PLOWING

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Total Possible Points: 100 Perfect Score

• 25 points: Low back furrows distinct (back to be slightly crowning and all trash covered) 
• 25 points: Furrows of uniform depth and width, showing slight ridge and distinct from end to end
• 25 points: Line of furrow
• 15 points: Covering of trash
• 10 points: General neatness of the whole and appearance of ends

• All plowmen must plow 5 inches but not more than 7 inches deep.
• All plowmen must make 7 rounds.
• No assistance to any plowmen after the first round.
• All plowmen using 16-inch plows must plow not less than 
• 14 inches.
• All plowmen using 14-inch plows must plow not less than 
• 12 inches.
• All plowmen using 12-inch plows must plow not less than 
• 10 inches.
• All plowmen must leave the field at designated finish time, unless granted more time by field committee for some reasonable cause.

All plowmen will be scored back:

• 4 points for each foot in width for not finishing the land by the specified finish time. 
• 4 points for each inch less than the minimum depth of 
• 5 inches. 
• 4 points for each inch in excess of the maximum depth of 
• 7 inches.

Classes on Saturday

• Boys and Girls 15-and-Under Class
• Boys and Girls 19-and-Under Class
• Farmers Open Class
• Prizewinners Class: Plowmen who have taken two first places in the Farmers Class qualify to compete in this class.
• Expert Plowmen’s Class: Plowmen who have won first place two successive years in the Prizewinners Class must compete in this class.
• Horse or Mule Class
• Novelty Class: Judged on unit only, plowing does not enter in judging. Plowmen in this class are not required to make 
• 7 complete rounds.

Classes on Sunday

• Antique Rubber Class: Tractors made before 1939
• Antique Steel Class: Tractors made before 1939
• Novelty Class: Judged on unit only, plowing does not enter in judging. Plowmen in this class are not required to make 7 rounds.

Sweepstakes

Given to the plowman with the highest score during the Plowing Match, except those entered in the Expert class.