Identifier: n09ontariosessional42ontauoft (find matches)
Title: Ontario Sessional Papers, 1910, No.39-43
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: ONTARIO. LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
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Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: Ontario Council of University Libraries and Member Libraries

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on the same principle as that whichour fore-fathers used fifty or one hundred years ago. The improvementsthat have been made have been more in the direction of. securing greaterspeed in turning over the soil rather than in any change in the principleof plow construction. This is not saying that the modern plow is not animprovement on its predecessors, but the fact remains, that the principleof the plow is the same. Good plowing, therefore, depends more upon theskill of the plowman than upon the instrument that he works with. Toeffect an improvement in plowing, which is at the basis of soil cultivation,the plowman must be trained. The plowing match is one of the means ofdoing this and of showing what good plowing is and what it will do inimproving soil cultivation. (2) That there is a need for better plowing and better soil cultivationwill be readily admitted. The thing to do is to bring home to the farmerhow improvement can be made. This the plowing match will do, if properlymanaged.
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(53) 54 THE REPORT OF No. 43 (3) The plowing match will create a spirit of healthy rivalry in thedistrict that will make for better plowing and better farming. (4) In bringing the farmers together the plowing match will afford anopportunity for the discussion of various topics pertaining to the agricultureof the district, the kinds of plows to use, etc., and at the same time encouragesocial intercourse, which is always helpful to any community. (5) The plowing match will further strengthen the hold the agriculturalsociety has upon the people of the district. The more avenues a society hasfor reaching them and claiming their support, the stronger will its positionin the locality- he and the greater its influence. (6) The agricultural society exists primarily for the benefit of agricul-ture in the district in which it operates, therefore, anything it can do toencourage better farming should be done. As an educational factor theplowing match has in it many possibilities, and its revival

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