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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 - production of methane gas: ' (Photp by Gibb) -Paramount Flaked LIGHT TUNA 6 oz. Tins M .6 OPNOTCH TOPNOTCH FFEE”) LIMITED 427-1910 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 LOT OF FREE PARKING FOR YOU Maple. Leaf FLAKES OF hi 6 1/2 oz. Tins 1.29 Nestles Ass't. Flavours MINI PUDDINGS 4x5 oz. Tins -PO! CERI "Honey Comb . 275 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 PRODUCE Prices' effeedireprall. Saturday, February 21, 1981. O'TDOGwOltris H lAMBURG ROLLS Pkg. of 12 .79 Prod of Mexico Canada' go 1 Vineripened TOMATOES .79 Prod USA Canada Nol. Westons Plain ENGLISH MUFFINS Pkg. of 8 Get in on TH GREA GROCER CHECK00" Details at store or w for ads o CKNX You could; win trip to DiSNEN WORLD .69