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Farmer Leroy Losey wins Level Land Plowing Championship again
Leroy Losey, 21, from Springport Michigan, wins the Level Land National Plowing Championship for the second year in a row. He scores 84.4 of 100, earns a gold hand plow trophy and $100. Harold Searles Jr. is second with 83.7 and William Goettemoeller third with 81.2. Losey, a 500 acre beef and hog farmer, has plowed since 4-H and used his own three-disc plow in a field of 13 competitors on the Hoffman farm north of Vandalia.
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Wilmington
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Canada
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Versailles
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Springport Agricultural School
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