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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
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