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Plowing A Furrow To Victory
Location: Westmeath Township, Ontario, Canada

 
Westmeath Township, location of the first plowing match in 1868.
1 of 34 		Farm of Augustus C. Brown, where the 1896 plowing match was held.
2 of 34 		Gate of the Brown Farm where the plowing match was held showing some of the spectators.
3 of 34 		Spectators gathered in the yard of the Brown farm near the drive shed.
4 of 34 		Dignitaries approaching the spectators through the barnyard.
5 of 34 		Pioneer David Brown, one of the first settlers in Westmeath Township.
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Original deed showing David Brown's purchase of land from the Crown.
7 of 34 		Deed for 200 acres at a cost of 80 pounds purchased by Brown,David in 1853.
8 of 34 		The Brown Family homestead where five generations lived.
9 of 34 		Brown, Augustus C. son of Brown,David and Father of Brown, Harris S.
10 of 34 		Frances B. Labow, second wife of Augustus C. Brown and mother of Harris S. Brown.
11 of 34 		Some members of the Brown family including Brown,Harris S.
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Augustus C. Brown, President of the Board of Directors of North Renfrew Agricultural Society in 1905
13 of 34 		Augustus C. Brown remained active in his later years and became a fire ranger.
14 of 34 		France Brown (nee Labow), born in 1852 and died in 1942 at the age of 90.
15 of 34 		Brown Harris S. as a young man about the time when he won his first plowing match.
16 of 34 		Brown, Harris S. with his beloved team of 'June and Jean.'
17 of 34 		Brown, Harris S. with wife Brown, Ethel and family in 1920 at the Brown Homestead.
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