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THE INTELLIGENCER, Thursday, June 21,1979-13 - r One of the newer products Conversion causing confusion One o f t he b i g g e s t headaches facing farmers, comments a city feed dealer, is conversion to metric system of weights and measures. Bruce Thompson, owner of Thompson Farm Supplies (Belleville) Ltd., said many farmers are confused with the newer measure. In the 40 years since Thompson has worked in the Quinte area -- dealing with feed -- there have been many changes but metric conver- sion is causing some of the biggest problems during that time. Even with the increased number of specialized feeds, and inc reased use of chemicals, metric conversion tops the list of items, - not on- ly the farmer, but the store owner has to keep informed upon. If a farmer wants a certain spray, Thompson said, the owner has to know the dif- ferent chemicals inorder to recommend the proper one, or else the farmer's crop could be destroyed. As the number of farm u n i t s decl ine , Bruce Thompson , owner of Thompsons Farm Supplies (Belleville) Ltd., said feed viding pet foods, Thompson stores have expanded their makes a display of dog type of products. Now pro- food.