Day 092 - 27 Feb 95 - Page 60


     
     1        productive to a 6.5 pound bird the amount of times that we
     2        do.
     3
     4   Q.   That was after, was it, 52 days or something?
     5        A.  Pretty close, yes.
     6
     7   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  At Sun Valley, which is a Cargill subsidiary,
     8        we heard that when the females are taken at, say, between
     9        41 and 43 days then the males are released over the whole
    10        shed; a partition is lifted.  So, in effect, the maximum
    11        density is just before the females are caught and taken to
    12        slaughter.  Do you understand?
    13        A.  Yes.
    14
    15   Q.   Because over the next 10 days, although the males are
    16        continuing to grow they have got a greater area to wander
    17        over if they choose.  Is that the same system in the
    18        States?
    19        A.  No, it is not.  In the States the birds are sexed on
    20        day one, so they are grown separately.
    21
    22   Q.   But in separate sheds?
    23        A.  Yes.  What I gave you is the males, the highest.
    24
    25   MR. MORRIS:  How do you know that the shed is 20,000 square
    26        feet?
    27        A.  I just multiply the front towards the back of the
    28        square feet.
    29
    30   Q.   If it was 200 feet by 40 feet, which is double what you
    31        said before, it would only be 8,000 square feet?
    32        A.  No.
    33
    34   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  You said 20 feet by 200.
    35        A.  Then maybe I get confused with metres and square feet.
    36
    37   Q.   Which is 4,000 square feet.  Something has gone wrong
    38        somewhere, has it not?
    39        A.  Yes.
    40
    41   Q.   That is why I illustrated it with the width of a goal.
    42        A.  The width will be probably if you look at it from wall
    43        to wall, so ----
    44
    45   MR. MORRIS:  From your experience how many times the size of
    46        this court would be a shed?
    47        A.  Is that what you are going after?  I am not really
    48        looking after widths or lengths.  What is important for me
    49        is to square the area, that is what I look for, which is
    50        what I gave you. 
    51 
    52   Q.   So we can all get a general idea, are we talking about 
    53        twice the size of this court, something like that?
    54        A.  If you want to know what I normally do, I walk around.
    55        I walk around and take my steps which is .8 of a metre.
    56        That is how I estimate areas.  I can do that but I do not
    57        see the benefit.
    58
    59   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I do not know whether there is an issue about
    60        your 36 kilos a square metre or not, but just in case it is

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