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18 INDEPTH 18 A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT TO SEE an eight horse hitch pulls an antique beer wagon in the parade in last year Sheepshearing horseshoes part of 74 program A century old History of the match Plowing malthcshavt been a Mr ii agricultural in Ontario fir will over century Inlheuirlydays they were sponsored by agricultural first farm groups to be established and records that In llHfi when the first provincial exhibition wan held In the City special feature of event was a plowing match 11 took place on farm on Street In the vicinity of SI Avenue These matches not only gave formers an opportunity to display their skill In the handling of a walking plow hut to show the fine team of horses many of which were imported or were from ported Block Own a mot la lion The holding of Several special events will be held as part of he during this year a Plowing Match Sept in Hills And Ihe man responsible for organizing them and making sure all the necessary sup- ore on hand Is liar old or ltd In North chair man of special for the local Halton Harold says a sheep shearing demonstration Is one of the new attractions this A man has of to Rive demonstrations of this unique art Thursday and Saturday afternoons Sept and If there is anyone to challenge the Wear a pair of old table shoes when you visit Ihe International The fields are and uneven and may be dusty or muddy if It demonstrator It may turn Into a contest Toss shoes too A horseshoe pitching Is scheduled for 11 a m Saturday Sept Officially it s open to teams of two players representing a plowing bran or association affiliated with the Ontario Plowmen Association but Mr said if any other teams want to compete they will be welcome He is also In charge of arranging tractors and plows for tni special plowing contests One will be held for wardens and regional chairmen another for municipal mayors plus one for press representatives Mr Is also Involved with the Queen of the Furrow competition although a separate committee Mrs Wilson of organizes this com pi annually GO Plowing Match organizers expect a record breaking crowd on Saturday Sept so go earlier in the week if you gel a chance It won be so crowded to Thursday and you have a better to participate on those days never very practical as it was difficult to find suitable land conveniently located in relation to the fairgrounds Therefore those especially interested decided to stage such contests apart from the fair and the result was the setting up of plowing associations on a township or county basis This plan was quite general by Ihe turn of Ihe century by 1911 Interest in matches had fallen off so much that a meeting of officers representing the most active matches was held in Toronto for the purpose of assessing the status of these events and what should be the future program The result of this meeting was the formation of the Ontario Plowmen s Assoc lion One tractor Two years later they held their first match on a farm near the city which I SHOWS will have an avenue of thrill ing rides at the International similar to this display at last year s match in Lambton Plug their products before large crowds g Since the time during the as Tented City first World tractors were introduced as a saving device farm equipment firms taken a keen interest in the Inter national Plowing Match Thev furnishing and servicing tractors and where povibk had their staff and dealers scout up plows for competitors As well ihi imaged exhibits at plowing of other lines of and took great care in demonstrating all the features of such machinery This Ineutabtv led the setting up of a well planned central exhibit now commonly known loo It was not long until wilh lines of labor saving equipment in is exhibitors Todi those participating in the milch all it me ins banks oil product diirj iqmpmtnt buildings Link Imstoik rtiher In addition and Joined ranks MILTON S PLOWING MAYOR Anne for county wardens Mrs wasn a her at the IPM held last year in winner but said it was a lot of fun plowing with Lambton County She competed there in the class for the first time in her life