Clinton News Record, 1955-12-08, Page 6PAGE SIX
CLINTprl NEWS -RECORD
TH•IURSDAY,DECEMGIBER: 8, 1955
CANADIAN
PLOWMEN
ABROAD
by WILL C1 995. BARRIE, Mallow
CANADIAN PLOWING TEAM
Edittor's Note:
W. Cr Barrie, Galt,' a past pres-
ident s of the . Ontario Plowmen's
Association, and manager of the
=Canadian plowing team at the
third annual World Plowing Mat-
ch in Sweden, hag sent .home on -
the -spot reports of his trip with
team members Joe Tran, Clare -1
rue n t, and Ivan McLaughlin
Stou'ffville. Here is the fourth of
his report:
•
UPPSALA, :SWEDEN—Of all
the . plowing teams --from 12 dif-
ferent countries—none werelook-
ing forward any more eagerly
than we were, to making the last
leg of the journey to the site of
the 1955 World Plowing Match.
We Canadians had travelled al -
Arcot half way around the world,
by ;train, by boat and by plane,
and now we, along with the .11
Other teams, were boarding a bus
to travel the last few miles to the
match site, on the Royal Agricul-
Lural Farm, just outside this old
city of 75,000
The college is part of the Un
iyersity of Uppsala. One of the
oldest universities; hi Europe, it
'ras established in 1477, 15 years
before Columbus discovered Am -
mica. On the hillside at the rear
of the hotel is the Uppsala Cath-
edral, an inunense red brick build-
-lag with three spires'reaching into
the sky: This is Sweden's largest
cathedral, and although the out -
W. C. Barris
day was attended by 12,000 people,
To mark the site permanently, a
cairn was unveiled on the Agricul-
tural College grounds a short dis-
tance from the match field. A
model of a plow surmounted the
cairn,, and a'plaque noted the con-
tribution which plows and plow-
men make to the peace of the
world. A similar cairn had been
unveiled a few weeks earlier at
Cobourg, Ont., where the first
world match was held in 1953.
The Swedish'. minister of agri-
culture, Hon. Sam . Norup, speak-
ing in Swedishand then in Eng-
lish, traced the history of plow-
ing from the early days and, with
the help of two Swedish girl stud-
ents dressed in native attire, un-
Veiled the memorial The govern-
or of the province of Uppsala, Dr.
Andrea, a tall distinguished look-
ing gentleman, arnazed the. aud-
ienee by speaking -in Swedish,
German, French, and perfect Eng-
lish, and finally declared the com-
petition open.
side of the building is quite plan.
and cold looking, inside it is one
of the most beautiful we . have
ever seen.
However, we did not have too
much time far sight-seeing at this,
point, for We had to get ready for
the match. When we arrived at
the grounds, we could see that
preparations had been underway
for some time as a .large number
of implements of an makes were
on display.
Instruct Judges
The•first day was spent in dem-
onstrating to the judges what to
look for in the competition, We
in Ontario who have been connec-
ted with the International Match
for many years feel that our score
card is just about right. How-
ever, ;when the ideas of 12 count-
ries have to be considered, com-
promises have to be made.
On the Wednesday, . the plow-
men from' the 12 countries were
allotted plots of land on which to
practise, and these workouts
created just about as much inter-
est as a real plowing match. On
Thursday, the time was again us -
'ed -for practice.
We . also had time on Thursday
to visit the- dairy barn on this
farm where a fin herd of Swed
ish red and white dairy cattle is
kept. These cattle are very much
like our dual purpose shorthorns
and are very popular in Sweden.
Unveil Cairn
The official, opening the next
Next the plowmen had lunch in
a tent and then lined up their
tractors and plows for a parade,
to the field, They were allowed
to set their stakes and line up
the tractors' at the scratch, and
at five minutes to.12 a blue warn-
ing rocket was fired and at 12
noon a red rocket was fired as
the starting signal. Later 12 jud-
ges, one from each participating
country, started to score the work
and although it was 'not announc-
ed until the following evening,
Ivan McLaughlin of . Canada, re-
ceived the highest score for stub-
ble. Joe Tran, his team mate, did
as well if not better than Tvan
but ran into some hard luck which
lowered his score.
The next day, When they plow-
ed grassland,the teams Were told
to be on hand one hour earlier in
order to be finished and ready for
the banquet. The day was ideal
for plowing and long before the
starting rocket was fired, an im-
mense crowd had gathered. The
field was roped off to keep the
crowd off the headlands and ben-
•
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telephones 'have to 'beconverted to "ding'. Thous-
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'When your exchange is ready to serve you next
spring, there will be enough equipment to meet
Clinton's telephone needs for some time 'to come.
There is :also enough space in the building to add
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To prepare your telephone
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Some older telephones have
been completely changed.
To connect you with the new
dial equipment we must place
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streets, pull nearly 2,200 feet,.
of cable into this conduit,
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Some 46 telephone
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ches were placed outside the rap -
Loud .Applause
As each plowman. turned out at
the end after finishing his land,
loud clapping could be heard from
the -crowd gathered beyond the
headland.
While the plowing was in pro-
gress, a number of airplanes were
giving -a demonstration of crop
spraying near by, and the pilots
showed great skill, flying under
'tyre hydro and;. telephone wires
and skimming along- about two
feet from the ground, sending out
a spray that would completely
cover any crop.
It could be readily seen by this,
time that Hugh Barr, Northern
Ireland last year's winner of the
Esso Golden Plow, had done an
outstanding job and was likely to
repeat his win of last years. Ivan
McLaughlin, ' Canada, and, Hugh
Barr's team mate, Langford Gil-
liland, were running neck and
neck, Everyonewasom pins and
needles waiting for the result.
The News Is Out
The judges handed in their
score cards shortly after the plow-
ing ended and the auditors were
soon busy tabulating the results.
We returned to the hotel when
word cavae that the returns were
out. The fact that Northern Ire-
land, Canada, and Great Britain
shared the first= six places was,
received with: much. repoicing. by
Her Majesty's loyal subjects pres-
ent.
When it was
learned that .Tv=
a n McLaughlin
had received the
stubble plowing
and Hugh Barr
the highest 'in
sod, with Hugh's
combined score a
little more than
Ivan's, they were
Ivan McLaughlin soon the centre
of a cheering crowd. We proceed-
ed at once to send a cable to Ton -
onto' for our trip sponsor, Imperial
Orl, and shortly after, John Brad-
shaw, the Esso farm - reporter,
telephoned from Toronto to get
the results. Becauseof the dif-
ferencein the time between Can-
ada and Sweden, people in Cana-
da knew the result several hours,
so to speak, before the plowing
took place!
Colorful Banquet
`The banquet which was spons-
ored by the Swedish Young Far-
ers. was a most colorful affair,
with a setting that would behard
to surpass anywhere. The castle
which is now the home of the
governor of Uppsala was built in
the 13th century on an elevation
not unlike the Citadel at Quebec.
With its six-foot thick walls it
must have been considered almost
impregnable in the early . days.
The Stairways leading to the ban-
quet hall and also to the dance
hall are very wide and built on
immense slabs of stone.
By closing your eyes you would
almost imagine you could see
knights in shining armour with
shields and spears, climbing the
stairs, The meal was typically
Swedish with many kinds of fish
and cold sliced meats, and the
amount and variety of drinks
were unlimited.
When the Golden, Plow was pre-
sented to Hugh Barr, 'the, glare
from the TV lights and the flash'
5,
n
bulbs was almost, blinding, The
second prize winner, our own Iv-
an MoLaughlin, received"a large
cup and the third place winner a
smaller one.
The dance which followed was
enhanced by the native Swedish
m
costues worn by the orchestra
and many of the dancers. s, All
those who attended will not soon
forget the banquet in the old
Swedish, castle, signifying t h e
close of the 1955 world champion-
ship plowing match,
NEXT—WEEK: We tour Swed-
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