Ontario has a vast training system

ONTARIO HAS A VAST TRAINING SYSTEM IN PLOWMANSHIP

The International Plowing Match represents a vast training system in the ancient art of plowmanship-a training system which in 1940 had its bases in more than 60 branches of the Ontario Plowmen's Association throughout the province,all operated under the Agriculture Societies Branch of the Ontario Department of Agriculture.It is through the operation of those branch organizations,with their annual plowing matches,that junior and senior farmers are taught better plowing,through competition,and are encouraged to contest for honors in such wider spheres of effort as the International.Without those branch organizations and their annual matches, it is doubtful if the International Plowing Match could function.Those branches are the equivalent to a vast military training system or to minor clubs where professional baseball players are farmed and the best selected for the major clubs.The champions of tomorrow are developed by the branch organizations of the province.

 "The  importance of the branches cannot be stressed too greatly," J.A.Carroll,secretary-manager of the International,stated. "They provide the contestants for the big event every year."

SCOPE OF SYSTEM 

The scope of this agriculture training system is shown  by the list of plowing matches held in 1940. The list was compiled by Mr.Caroll as follows, with the dates of the Match,the sponsoring branch,and the location of each match: