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- In 1957 the Western Fair boasted “the
biggest collection of livestock in Western Fair History.”
Entries included 822 dairy cattle, 220 beef cattle,
400 sheep, 231 swine, 125 heavy horses and 220 light
horses.
- During the Fair of 1960, the organizers
boasted of having “the greatest collection of
prize livestock ever displayed in the Agricultural
Pavilion,” where over $1 million worth of cattle,
sheep, horses and swine were on display. A new feature
added to the agricultural programming in 1960 was
the “up-to-date” milking parlour where
milk flowed from cow to cooler untouched by human
hands. The milking parlour operated each day of the
fair.
- From Petrolia; The Windsor Star applauded
the efforts of the Lambton County Junior Farmers for
their performance at the Western Fair in 1963. Twenty-one
of the seventy-two Junior Farmer 4-H club members
competed in a variety of events including a Calf Scramble.
In all there were over 260 entries from area 4-H clubs
participating at the Western Fair.
- In 1973 the Western Fair once again
introduced new consumer-oriented agriculture exhibits.
One display explained the story of mushrooms and the
second, “Milk is Marvelous.” Exhibition
organizers worked closely with the Ontario Milk Marketing
Board to assemble this display, which had been viewed
across Canada and in California. Overall, in 1973
agricultural entries for all categories reached an
impressive tally of 5,448 entries.
- by 1983 Western Fair Association had
grown to be the seventh largest annual exposition
in Canada, attracting more than 339,000 visitors to
the annual event.
- Also in 1983, the Western Fair offered
more than $100,000 in prize money in a wide variety
of competitions, many of them agriculturally related.
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