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Celebrating 100 Years: The 1923 International Plowing Match Dana Thorne, Lambton Heritage Museum
The 1923 International Plowing Match was an important event for Lambton County and plowmen across the province. Headline from October 17, 1923, The Sarnia Canadian Observer (p. 1).
Plowing matches have a long tradition in Ontario. As part of the 1846 Provincial Agricultural Fair of Canada West, plowing matches were held at a farm near Young Street and St. Clair Avenue in present day Toronto. After the Ontario Plowmen’s Association was formed in 1911, the first International Plowing Match was held in 1913. The International Plowing Match has been an annual tradition ever since, except for interruptions during the First and Second World Wars and in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.