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The Rural Voice, 1978-06, Page 25If you are a farmer, the program could be useful to you in several ways. It could help offset the cost of additional employees if you have been thinking of expanding your operation but weren't sure whether it was an economic proposition at the present time. It could help you hire people to get additional work done around the farm. Or the program could help you take life a little easier by perhaps hiring your first employee. Farmers taking advantage of the program must recruit their new employees through a Canada Employment Centre or Canada Farm Labour Pool. Only persons who have been unemploy- ed and registered with one of these offices for eight weeks or more are eligible for employment under the program. Employ- ees cannot be relatives of the employer, and the job cannot already be subsidized through another federal, provincial or municipal government employment pro- gram. For more information on the program, farmers should contact their Canada Employment Centre or Canada Farm Labour Pool. Shake up those herbicides Farmers should give their 2, 4-D amine , herbicides a shake-up before pouring them into their spray tanks this summer. Agriculture Canada's plant products division authorities say the amine type of 2, 4-D may settle out and fall to the bottom of the can if the chemical is stored in cold conditions. If settling -out has occurred. some of the chemical may be left in the bottom of the can when the herbicide is poured into the sprayer,' resulting in an improper application rate. Setting -out is a problem only with 2, 4-D amine herbicides. The ester type of 2, 4-D is not affected. The plant products division is the regulatory arm of Agriculture Canada that controls pesticides permitted for use in Canada. Its officials say the settling -out process in 2, 4-D amines can begin anywhere in the distribution chain during cold weather. The 2. 4-D amines are often made in the winter and may be stored or shipped by the manufacturer under cold conditions. The settling -out may have started before the farmer gets the herbicide home or may also occur in carryover stocks held on the farm. Labels on the herbicide cans state that the chemical should not be stored in temperatures below 0°C and farmers should keep their herbicide supply in a warm place. Settled material can usually be reconstit- uted with the arrival of warmer temperatures during the spraying season. A little bit of agitation will help to redisolve any residual material. Because five gallon herbicide cans are too heavy to be picked Mn farmer! Have you checked our spray prices?? If not... Call us before you buy. We have a new bulk feed Discount Policy, so check with us and save! OPNOTCH TOPNOTCH FEEDS LIMITED Phone 527-1910 Seaforth • Doupe's Equipment Ltd. RR 4, Kincardine SERVING THE AREA SINCE 1949 DEALERS FOR CASE GEHL KUBOTA BUSHOG Sales -Service -Rentals Always a good selection of new and used equipment in stock. R.R.#4 KINCARDINE 395-2685 HELM WELDING LIMITED RR 2, Lucknow 1/2 mile south of Lucknow 529-7627 Feed tanks are built of 14 gauge metal, paint- ed blue. They are ruggedly reinforced with heavy angle iron ring and legs. All tanks are of side draw off design. Capacity: sizes range from 4 to 16 tons. Prices include ladder, blow pipe for filling, manhole and inspection glass. Re- quires concrete pad base 91/2' x 91/2' square, 10" deep, reinforced with steel. We also specialize in building gravity boxes farm wagons, 3 -pt. hitch scraper blades, and general fabric- ation. THE RURAL VOICE/JUNE 1978. PG. 25.