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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1975-09-04, Page 124 Advameeitlinea, Thursday, Sept. 4A 19711 et the candidates Exeter and Wingham beeeme a tradition with Federation of Agricul- to Organize a "meet the c NI tee" night at election We year, two such meet - Will be held for the two ,tidings of Huron -Bruce and apron Middlesex. On Sept, 9 at 8:30 at the F. E. Madill Secondary School in Wingham the Liberal incumbent Murray Gaunt will meet with the NDP candidate for this riding to answer questions from the pub - 1%.. The Progressive Conserva- tive candidate, William Walden, has not yet committed himself to appearing at the meeting. Al- though an NDP candidate has not yet been announced, party of- ficials have assured the federa- tion that a candidate for the NDP will be named and appear at the candidates' night. The meeting for the Huron - Middlesex riding will be held Sept. 11 at p.an. at the Exeter High School. Liberal incumbent Jack Riddell, Progressive Con- servative candidate Jim Hayter and NDP candidate Paul Carroll will field questions from the audience. Both meetings are public events, open to anyone who wishes to attend. Ergots are found in local cereal crops Large, black, seed like growths in their cereals have • been re- ported by growers in several Ontario counties, including Dur- ham, Middlesex, Huron and Lambton. These growths, caused by a fungus disease called ergot, can have serious effectson live- stock herds in concentrations are high enough. "Although ergot is common on many grasses, particularly rye, it is seldom considered a serious problem in barley," say patho- logist R. E. Pltblado and crops specialist A. McLaren, of the Ridgetown College of Agri- cultural Technology. "But this year, extremely favorable condi- tions for this disease' Infection occurred at the time of barley flowering, resulting in several ergoty fields.",, The specialists say that the ergots or black, foreign bodies -,– contain chemicals harmful to the circulatory systems of animals. For example, barley that contains 0.1 per cent or more (10 to 12 ergots per quart 'of seed) should be considered dangerous as feed. Barley infested with high levels of ergots can cause abor- tions, nervous system disorders, gangrene of extremities, reduced milk production and, in extreme cases, death, if livestock are fed large quantities of ergoty grain. The black ,ergot bodies are found in all cereals, occupying the'place of the normal kernel, protruding outwards two to three, ti times the length of the kernel. However, some of the ergot 'bodies are small in size or only just larger than the grain itself. USED CAR MECHANIC SPECIALS 1970 METEOR - 4 door V-8, auto. transmission special price $495.00. FJV 909 1970 FORD GALAXIE 500 4 door hardtop, V-8, auto- matic transmission, power steering, brakes, radio, Lic. DHO 324. Priced 5879.00. 1968 MERCURY '/2 TON. 6 cylinder pickup, radio, Licence E78139. Priced to sell $649.00. 1965 MERCURY - Park Lane, 4 door, 390, V-8, 4 V. Runs good. Priced $169. 1966 FORD V-8 Automatic transmission. SPECIAL $99.00 FJZ 477. SNOWMOBILE - Polaris Colt, 295 CC. Good condition. 'See.these as is SPECIALS at JONES MOTORS Monkton, Ontario Phon• 347-2961 The fungus growth may fall to the ground and survive through the winter to produce spores next spring, or may be found in grain bins at harvest. The Ridgetown ,specialists say that the problems with ergot can be minimized by screening the grain through fine screens, similar to those used in seed - cleaning plants. Grain slightly to moderately contaminated can be used if diluted by mixing with clean grain, such as corn, oats, etc. Because ergot affects various weed grasses (quack grass, for example) the sources for ergot outbreaks will always exist. But both Pitblado and McLaren con- clude that since so many factors, including high relative humidity, ideal temperatures and spore release, must all come into play at once, serious problems with ergot in cereals are notan- ticipated, except in localized areas. Rain, snow gone metric Winter will be a little different in Canada this year. Two Federal Cabinet • Ministers issued a joint statement to this 'effect recently in Ottawa. eThe Hon. Alastair Gillespie Minister responsible for imple- mentation of the metric system in Canada and the Hon. Jeanne Sauve, Minister of Environment Canada, said "We're not • ex- pecting meteorological condi- tions to change, but we do want to remind Canadians that as of Sept. 1, rain and snow accumulations and forecasts will be reported in metric units. Madame Sauve said the At- mospheric Environment Service will use mm (millimetres) for reporting rainfall and cm (centi- metres) for reporting snowfall. The reporting of snow in centi- metres is regarded by Mr. Gilles- pie as a unique opportunity for Canadians to become familiar with this metric measurement. "Here is something visible," he said. "When you look out your window, after hearing that so many centimetres of snow fell overnight, you'll be taking a crash course in metrics." From there, it's fairly easy to grasp the other basic length measure- ments—millimetres and metres. Mr. Gillespie, a skier himself, commented that it was to be hoped that "we get all the snow we need but not so much that we have to think of it in metric tonnes." The Metric Commission has published benchmarks which will assist people in familiarizing themselves with the system. An overnight rainfall of five mm is just enough to leave spots on your car, 10 mm of rain keeps your grass green but it's not enough for your roses, 25 mm of rain gives all vegetation a pretty good drink and 50 mm overnight is a very heavy rainfall. A snowfall of 3 cm can be handled by a broom but is likely to make the steps slippery. If 30 cm of snow falls it means road plows are out, you're probably wishing you had a snowblower, and kids are thinking about to- bogganing. Mr, Gillespie said that next April, the final conversion in weather reports and forecasts issued to the public will be made when windspeeds and barometric, pressure will be measured in the metric system. • o ..MRS:"MABEL JACKLIN reads the instructions as Mrs. Evelyn Evers of Lucknow care- fully follows the indicated directions to make 'fan -tans' during.the 441 Leaders' Training School held at the Salvation Army Thursday and Friday. The basic theme of the lessons was "Let's Bake Bread". • PARENTS AND VISITORS admire vegetable and flower projects exhibited by members of the 4-H Home Garden Club during last Wednesday's Gorrie Area Achievement Day at Howick Central. Groups from Fordwich, Belmore, Bluevale, Cranbrook, Lakelet, Gorrie and Molesworth also presented a program of skits and lectures. THE HOME ECONOMIST for Huron County, Jane Pengilley, and assistant Loralee Marshall of Kirkton, concentrate on judging and grading the various projects and exhibits displayed during last Wednesday's Gorrie Area Achievement Day at Howick Central. The theme for the day was home gardening. k Twp. yet to go, for, Sept. 25 meeting Atter strong Objections from Hoek Townp residents the. Unroll County Planning Depart- ment, has epart-ment.has revised portions of the inunicipalitjt' official plan and will be ready to send out copies to each taxpayer in the next few weeks in time for a final public meeting Sept: 5. The most' ;vociferous com- plaints arose from the plan's floodplain mapping In and around the three villages of Wroxeter, Fordwich and Gorrie. "We've changed the floodplain mapping," county planner Nick Hill of Goderich said. He said that after the Howick Township official plan was pub- iished a few months ago, the planning department decided to hold further meetings with municipal officials: Mr. Hill said they held "three intensive sessions" 6 iron out the prob- lems. "They are satisfied with it now," he said. The councillors went over every section, the planner said: "We weren't going to release the plan until they were satisfied with it." Referring to the public work- shops which were held through- out the winter and into the spring, Mr. Hill said they . were ex- tremely valuable. "This is probably one of the most complicated plans we've done. Naturally I'm pleased (with it)." Copies of the official plan will be sent to each resident about two weeks prior to the Sept. 25 meet - at the community centre at 8 p.m. ,p. SMUU s a lads is ,Ieirave ria lrvN - The grave Qiirls'kSoftll season came to an exciting end on Tuesday night of last week when the Midget girls took on a team formed by the mothers. Despite all the cheering section behind the girls' team, including most of the girls from the Juven- ile girls' team, and the odd grapefruit • being thrown, the mothers managed to stay on top and win the game. Following the game the Midget girls were treated by their coaches, Misses Brenda Johnston and Nancy Anderson. The Juven- ile girls went to the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Coultes and en- joyed a wiener roast. BLUEVALE Mr. and Mrs. Bill Taws of Mississauga and Harvey Mann of Waterloo spent the holiday week- end with Mrs. Ross Mann. Mr. and Mrs. Ross Gray visited on Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Walker and family. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathers and Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Elliott attended open house at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Elliott in honor of their daughter's forth- coming marriage. In the evening they visited with Mr. and Mrs. Rae Mathers at Goderich. your home right Howl Fuel costs you more than insulation. Get your home all snugged up right now. 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A Liberal Government is committed to reduce the net debt and Government ex- penditure by saving 2.7 mil- lion dollars by abolishing the super -ministries, 7.5, million dollars by cutting in half the Government's pub- lic relations budget, 36 mil- lion dollars by a 10% cut in program and ministry ad- ministration costs. DO YOUR PART IN FIGHTING INFLATION RE-ELECT Murray GAUNT CO on September 18 Sponsored by the Huron - Bruce Liberal Association ‘6QGGtCe(L9,. WINGHAM BOWL OPEN FOR SEASON STARTING SEPTEMBER 2