Think Bigger With Metric
How would you like to have an increase. People who now buy a
automatic five percent increase quart of milk under our English
in sales of bottled milk and a 10 system would continue to buy a
percent increase in sales of “metric quart” or liter which is
bu “ e ; r and cbeese - five percent more volume than a
This would solve a lot of quart. Thus buying of the same
problems for the dairy industry, number of quarts in the new
Bnd ° happen sometime system would bring an automatic
soon. This sales increase won’t five percent increase,
be the result of promotion What about the 10 percent
campaigns but rather it will increase in butter and cheese
come indirectly from an expected sales? It would work the same
national change in our measuring way. A pound of cheese in the
system English system will be sold as a
You re constantly hearing “metric pound” or half
more talk about conversion to kilogram, which is 1.1 pounds. We
«®: r l. C e measureme,lt ' n be can expect that every housewife
United States, and many people who buys a pound of cheese today
feel it will come in the next will buy a half-kilogram
decade either by legislation or equivalent after metric change
voluntarily. over
But let’s look at how it would
give us that five percent sales
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LANCASTER LABORATORIES, INC.
ANALYTICAL SERVICES DIVISION
Feeds, Flour, Forages, Foods
Dairy Products, Water, Waste Water
Bacteriological, Physical, Chemcial
2425 New Holland Pike
Lancaster, Pa. 17601
Telephone (717)656-9043 or
_ (717)656-9868
Uni-Forage Harvester.
Big capacity, separate blower,
competitive price—plus!
Uni-Forage Harvester
This Uni-Forage Harvester is priced the
way you like it. Competitive with other
self-propelled choppers.
The separate blower means the cutter head
doesn’t have to double as a blower. And
the spout is closer to the wagon, so forage
is saved on turns, in contoured fields, and
in crosswinds. Spout direction is hydraulic
ally controlled.
Three upper feed rolls and six spiral knives
A. L. HERR&BRO.
Quarryville
KINZER EQUIP. CO,
Kinzer
LONGENECKER
FARM SUPPLY
Rheems
Increased sales are just one
advantage of going metric. The
It’s
got everything.
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CHAS. J. McCOMSEY
& SONS
Hickory Hill, Pa
LANDIS BROS., INC.
Uni-Power Unit
cut hour after hour with a more uniform
cut, down to 3/16 of an inch. The Uni-
Forage Harvester is a great chopper. And
it’s part of Uni-System.
The system of self-propelled harvesting
equipment that needs only one inter
changeable Power Unit.
Uni Forage Harvester—with its big capacity
and competitive price—is one of the rea
sons why:
Uni-System just makes
more sense!
Lancaster
whole measuring system is more
simple to figure than our present
one. It’s a decimal system with
all units 10, 100, or 1000 times in
size. For example, 1,000
milliliters of milk equals one
liter; 1,000 liters equals ' a
kiloliter. Just move a decimal
point rather than the complex
calculation of two cups to a pint;
two pints to a quart; four quarts
to a gallon; and 42 gallons to a
barrel. The main advantage of
the metric system is its sim
plicity. All volumes, distances
and weights are divided into
three convenient units (10, 100
and 1,000) compared to 80 dif
ferent units in the English
system.
Many educators believe that
the whole metric system can be
learned in one hour while some
English units never really
become familiar without
reference to a chart or table. All
our measurements will be on the
same basis as our money system
-10 mills to a cent, 100 cents to a
dollar. If you can think money,
you can think metric! Dollars
and cents are easy figuring. With
the metric system, every
measurement will be that simple.
About the only thing that will not
change is the clock on the wall
because metric and English time
measurement are the same.
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Windrow Pickup
STOLTZFUS
FARM SERVICE
Cochranville, Pa.
ROY H. BUCK, INC,
Ephrata, R.D 2
N.G. HERSHEY & SON
Manheim
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 9,1973*-
There’s no need to worry about
metrication when and if it comes.
The change will be made
gradually, probably over a 10-
year period. This is the way it is
being done in Great Britain, and
it is progressing without major
troubles. In the United States,
many businesses and industries
have already made some
changes (most laboratory tests,
for example, have been done and
reported in metric for a long
time) but metrication won’t be
complete until it is taught in our
schools and recognized by trades,
businesses, industry and the
government.
Milk may, in fact, play a key
role in the change-over to the
metric system, as it did when
Britain started its conversion
several years ago. The retur
nable pint bottle was the basic
package for milk, being sold in
small quantities because
refrigerators were not common
and milk had to be used up fast.
Conversion to metric meant
that a pint equaled 454 grams--an
awkward figure to work with. So
the conversion of a pint was to 500
grams and a quart to 1,000 grams
or a liter. Housewives accepted
the change. And since milk is a
children’s food, the “metric pint”
became a familiar unit to start
school children toward learning
the new system.
The dairy industry, from
producer to retailer, was
delighted with the increase in
volume of milk bought and used
by the consumer under the new
measurement system.
The first step toward American
metrication has been made. In
1972 the U. S. Senate passed a bill
to officially go metric, and the
House is considering similar
legislation. The U. S. Department
of Commerce and Bureau of
Standards officially recommend
it, and many commercial groups
are ready to change.
Metrication is a must for the
United States who now stands
almost alone in the world using a
system which hinders world
trade. The simpler system would
also bring efficiencies in ac
counting that are badly needed in
many businesses.
Going metric, of course, has
some disadvantages. There will
be confusion even in the gradual
change. Equipment will be made
obsolete but many materials
have less than a 10-year life, and
when replaced, they would be
with metric equipment.
The United States can profit by
the experience of India (now fully
converted), Britain (now
changing over), and Japan
(converted on an unscheduled
plan). We probably won’t do it the
same way, but we have the proof
that it is possible.
When will metric measure
come to the United States? Many
experts feel we will be started by
1980 and English measure will be
well phased out by the end of the
century. It’s time right now to
start to “think metric” in your
business or trade so you will be
ready when it comes.
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