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A silk ribbon bearing the inscription “International Plowing Match, City of Belleville, Hastings County" on one side, and the dates of the match on the other.

A programme for the 1961 International Plowing Match banquet held at the Belleville Armouries, 6 October 1961.

Official program of the 1961 International Plowing Match in Belleville, Ontario, printed by Family Herald magazine.

Notes on the Danfords of Stirling-Rawdon and nomination for an award for Harry Danford by the Hastings County Plowing Match and Farm Show, 2008.

Emma Winter discusses the history of Bishop Seeds company.

Frankie Patterson discusses her life on a farm as a child and her work as a member of the parish at St. Thomas' Church, Belleville.

Forde Stapley, Sarah Smith and Kenneth Bird discuss the workings of a stone machine used to remove large boulders from the fields.

File contains a photocopied brief manuscript history of cheese factories in Madoc Township.

Collection of scanned newspaper articles on the 1986 International Plowing Match held at Stirling, Ontario.

Collection of scanned Intelligencer negatives taken at the 1986 International Plowing Match held at Stirling, Ontario.

A Soil Map of Hastings County Ontario, South Sheet, Soil Survey Report # 27. Published by the Experimental Farms Service of Ottawa. in 1958. Base maps supplied by the Department of Mines and Technical Surveys. Soil survey by the Department of Soils, Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph and the Experimental Farms Service, Canada Department of Agriculture, Ottawa. Scale 1 inch to 1 mile.

Materials relating to the Hastings County Junior Farmers, including:

1. Seven "Hasco Fain" yearbook publications: 1959 (2 editions), 1960, 1961, 1962-1963, 1964-1965, 1985 (60th anniversary edition)
2. Three cloth patches, one with text "Thurlow Junior Farmer" and two with "1956 Hastings Champions Junior Farmer Girls"
3. Four photographs: three of 1955 Junior Farmers members, including: Ross Bateman, Getha Sherry, Kay Summers, Ross Moorcroft, Bob Mallory, Harvey Homan, Eva Martin, Helen Harry, Jean Frost, Ralph Swan, Grant Richardson, Carl Reid, Marlene Moorcroft. Also a photograph of people dancing at the 1955 Hastings Formal Ball.
4. Invitation to At Home and Dance at Tobe's County Gardens to the Top Hats Orchestra, 1 December 1950
5. Order of service for church service at Foxboro United Church, 25 May 1957
6. Announcement for Mixed Curling Bonspiel, 18 November 1978
7. File of correspondence and programs for 60th anniversary celebrations, 1985
8. Seven "Hastings Happenings" newsletters, June 1986- April 1987
9. File of correspondence concerning the Hastings County International Plowing Match, 1986
10. File of correspondence concerning the Hastings County Dairy Princess Competition, 1986
11. "Plant a Seed for Need Junior Farmers 87" sign with text "We supported the Hastings County Junior Farmers effort to grow garden produce for the Gleaners Food Bank", 1987

Printed official programme and prize list of the 1961 International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Demonstration in Belleville, Ontario.

Printed brochure of the 1961 International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Demonstration in Belleville, Ontario.

Printed poster advertising the 1961 International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Demonstration in Belleville, Ontario.

One individual admittance pass for the 1961 International Plowing Match, belonging to Thomas S. Ransom.

File contains a printed booklet entitled A. H. Britnell's Mechanical Method of Manufacturing Cheese. Includes illustrations.

File contains a newspaper clipping marking the 87th birthday of Byron O. Lott, a Belleville politician and director of the Ontario Honey Co-operative.

This file contains a copy of a school project written by Llarian Keilty from Foxboro Sr. Elementary School. It is titled The History of the Keilty Potato Farm originally purchased by Philip Ball in 1834 located in the Township of Hungerford, Lot 9, Concession #7.