The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-12-20
Court Of Common Pleas.
The Honorable Judge DAILY presiding.

IMPORTANT TO FAMIIIEs-SEw YORK MiLK-sTALL
FED CATTLE.
DEc 1q-Loughrsan Hgrard This was action
for ssoo IS balance due contract for milk cup
pbed by the plaintiff to the Irving Hou.s Of which the
Ssiendsnt Is the proprietor IL .pPesrsd that MT 2.
supply the Irving House with country milk from COWS
which, according toagreement were 10 be led on grass
In summer and ON hay grain and meal In winter The
milk was complained OF by the defendant on the
grounds that u vas not country milk bat that was
Impure and from stall ted cattle lie therefore re.
fu,ed TO pay the amount Of the milk served foe the
months OF September and October, and the plaintiff
brings ths suit TO the same IL was commended
on the part Of the plaintiff that the milk was pure.
and for the defendant IL urged that the plaintiff
admitted that he was unable to supply the contract
ing short a. one witness -wors snd plain.
tin ssd, be waa obliged 10 purchase milk from another
dealer IL va. ALTO proved b m.n IN the employ Of
and that the uk was bad that IL was impossible to
use It,
Doctor Gardner Who called on the part Of Mr.,
Howard dspcted 60 the quality of milk from stall fed
cattle;n he sad that he examined the stables In Six
tenth str-.t atsched to the distery, for the pur
blocks In length and n breadth aud contain about
lOV0 COWS they are generally supposed TO secommo-
cate from see 10 80, the ttsbles extend from the
river across Tenth avenue; the cattle
moved from the sta bes they get exercise in the
yard they are permanently tied In the stalls and
never removed until they are no longer az
10 give milk. or are 90 diseased as 10 be
S,s'., III. stable: are a. long nsrro. s1ad.
esctesiyely ktt in summer aud In Water the floors
are constantly wet; the cattle frequently die on the
hoors in great Plumbers they are not beaded and lie
upon hard wet boards; they fed the refuse Of
the gtsin Of the dstiliery, which IL tupped Ia hot
boiling state and placed IN trouEhs tits so hot that
person could rot bear his tngsr In q AZ IL cut
bret and " only becomes ccol by the time IL gets 10
the cattle stationed 81 the esd Of the trough when
TIE ca.tls are sick they get little meal they get
little bay occasionally, bat thsy haven't the teeth to
chtvt
Judge-whati u the cause Of their want of teeth
Wiinsss-Th teeth decay, because Of the treatment
they set the general ornsn !. that they decay owing
70 the heat - the hluor from the dis,illery; my
tie ssvs from the chemical constituents Of the
focd they eat; have made the subject Of the
request of the Aesee@y Of Gsaio,ns; there 1. a
distate 81 the homes which arises among them and
rse tbscesses form the leg from thsir standing
constsntiy; the fcedisg In the have described,
tlosts the tyste hut when killed u IL found that
tie cattle have no TAT tho.s that should have thirty
pcunds weight Of fat have been found rot TO have sir
pounds; butchers have told that by the ssuse Of
reii they could pick cut neat that had been ted in
this way from othfr cattle; had sualy,is made Of
the milk DC covs fed IN this msnnsr; Il made
BY q chtnht under nv supervsion u was made Of
tirht fpccimeue which got from these stables aud
the cattle
judge DO you know. - n matter Of science, the
constituent elements az pure muk
witness.-I knew nom reading books Of authority
dicusscp h,re src.e a, 20 the sdm..ibiity Of te.-
timony this poibt by the witness ard the Judge de-
oded that hthe defendant had the chemist In court u
would be better to prove 70 by him.
QUESTION What are 1.-THE effects II this sop milk
the human syttem hnswer-My opinion is formed
from what hsye heard from other ply sicisns they
have tole me that one dfop Of this milk given to
child would produce sickness. have seen cases my
self whore q has produced deleterious consequences
have no doubt " is decidedly unhealthy particularly
TO children whose digestive orgsns are delicate and
slow; have csses where opinion was that dis
scss Of cAolera infsntum and msrssmu. have been
rrvduced By this sort 81 milk; msrssmus general
cancellation, have lot personally known n TO produce
confumption. bot 10 90 ttated In medical books and
" the general opinion a physicians that 70 does.
have noticed that his milk DID not ccsgulste in the
stomach the pure milk does; the ccsgustve quality
enc that 70 must possess 10 be digestive In fesson
able time; the Kind OF food spoken q iucresse. the
quantity Ct mik but dminishes the nutriment there
" reduction In the legitimate nutritious parts Of
from 10 TO 30 per cent. Adjourned.