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straw baler, the corn harvester and other machines that have
brought about mechanization of the farm in modern agriculture.
The exhibits at a fair are principally the products of the com-
munity adjacent to the fair. The various breeds of live stock have
usually been well represented at Ingersoll Fair, but the predom-
inant exhibit has been the representatives of the three major
breeds of dairy cattle, Holstein, Jersey and Ayrshire. This has
been a natural development. Dairy farming was established very
early in the Ingersoll district. It is recorded that cheese was made
in 1862 and in 1865 the first co-operative cheese factory was built,
this factory being within a mile of the present fair grounds. It
was in this factory in 1866 that the famous big cheese, weighing
7300 lbs. was made, that was shipped to Europe and became the
forerunner of the great cheese exporting industry. In 1867 the
first Canadian Dairyman's Association was formed in Ingersoll. It
is therefore quite natural that the area surrounding Ingersoll
developed into a specialized dairy section and that the dairy cattle
exhibit at the fair should be important. The fair is the show win-
dow of the community.
It has now, after one hundred years of activity, been made
possible through a substantial grant by the Provincial Department
of Agriculture, that the centennaty of the establishment of the
Ingersoll, North and West Oxford Agricultural Society will be
commemorated by the erection of a pylon in Victoria Park.
4s The Family
6 Shoe Store
since 1865
SINCE 186` All fittings checked by X-Ray