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File contains a typescript Report of the International Plowing Match, 1961 by the local committee of the Hastings County Plowmen's Association. The report provides an overview of the events and reports by various committees involved in the planning and execution of the plowing match. A one-page financial statement of revenues and expenses is included.

File contains several newspaper clippings regarding competitions, exhibits and a celebratory banquet of the International Plowing Match, Hastings County, October, 1961

File contains printed promotional material for the 1961 International Plowing Match including an official programme of events, and a programme for a banquet held at the Belleville Armouries, 6 October 1961. Also present are three photocopied pages of programmes, badges and entry passes; a silk ribbon bearing the inscription “International Plowing Match, City of Belleville, County of Hastings"; and a silk ribbon badge for International Plowing Match official, T.G. Wrightmeyer.

File contains a typescript list of the location of exhibits by companies and organizations for the October 1961 International Plowing Match in Hastings County. Also present are three printed, coloured banners for the plowing match.

File contains a newspaper article from the Ontario Intelligencer, 8 December 1960 concerning the selection of an area outside of Belleville for the 1961 International Plowing Match, to be held on October 4-7, 1961. Also present are three printed, numbered admission tickets to the Ploughing Match, 1961.

File contains typescript correspondence, reports and planning documents relating to the preparation for the 1961 International Plowing Match in 1961. Includes list of officers and local committee members. Also present are: a printed official programme and prize list, printed pamphlets and a poster for the International Plowing Match which was held at the Farley Vermilyea Farm and neighbouring farms north of Belleville, October 4-7, 1961.

File contains a newspaper article from The Intelligencer, 8 September 1961 concerning the Charles Parm Steer Raising Ranch, which operated within the city limits of Belleville. The article describes cattle drives which occurred in the central area of the city in 1913.

File contains a newspaper article from the Ontario Intelligencer, 28 September 1961, concerning the operations of the Ontario Hog Producers' marketing yards in Ontario.

File contains the February 1934 issue of The Straight Furrow, a publication for rural and agricultural Ontario.