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jr plowboys put skills to the test there were ten entries in the annual jr ville one of the participants was bob richards plowing match and coaching clinic saturday on loretta crescent stouffville the farm of grant wells and sons rr 4 stouff- ten entries in match stouffville ten junior plowboys some com peting for a very first time participated in a wellorganized match and coaching clinic saturday on the farm of grant wells and sons rr 4 stouff ville entries were rod and jan king rr 4 stouffville kevin and ken wells rr 4 stouff ville mike and john hickson rr 2 aurora allin lewis rr 2 markham john lawson rr 2 stouffville eric timbers rr 4 stouffville and bob richards loretta crescent stouffville some of the top professionals in the country were on hand to offer advice including fred timbers floyd forsyth herb jarvis carl timbers grant wells and paul hulshpf the judge was roy craig of caledon east the plowboys were divided into two classes and the winners were eric timbers and kevin wells jan king and allin lewis eric timbers and ken wells will represent york region at the international near wingham later this month although not all par ticipants had their own equip ment this posed no problem additional tractors and plows were made available and on two lands the contestants doubled up weather was perfect for the event the field plowed well judge roy craig announced the standings then went iqyer the lands pointing out the good and bad points of each he praised the overall per formance of the competitors saying he had seen lots worse even at international matches a firsttime participant in competetive plowing professionals in the field the judge for the match was allin lewis rr 2 markham each of the was roy craig of caledon east boys received excellent coaching from another newcomer to hickson of rr 2 aurora junior plowboy competition was john brothers rod and jan king participated on whitchurchstouffville councillor eldred king saturday rod is shown here they are the sons of john lawson sixth line whitchurchstouffville plowed a good land although comparatively new to the profession v making adjustments on a plow is required continually this is eric timbers rr 4 stouffville keeping the mouldboards clean is a chore performed here by jan king r r 4 mmiffikc north york competition sept 23 north york the 56th annual north york plowing match likened to a mini- international will be held on sat sept 23 on ihe farm of drury greenwood two miles east of queensville the branch president for 78 is floyd forsyth of stouffville the secretary is morris snodden of pefferlaw as in recent years awards presentations will take place at a banquet in november likely at victoria square this event will include prizewinners from east yorkking and vaughan as well as north york a yardstick isevery plowboys and plowmans friend ken wells takes a measurement on his land