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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1978-09-20, Page 50THE IMPIPI/11 IC D TM I RIALLI1 LOG SPLITTER • ONE MODEL FITS ALL FARM TRACTORS • RUGGEDLY BUILT • VIRTUALLY MAINTENANCE FREE • VERSATILE—SPLITS LOGS OF VARYING LENGTHS AND DIAMETERS • EFFICIENT ONE BUSH CORD PER.HOUR AVERAGE • COSTS LESS THAN HYDRAULIC LOG SPUTTERS • SAFETY FEATURES - GAS OR DIESEL ENGINE KILL SWITCH DISTRIBUTOR—DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED. GET THE FULL STORY by writhig tos BARTELL INDUSTRIES, LTD. 219 TOI4YORK DRIVE, WESTON ONTARIO MOL 1Y2 TELEPHONE (416) 749-1253 VISIT US AT LOT No. 719 DRIVING HOME THE POINT — Mrs..Mildred Perrie of Brussels demonstrated she's. no stranger to the art of pounding. home a nail in the nail driving contest held at the Huron County Plowing Match Come &See us at Lot 532 5th St. on Utility Vault Lot • • • ATTENTION FEED LOT OPERATORS LOADER NUM FEMA The most flexible and lowest cost horizontal silage cutter yet. Only one moving part. Fits any tractor loader. Does not tie up tractor. Controlled from operatoes seat Tested, and proven in all weather conditions. Huron County's Exclusive Dealer for Loader Gopher Ask for Leroy or Paul for your complete barn automation needs See.... C. G. FARM. SUPPLY LTD. 236-.4934 236-4321 R.R.3 Zurich, Ont. ptoitht ,p HURON X78 ,ez, September 26 - 30, 1978 HURON COUNTY Pttost„. "PC,c HURON 1i8 September 26 - 30, 1978, HURON COUN,TY 18 — THE PLOWING. MATCH, SUPPLEMENT Funding the IPM: The Match is not a moneymaker While organizers always hope an International Plowing Match will make a profit, the fnatch isn't a moneymaking venture, If that seems a con- tradiction in terms, it's be- Cause both the Huron Plow- men's Association and the .Ontario Plowmen's As- .49Ftation are non-profit organizations. , Also, the provincial and local organizations have dif- ferent financial re- sponsibilities in staging a match. The Ontario Plowmen's Association receive the revenue from selling the space to exhibitors during the match. The provincial or- ganization however, has to guarantee the county or- ganization the direct ex- penses of staging a match. The county group received its, revenues from the gate receipts collected during the actual mt.+. itself, which means thct'local organization has a far greater potential for bringing in revenue than 'the parent body. The problem . arises when bad weather -or other dis- asters result in ,, a poor turnout. That's when gate receipts drop, and the Ontario. Plow- men's Associaton has to ball out the county organization. Last year, when the Match in Frontenac County was rained out, the provincial organization turned over $115,000 from its reserve fund to the county or- ganization to cover expenses of staging the rain-plagued match. The budget for the Inter- national Plowing Match in Huron County this year has been set a $160,000, and the provincial organization guarantees direct expenses up to the figure. Some of the expen .se incurred in staging the match are $30,000 for an advertising campaign, over $50,000 for installing hydro on the site, $11,200 for installing telephone service, over $10,000 to provide Johnny-on-the spots and $35,000 in prize money for plowmen. If the 250,000 people ex- pected at the match do turn up, and it is a profitable year, the local Huron County as- sociation is reponsiblc for covering all the expenses of staging the match. Then, if there are funds over and above the expenses, they pay members of their various committees mileage and per diem rates for the meetings they have attended over the past several months. Finally, if there are still funds remaining, as there were in the case of the successful match held in Bruce County, the local plowmen's association can use the money for projects in their area. In Frontenac County; since the match lost money, Com- mittee members never did receive any renumeratinn But as Carol Armstrong, said nobody goes into a match thinking about what you'll make. "It's people working together and it brings the people of a county together," You can't measure that in dollars and cents. Best Wishes from '1st IVISIZNZRZ Meats Wholesale to the Food Caterers at the International Plowing Match 237-3677 Daihwood •Ottaftittittitt470,AliedV,A;$..ttAlti.MtijitOkii*Oljit:4,*•:4ACiitiolVii4Mivit-Atii•