The Brussels Post, 1978-09-20, Page 37We make
your cows
worth more!
Ken Jackson your Surge dealer,
cordially invites you to attend the
1978 International Plowing Match.
and to visit him at the Surge
display, tent and to view the milking
demonstration at the dairy,barn
SURGE worth
VVe make
yourogosre.
KEN JACKSON
R.R. 4, Seaforth Ont. 5/7-1935
LOOK US UP
at the
Plowing Match
\O$P1 PtcnIN,
4€9.A HURON '78
September 26 - 30, 1978
HURON COUNTY
See our set-ups on
Feeders & Silo unloaders
& conveyers
Monster Manure pump
Cleaners & Heated Waterers
CLAY Silo unloaders Feeders
cleaners
WESTEEL-ROSCO Granaries
B & L Hog Confinement systems
"Ventilation systems"
For all your farm needs see
BUTLER
ACORN
LOWR
Farm Systems
R.R. 1,
Kincardine, Ont
at Amberley
Phone 595-5186
THE PLOWING MATCH SUPPLEMENT 5
HURON'S IPM COMMITTEE — Many Huron County people
have been hard to work for more than a year, organizing behind
the scenes for this month's International Plowing Match. Front
left are: Don Pullen, Secretary, Clinton; Jim Phelan, Wagon
Tour, R.R.2, Blyth; Barry Mulvey, Land-, R.R.1, Wroxeter; Neil
McGavin, Tra ctor, R.R.4, Walton; Russell Bolton, Secretary-
teasurer, Huron County Plowmen's Association, Walton; Glen
Miller, Farmstead & Home Improvement, R.R.3, Parkhill; Bill
Armstrong, Jr. O.P.A. Director, R.R;4, Wingham. 2nd row; Alex
Robertson, Tented City, Wingham; Doug McNeil, Health and
Water, R.R.6, Goderich; Isabel Elston, Lunch, R.R.4, Wingham;
Carol Armstrong, hostess and Ladies Program, R.R.4,
Wingham; Bill Leeming, Special Events, R.R.4, Walton; Lori
Stuart, Queen of the Furrow 77:78, Halton County; Simon
Hallahan. Blyth, who is on the Antique & Historic Committee
Ernie Talbot Chairman of the Committee, R.R.3,. Kippen;
Raymond ScotAmer, Publicity, Bayfield; Spence Cummings,
County Exhibits, Clinton; Bill Elston,• Traffic, R.R.4, Wingham;
Earl Hilderley Treasurer, Clinton; Back Row; Jim Armstrong
host and U.P.A. Director, R.R.4, Wingham; Bob Gibson,
Banquet, Gorric; Don Young who is on Parking Committee but
not Chairmen; Hugh Flynn Chairman, R.R.1, Londesboro; Ken
Johnson, Trailer Park, Bayfield;- Don Martin, Demonstrations,
Ethel; George Underwood, Billeting; R.R.i. Wingham; Graeme
Craig, Walton; -Roy Pattison, Vice-Chairman, R.R.3, Wingham;
and Howard Datars, Chairman; R.R.1. Dashwood.
Finding tractors, plows
for IPM is quite a job
The joys of hosting the IPM
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 competi-
tors, some coming from as
far away as Europe, at the
International Plowing Match
just outside Wingham this
fall, and Neil McGavin of
Walton is the man in charge
,of solving it.
Mr. McGavin, whose
father, Gordon, was 'a past
president and director of the
Ontario Plowmen's Associa-
tion, heads up the tractor
committee for IPM '78.
Foremost among his commit-
tee's responsibilities is the
job of finding equipment for
use by plowmen who travel
long distances to the match.
It's not as big a job as it
used to be, Mr. McGavin
noted but it does
have its unique problems.
Match plowing has
become quite an art - and a
very competitive one - with
the result that most competi-
tors try to bring their own
equipment to the match.
Specially designed plows are
used, with long moldboards
to give neater furrows, and a
plowman familiar with his
equipment can just about
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fences, and generally
beautifying their farms.
The Armstrongs both
emphasize that there has
been tremendous co-
operation from neighbours in
the campaign to promote the
area.
The Armstrongs them-
selves have had a little
additonal help from the
Maitland Valley Con-
servation Authority Staff.
The authority took a
swampy area on the Arm-
strong farm and converted it
into a beauty spot with picnic
tables and daily tours during
the match.
The authority will also use
the spot as a showcase for
visitors long after the match
is over.