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10 THE BRUSSELS POST, JUNE 7, 1978
Match committee searchs for tractors
By Henty Hess
What is a 'plowman without his
tractor? And where does one find
a tractor several hundred, or
thousand kilometers from home
on the eve of a big competition?
This is a problem 'that will face
a:number of competitors, some
coming from as far away as
purope, at the International
Plowing Match just outside
Wingham this fall, and Neil Mc-
Gavin of Walton is the man in
charge of solving it.
Mr. McGavin, whose father,
Gordon; was a past president and
director of the Ontario Plow-
men's Association, heads up the
tractor committee for IPM '78.
Foremost among his committee's
responsibilities is the job of find-
ing equipment for use by plow-
men who travel long distances to
the match.
It's not as big a job as it used to
be, Mr. McGavin noted last week,
but it does have its unique pro-
blems.
Match plowing has become
'quite an art — and a very compe-
titive one — with the result that
most competitors try to bring
their own equipment to the'.
match. Specially designed plows
are used, with long moldboards to
give neater furrows, and a plow-
man familiar with his equipment
can just about make the plow
talk.
On the one hand this reduces
the demands on the tractor corn-
Every week more an& more
people discover what mighty jobs
are accomplished by low cost Post
Want Ads. Dial Brussels
887-6641.
mittee: Mr. McGavin estimates
he'll have to come up with 20
tractors while a few years ago it
would have been 50.
On the other hand, however, it
makes things a little more
demanding since not just any,
tractor will do. A plowman who
can't bring his own equipment
will want something as nearly
identical to his own as possible so
he's not plowing -at a dis-
advantage with unfamiliar
equipment.
When a competitor sends in his
registration to the OPA in
Toronto he will state whether or
not he needs a tractor and specify
his first three preferences. The
list then comes to Mr. McGavin
and the tractor committee goes to
work.
They make every effort to give
a person his first preference but
if that's impossible he will have
to settle for one of the other two.
The tractors 'are all borrowed
from local farmers so it helps
that Mr. McGavin and several of
his committee members are
farm equipment dealers: they
have a pretty good idea who has
what kind of tractor.
The committee includes Art
Bolton of Dublin, Mac Inglis of
Clifford, Don McDonald, Jack
Knight and Ken Innes of Brus-
sels, Jerry Priestner of Lucknow,
John Radford of Londesboro and
Morris Hallahan of Blyth.
When the committee locates a
tractor it can use it gives it a
thorough going-over to make sure
it's in good shape and arranges
pickup and delivery for it. While
at the match the tractors will be
kept in a guarded impound area
just across the highway frinn the
tented city.
The committee's responsibility
for providing equipment is pretty
much limited to tractors, Mr.
McGavin said. The plowmen will
either contrive to bring their own
plows• to the. match or will
arrange for a plow through their
dealer network, which is a good
thing since the cost of match
plows runs around $1,000.
There is also a limit to how
"fine" a person can get in
specifying. equipment pre-
ferences.. Some Europeans who
come over for the match want
nine inch wide tires •on their
tractors since that's what they're
used to, but the narrow tires just
aren't available here, he noted.
In addition to finding, trans-
porting and storing the tractors,
the tractor committee will set up
a small, repair shop with facilities
for welding or sharpening plow
points. It is also responsible for
having some big tractors stand-
ing by to pull exhibitors' trucks
on and off the site if it is wet and
for looking after the fuel for the
plowmen and the Junior Far-
mers' wagon train.
The committee has a budget for
fuel but the plowmen and other
committees are expected to pay
for fuel .they use. Last year the
fuel budget went out the window
very quickly as over 900 gallons
were used just to pull things onto
the muddy site, Mr. McGavin
noted. Hopefully that won't
happen, this year.
The committee will get into
'high gear around the beginning of
September after all the entries
have been received and pro-
cessed. The nurnber of plowmen
varies from year to year accord-
ing to the location but Mr. Mc-
Gavin said he is expecting 75 to
100 plowmen a day during the five
ddy match. He and his committee
will make sure every one of them
has a tractor.