they were out at grass, 
and they would get a few malt grains and a bit of linseed-cake, and a little 
bran with the grains. 
Ml. Field : Then the cake, the grains, and the bran, was all mixed together ? 
— A. Decidedly not ; cake was given them alone. 
Q. Then how soon after would they get the cake ? — A. Probably I should 
give them a few grains before 1 commenced milking them. 
Q. Between 4 and 5 o'clock ? — A. Between 4 and 5 o'clock ; and if I got 
back from delivering the milk about 7, or sometimes a little later, I should 
then supper them up for the night (I keep them in in the night) and give 
them the cake. 
Q. Did you give them anything with the cake ? — A. Decidedlj' not. 
Q. I thought you said you gave them grains, bran, and cake. When did 
you give them the bran ? — A. Amongst the grains. 
Q. At 4 or 5 o'clock ? — A. Yes. 
Q. And then at 7 gave them the cake ? — A. Yts. 
Q. Four pounds and a half. Did you break up the cake ? — A. I broke it 
up with tiie hammer. 
Q. What would the}^ have in the morning ? — A. Before going out, grains 
\nd bran also. 
Q. Was that all they had all day long ? — A. All they had besides what 
;hey picked up in the field. 
Q. Oh ! they were turned out to grass ? — A. Yes. 
GEORGE llOUNDTREE, sworn : examined hy Mr. Seymour. 
Q. Are you a cowkeeper ? — A. Yes. 
Q. And have you been so for some 22 years ? — A. Yes. 
Q. Did you get some cake from Mr. Stevenson ? — A. Yes. 
Q. I think you got 1 cwt. ? — A. Yes. 
Q. And did you give it to your cows ? — A. Yes. 
Q. How many cows ? — A. Five got it. 
Q. How much did they get? — A. A good half a cake every day. 
Q. And did you continue to give it them while it lasted? — A. Yes, every 
ay while it lasted. 
Q. Did it agree with your cows? — A. Very well; they looked very 
calthy. 
