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The Rural Voice, 1979-11, Page 42she'd like to see more of Canada before she went travelling elsewhere. All the girls who take part at the I.P.M. have a coach to help them with their plowing and Peggy's coach was Don Little of R.R.2, Monkton. "As long as I've been plowing, he's been helping me. Whenever I need him, he's there," Peggy said. Peggy did not try for the Queen of the Furrow title at the I.P.M. held in Huron County last year and she says Don encouraged her to go back and try this year. "He said he'd be there to help me if I needed it," Peggy said. The coaches for the girls set the plow, and offer advice such as telling them when to set the plow down or raise it. She said a lot of contestants were worried about being able to plow, "but I had a good coach and the plowing part of it --I really wasn't losing any sleep over that," she said. Being chosen Queen of the Furrow means many prizes are showered on the winner. When she won the contest at the county level, Peggy - received $150 travelling expenses which was to pay her tran- sportation to fairs, meetings, the con- vention in Toronto, flowers, a crown and sash and Perth County Warden Rae Bender gave her anengraved silver relish tray. The 1977 Queen of the Furrow gave each of the girls a plate and Peggy received a big trophy which is hers to keep for a year. Jack Graul and Berg Stable Equipment gave cash awards and the Perth County Plowman's Association gave special money prizes for first, second, third and fourth place winners for the best plowed land. At the I.P.M., Peggy received the Spencer -Wilson trophy which she gets to keep for a year, Sarah Coventry jewelry, the Toronto -Dominion bank gave each of the top five girls $100, the city of Chatham and the County of Kent gave smaller awards such as perfume and the lady chaperones gave the girls cups and saucers, pins and other mementoes. Peggy also received a big lead crystal bowl and on the Saturday of the IPM after speaking in the ladies' booth,a set of wine glasses donated by Canada Packers. And Peggy got one other prize which would be the envy of almost anyone --the keys to her very own 1980 Chevette. The OPA paid the insurance. licence and all her travelling expenses throughout the year. Now that she has gained the title. Peggy says she will go to everything the OPA asks her to go to, all over Ontario and do as much as she can for the OPA. She wants to see a big crowd at Oxford. She said she would like to be at as many Layaway for Christmas Sewing Machines Flatbed Machines e as low as $149.00 Large selection ol! VELOUR $7.98 per metre AFTER SA SERVICE (111 mi MARY'S SEWING CENTRE Clinton 17 Victoria St. 482-7036 PG. 40 THE RURAL VOICE/NOVEMBER 1979 things as possible. even if she's not formally invited. Peggy has received cards and letters from people she has never even met, congratulating her on her new position and Pegg\ says the thing she's going to enjoy most about her year is meeting people. Peggy's future plans are to go into farming, but right now she's kept busy writing a farm column for the Milverton Sun, working part-time at Dr. Plant, a flower shop in Milverton, and she also does some clothing alterations, as well as sewing baby clothes for a boutique in Kitchener. She lives at home with her parents and two sisters, Jenny and Elizabeth. At one time, Peggy was a busy 4-H member, but she no longer belongs. She took about 30 clubs altogether, including the diary and beef clubs and she was on the 4-H council for Perth County. She was also chosen to go the 4-H Provincial Leadership Conference and was named outstanding 4-H member in Perth County for 1976. When Peggy visited various high schools asking other girls to compete for the Queen of the Furrow title, the principal of one told her that the girls just didn't seem to be interested in agriculture. .As this year's Queen of the Furrow and with a hope of one day operating her own beef farm, Peggy Kniesz has an entirely different point of view. Beoe1/ DANCE All monies raised for Oxford-Haldimand-Norfolk Tornado Relief Fund Friday, November 16 Belmore Community Centre Dancing 9 - 1 a.m. Sound System 70 will supply the music Sponsored by Belmore Chamber of Commerce and Turnberry Federation of Agriculture