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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1984-10-03, Page 8q maim $SIGNAI,STAR, WEDNESDAY, ; 08E113,1964 FARM NEWS — - - -'-" ernational Match offered something for everyone di The new Queen of the International Plow- ing Match (IPM),, Lynn Dodds of R.R. 1, Seaforth A ss atll "in a state of shock and on. cloud nine" on Saturday. Ms. Doddswas chosen the new Queen on Friday night at the plowing match, which this year was held near Teviotdale in Well- inton County. And as the new Queen, she >;'epresent the O tjrio Plowmen's Association, attendi� most county plowmen association banquets and visiting the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto this fall. She will also be making appearances at farm shows throughout Ontario, including Ottawa, Toronto and London. "I'm actually an . ambassatlor for the plowmen's association. And I will be helping at the 1985 IPM in Elgin County," says Ms. Dodds. Having just started her duties, Ms. Dodds says she has already been very busy. "But it's been a lot of fun and I've met many in- teresting people." One of 32 contestants at this year's IPM, Ms. Dodds was judged on her plowing abili- ty, appearance, deportment, speech, and in- terview. "My speech was about plowing, the IPM and how farming and plowing have changed over the years." A 19 -year-old daughter of Don and Mala Dodds, Ms. Dodds is enrolled in the family studies program at the Guelph University. She is no newcomer to plowing and Queen competitions. She represented the Huron County Plowmen for two consecutive years and was Queen of the Seaforth Fall Fair in 1982. Raised on a farm and a veteran of IPM Queen competitions, Ms. Dodds jokingly ad- mits that her plowing skills haven't really improved a great deal since last year. RAINED OPENING DAY The five day plowing match started September 25. Just as the official opening was to take place with country and western singer Carol Baker, it rained. Despite the mud and rain, conditions at the match im- proved the rest of the week. "We had good attendance — the total paid being 118,000 and the total, including people with free passes was 150,000," says- David Craig. Mr. Craig lives near Arthur and is chairman of the Wellington County Plowmen. "This year we were very strict in keeping records at the gates. Everybody who came to the match was counted. We were very happy with attendance. We didn't beat the best previous attendance records, but were only 15,000 away." Though September 25 was a bad day, Mr. Craig says there still was a good crowd. But he says the bad weather may have worked in favor of the IPM since farmers could not harvest crops. "When people saw the tented city site on Wednesday, they were shocked. By Wednes- day noon, things were drying up just super. The streets were dry and there were no ruts. We got a lot of bad press after the Tuesday rain," he says. "But we proved a point that we could pick a tented city site that could take a lot of rain. We all adjusted very well to the weather." There were almost 600 exhibitors in the tented city. The site was full. Plowing com- petitions and visitor parking was located close to the tented city. A nearby airstrip was used by 178 aircraft. "We had good comments overall," says Mr. Craig. "Visitors said the people of Well- ington County were very hospitable and helpful. Exhibitors were pleased with the match. Sdme said a lot of people were in- terested in buying equipment." As for the future role of the International Plowing Match, officials were busy at the match just finding out what that would be. "We had six people on the site doing a survey. When completed the 1,000 people surveyed will have answered a lot of con- cerns we have. 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And the people, came to see almost 600 exhibitors at the site. (Wassink photo) plowing match? On the first four days, we had a good selection of farmers. And on Saturday, we had many urabanites visiting the match." Soon, the site of the IPM will be no more than a 'farm field. Construction at the site started in August and if the weather co- operates, Mr. Craig hopes all the displays and huge tents will bg gone in two weeks. Floyd Forsyth of Stouffville was chosen the Ontario Grand Champion in the tractor plowing competition at the International Plowing Match. Runner-up was Ken Ferguson of Stouffville. The two plowmen will compete in the Canadian Championship Plowing competi- tion in New Brunswick in 1985. The winner of that competition advances to the world plowing competition. Ontario Champion Horse Plowman was Andrew MacFtobbie of Mount Forest. Run- ner up was Ross Miller of Sunderland. Manager of the IPM, Bob McMann says he was exceptionally pleased with this year's plowing match. Mr. McMann is with the OMAF office in Guelph and is secretary - manager -treasurer of the " Ontario Plowmen's Association. "Our attendance was great - greater than any other IPM in the last five years. The record was set in Huron County in 1978," he says. The conservation tillage program was a first at the IPM this year. It was a pilot pro- ject, a project that will be at future. matches says Mr. McMann. "We received favorable comments on the project. It's something that's innovative. Conservation tillage is something that reflects today's need in agriculture." Lynn Dodds - Queen of the IPM ON ALL INSTOCK ITEMS October 1-31 open Mon. -Sat. 9:00-5:00 LAURA SECORD 600 ML. •Amur Privet • Fruit Trees • Ground Cover Roses •Colorado Blue Spruce reg. 2.00 reg. 18.00 reg. 2.00 1.50 0.00 1.50 HEINZ Beans & Scarios NEILSON Hallowe'en Bars 14 OZ. 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