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                                                                  DAY 233
 
                                                  HOWARD LYMAN, Examined:
 
 
 
     1   MS. STEEL:   I do not think so.  Dave is going to do the bit
     2        about the labelling, so I am not -----
     3
     4   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Carry on for the time being, and we will see
     5        where we get to.
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     7   MS. STEEL:   (To the witness)  Did any of slaughterhouses that
     8        you visited supply McDonald's?
     9        A.  Yes.
    10
    11   Q.   And were they basically typical of the industry as a whole,
    12        or were they unusual?
    13        A.  They were typical of the industry.
    14
    15   Q.   Do you remember roughly how many you visited that you were
    16        aware that they supplied McDonald's?
    17        A.  There is only one that I know of specifically at that
    18        time that was a McDonald's supplier, and that was Montfort,
    19        Colorado.
    20
    21   Q.   Right.  That was one of the ones you supplied?
    22        A.  Yes.
    23
    24   Q.   Were there others that you were aware of ---
    25        A.  There were.
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    27   Q.  -- when you visited?
    28        A.  There were other plants that I was aware of that were
    29        supplying McDonald's, but I cannot say that I specifically
    30        sold to them cattle.
    31
    32   Q.   But they were basically the same as the industry?
    33        A.  The industry was very standard, and there was not a
    34        whole lot of difference between any of them.
    35
    36   Q.   How many of the ones that you visited -- not specifically
    37        for you to supply with cattle -- how many of the ones you
    38        visited supplied McDonald's -- just roughly?
    39        A.  I would say that at the time I was in business, there
    40        were about 175 suppliers of McDonald's.  I would believe
    41        that at least 50 of the slaughterhouses that I visited
    42        probably were suppliers to them.
    43
    44   Q.   Just a final point on the CV:  the organisations listed at
    45        the bottom of page, can you just explain, are they what you
    46        were members of?
    47        A.  I was a member of Montana Stockgrowers; I was a member
    48        of the Montana Grain Growers; I was an officer of the
    49        Montana Associated Farmer Elected Committee; I was elected
    50        by my fellow farmers to represent themselves and the 
    51        administration of the farm programmes from the government; 
    52        I was an officer in the Democratic Party; I was in the 
    53        Montana Farmers Union; and I was an officer at one time of
    54        the National Farmers Unions; I was a member of the Plains
    55        Resource Council.
    56
    57   Q.   Now, if we move to your statement -----
    58
    59   MR. MORRIS:  Just a couple of questions on your background.  Did
    60        you try to organise a setting up of a co-operative
 
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