616 Kidd V. Royal Agricultural Society of Eiiyland. 
Cross-examined by Mr. Field. I 
Q. Mr. Holmes told us the cause of death in the cow was, in his judgnient, I 
the oil passing do^vn the windpipe — do you agree with that ? — A. That is not S 
what he said. He said it hastened it, and caused the cow to die sooner. U 
Mr. Justice Blackburn : It is not of much consequence. Whatever it was I 
that caused the animal to be ill is the more important thing. He thinks there I 
was error of treatment in pouring the oil down the animal's throat undoubtedly, I 
but that did not make it ill. I 
Mr. Field ; You told my friend that sometimes it may be produced by food I 
partaken of — I mean fermentation ? — A. Yes. I 
Q. I suppose deleterious food is injurious — food of any sort which acts upon I 
the nerves would produce it ? — A. Yes, and good food as well. I 
Q. Will foreign substances, deleterious and injurious food, produce that 1 
effect ? — A. No doubt they would. I 
Q. You say pins and needles would produce it'? — A. I have found them in I 
the stomachs of cattle afterwards. 1 
Q. They will, in your judgment, produce the fermentation — produce jl 
tympanitis ? — A. Yes. 1 
Q. A piece of wire, I see you mentioned ? — A. Yes. 1 
Q. Did you see any reason to suppose that they were predisposed to disease | 
down to the morning of the 16th ? You have heard what happened to them, I 
how they were taken up in September, and fed in the way j'ou have heard ? 1 
—A. Yes. 
Q. And j'ou think they were predisijosed to disease ? — A. Yes. I 
Q. What disease were they predisposed to ? — A. The animals being high- I 
bred, I believe are better cared for, and consequently they are rendered more | 
liable to disease, and especially from being kept up during the winter in stall, j 
Q. What disease do you suppose they were predisposed to on the morning I 
of the 16th ? — A. Nine times out of ten we find it from disorder of tlie I 
stomach. 
Q. I ask you with reference to these animals, taking their food healthily on 
the morning of the 16th, in the way you have heard, what disease they were 
exposed to then — can you tell me that ? 
Mr. Justice Blackburn : I thought he had told you already. (To the 
Witness.) What was it j'ou said about disordered stomach ? I may not have 
understood you rightly, but I thought you said just now, in answer to Mr. 
Field's question, that high-bred animals, especially when tied up and stall-fed, 
were more prone to disease, and then you added something about disordered 
stomachs? — A. Did I say they were better cared for? 
Mr. Justice Blackburn: Yes, I think you said that? — A. And conse- 
quently, I believe, more predisposed to indigestion from a change of food. 
Mr. Field : Now, I Avill ask you the same question I asked Mr. Holmes,— 
Would four or five days' absence from cake be enough to cause tympanitis 
upon 6 lbs. of cake being administered, the animals having had mangolds in 
the morning and in the middle of the day ? — A. I believe it wt)uld, or from 
any other kind of food. 
Q. What other kind of food do you mean? — A. Tare-meal, bean-nieal, 
bran, barley, oats. 
Q. Given under what conditions? — A. Given after the animal has had its 
ordinary food. 
Q. Suppose the same animals to have been without food again for a similar 
or longer period of time afterwards, and then to have taken their feed of cake 
and to have suffered no harm from it, does that alter your opinion at all?— 
A. No. 
Q. Why not, if you have all the same elements existing — why did not that 
