HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1981-02-19, Page 10year. You can work out this
winter how much you should
dump iii each time, and how
much spray you will peed.
Dorit. leave it until next
spring when you're getting
the tpravqr out. w
gladly help anyone this win-
ter to calculate these rates:
Next spring we can only talk
to so' many people a day.
-The 1981,...Field Crop, Re-
commendation, Publication
296. and Chemical Weed'
Guide. Publication a, are
available at Agricultural 01
flees.
Stan Paquette.
Assoc o Agr. Rep..
Pat Lynch,
Suits & Crops Specialist
PANOLISTSIIISCM$S ALTERNATE EN,ERGY ALTERNATIVES-Some
of the paneliSts at last. Thuriday's Alternate Energy'Update, held at thp
Clinton OMAF oftice, were (lett to right),...Nick Whyte, a broiler operotiir
from R,R2, Seaforth, who is using wood to heat his barn; "Helmet Speiser
of the Energy Resource Management Centre, Rid.getown, who spoke on
the use of heat pumps and heat exCha 7ers) and Prof.Jack Pos"of the
University of Guelph's Schobl of Engi, eering, who-discussed Lcifr farm
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production of methane gas: ' (Photp by Gibb)
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10 THE, HUR9N EXPOSITOR. FEBRVARY 10, 1981
tie You'll be spraying metric in, spring
This spring, when you go
to buy herbicides. you will
find a difference. Many will
dupe in metric containers
with the application rates in
metric units.' MI herbicides
packaged this year, by law,
r.r fact some Of the 'suppliers
must, be in metric units. In
were selling metric herbicidT.
es last year. $9.phat to de?
First ..Of all. pleasi: 44 not
'chew out your supplier or the
person at:the otUttor..o! me
oprvtt4ishogilp!:01.1904it +ot m.
where
. • • , ,- •
whet* ort4'..yell, Gait Opt Of .
§oly-aat:7.0,n). tp.17,41.1itlagoiamboorue
dd
t
.utotie.-AtileaSt.„yoh will get
rid of some of your (rostra;
nons. •
.you. ai'c' ,ready to
approach metrics, with' an
attitude of '`,It's here. t have,
to accent Once Vou take
this attitude, metrics are
easy. This attitude and.three
simple calculations: To
change acres to hectares
multiply by .4. lo change
lbs acre to kg ha Multiply
by 1.12. To convert
ointsi acre to litres hectare
Paul Resew,: whgrt:: yoti nuns 1114 dW•44.1i;k11g,S
Yelling: 'The .4-FtIlSitt.04 .c441.4),RF,
Dutch. the WeSCOernianS and' e-ven the' figneby are
it*"1/-1*11ti.31-401- with the "OtOo..itiOns.
It uasi 14tiige....'vres.,e1 tt, who rude thliu10‘ stre51.'
. „
littYing tp Ainerica and it has•the big ,boys og•vy,01 siteet
apple pie,
wirrtv4., Foreigners tiorY own weal' hug chunks , Of
enterprise, enterprises in thettew HesS Ha> that `arc as ArliOrrIcalt*
Johnson. American. Motors. Saks Fifth.
4yenue. .3askittRobbitis :Cies tn,„ 'Atka Seltzer..
Cliekterfield. cigarettes. Bantain IloOks and even Shell Oil
• •••
,It has become quite .4111 in.r4a•sion and Americans are
dincerned Laws have been enacted at the federal and
state levels to momtor: control and, 'screen ioreign
Y est rognt
A recent Congressional report has issued a• warning
about the OPEC nations which have surpluses of almost
Unimaginable magnitude. In 14-. OPEC had $53 billion ill
surplus monies.
With such huge amounts of money. those [lawns could'
buy all the listed stocks on the 'vase,.} ork exchange whin
three years. •
Legislation to .provite closer - monitoring of foreign
investments in the U.S w ill surely awe if Ray gun Reagan
runs true tsi form. Aniurrica for Amurricans!
The whole picture is fun for Canadians to w atch. We
have been treated as ah,edmornic subsidiary for a hundred
years by the Americans. They could bring this country to
its knees by o v.ithdrawing their capital.
The shoe could easily be slipping onto the other toot: the
Yahks may soon be sebsery lent to capital from a dozen
other nations around the world including, belie% e it or pot.
Canada.. a •
. But wait a minute. U.S. residents worried about
foreigners buying up Anierica may • more, readily
understand Canadian fears if the trend continues.' .
Unfortunately.. it isn't just the Yanks that 'Canada has to
worry about these days. especially when it conic buying
farmland. A study by University. of Manitoba agricultural
economist Daryl Kraft shows that LS, million acres of
y itrable Manitoba farm laud are ,now owned by people or
corpdirations Yr: ho' neither live on it nor farm it themselves.
Farmers in,' many parts of British Columbia. Ontario.
Saskatchewan and Prince Edward Island .have voiced the
same fe.ars; In -HurotiCountY. in Ontario, rumorhas it that
"dozens." of farms haVe been purchased by foreign
dollars. The federation of agriculture has been doggedly
working to get some .action from the province to prevent
more takeovers..
Government••conttols have been hapha 'tare and. to
somte .degree, ineffective across the• nation•. Foreign
ow nership is supposed to be limited, in some provinces. to
no more than 20 acres, But foreigners simply set up
11
VonEgmond grant
'mitts ape oppmvatea latv $00 bellAt Ra tm',. Oni *311 X.1
cUt4dttio.•..grIPIP..4*..$ 'With .t.aua:(ltoo. .
i'sluph-Of the, mope,)-,;4‘liev'ed conies- from European.
,otiyers s. io have '!"bletlOdellais'. endFOIATO4tncotne -
th4 t4O.,-Wittlt.t.o.iU.yet'oO.t.5ttt -t4O.rOwttsouOtftkt*:ftOttl#r
tti' 'tfte fronilii0,1116-derVerid7
tpoi:orieErn 4pressed•by fanners. No student
history cu p forget ithwN abuses Chronicled' -flown the _ages
that have come about through absentee ow'necship. ls?o -
profr • a is more 'Prone to such abuses than agriallture.
It takesWdicatinii by horn .faimers to keep Iiii-CV.of land
and stoat. .
put with the v alue of farmland increasing by as much as
IS per cent a year, who can blame the boys with black
bucks to be laundered fiord investing in Canadian land?
As Larry Krotz...writing in the Globe and Mail, said:
"Investors are discovering that oil is not the only black.
gold." •
Isn't it poetic justice to have the Americans looking over
their shoulders, for a change, just as we have been -doing
in Canada for. 100 years?
Egmondville
news
multiply by 1.4.
Thus, 12 acres a .4 = 4.8
hectares. 2. lbs./acre x
= 2 24 tg/hecrare.
3 pintsr' acre a 1.4 = 4.2
litres/hectare.
Knowing these figures.
now you convert your fields
or crop acres to hectares.
You also convert the number
of acres your sprayer flogs:'to
hectares. Supposing Yott
have, 40 acres of corn. Now
yoti .haVo The
-•-1)4g •44..Ys y90. niF44:'2.5
4hFcmre of a • bertkitif
you ittost.ikotioe 1-6 x.
440.1w,of'lte,OlekteA,'.
hen you." Y'441 get,.ktidow.
you. know your sprayer does
12:/tnnk, 'Now it does 12 '1';
4.S' heetareirtsink. • The •
rate' of ,herbicidels .is 2.5
kg. hadare. Now you dump
in 4.8 It 2.5 v."- 12. kg. tank.
The key' to all 'this is first
know how many hectares.
each sprayer tank does- (with.
each set of nozzles. ) Write.
this number • down. it-
will help you if you work out
these calculations this wint-
er. Suppose you know, you
will be using atrazifle this
Visiting with Dorothy Butt
and family for the past two
weeks were her'brrither and
sister-in-law. Mr. and Mrs.
Ross Cuthill and daughter.
Sydney of Black Diamond.
Alberta.
Recent visitors with Dor-
othy Butt .and family were
Mrs. E.H. Lane; of Mt.
Brydges arid Shirley and
Carmen Hier of Lenclon..
BY MICHELLE FRY
bgmondville Ten Little
Stitches at Anne-Marie Ma-
loney's home. Members talk-
ed about their pattern, mat-
erial and sewing box. Then
they worked in their sewing
,ed and pinned on their pat-
oampleting the work, they
went into pairs and measur-
ed and pined, on their pit-
terns to see if fitted properly..
The next meeting will be
teld at the -home of Michelle,
Fry.
reviewed
WE RESERVE THE RIGHT
.TO LIMIT QUANTITIES
MON. TUES. & WED. 9.6 PM:
THURS. & FRI. 9.9 P.M.
SATURDAY 9-6 P.M.
Seafot
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1.29
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Discussion on, a grant to"
the Van Egmond Foundation .
at council ,Monday brought-
out asuggestion grant policy
could be reviewed. "•
"lt might. be an idea ,to
have an actual percentage (of
the budget) set up for grants
and then have• so much to
Pat 'Watson of Brussels
wits named president of
Alpha Huron for a .third
term. at the annual meeting
held in Clinton Public School.
Other officers are Sharon
Warwick. Brussels. 1St vice
president: Bruce Scott.
Seaforth, 2nd eke president:
Jane Bensette. $ruccfield.
treasurer: , Bessie
Townshend. Porter Hill.
lunch co.nvenor, Phyllis, Cox.
Goderich, secretary .
Ralph Watson showed
slide's taken of members 'of
the group depicting ' the
usability of street's and public
places for„ handicapped
work with." suggested,
councillor Paul Ross.
The councillor said he was
concerned council, might not
have enough information
when it meets to set a grant
the foundation had
requested. Reeve Bill Dale
told him the foundation
persons. These slides are .to
be used' at speaking
engagments during IYDP
(Idter-national Year of
Disabled Persons)
Alpha Huron .has on file a
roster of dentists for people
with special requirements,
who have difficulty finding
dental services.
Alpha Hutori will 'meet
Feb. 1' at the Watson home
in • Brussels. Final ar-
rangements will be made for
the Wheelch,air Basketball
game at Wingham High
School. Sunday. Feb. 22 at 2
p.m. Tickets are still
-available.
wants 5--26000 front three
municipalities (Seaforth,
4Tuckersmith and the •county)
and "I don't think that's
going to happen beeause • I
khow what the county's
going to give."
Councillor Ross said he
didn't think • $20.000 was
expected but "I don't think
$500 would help 'in any
meaningful way. It's a real
need that ought to be
considered setiously.",
"When certain groups
start these, things I wish
they'd get their ' act
together". said reeve Dale,
who added costs go up and
"then they want baling out".
The Van Egmond
Foundation, councillor Ross
replied. have funded their
operation fairly responsibly
and -the • benefits to our
community have been
considerable. '
Is there a percentage of its
budget a municipality should
set aside for grants. asked
councillor Gerald Groothuis.
' In a million dollar budget,
"to. me two per cent on
grants is a lot of money."
replied reeve Dale.
Officers elected
for Alpha Huron
Spring is just around .the corneri
ORDER YOUR FERTILIZER
SEED ''GRAIN,.. GRASS. SEED NOW
, to be sure of the type you need when the time comes
Also be thinking Of your spraying needs
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TOMATOES
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Pkg. of 8
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