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PIowingmatch brings 9tri- skills of farmer
There's more to ploWing
_than_inst_ riding .aArastor
across a field a piece of
equipment turnS the ground
over. •To about .40 Huron
Ceunty farmers plowing is an
art, a technique and a skill all
rolled into one. The farmers
think enough of the ortl'Of -
plowing to make it, worthy of
competitipn and for• 49 years
have been pitting their skills .
against one another in the
annual Huron County
Plowing match.
The 49th Annual match was
held Saturday at the farrn of
Ken Dunan of Usborne
township about eight miles
• east of Exeter.. The com-
petitors -.gathered froin all
overlhe county toplow inone
61the eigFeCiaii-eS
by the HurOn Plowman's
Association While
businessmen also 'tried their
skills behind a- horse drawn
walking plew • in . a special
class held fornon farmers. .„
Like a.ny other comPetition
the plowing match requires a• •
great deal of preparation by
the entrants. -The contestants
set uP their machinery to
within a quarter of a
the required depths and
widths of the furrows :and
even shine the moldboards on •
the iF plows to give the freshly
turned earth a shiny .p-.p
ps,urance. • .
It's a sport' said ThiFii
Plowman's -Association'
secretary Russell' Bolton of
Seaforth.
Mr. Bolton is charged with
the task of setting up classes
for the day, making sure that
entrants ineet the -demands of
the class and, that they work
their proper area to.make
judging possible. He also
lines up prizes and awards for
entrant and collates results
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next step winners for the
county matEhes take is to the
International- Match which
this ;year is being held—in
Walkerton and promises to be
-the biggest match ever.
Winners of the Internationa)
' can then go on to the World
Match .-
"You can't go. to the
I-nterna,tional without
competing- here,"said Mr.
Bolton. ' •
The attractions -of greater
competition is not the
ry re a-sar4
enter their local plovving
match. According to one
entrant "it's fun". Bob
Learning, a. 15 -year-old from
Walton, served as a coach for
young competitors putting
three years of experience in
plowing competition into the
task. •
"It's fun, and I enjoy the
competition," he said as he
"measured the furrow of Brian
McGavin, also of Walton. "I-
like- plowing „but it is a 'lot
more fun competing 'against
someone -else."
• The youngster,explained
the need for measuring the
furrows. According to rules A- FOR SALE -
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The s.ecretary outlined the
steps a -plowman musttake to „
cdmpete in larger and, nre
prestigious competitions. The
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- Heather ClaVehecks her work as she heads into another fOrrrOw While competing in the
r Huron County plowing Match held Saturday. Miss Clark cif Wit 51Goderich entereda green
class for Huron boys and girls. 15year cad or yeunger with have never Won a first in a .
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Saturday getting ready for .
today.- said Mr. ,Clark.
"Kevin has:. beencowrie-Ong—
three years now, since he was
10, and Heather decided this
year she wanted to take a
crack at it:"
Mr. Clark brought his
tractor and plow. 30 mileS, to
compe•te, something most df
the competitors wouldn't -
hesitate to do. He said he
brought his equipment on a
trek but quickly added that
he Would have driven:it from
ome if he hRt1 to.
' The special treat of the day,
is usually in watching the,non
farmers plOw land. A special
glass • is h•eld for rna'yors;'
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reeves, ex-reeVes and
businessmen competing with
a horse drawn walking plow.
Other speCial attractions at
pitching, log sawing and nail
driving.
Winners of Class Two of the
compeiti6n, a class for boys
• and girls under 19 years of
age, were Kevin Clark of
Goderich, finishing first,
Ralph !livens of Auburn
second and Greg Cook of
Belgrave third: .
Class Three, a •-class for
Huron contestants only, was,
Won by Reverend Ken Innes
of Brussels. Bill Armstrong of
Wingham was second and
John -Becker of• Dashwood
third.
. Class Four winner was Don
(continued•on page 1M
Attention
the plow, cannot rut less than •
a foot of soil and must go six
to seven inches into the
ground. The depth is ,set and
the entrants adjust the
distance between the plow
shares to ensure that the
furrow 'is the proper distance
across. The coach, usually
working with younger en-
trants, constantly measures
the. work of the plowman to
ensure quality. . —
John Clark has been
competing in, the Huron
match since the days before
tractors, Ae remembers the
Pt. Albert match, which was
all horse drawn equipment,
and has been a familiar face:
at. Huron competitions. for
years. John didn't CornOete
this year but two a his
children did. His son Kevin,
and daughter Heather both
entered the •match, Kevin
winning his 'Class and Heather
finishing second in hers.
"they've been practising
fora week," said Mr. Clark.
He explained that his children
were members of the 4-H
Sodbusters Club and had •
spent a wee•k on their
Colborne township farmi
practicing plowing with three
other SodhuSters:
"They plowed all day last
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