Day 104 - 15 Mar 95 - Page 67
1 Mr. Bruton was.
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3 Q. Did you ask him to telephone Mr. Bruton?
4 A. No, I did not.
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6 Q. Were you aware that he had telephoned Mr. Bruton?
7 A. No, I was not.
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9 Q. Would you be surprised to see sores on the bodies of some
10 chickens?
11 A. Sores?
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13 Q. Yes, cuts and sores.
14 A. I would be surprised.
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16 Q. You would be surprised? Does that mean it does not happen
17 often or are you saying it never happens?
18 A. I am not really sure what you mean by that.
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20 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Can you describe them better? Do you mean on
21 bare patches, featherless patches?
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23 MS. STEEL: Yes, on featherless patches, yes?
24 A. I am not aware that that is something I see.
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26 Q. What about breast blisters?
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28 MR. JUSTICE BELL: You said they were very rare, breast
29 blisters.
30 A. Yes, that is exactly what I said.
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32 Q. But would you count them as a sore or do you consider them
33 as something different?
34 A. It is a type of sore, yes.
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36 Q. Your company makes considerable profits, does it not?
37 A. It makes -- its in business to make a profit.
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39 Q. Right, but it succeeds in that; it makes a considerable
40 profit?
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42 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It is a profitable company.
43 A. It is a profitable company.
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45 MS. STEEL: That profit would go to the shareholders, would it?
46 A. The philosophy within Cargill, which is a privately
47 opened company, is that bulk of profits are reinvested in
48 the business.
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50 Q. But they have not thought to reinvest in having more staff
51 for catching, for example, so they could slow, you know, do
52 it more carefully and more -----
53 A. They are re-investing in a whole lot of areas to try to
54 make everything more efficient, and I have already quoted
55 that we are building a lot of new houses, a lot of new
56 facilities, and wherever possible that will make the
57 working conditions more congenial.
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59 Q. But you are cutting the number of catchers to make that
60 more efficient?
