{"id":97477,"date":"2023-09-20T12:10:24","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T16:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/editionap.ca\/?p=97477"},"modified":"2026-02-17T20:52:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T19:52:35","slug":"100-years-of-plowing-tradition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/visionrockland.ca\/en\/sports-loisirs\/100-years-of-plowing-tradition\/","title":{"rendered":"100 years of plowing tradition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Clarence-Rockland celebrated a century of tradition on Saturday, September 16, with the 100<sup>th<\/sup> edition of the Russell branch of the Ontario Plowmen\u2019s Association plowing match.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hosted on the farm of Gaetan and Alain Meloche along Landry Street in Clarence-Rockland, nearly 40 competitors came out to see who could create the straightest and most uniform crowns and furrows with their tractors and horses.<\/p>\n<p>The Ontario Plowmen\u2019s Association only began in 1911, making the Russell County branch competition one of the oldest in the organization\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<p>The local Scouts troop was on hand to provide the barbeque, and MacEwen and Rockland Ford were supporting from the sidelines as well.<\/p>\n<p>No results have yet to be released and the winners are expected to be announced on October 3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clarence-Rockland celebrated a century of tradition on Saturday, September 16, with the 100th edition of the Russell branch of the Ontario Plowmen\u2019s Association plowing match. 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