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
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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