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Title: Ontario Sessional Papers, 1919, No.26-41
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: ONTARIO. LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
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tes, live stock judging competitions,))ublic speaking contests and a seed fair. JUNIOR FARMERS PLOWING COMPETITIONPlowing Competitions for Junior Farmers have become very popular. Thesecontests are conducted on the home farm or on the farm where the contestant isworking. In some counties the contestants had the privilege of plowing any kindof land, with any kind of plow, but had to plow at least five acres. In other countiesthere were two classes, one in sod and the other in stubble, and the contestantshad to use single plows with skimmers or jointers and five acres in one block hadto be plowed. Prizes were secured locally but the Department furnished judges.Contests were conducted in the following counties: Brant Dundas Grenville Halton J Peterborough Waterloo Welland and Lineohi Wellington These competitions were organized and supervisedRepresentatives in their respective counties. No. of No. of Competitions Contestants > 8 t 14 2 16 1 15 1 15 9 24 1 12 1 bv the j: Vsrri cultural
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56 BEPORT OF No. 29 PROFIT COMPETITIONS CONDUCTED BY JUNIOR FARMERS The various profit competitions such as Feeding Hogs, Field Crops, Productionof Milk, and Feeding of Calves and marketing them at the stage generally known asbaby beef, have been carried on as usual by the Agricultural Eepresentatives. These competitions were open to young men, farmers sons, under 30 yearsof age, the prize being a free two weeks course in Stock and Seed Judging, PoultryRaising, Horticulture, Farm Dairy, Beekeeping or Farm Power, conducted at theOntario Agricultural College at Guelph, transportation to Guelph and return andboard and lodging while there. All the competitions started off in the spring of the year under fairly favorablecircumstances but owing to war and labor conditions a number of the contestantswere forced to drop out before the competitions were concluded. The prize winners taking the Courses at the Ontario Agricultural College thisWinter are as follows : Stock and Seed Judging, Januar

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