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.• Int•rootionol Plowing .Mitch News, October 190
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1966 INTERNATIONAL PLOWING MATCH
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see
you at the
plowing match
Be sure to visit Ontario
Hydro's exhibit at the
International Plowing Match.
Also see "Meals with Pork"
presented by Ontario Hydro's
Home Economist at the Huron
County Hog Producers'
theatre.
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Meet Your Family and Friends at the
ALLIS CHALMERS EXHIBIT
Farm improvement test
has plenty of competitors
K, Robertson, George Miehie,
Ted Fear, Charles Higgins, Al-
bert Bacon.
Stanley — Don Brodie,
Tuckersinith— Wilson Mc-
Cartney, Robt. A. Broadf oot,
Frank Reynolds, K, W, Gibbings,
Lorne Carter, Neil E. Crozier,
W. E. Haney.
Usborne —Ross Skinner, Sam
Skinner, Hunter Bros.
East Wawanosh — Ivan Howatt,
Elmer Ireland, Peter Chandler,
Win. E. Hallahan.
West Wawanosh—Murray Wil-
son, Cyril Boyle, Robert Mc-
Allister.
They'll huff and puff at International
One of the many features at this year's International will be an exhibit of old steam engines. These
"monsters" from the past always attract wide interest and their owners have them working to per-
fection. Pictured above is an early kerosene-burning tractor.
Letter of 1866 shows
Great interest in early days
Early settlers in Huron realiz-
ed the necessity of developing and
showing their agricultural know-
ledge and were quick to arrange
competitions including plowing
matches.
Typical is the report of aplow-
ing match held 101 years ago
about three miles from Scott
Farms, the site of this years
International which appeared in
an issue of The Canadian Farmer,
dated February 18, 1866, The
names of many of those mentioned
in that early report are to be
found today among those Huron
people who are acting as hosts to
the 1966 event.
Grey—Mae Mei n to s h, Doug
Evans, E. A. Speiran, Glen Bray,
J. C. Veitch & Son, R. A, MC-
Taggart, James Knight, J, T,
Williamson, John R. Cox, J. C,
Conley, Clifford Ritchie, Lawson
Ward, Charles Thomas, Urban
Ducharme, Jack Knight, Martin
Baan, Rae Houston, Lloyd S.
Wheeler, Clifford Bray, Lloyd
Sinith, Stewart Stevenson, Gra-
ham Work, Joseph Smith, Leslie
Knight, Ross Smith, Donald Mc-
Donald, Cecil Raynard, Tom Mc-
Farlane, Donald Cotton, Wilfred
L. Strickler, Bruce Speiran, Ger-
rit Van Veen, Jim McDonald,
Roy Williamson, Earl Dunn, Al-
bert Cardiff, Cleon Brubacher,
George Pearson, C a.r in an R,
Smith.
Howick—John L. Stafford, Jack
Ferguson, Robert Dunn, Elmer
Harding, Russel Ruttan, Fred
Doubledee, Stan Zurbrigg, Geo-
rge Hamilton, Robert Gibson.
Hullett —Lloyd McClinchey,
Arnold Jamieson, Edward Bell,
Mrs. Edmund Banking, Len Arch-
ambault.
McKillop — Francis S. Cole-
man, Wm. Dennis, Mr. & Mrs.
S. Murray, Lewis P. Coyne, Mrs.
S. Storey, Sam J. Scott, Mr. &
Mrs. M. Dennis, Gordon Elliott,
Graeme Craig, M. K. Stewart,
Con. Eckert, R. E. McMillan,
J, E. Henderson, Art Bolton,
James Krauskopf, Campbell Wey,
Mrs. M. Dorrance, Albert Cron-
in, Mrs. L. Dolmage, Francis
Hicknell, Roy Patrick, Oliver
Pryce, G. H. Blanchard, Mrs. J.
Delaney, G. VanDenHengel, Rus-
sell Bolton, Harold Pryce, Her-
man Haste, Graham Kerr, J. T.
Moylan, Ross McMichael, Har-
old McCallum, John Thompson,
G. H. Blanchard, Ed. Dorrance,
Mrs. G. Murray, Thos. B. Gov-
enlock, Gordon Pryce.
Morris — Ross Higgins, John
N. Cardiff, John Wesselink, Wm.
Various projects, mainly of a
demonstration nature, form part
of the International Plowing
Match program, One of the most
successful is a competition stage
in the host county for the pur-
Pose of encouraging farmers and
their families to dress up their
premises in readiness to receive
Visitors who will be attending
the plowing match.
The O.P.A. makes a $500.00
grant toward this project. This
along with donations from local
firms helps to make up a sub-
stantial prize list. The organi-
zing is done through the office
of the Agricultural Representa-
tive and judges are supplied by
the Department of Agriculture.
The results have been most
satisfactory. Since 1952 competi-
tions have been held in every
county having the International
except one. It is safe to say that
during that period over 1,300
farms in Ontario have been im-
proved and their value increased
because of this very worthwhile
effort.
The program paved the way for
a provincial wide centenni al
clean-up campaign currently in
progress and involving 3500 far-
mers.
This year's winner in Huron
will be announced at the Inter-
national and following is a list of
the contestants in the order in
which they placed in their re-
spective townships:
Colborne — Elmer Hunter, Al-
lan H. Stoll, Mr. & Mrs. 0.
Ribey, Mr. & Mrs. Wm. Fisher.
Goderich — Bill Gerritts, Wm.
E. Lobb,
Stanley; 2nd, R. Sharpe, Stan-
ley; 3rd, Jno. McTavish, Tuck-
ersmith; 4th, D. McLean, Tuck-
ersmith; 5th, S. Carnahan, Tuck-
ersmith; 6th, Peter McDugald,
Goderich; 7th, H. Wise, Goder-
ich; 8th, J. Carnahan, Tucker-
smith; 9th, W. Chesney, Tuck-
ersmith; 10th, A. B roadf oot,
Tuckersmith.
The men at Mr. Carnahan's
and the boys at Mr. McLean's,
were treated to a substantial
dinner, to which, no doubt, their
keen appetites enabled them to
do ample justice.
have not yet ascertained. The
boys' field was a mile and a
quarter from the men's and was
reached by a road ankle deep in
mud, but the sight amply repaid
the tramp.
They had a splendid field, su-
perior to the men's older sod,
a smoother surface, and less
gravel. I found twenty-eight lads
stripped and at work, holding
on with a determination that was
pleasant to look at. Some half
dozen of them were the smal-
lest fellows I ever saw holding
a plough. The scene was a hope-
ful picture of "Young Canada".
Their ploughing was the theme
of general admiration, - in fact
some of it was sweeter to the
eye than any of the men's.
The judges awards were as
follows: - 1st, A. Thompson,
HUGH LOVE, Senr.
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Sir,
Our annual ploughing match
this year has been very success-
ful, both as regards the value
of the prizes and the number
of the competitors. I think .no
apology necessary for asking you
to make room for a short de-
scription of it in the only ag-
ricultural paper we have in the
Province.
Mr. Bell, the enterprising ag-
ricultural implement maker, of
St. George's, offered to give
a reaper as a prize for the
ploughing match this year. The
offer, I need scarcely say, was
accepted. Such liberality was in-
fectious, and other donations
came in rapidly.
The Hon. Donald McDonald,
M.L.D., gave $40; James Dick-
son, Esq., M.P.P., gave an iron
plough, worth $40; McTaggart,,
of Clinton, a fanning mill; Runce-
man, of Goderich, an ironplough;
McPherson & Co., of Clinton,
a cultivator; Sevel, of Clinton,
a plough; Horton, of Goderich, a
riding saddle; Fulton & Rude,
of Egmondville, a neck-yolk and
whipple trees; Jno. Gray, plough
maker, of Egmondville, $10 in
cash; the County and Branch
Societies making up nearly $100
more.
The whole was divided into
nine prizes for men, and ten
for boys. Such aformidable prize
list, I am positive, was never
ploughed for in any County in
Canada, on any previous occa-
sion.
The "match" came off on
Tuesday, the 31st October, on
the farms of Messrs. Carnahan,
and McLean, in the township of
Tuckersmith, three miles from
Harperhag, on the Buffalo and
Goderich RR, - the men being
at Carnahan's and the boys at
McLean's.
The morning was wet and stor-
my, till about 11 o'clock, which
made it very disagreeable, but the
after part of the day was plea-
sant enough. Twenty-four men
entered the lists - most of them
stout "brawny chiefs" - the very
pick of our ploughmen.
The field was a clay loam,
and with the exception of some
gravel spots here and there was
very well calculated for the pur-
pose. A start was made at 10
o'clock, and by 4, all were fin-
ished. Great interest was man-
ifested by the spectators during
the match.
The judges must have had an
arduous task. Their decisions
caused some dissatisfaction, but
as they were all practical plough-
men, no doubt they had good rea-
sons to assign for their respec-
tive awards.
The first prize - the Reaper -
was presented to James Thomas,
Tuckersmith. Some of the other
awards in the men's class. I