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                                                                  DAY 233
 
                                                  HOWARD LYMAN, Examined:
 
 
 
     1        slaughter plant?
     2        A.  Absolutely.  The Montana Farmers Union was very
     3        involved in organising a co-op slaughter facility in
     4        Great Falls, Montana.  I spent a good deal of my time
     5        working on it.  We were basically trying to put in a very
     6        large scale modern slaughter facility.  I got one of the
     7        best educations in my life in the business in that
     8        endeavour.
     9
    10   Q.   A couple more questions.  You said your farm is very large?
    11        A.  Yes.
    12
    13   Q.   In what kind of -- compared to other farms in the States,
    14        can you give a kind of comparison?
    15        A.  I would say my farm was in the top five per cent of all
    16        of the farms nationwide, as far as size and growth.
    17
    18   Q.   Have you visited farms in other countries?
    19        A.  Yes, I have.  Every country that I travel to, I make it
    20        a point of going and seeing the farmers and how they farm.
    21        It is something that I find that is the most important
    22        thing I do when I do foreign travel.
    23
    24   Q.   Just one further question.  You supply Montfort Colorado
    25        slaughterhouse, but you were in Montana State.  I just
    26        wanted you to say why that was?
    27        A.  In Montana, the slaughter facilities were older,
    28        smaller, and ended up being closed.  The closest commercial
    29        slaughter facilities for Montana were either Colorado,
    30        Washington or South Dakota; and so I had no other choice.
    31        The only slaughter facilities left in Montana were Mom and
    32        Pops slaughter facility; that would only handle about 20 a
    33        week.  We had to go to those areas if we were going to get
    34        our cattle killed.
    35
    36   MS. STEEL:   OK.  If you could get your statement.  I am
    37        not -----
    38
    39   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  It is in the volume behind you on the top
    40        shelf, please, Mr. Lyman, with a pale blue spine to it and
    41        a "1C" in green.
    42
    43   MS. STEEL:   The files to the left.
    44
    45   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  At the very top, 1C; and there should be a
    46        divider with a "K" on it.  I think your statement is at "1"
    47        after that.
    48
    49   MR. RAMPTON:  I think it is "I".
    50 
    51   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  "I", is it?  Is there a divider with an "I" 
    52        on it?  What is on that orange divider? 
    53        A.  I have it.
    54
    55   MS. STEEL:   If you put it in front of you there, I will read
    56        through your statement; and if there is anything that you
    57        want to clarify, then if you stop me at the end of a
    58        paragraph and explain what it is you want to ---
    59        A.  OK.
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