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The Brussels Post, 1975-03-26, Page 128 C. ATTENTION FARMERS Have you FLAX for your 1975 considered cash crop? For the past two years Flax as a cash crop has shown a net return per acre equal to, and in most cases better than, most cash crops available in the area. We have cleaned a limited amount of FLAX SEED and this is now available for booking. Interest in this seed is strong and we suggest you phone and order now to • avoid being disappointed. For seed please contact: OPNOTCH TOPNOTCH FEEDS' LIMITED' Mitverton Otitatio. phone 395N4941 or ANDERSON ',FLAX PRODUCTS Lineknow, Ontario • phone 528-72026 F 72: PC14- 86 68 SO 32 14 -00 -22 -40 Celsius means a decline in temperature • 6Q SO 40 30 20 • I0 —30 )\\16 1 \11\liii Canada has seen the last of sunny summer days with temperatures of 90 degress in the shade. From now on, a hot day will be somewhere between 25 and 35 degrees. The reason for this sudden drop in temperature is' the conversion from Fahrenheit temperatures to ,the Celsius scale: The official changeover comes on April 1. On that day, the radio and television weathermen and the newspaper will stop giving the familiar Fahreriheit tempera- tures and tell the Canadian public how hot (or cold) it is in degrees Celsius. The switch could come as a bit of a jot. For instance, a chilly-sounding 10 degrees C corresponds to a balmy spring day with a temperature of 50° F. Many people will also be left with Fahrenheit thermometers which no longer relate directly to the weather forecasts from the media. However, these thermo- meters need not be discarded. They are easily converted to the Celsius scale and the process for changing them serves as a good explanation for how to think in degrees Celsius. To update an old thermometer, cover one side of the scale, lengthwise with a small strip of masking, tape. The starting point for conver- sion is 32 degrees F, the freezing point for water. On the Celsius scale, the corresponding tem- perature is 0 degrees C. So opposite 32 degress on the Fahrenheit scale, mark 0 on the maskirig tape to begin your new Celsius scale. Then draw lines on the tape at 18 degree intervals on the Fahrenheit scale, both up and down from 3 2 degrees F. Each of these new marks corresponds to 10 degrees on the Celsius scale. Now try a bit of cross-checking and you find that 50 degrees F is 10 degrees C, Adding another 18 degrees Fahrenheit, you'll see that 68 degrees F is the same as 2Q degiees C. The equivalent of 86 degrees F is 30 degrees C and to degrees F is 40 degrees C. Working down the therms meter from the freezing point, 11 degrees F is -10 degrees C; degrees F is -20 degrees C; -22 degrees F is -30 degress C and at 40 below it's the same on both scales. And, for farmers, Agriculture Canada has a few pointers on nen Celsius temperatures of note: --soil temperature for seeding should be between 4 degrees C and 10 degrees C; --the maximum air temperature for applying chemicals to crops or soil is 27 degrees C; --the optimum temperatures for rapid crop growth are between 15 degrees C and 30 degrees C. Somebody Wants What You Don't Need! SELL Through Brussels Post Classified Want. Ads 4 Weather is important to farmers. Now that the weatherman will give temperatures in degrees Celsius only, farmers will have to find a way to relate the new temperatures to their farming practices. Ret and Liston Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Strau Reidt Wing Wing Liston Loch Wing Jim Mitch Harri Demands increase Huron budget is up 20% County council approved a 1975 budget for Huron at a special meeting Tuesday which shows the total expenditures for, the year to be $7,244,142 , up nearly 20% over last year. - The 1975 budget required an additional levy of $505,000 over the 1974 budget with expenditures to be $7,144,152 plus a planned surplus of $99,990. Again county roads were the major culprit in the budget increase with a total of $2,561,000 being allotted to the highway public works department, up from 2,129,000 in 1974. County Library expenditures will total $261,800, planning department budget will total $93,690 and the social services budget will total $386,300. The budget for the Childrens' Aid Society for the County of Huron will total $135,905, the Huronview budget Will total $2,013,300, the Huron County Health Unit budget will total $505,350 while general maintenance for county buildings will cost $125,425: Based on the formula, the following levies will be charged (with previous year's levy in brackets). Towns: Goderich, $351,149 ($280,226); Clinton,' $116,142 12— .THE BRUSSELS POST, MARCH 26, 1975 ($95,270); Exeter, $155,844 ($119,831); Seaforth $82,278 ($63,427); Wingham, $139,612 ($107,957). Villages: (($25,279); ($23,423); ($26,570); ($36,039); ($24,197). Townships: Ashfield, $105,597 Bayfield, Blyth, Brussels, Hensall, Zurich, $34,391 $30,205 $35,215 $45,600 $30,401 ($90,600); Colborne, $71,856 ($58,969); Goderich, $112,923 ($82,587); Grey, $91,094 ($74,442); Hay, $121,901 ($103,919); Howick, $124,496 (100,096); Hullett, $87,398 ($67,483); McKillop, $79,108 ($65,659); Morris, $71,828 ($56,794); Stanley, $89,820 ($76,550); Stephen, $172,434 ($144,238); Tuckersmith $134,765 ($102,720); Turnberry, $60,576 ($46,836); Usborne $80,499 ($67,140) ,East Wawanosh, $53 ;531 ($43,791);west Wawanosh, $49,327 ($38,95:1). Smiles "Nature didn't make us per. feet, so she did the next best thing. She made us blind to our own faults:" Th churc Marc Jot Devo "Res a by M, folio on Re out b Deta( Or Reec in vo' on Side Tow RI. the of tl Reec $25C 0: Row both a col of C one were 0 D.1 soul sout ROA/ ' vehi and