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Since coming to town 12 years ago to open fabrics. He said today's clothing is being
the Jenny Wren Sboppe, owner Jim Gregg has made out- of new synthetics resulting in it
noticed a change in customers' attitudes, being more washable and easier to care for.
',`Female don't want to be waited on like they Mr. and Mrs. Gregg take care of buying,
and distribution aspects of the
used to,.. he said. business.� To accomplish this Mr. Gregg
Before moving to Wingham Mr. Gregg had spends one day per week in Winghom and one
worked in Toronto for 15 years at Tip Top or two days in Kincardine. During the
Tailors. "What I started at Tip Top I was remainder of .the week his staff is left in
trained to completely serve the customer; charge.
that means approaching than, talking to Manager- of Wingham's Jenny Wren Sboppe
than and giving them complete service." He is Mrs. (Bobbie) Ecke-sley. Originally trop
explained that people today don't want to be British Columbia, she has worked at the shop
bothered by store clerks.`'"1'bey want to walk for three years. When asked if she enjoys her
in here and look around by themselves." won she answered smiling, "I sure do."
One good thing about the change is need for When not working at the two stores Mr.
fewer employees. With customers basically Gregg and his wife are on the road as com-
serving themselves staff can be reduced with- mercial travellers.
out infringing on customer satisfaction. The couple's territory, northern and
Mr. Gregg has not only noticed this trend Western Ontario, is where they sell wholesale
with Wingham patrons but also at his store in and children's clothing.
Kincardine, opened about five years ago. He Mr. Gregg said, `Being on the road is most
said he used to have a third outlet in Goderich interesting. It is giving me an insight to
but, "we closed that one down three years problems that other merchants like me
have." He and his wife started travelling with
a Another noticeable change is in the area of their goods back in January.
gingham .. .
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ferences were observed in the
$0 loss for every untreated
The cost of not treating a dairy
three control products: fenthion
heifer. The study points out the
heifer for warbles is estimated at
(Spotton) and trichlorfon (Gru-
necessity of treating dairy
W. That's the conclusion of a
bex and Coop Warble Killer).
heifers. Fifty-eight per cent of
study conducted last fail by
How do we arrive at the $M
the untreated heifers were in -
members of Dairy Herd im-
lues? Well, the treated heifers
fested with an average of 13.2
provement staff. Coeaplete in-
gained nine per cent faster than
warble grubs.
formation was obtained on 235
the untreated ones. A nine per
We won't snake progress nn
pairs of heifers distributed
cant reduction ingrowth over two
eliminating this pest if we treat
throughout OntariQ. Treated
consecutive years increases the
only beef animals. Lactating
heifers averaged lees than 0.2
age at which heifers reach a suit-.
cows and dry animals within
grubs per head. Untreated hard-
able calving weight and size by
three to seven days of freshening
mates averaged 7.4 VU104. Thus
approximately one month. The
should not be treated.
the products used destroyed 9r.5
coat of delayed breeding of a lac -
per cent of the grabs present in
tating cow has been estimated to
NEXT YEAR'S
-the treated animals. No dif-
post s1.eo per day thus, we have a
WELD OL
t on next
Make a start on next year's
weed control now. Make a note of
Business resource team
roblem weeds as you harvest or
plow. Take an example for
visit at Listowel
identification, If you don't know
it. This winter make appoint-
will
menti with your extension and .
mainly by retired execptives and
agribusinesspeople and got a
On Thursday,, Nov. 15 the
concentrates on solving the prob-
program that will catch any
Federal Business Development
lems of small businesses which
weeds that are escaping from
Bank's, Business Resource team
cannot afford to employ experts
yam' amu' Pim-
will be at the Blue Barn. Motel
an a full-time basis. This service
and Restaurant to further
is provided at a nominal dally
DELEGATE YOUR
acquaint the Listowel area of the
rate.
SOIL TES'T'ING
bank's management services.
The management training pro-
Soil test at least two fields if
The bank's management sew-
gram, as well as providing
you haven't had one in, recent
ices has three main spheres of
seminars on various subjects of
yam. You need to know whether
activity: management training,
interest to business people, also
pow values are goibl; sky high
management counselling and an
provides management courses to
from heavy manure application
information service.
provincial educational insti-
e -T
or whether your soli is being de -
The
e information service Pro-
tutions for the owners and
pleted by three cuts per year of
vides details of approximately
managers of small businesses.
alfalfa.
100 federal government assis-
The business resource team is
As owner -operator, you won't
tante programs to business.
made yp of three highly trained
likely make time for this job.
There is also a pamphlet series
specialists in the area of coup-
Why not delegate it to your
entitled "Minding Your Own
fig, training and government
school-age son or daughter and
Business" which now contains 18
programs and financing and is
then talk it over together when
pamphlets on various subjects.
well equipped to provide assis-
the result comes back. It's an
The Small Business News is
tance to area owners and
interesting project for. a young -
issued quarterly.
managers facing the start of a
sten. It just might provide some
The management counselling
business, the expansion of a busi-
incentive to get more involved in
provided by the bank is done
ness or a business problem.
the farm operation.
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