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September 26 - 30, 1978
HURON COUNTY
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4 THE PLOWING: MATCH. SUPPLEMENT.
The, loys of hosting
3: Although the Armstrongs
heard, rumours about
damage done .to other farms
where the International
Match. was, held, they expect
to have good. crops on the
land next year, although Mr.
Armstrong admits it might
be two years before the crops
arc right back to par.
Carol Armstrong said
when they were considering
offering their farm they
drove past two former match
Sites and "you would never
know the .match was there."
Another rumour which the
Armstrongs are quick to
discount is the fact that
they're getting rich offering
their land for the match.
• It's a rumour they've been
asked about more than once
by visiting reporters.
The facts arc the host
farmer is paid $70 an acre for
the land being used to house
the tent, city, and this land is
lea.ied from the first of
August to the end of
October.
•Under the agreement with
the Ontario Plowmen's As-
sociation, the land is sup-
posed to be returned as near
as., possible to its original
state.
Farmers who offer their
land for plowing or parking
are paid $25 per acre for
plowing sites and $22 per
acre for parking sites, for the
period of the', match.
Jim Armstrong said if •
anyone looked at their land
being used from a monetary
point of view, "then we'd
better to forget it."
Most farmers whose farms
arc used too, spend money
painting buildings, repairing
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International Plowing Match
by now also probably isn't
aware that July was a dry
month.
When .the Huron Plow-
men's Association " learned
their bid to host the 1978
match had been accepted, it
advertised in county news-
papers for farmers willing to
volunteer thier place as the
host farms for the match.
Jim Armstrong and three
other farmers responded and
the Ontario Plowmen's As-
sociation sent inspectors
down to appraise the .sites.
Rotate
The sacrifiecrequired ont
the part of the. host farmer
himself is willingness to
rotate his crops so the land
for the Plowing Match is
available from August 1 to
the end of October.
This year, 196 acres on the
Armstrong farm is being
used for the plowing match.
Also, property on many
adjacent farms has been
rented for the period of the
match, to be usedcither
the plowing competitions or
for parking and housing
visitors.
About 130 acres on the
Armstrong farm will be taken
'up by the tent city alone, and
hydro and telephone crew
have already been working
on this site for sometime.
In total, the plowing match
willbe using approximately
1,200 acres in the north of
the county.
The Armstrongs learned
their farm had been selected
as the host farm in
November 1974.
things to start happening
Signal.
Looking back, Carol Arm-
strong said it's as if the date,
was a signal and "the phone
has never stopped ringing."
To •prcpa re for his role of
host farmer, Jim Armstrong
crammed in • a public
speaking course, arid since
then, he's been the feature,
speaker at Women's In-
stitute meetings, Lions Club
gatherings, and the Huron
County FederatiOn of Agri-
culture banquet,
In addition to. being the
host farmer, Mr. Armstrong
-is also a director of the Ora'
Plowmen's Association, only
the third time a host farmer
has combined the two roles.
Carol Armstrong is also
doing her fair share of
speaking, sincd she's taken
on the added responsibility
of chairing thee committee,
planning the expanded ladies
program for the 1978 event.
All in all, the Armstrongs
have been pretty well eating;
sleeping and breathing
plowing match.
Since the Armstrongs had
some time to plan for the
match, they first rotated the
crops fm their 300 head of
cattle, -growing some on
smaller parcels of land not
needed for the match, and
switching the cattle to a
haylage 'and silage diet.
This year, they omitted
growing any grain crops and.
had to have the tent city site
Well seeded, down.
Their second crop of hay
also had to be off the land
adjacent to their house by
August 1. • .•
seemed, be January I,
1978.
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