>Gene Mechtly wrote in USMA 11065:
>
>>On Fri, 16 Feb 2001, Joseph B. Reid wrote:
>>> ... I predict a long life for the nautical mile, knot, and hectare.
>> Your prediction might be realized, Joe, but I advocate meter
>>squared (m2 as the simplified symbol) for the US, not hectare.
>>Gene.
>
>
>Here it is not a question of symbols, but of numerical values; 1 ha = 10
>000 m2. Increasing the number of digits in the area of a farm by 4
>non-significant digits is not good practice, as well as being inconvenient.
Further to the above, do you think you can persuade a farmer who has a
quarter section to say that he has a farm of 647 000 m2?
Joseph B. Reid
17 Glebe Road West
Toronto M5P 1C8 Tel. 416 486-6071
