1971

In 1971 the officers were:
President Weldon Burrill; 1st Vice Pres., Albert Roberts; 2nd Vice Pres., Lorne Fleming; treasurer, Ron Hutcheson; secretary, Don Taylor. Jim Richardson was a new director. No site had been chosen for the match as of Sept.30, 1971. The President, treasurer, John Hargreaves, and Wilfred Corp were the site committee to report back ASAP.

The Annual Corn Day was held at Grant Orth farm near Burgessville (S.Review Oct.9th pg.3).

Harry Parrott, P.C. defeated Liberal Gordon Innes on Election Day Oct.21st. Bill Davis P.C. government wins in Ontario.

The Blenheim match was held at the farm of George Laine, R2, Princeton. Cecil Wells, with his team Nip and Bob won the sweepstakes in the horse-drawn class. Wendy Opersko won the tractor awards.

Nov.6

The Oxford match was held at the farm of Lloyd Kinnaird, R7, Woodstock, 14th Line, East Zorra, Lot 18, east side of road, as it snowed. The Hebron Church ladies served a hot meal afterwards.
Lloyd Kinnaird, the host farmer, had competed in the 1950 North Dumfries match (Class 8, 3 furrows) on the farm of Robert Perrin, Roseville. He competed with a Farmall M that he bought new in 1943. The Cockshutt plow used he'd purchased from Jim Patterson, who had taken over the local blacksmith shop of Dell Zell near Ayr. Dell shoed horses too.

In 1950, Lloyd's farm was at the intersection of Hwy.97 bridge over the 401 Hwy. Construction cut the corner off that farm; so, he moved, in 1966 bought the Wray Leach farm, on the 16th Line, East Zorra, directly east of the Hebron Church. He had 100 head of cattle, necessitating a new barn. While ownership was in transition, and new barn under construction, a fire occurred (Dec.14th, 1966). Lloyd sold the Leach farm in 1969 to Don Raymer from Markham and moved to the 14th Line, East Zorra where the 1971 match was held.
Lloyd's daughter Barb was secretary of the Wellington County 4-H for 15 plus years. Her experience there, and with Lloyds connection to the Wellington and Dumfries plow clubs, influenced her obtaining employment at the OPA office in Guelph. She served as events co-ordinator for the IPM for many years. She married Martin McAllister in 1968. She passed away suddenly, January 8 , 2015. The Barb McAllister Memorial Scholarship ($2500) is awarded annually in her memory to an IPM competitor between the age of 16 and 20 as of January 1st; funds to be used toward an education at a university or college approved by the Directors of Ontario Plowmen's Association.

Art Eddy was manufacturing a different sort of plow; a knife type of plow for farm drainage. Art sold his wheel ditching machine to Don Laidlaw, a fellow drainage contractor from Rockton. Don serves on the OPA as advisory councillor for North Wentworth plowmen's association, and serves as a steward annually at the IPM. The drainage plow was mounted on an HD 20 Allis Chalmers crawler weighing 20 Ton; 26 Ton with the plow. This machine revolutionized farm drainage. In a few years clay tile were no longer used. Plastic tile was quicker, easier, and cheaper.

The 1971 IPM was held in Haldimand County Oct.12-16. The host farmer was Russell Hare.