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Home My WebLink AboutTimes-Advocate, 1988-09-28, Page 28Page 14A Times -Advocate, September 28, 1988 RUTABAGA PIE - Louise Pincombe and Pat O'Rourke dish up rutabaga pie at the Ontario Rutabaga Producers booth at the Exeter Fair. Results of crops, animals at the fair EXETER - In the grains and seeds competition at the weekend Exeter Fair, Peter Tuckey gained the most points _while Rick Etherington had the best first cut of hay. Field crop winners were: barley - Allan Rundle; wheat - Wayne Hern; ensilage corn - Paul Passmore; grain corn - Peter Tuckey; hay - Hem Farms; soybeans - Passmore Farms and white beans - John Thomson. Prizes in draft horses went to Ar- nold Young, Don Sawerlcy, Ralph Kent and Al Pattison. - The. best Haflinger foal was shown by Ken Dcwhirst and Stew- art Thiel exhibited the champion- ship mare. In the amateur light horse show, - Dale Marshall was best in senior showmanship, Lee Hope won west- ern pleasure and Sandee Ryan was the winner in the senior barrel race. William Windsor of Leamington - won in the purebred Arabian west- ern pleasure over seven other con- testants. The goat show showed an in- crease in exhibitors. Jan Hayward had the champion Toggenburg, - Marci LeForge the best Nubian and Margaret McDonald the best dairy herd. In sheep Don Dearing showed the champion Dorset Horned ewe. Poultry section winners were Mi- chael Becker wi.it the best Leghorn hen and Cliff Pepper won first prize for Minorca cockerels. Becker showed a total of 163 birds. In the hog carcass competition, June Miller's 13 1/2 pound ham was judged best and it was sold to Wayne Shapton Construction for $21 a pound. Exeter District Co-operative pur- chased the 13 pound second place ham from Alan Hern for S12.50 per pound and Michael Hem's 11 1/2 pound ham was bought by Hensall District Co-operative for S10.50 a pound. Exeter 4-11 Calf Club had a very successful show at the fair this year. Only two participants were not able to compete while the other 13 had a nice crowd on hand to watch as they went through. their paces. . The winners were: Conformation - Steer - Rob Hern; Michael Hern and Lisa. Hcrn; Conformation - Hcifcr - Tim Hoffman, Chad Wil- liamson. and Randy Hoffman; Showmanship - Senior - Rob Hcrn, Toth Passmore and Tim Hoffman. Thanks to the members for partic- ipating and the Sponsors who donat- ed toward prizes, ribbons and ex- penses of this years 4-1-1 Calf Club. List of donors and members listed elsewhere in a display ad. Patons win at International STRATFORD - After four days of participation in the two furrow mounted plow class at the 1988 In- ternational Plowing Match in Perth county, two Middlesex residents came out on top. Ron Abbott of Thomdalc was de - dared champion over 11 other con= testants and Clare Paton of Lucan was reserve champion. In the grand champion antique class, Jim Paton of Lucan placed sixth. Ty EXETER - The Magnum line Of tractorscarried by Becker Farm Equipment Ltd. of Exeter and Dash- wood has won a national award for outstanding design quality, accord- ing to Bill Becker, President of Becker Farm EquiQment Ltd. • "The Magnum tractors carried fust lace in their class in a contest •ponsored by the Industrial Design- rs Society of America (IDSA)," Becker said. • "The IDSA calls this contest the ndustrial Design Excellence Award . IDEA)," Becker said. "This year's DEA competition had more than 10 entries." The IDEA awards recognize in- ustrial designs for excellence in five areas: innovativeness, user benefits, appealing appearance, ap- propriate use of materials, and cost- efficient production. The IDEA jurors, who are all pro- fessional industrial designers, said the Magnum tractors deserved rec- ognition because the product exhib- ited, "carefully guided evolutionary design and addressed and improved actual use problems whenever pos- sible." Winning this contest tanks the Magnum tractors as first class prod- ucts along with the winners in oth- er categories, according to Becker. Becker said'tlte Magnum tractors are the first tractors designed for the 1990's. The 1988 IDEA award is the most recent of several awards won by Case 111 with die Magnum trac- tor line. Other awards include: grand prize award in Plastics World magazine's Best in Design 1988 competition: honorable mention in Industrial Design magazine's 1988 ID Annual Design Review; recog- nition as one of the top 50 agricul- tural innovations of 1987 by the American Society of Agricultural Engineering magazine; and selec- tion as a Top Product of _ 1987 by Farm Industry News magazine. Case IH introduced the Magnum line in August, 1987, the Magnum tractors are the first all-new agricul- tural tractors produced in North America in the last 20 years. If you would tike to see first-hand the award-winning line of Magnum tractors; contact Becker Farm Equipment Ltd. at Exeter or Dash- wood, 233-2121 or 237-3242. Exeter Sales & Service 235-2121 FARM EQUIPMENT LTD. Dashwood Sales 237-3673 service 237-3242 ( WHITE BEANS We're ready when you deliver. W.G. Thompson & Sons Ltd. know that when it comes to delivering beans you want the quickest and most efficient service possible. 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