Kidd V. Royal Agricultural Society of England. 6l3 
Q. Do j'ou attvibute it to mangold, or turnips, or potatoes'? — A. To man- 
gold, or the turnips and potatoes too, if you like. 
i Q. It is not a question of what I lilce, it is a question of your judgment 
[against Professor Simonds? — A. My answer is that the mangold is, perhaps, 
the most predisposing cause of the three. 
Q. Tiie mangold, you say, was very moist ? — A. Yes. 
Q. And very sugary ? — A. Yes, there is a considerable quantity of sugar. 
Q. Why liad not the mangold itself produced tympanitis ? — A. Because it 
had had no fresh food introduced into the stomach for some time ? 
Q. You have heard that these beasts were in the habit from October, down 
to five days before the administration of this cake, of having mangolds and 
turnips in precisely the same way that they had it on the day in question. 
Mr. Justice Blackburn : I think, Mr. Field, it was ten days. 
Mr. Field : No, my Lord, the cows only had mangold. 
Mr. Justice Blackburn : True, the cows. 
Mr. Field : They were in the habit of having mangold and cake down to 
jwithin five days of the 16th February, exactly in the same way as they had 
lit on the 16th ? Supposing the animal to have been fed from October down 
ito within five days of the day when this cake was administered, in precisely 
ithe same manner as the cake was administered on that day, do you mean to 
say that was such an alteration of food as would cause tympanitis and the 
consequences you have heard ? — A. I mean to say that when the stomach has 
lieen deprived of certain ingredients, whether for four, five, six, or ten days, 
when you want to begin that ingredient again it is proper that you should 
jive it in a smaller quantity when you first commence. 
Q. Will you oblige me by answering my question? — A. I think I have 
uuswered your question. 
Q. No you have not. I put the question to you of an animal being fed in 
I irecisely the same manner up to within five days of the IGth, and I ask you 
ivhether in your judgment 6 lbs. of cake administered on the 16th under those 
i;ircumstances would produce tj'mpanitis ; supposing, of course, the cake to be 
jrdinarily good cake ? — A. I mean to say that that substance of cake being 
iddcd, being a fresh ingredient, would produce those symptoms. 
Q. Under those circumstances ? — A. Yes. 
Q. Now, with regard to the beasts, we heard they had turnips in the 
iuoming, and did not have their cake till the afternoon ; but, in your judg- 
.nent, does that make any difference? — A. They had a bushel of turnips in 
,;he morning, no mangold at all, and at 2 o'clock 7 lbs. of cake, and, I believe, 
/ery shortly afterwards — 
I Q. Would you please answer the question.? In your judgment what 
[jroduced the illness in those animals ? — A. The cause was having 7 lbs. of 
;ake — having the turnips given so short a time after the cake had been 
pven. 
Q. No, it was in the morning ? — A. But I am speaking of the afternoon. 
Q. I am asking you, with turnips given at half-past 7 or 8 in the 
uorniug, after picking over the straw and cake given at 2 o'clock, what do 
;ou say was the cause of the tympanitis in those animals ? — A. I mean to 
iay that if the turnips had been given in the morning, and the cake in the 
ifternoon, and no other turnips had been given shortly afterwards, those 
ymptoms would not have been shown. 
Q. Will you tell me what, in your judgment, was the cause of those 
inimals falling ill. I do not want you to go on a wrong hypothesis because 
)he witness said that, as he was going roimd and giving them their feed of 
urnips, afterwards he found the animals were very ill. Therefore do not let 
here be any mistake ? 
Mr. Justice Blackburn : Wc must deal with this witness upon what he 
