Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1966-10-13, Page 22International Plowing Match News, October 190 En g~y{VJ 12-2 8 8 King Ff.. Syndicate. Int • 1965 World ,,..rued NEVER AGAIN ... not with a "THRIFTY RITCHIE"® WATERERS NUMBER ONE ...BECAUSE THEY WORK! RITCHIE 7,todt•Puto6 YARD HYDRANT Ritchie waterers really work . . . all the time . . . under every condition whether your operation is beef, hogs, dairy or sheep, there's a"Thrifty Ritchie" waterer to fit your needs - 73 models in all. It's America's most complete line. The "right" waterer for your needs means more for your money. Stop in at our display at the International Plow- ing Match. Distributed in Ontario by MILLS FARM DISTRIBUTORS 89 Bloomfield Drive London NO WINTER FREEZE-UPS NO ICE CHOPPING . . NO STAGNANT SUN-DRENCHED SUMMER WATER SUPPLY... ...NOT WHEN YOU INSTALL ALL-STEEL AUTOMATIC FLOAT VALVE For Stock Tanks & Water Troughs NEW k from RITCHIE QUALITY SINCE 1928 PATENTED PACKING GLAND ASSEMBLY plus TWO - WAY COMBINATION SPOUT Established in 1936 Over 30 years in business provides us with the necessary experience to help with most farm mechanical problems. We are available at any time to assist exhibitors and others associated with the International Plowing Match. WE'LL SEE YOU AT THE INTERNATIONAL Win at. Our Customers and Suppliers are invited to use our exhibit at the Plowing Match as their Headquarters McGAVIN Farm Equipment SALES & SERVICE SEAFORTH Phone 527-0245 Brussels 365 W 6 '42:4501r ,grOffm,r22.:1,.1=207Et'E.Zini1117-Mlnry71 Whats going on in agriculture? . . You'll find out at the International Plowing Match International is place to learn Plan special events for corn displays September will see 111'4; .r.E7 ..1.::.ee million acres of corn harvested in Ontario worth by the Huron Crop and Soil Improvement Association in conjunction with the local more than $70 rni:::::-... 7.7r.i.vnaz.:e of. the crop is recognized by the emphasis which committee. Here Ontario department of agriculture and food specialist checks this is being placed on :;.,rn ;11 tte.'.7.:ir•ranticrial plowing program. There will be discussions years crop on a typical dairy farm. Intensive research in recent years has produced and addresses ai t:te ::777 lf.,,t'Sz t the match site as well as demonstrations of corn better hybrids and a host of new growing techniques. Corn lends itself to mechanizatioh harvesting equipment .:.,.1-er :...:1;:al operating t:o.iditions. The program is being arranged and responds to fertilizer and weed control better than any other grain crop. How to use that top six inches It isn't so much the fine points as the machinery on display that attracts the people to Interna- tional Plowing Matches accord- ing to Eldon Stonehouse writing in the Globe Magazine a number of years ago when the Tented City was beginning to occupy an in- creasingly larger place in match activities. stration purposes, through the years with the occasional display of oxen and the dwindling number of horses. The match is a complex af- f air, with the provincial or- ganization and the host associa- tion sharing responsibilities and arrangements, and with classes that cover everything from inter- county and inter-school com- petitions right up to the trials for the world match. The site has everything that a small urban community could offer - streets, electricity and running water, and a public ad- dress system that covers most of the match area. There are police, guided tours and traffic site. The agricultural equipment display, like the camel of old, has crept in, accompanied by its tents, and pushed the furrow- turners farther and farther into the surrounding countryside. Getting to see all the classes at the match, for instance, means either a long ride by tractor- drawn wagon, or a walk of sev- eral miles. Doing the show by foot would take the main part of a day. The International has never ceased to be an event of primary importance to the nation's farm- ers. On its grounds the prog- ress of agriculture can be trac- ed, from that first match where one tractor was used for demon- pare notes with other farmers from many parts of the continent. But more than that there will be the nation's largest display of agricultural equipment, stretching over more than two miles of frontage. About 300 ex- hibitors and 35 food caterers will fill the space. This tented city, as the Ontario Plowmen's Association likes to call its commercial display area, springs up over night just before the match, and is located on the headquarters farm, while match fields may spread over as much as five square miles of surround- ing territory. The tented city is near the parking areas, which accommodate up to 12,000 cars. It is a focal point. When the International, as it is commonly known, was launched the tented city of commercial displays was just a dream to whi c h some thought was oc- casionally devoted. It came gra- dually to be a part of the match, but in the early days the straight, neat furrow, turned with loving care by a man and a knowing team of horses, was the thing. The crowds that came in those early days headed for the fields, and they stood there, tempera- tures high or low, and watched the competition. They had come to see plowmen and horses. Today, many of the 100,000- odd persons who attend the annual event never see a furrow turned during their stay at the match Massey-Ferguson Industries Limited problems. And everywhere there are farmers, some of whom have not missed a match since 1913. School children from rural On- tario take time off from their. studies when the match is on, and some high schools charter buses to give the students a chance to see the event. The city folk attend, too, some out of curiosity, others -those with a farm background - because of nostalgia. Through it all, the Interna- tional tries to keep somewhere near that top six inches of soil. Its main objects, according to the plowmen's association, are "to encourage farmers, particu- larly young farmers, to adjust and use plows to obtain a desired re- sult; to arouse interest in and to give demonstrations of the latest farm machinery, to foster rural skills and to add pride and pres- tige to farm practices." By ELDON STONEHOUSE Most farmers are agreed that the top six inches of the earth's surface provide the food for its population; many of them are equally agreed that agricultural events such as Ontario's annual International Plowing Match offer about the best opportunity there is for learning about the most ef- ficient methods of using that half-foot of soil. The match has been a feature of the Ontario agricultural scene since 1913, and it has been grow- ing rapidly. The first match at- tracted about 30 competitors, while others, in the period after the Second World War, have brought out as many as 1,200 entries and crowds of well over 100,000. This year the event will be held at Seaforth, from Oct. 11 to 14, with farmers from all over Canada, Ireland and the United States trying for prizes that range from trips to Europe down to small cash awards. There will be glory for plowmen and the chance to swap yarns and corn- Display will help clear milk issue "I can't understand it-we're completely automated and we're still losing money!" If you are confused about the price of milk or the marketing of milk, now's your chance to find out something about it. Take your questions to the tent of the Ontario Milk Market- ing Board who will be on hand at this year's Plowing Match to talk to consumers and producers. This is the first year that the Milk Board have been exhibitors at the International Plowing Match, and this is a year when milk has been much in the news. The Board has built an exhibit in a move to keep consumers and producers aware of the changes in the milk industry. The exhibit is designed to be of use at all county fairs as well as the Plowing Match and is in- formative on the industry and its marketing methods. Producers and consumers visiting the Plowing Match will find it interesting to talk to members of the local. Milk Com- mittee and other representatives of the Milk Board who will be staffing the booth for the four days of the Plowing Match, Oc- tober 11 to 14. The booth is located at the east end of Third Street in the Tent- ed City on James Scott Farms, Seaforth, Ontario. 77, Sqr 7 X"'y" FACTS About the District Farm Market Huron Perth Middlesex Lambton Wellington Bruce CATTLE Value 530,019,500 $23,782,500 227,373,500 $15,790,100 $21,601,400 $27,922,300 Number 197,400 149,500 171,140 107,270 143,740 188,800 SWINE Value $3,667,500 I $4,700,600 $2,390,100 22,585,800 53,902,800 22,752,900 Number I 124,500 i 167,100 01,800 85,100 129,300 95,900 HENS & CHICKENS Value $1,870,100 $1,438,300 $1,477,300 $940,700 $1,192,500 $495,100 Number , 1,946,500 1,511,100 1,329.400 1,062,600 1,383,800 606,000 CROPS M Bushels. Mixed grain 5,749,900 6,034,000 917,400 296,000 4,126,100 4,055,000 Oats 3,751,100 3,463,000 4,520,800 3,690,200 1,507,200 2,214,600 Hay in Ions 299,200 270,700 223,000 161,200 264,200 265,400 Beans in cwt. 374,700 56,000 120,960 69,300 - 700 Barley 479,200 382,500 307,800 495,300 164,200 320,100 Winter wheat 596,400 278,100 1,124,800 1,911,800 259,200 250,500 Husking torn 2,162,200 635,800 5,319,660 3,975,000 242,900 131,600 Fodder torn 252,000 226,800 340,500 293,400 195,900 131,600 Value of all field trope id $ 22,6 40 16,737,800 21,364,620 20,804,330 14,795,600 13,288,820 p