Day 289 - 29 Oct 96 - Page 21


     
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     2        He said that there was a particular problem with the older
     3        sheds which was to do with the air-conditioning, and he
     4        said that Sun Valley had said it was to do with the --
     5        because of the air conditioning they could not get the
     6        sawdust dried out so quickly, and also the older sheds had
     7        soil based floors rather than concrete floors, where the
     8        soil base was always wet because it never dried out.  That
     9        is actually on day 115, page 42.
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    11        Obviously, that refers back to the point I was making
    12        earlier about the fact that not all Sun Valley units used
    13        waste paper as the environment/index.html">litter, that some of them were using the
    14        sawdust, and therefore that the unit that Dr. Gregory saw
    15        was not typical of the business as a whole.
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    17        I asked about was the environment/index.html">litter or parts of it ever flooded,
    18        and he said, yes, with the drinkers that broke or if the
    19        chickens had flapped or spooked and knocked the drinkers
    20        over, there would be floods in the shed, new and old.  He
    21        said that that happened on numerous occasions, at least
    22        twice or three times a week.  He said that it usually
    23        affected just part of the shed but that sometimes there
    24        would be like a massive flood which would cover a quarter
    25        of the shed.  This is all on page 42 of day 115.
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    27        I think this is quite an important part to read because he
    28        does go on to say that the conditions in the sheds improved
    29        during the time that he was working for Sun Valley.  He
    30        said that to the latter end of his days at Sun Valley it
    31        did get better because they were building new sheds and
    32        they were trying to do away with the old sheds, although he
    33        said that he would say there were more bad sheds than there
    34        were good ones.  He actually said that some of the sheds
    35        should never have been allowed to be keeping chickens
    36        anyway.  Obviously, bearing in mind that he finished
    37        working for Sun Valley in 1993, the changeover is basically
    38        taking place after -- well, after the writs were served on
    39        us.  Can I just say that.... Sorry.
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    41   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes.
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    43   MS. STEEL:   On the same page, page 42, he does actually refer
    44        to the farm called Thomas and Monkland where the fibreglass
    45        was hanging in the shed and there was water running
    46        continuously, and whenever Sun Valley were approached about
    47        this farm they said, "Oh, yes, we will get it sorted," and
    48        he said that went on for four years and it was never sorted
    49        even by the time he had left.  I think that is actually the
    50        farm I was referring to when I mentioned that Dr. Pattison 
    51        had basically confirmed that that was true. 
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    53        I think I have finished on Mr. Bruton.
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    55   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  We will break off there until two o'clock.
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    58                         (Luncheon Adjournment)
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