Day 098 - 07 Mar 95 - Page 32
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2 Q. If I had the wit to ask that question right at the
3 beginning, it would have saved a few minutes.
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5 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, I should have asked him myself. I am
6 sorry.
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8 MR. MORRIS: What percentage of the cattle that you take are
9 dairy cows?
10 A. That varies quite a lot.
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12 Q. On average, just roughly, over a year?
13 A. 50 per cent.
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15 Q. 50 per cent?
16 A. Yes.
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18 Q. McDonald's take from a carcass, from the volume of meat
19 taken off -----
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21 MR. JUSTICE BELL: McKeys? Keep it to McKeys; McKeys take from
22 a carcass.
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24 MR. MORRIS: McKeys take, is it something like 15 per cent of
25 that meat that comes out at the end?
26 A. Sorry, do you mean 15 per cent of our total production
27 or 15 per cent -----
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29 Q. No, no, of a particular carcass, is it something like that?
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31 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Do your best, a very broad percentage.
32 A. 30 per cent, sir.
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34 MR. MORRIS: 30 per cent?
35 A. Roughly, I mean .....
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37 Q. Of the final ---
38 A. Carcass, yes.
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40 Q. -- whatever is turned into products, 30 per cent of that
41 weight would be for McKeys?
42 A. No, sorry, this is where I am misunderstanding you. Do
43 you mean that -----
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45 Q. We have a cow -----
46 A. Yes.
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48 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Did you say boned meat after the 30 per cent
49 or did I mishear you?
50 A. I did not say "boned" meat, sir. It is boned.
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52 Q. Yes, I know. There you have, let us say, a four year-old
53 cow comes in. It is slaughtered. It goes off along the
54 line. What percentage -----
55 A. Of that goes to McKeys?
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57 Q. Yes.
58 A. OK, 30 per cent.
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60 MR. MORRIS: That is not 30 per cent after deboning because the
