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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1977-04-14, Page 9ring seeding underway tionally warm weather early this week prompted area farmers to get on the land with discs and seeders a jump on Mother Nature. Kase Vanden Heuvel took advantage of the warm dry weather to get some of his field work done and even made a couple of rounds with the seed drill planting barley. (staff -photo) rmers must learn to apply rtilizer in metric measure s soon won't have to they should applyi - it will be about how many kilograms per hectare. er acre of fertilizer Fertilizer companies will m to ISN NEWS Donald Simpson home from a trip to Canada, where she with her " daughter nne, husband and enneth Farrish.• of ge University in ent a few days with nts, Mr. and Mrs. arrish. hoda MacKenzie left onto on a three week lorida as escort with rom that city. im Bushell of Ripley, ews United Church, minister at Ashfield Sian' Church for the the Easter services, evening. d Mrs. Don Ainsley ily of Toronto were Mr. and Mrs. Frank an for the Easter nd visitors with Mr. Oliver McCharles and Mrs. Donald les and family of ,Mr. Jim MacRae of FOR WATER SYSTEMS Toronto and Mr. Duncan MacRae of Southampton. Mrs. Robert Maclntosh is a patient in hospital in Wingham. Mr. Kelso MacNay also a patient in the same hospital having fractured his leg in h farm accident. Miss Linda Wylds of London is spending a few dayswith her parents Mr. and Mrs. Warren Wylds following her release from hospital in London. Many from this community were guests at the reception in Lucknow on. Saturday evening in honour of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brunetti of Windsor, Mrs. Brunetti is a niece of Mr. and Mrs. George Moncrief where they visited during the weekend. Visiting Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Finlayson for the • Easter holidays were Ian and'_IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIItt111111111111111111111IIIIIIIIIIIIII111111111111111111111III11I11111111111111II1111I111111111111tllill1111� Allan Finlayson and Mrs. Et Paul Emberlin all of Toronto and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Finlayson and family of Goderich. begin switching over to the metric system this summer and fertilizer application recommendations will be given in metric, Ed Brulbaker of -'the University of Guelph told members of the Huron Federation of Agriculture Thursday night. Three, of the major farm machinery companies - Massey Ferguson, John Deere and International - are designing almost entirely in metric now, Mr. Brulbaker said. "It is an emotional thing. None of us like to changed but in many ways we are going from a complex.system to a simple system," he said. Mr., 'Brulbaker "'said the easiest way to learn • the metric system wag to start to •use it without referring back to the old system.' "The best thing for ,tis to do would be to throw our Fahrenheit thermometers 'away," he said, Bev. Brown questioned the advantage of switching temperature scales when the variation of one degree Celsius was less accurate and could be critical in a pig operation. "The best thing would be to get a thermometer measured in half degrees," Mr. Brulbaker told her. Farm deeds which are presently ,.based on the English measurement system would not have to be resurveyed, Mr, Brulbaker said. But anything that is resurveyed will be done in metric. The 100 pound concentrate bags will be changed to 90 kilogram bags which is about 88 pounds. Fertilizer will be packaged in 25 kilogram bags or about 55 pounds., • "The problem is that they are dragging out the change. If Monday they said we are going completely metric, we'd struggle for a week., but we'd soon know what it meant," Mr. Brulbaker said. "No we wouldn't," quipped one farmer. "We'd take up arms and overthrow the, government." Family care The regular monthly meeting of the Family Care Workers will be held Thur- sday, April 21 at 8 p.m..,at the board rooms, Clinton Public Hospital. There--. will be a guest speaker on cancer. have new and used mps for sale, and almost y item needed for Water stems - softeners, ers, sterilizers, foot and eck valves. We stock attic pipe and fittings - essure and suction hose r spraying. • FARMERS CHECK YOUR PUMPS old one of your pumps fail during your yseason, it wIlllDke time which you Ily can't spare, to get it fixed NG YOUR PUMP IN NOW „TIE PUMP PEOPLE" EPPS SALES and SERVICE Hwy. 8 East, Clinton, Ontario 482-3418 Iced Service for: Myers, Monarch, Dt,Rro, Jacuzzi, IaY, Gall Pumps. We stock alm6st everything needed for tYatsms _. Filters, Sterilizers, Softeners. 1 FISHING SALE ` \1 SAVE UP TO 5O' ON ALL RODS, REELS & FISHING TACKLE ROLLIE'S SPORTS &CYCLE 32 ONTARIO STREET GRAND BEND 238-2418 ouuumnsammasassammas m ouneasuusmaaaass mnwulnt it m stima GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1977,» -,PAGE 9' olborne girls in 111-H program Tiger Dunlop Group 2 Sew and Sews held their sixth meeting Monday evening at the home of their leader, Mrs. Jambs Thompson. Roll call 'Show the type of trim or finish to be used on your garment and the method of applying same" was an- swered by eight members. Next meeting will be next Monday evening April 18th, and the books and garments are to be completed for next meeting. Dianne Bogie is to be the commentator for the group for Achievement Day. Several girls demonstrated sewing technique's. Sheila Fisher demonstrated button application with thread shank, Brenda Fisher demonstrated slip stitching, and Heather Clark demon- strated sewing in sleeves on knitted fabric. Mrs. Thompson checked the girls' books after which the meeting adjourned. BENMILLER UC BUSY It is an asset to any com- munity to have an active rural church. Benmiller United Church stands out as one of the best. The minister, the Rev. John Wood, has two charges, Victoria St. United Church, Goderich and Benmiller United Church, Benmiller. Sefvices are held in both churches each Sunday. Services in Benmiller United Church at present are Sunday morning 11:15 a.m. and will continue at this hour until end of October. The ladies' groups in Benmiller Church, as in most churches,, are quite active and leave no stone unturned to help in church work. The Irish Unit 1 of Ben- miller ernmiller United Church will be holding a dessert tea and white elephant table on Wednesday, April 20 at 1:30 p.m. This should prove to'be a very enjoyable afternoon where one can meet friends, enjoy the dessert tea and the special attraction at the White Elephant Table af- terwards. The' special note which makes this event attractive is that the admission is an ar- 'ticle for the White Elephant table. Mark your calendar the date of May 4, when the U.C.W. of Benmiller Church will be having the Thankoffering meeting at 2:30 p.m. with Mrs Wood as guest speaker. A cordial invitation is extended to join them. SOCIAL NEWS We are pleased to report Mrs. James Horton, Goderich, formerly of Terry Crowley GODERICH, London 524-9075 a 1 ' ie LI representing . �t l Colborne has returned home and is convalescing favourably after being a patient in Goderich hospital for severahmonths. James Buchanan, R.R. 4, Goderich has returned home having been a patiient in Victoria Hospital, London, after surgery. Congratulations are in order to Mr. and Mrs. John Moerbeek, R.R. 6, Hwy. 21 on the birth of a baby boy, Michael Sohn, a brother for Julie. HONDA Motorcycles Sales, Service, Parts. REMKES ENTERPRISES RR1 Centralia Ph. 228-6281 3 mi. 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