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1960
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I WAN? TO SAX I S THE VERY BEGINNING THAT X& AM DIMPLY GflATEPUL TO 1HHPS COUNTY AGRICULTURAL HTj MR. GRAHAM WJMS, FOR HIS VfcRY SkWS*
I H SELLCTIIIG THIS PA14ILT WE km
FOR CrOIHG WITH KS TO T2JKIE FARM TO H13LP 1'HIS
OB3PAIH Tim STOEY X AH W� GOIHG fQ ZSLL. SLIDE
i s SHE s^omr OP HR. AID MRS, C . C . PLOYD OF FAMTL1
EDKABB8* M I S S I S S I P P I , . . . AIJD OF XBBZR TWO BOJ?� GOiiDOH WHO I S 1 4 AHD.WILSOH W O I S 1 2 . H I HAVE
LY SJIJOXBD FUCTIHO tEXS STORY TOGE 0UR7X8 FLO� AHB I SERVBiD OVERSEAS Alffi I HAVE FOUiOWIO) HIS FARM PROGIiMS SIHGE TH63J I H E WITH K�iiH IHT.-HEaT. G'JfKIS PLOT!) MAS RAISED Af SHE
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TBffi OF WORLD WAKE TWO HIS PAfHBR'S UHD WAiS
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UPON HIS RBTTON
FBOM flERVZW HI3 COTWH1T IH l9i+5 CUIifIS WE1W TO WORE AT TiiAT QROBCAHGS PLAiST FOB A WHILfc. WA5 LATER PARTS MAKAGSi FOR �IK JAGKSOi AHD fBUI SERVICE MANAGER POR MISS ROAD 3UPPLX CQMPAHX, WKILLi CUHI1S PLOT!) WAS IH
THE MRVXdB OP HIS GOUHfRI, 8M.TZ0HKD AT F I E L D , ILLINOIS, ATTBHDIW RADIO SCHOOL, HL 8 2 3 LOVULY" WIPE, lil JANUARY OF 1 9 ^ 2 SHi^ QAMi
JAOKSOH AHD 1!HKX" y�RE MARRIED ON JANUARY 9'.?H, BSPOBft OORTIS LEF11 FOB 0VJ5RSKA3 OH JANUARY I 8 f H�.
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AS I TALKED ifXXH MS. AMD 2!S. CURTIS FLOXD 9BE OTHER DAY IN THEIR HOME AKD A S COUNTY AGEH!!1 WO'MBS' CHAHM! HALE8 VISITED WITH CURTIS, I POtJIJP OWP THAT ATOLU RISTURfllMG FROM SOEVXas CTJRTIS �*SJf�? SURE HIS WIFK WOULD LUG', FARMING AS A WAY OF LXFfc &J� 30 HE DXI3MS BRIIHr 'J? TIIE SITD.JECT. YOU 8KB
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in IMRCH OF X949 HE GAME HOME
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EVKWIHO TO His COiIMiOHTiii) BY HIS WIFE AID
Wli'H THE IBOPOSmOH 5HAT HE TtlRH TO Pi.Rl-IIMJ AS A WAY OP LIFE* IT mS NLSBfUL TIAf HIS FATHER VMBBim*
JL-iD HOPED OB WQHUD FARM BUT CURTIS WAS
mmm mm HIS WIFE WAS ^mxsm FOR HIM TO DO
If, HE SAYS IT IfflX8"2 'SMS HIM FIVE MIJFJTB3 7 0 BE QUIT KftKB UP HIS ICCJ� TO BliGOIfii A FARMER, H I S JOB THE nS3SS ^QRJJIMG.
CIJBflS* FAflfEII* If I.
C , V , FLOYD WAB LBASIKO THE IAUD AT THE PLACE ON BIO BLACK AHB WAS COlfTEMPLATINO I T I P HIS SOI DIDIPT E�ER HUUI TC PARK, SO CURTIS L E A S � HALF OP SiAT LAUD AI� MEH SINGE I S ASD H I S FATHER HAVE WORKED 'SOQWSMB Mm HELPED EkOB OTHSU AS THE HEED HAS ARISEN, FARMS A TOTAL OP 1758 ACHES, TODAY CURTIS PLOW HE OWHS 390 ACHES
OUfRIGHT AilD OiASKS THE REST...NOT ALL OF I T PROM H I S PATHER. HIS LAND STRETCKBS PIIOM BOLTOH SO
B I G BLA0K HOVER WE3E OF EDWARDS AI�
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OP FIV^ DlFPisEiilffi FARMS.
WB&fJ CURTIS FLOYD FIRS
a&JIXHD FARMING M MOVED TO 1 HOUSE OH TliL RIVBfi K PLACii. ABOOT THAT TZKb HIS FATlMi liOVhD BOW
'co THti mna PHOU mm& msm m UAD a^LH L I V I I � .
TliE TWO PAMILIhS S^'iHKI-> TliA'i1 HWS^ O3B?Uj Mtff OF 1 9 5 2 Wffi.� CURTIS AJ� HI3 FAMILY HOWK IN KJIWARD3 AND iiOVhD 20 TOWN. T�*
T H I S I S THE PROM* OP THK H0U3E BUT IT FAQUi OH fBH HAILRQAD HO THIS. BaCK 0 ? THL M0U3& HAS I I
HOUSE
BECOME THfc, PR0H2? FOK ri5HE FL01GP FAMILY* I l^OYD PivMILY HAS DOffii OOHSJDiiKABLii. WORK ON HOHsi. K i l S 3A0E WAY YOU LOOK A t Tm PAKT WAS ADBM) IH 1 9 5 6 , OURTIS I-^LOYD H0f2ii, I T SURHOUiffiIl�a.
A BEAUTIFUL HOML SE5? IN BLAtrflfUL
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A WOHDMIF'UL KXAMPLK OF WHAT CAM B ^ DQU& VOTE
�H OLD H0U3K HXSU A LITfLS TUOVQHTFUL PLAMIXI�* MOM 5HS VKRY BBOINMIlfa CURTIS OOVCOK AHD CORI AND GATfLB# AT TEE COTiK)!! PROGRAM. COTTOH THIS YiiAR. m
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CURTIS HAS 3 0 0 AORES PIAHTS STONSVILLi, 7 ^J!I IM ADDITION HE HAS 5 0
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ALL D & P . L . SKOOTHLEAF,
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ST01&V3XLS 7 THIS YEAR BECAUSE IT I S SUPFOBD ESPECIALLY WELL ADAPTED T 0 gjtGBISE PICKX2K},
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FOLLOWS /, 0�PLSTK IHSBOT COHTR0L PROOBAH STA WHS! THEIPS A!� GOIMO ALL UIROUGH 1HK SLASQH, ffii USES AH AIRPLANE LA^S XX TBE 3MS0W WHKll Y CAIf'T 8Exi KfE ROWS, O'lMSHWJSE iffi USKS A SLIDE ,. FARf4~8
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ALL HIS WW I-IAim'AllttMCE AMD REPAIR W(ffiK IH0LHBB MAJOR OVERHAUL, ffi DOES VS IH THE PAR�WORKSHOP
YOU SEE IH THE BAOKGROWJB), HE M S BOTH AH KLBCTSH3 l�;LDER A!� AN AS0ETELYHE WELDER* CURTIS TKSfS
ALL HIS SOIL, BOTH FOR ROW CROPS AW) PASTURE AMD T R I E S TO FERTILIZE ACGOEDIWO TO SOIL HBE08* 3HDE, 9EB
SAYS HE tFRlES fO PUT EMOITaii FERTILIZER TO HAKE & BALE A!!D A HALF OP COTTON TO THE ACRB. YTEW , HIS
ON ALL HIS CROP I S A BALK ASD A LAST YEAR
SO?^ OF I T MAMS TWO BALES.
PRE-EMSROED HIS RIVER LAND COTTON ONLY BUT T H I S YEAR RB HAS PRS<*Sf�?OiI} IT ALL. HE SAYS HS
WILL 1HCREASE HIS COTTOS AORKAOE AH5T TIHE LET HIM. m TIB mtt Jffi BELIEVES IH
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AMONG- OTHER THIS�S BE HAS HIS TWO HOW COTTOLF PICKHR AND W O 1 2 FOOT SBLP PROPELLED CQMBIHES UNDER SKELTER, CBRTIS NEEDS HORB STORAGE
AND FLANS TO DOUBLE THE SIZE OP THE BUILDI1W. HI HA3 12 THACFORS, ALL BDTAME OPERATED, CURTIS
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8XXKL HAISES CORN TOO....SO ACHES OP IT.,,ALL OP
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LOOKS GOOD 'W.13 TEAE 01! KIAT BOTTOM LAI� IN SF3KI DRY WMTiMJ. S& TRIES fO IRCDOGB ISHOUGH We: FEEDS THE
FOR HIS CATTLE AND CALVES.
BROOD COWS KAR CORN, KBAL A9D SALT I S THE WX9SER, SLIDE FARH-3 CQRl CITRTIS ALSO mE-l^ffiRGBS ALL HIS CORN CRO?, A�D AS ^OIJ CAII SEE, IT HB^LLT I S DOIHC! A JOB OF KEEPING THE WEEDS DOWN. HE PICKS THE C0R2?
UTQAL&? AMD THIS ffiAT PLAITS TO UBE A 0QR!imAD OH H I S COMBINES AND SHEU* I T AS I T I S PICKED. SLXPB IH
1 9 5 2 CTJRTIS ADDM) SOSBBASS TO HIS ROW CROP TROOHA] BEOAtfSS HE PELT THAT HB HBEDBD AHOTHBR CASH OROF. HAS HAS 200 ASRBS HJ SOYBEAHS WHICH His FUBTS OM THS CBBKK BOTTOf^ AHD WHICH H I L D AHD AVERAOE OF
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BUSHELS TO THE ACRE. �ARIBTX Wmm
CURTIS FLOYD PLANTS LEE HE
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HE POT
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HAVJs M&D$ ] � P033IBLfci FOR HIM TO BAYS A CHOICE OF MARKET. BL FXUS TItE BIMS �JG> SELLS
FROM THE PI2LD.
'CURTIS ALSO PUTS UP SOYBEANS AW
LESPEDLSiv FGR HAY,. .A30UT THREE TO F0OB BiiLBB OP KAI EAOI TiiAH, BCMKVSRp ffi
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UP HAT THIS IhAIl.
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BY A]JD ZtAEOW CUnTlS FLOYD a>P TO DO SIKIE Of/W FORfiaiJ-IO. CI.f.�TIS H I S GA^TIM
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HAD AB01TC? 2 ^ ) BROOD COWS BOf FiatlRBS BB WAS O�BR 370CKBD AI� HAS SOLD DOWH 20 2 0 0 ffiAD, HE 1MB
ABOUT 150 fiflLVKS AHB GE2S BBTTBR TH/UI AN 8 ^ GALF CHOP, OT-lft LEST YOU HXORt BE CHIfXCAL OF ffiS POIifT OUT OHAT CURTIS SAY3 OF 2�G
H I 3 OftfttB PROCrRAM TAKKS BACK SBAf r f 0 THK OROF PROaRAM. HE fURSS TO I f i AHD WORKS AT IT WBffl HE 13 RIGHT M W BUST O
HOW CROPPINO I S FINISHED. SLIDE
G B f f l l K J mSTURES IN GOOD SR&Ki Alffi SLKIIIG TO THE MSBD3 OP HIS Lr/BaTOC^ HSBD, GQimmiOlAh BE POLLOv/S A GO
COW AMD CALF PROGRAM' SELLING TBL BETTK1
CALVES I1ILK PAT OFF IKK G W AHD CARRYING Sffi TAIL O ivlCDBHS THROUGH THE WIST� AHD SKLLIHG IM SPRING. HE FEEDS OUT $0 TO 1 0 0 HEAD EVERY
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O OX Siii SIZE OF WB
CORN CROP,
CTJHTIS
P HAS BLTIOS&H TWENTY AND THIRTY REGI3TKRKD A O T K L S At� GULLS THE HKRD GL03E. IttfBS IN M B ^STORES AMI) StMYS GAfl aS*T TO I T . ffiK CATTLE M HL USK8 BACK
AS OFTEN AS Ifc
Blfl'IL 1;IL CJUI 0 1 3 BMM UMJ M HAi OM E^lffiB AMD I S W W COJlGLiffaO HIS GOAL IS TO
^ ^ I l l G ON liERJJ XI1PH0VEJIEJIT.
VEMXOAJUUr BAVB iiiiOUGH IffiRD 30 BK CAJH SbLL A A I # A DAY AW H&VL OMLI EHOIJQH UBOS TO ONC^ HOUCHI FEED SaiJPP POH THE QATTlh AtfD CikRK TOR
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FA3TURE!
MOST liVKLirY Y.Jift CURTIS PLOYD SB0W3 SOI� I i , AT TBS HXJ�S COUJJTr LIYMSTOCK SHOW TO HUUF E l tBB COMftFRXXZ EFFORT TO MAKE Tlffi SHOW A BIG 80QGSS&� 8L HAS 7 0 0 - 8 0 0 ACiSS llf PElil-mMBJfr
PASTURE C0ISI3TXM0 MOSfJwY OF DAU.IS, BEKMUDA AW CAHPET BRASS UB9 WHITE D�TCH CLO?:.,R ASD m USES GHliMICAL WEED CONTROL AS WELL AS him OSES 2-1}-� 3� HIS CORH AS WSTX AS
Pem. AIX fim CULTIVAI?EP LAIID I S HT? IW
OAtS Aim'WILD WIMTKRPEAS FOB t f X 0 H
ORA''I1^.
!fii SAVES ^0 ACHES fO COl'IBIHE FCFt SEED Af-fD OHAZBS 2IIK RESf AJID TDRHS I T U1IIBR FOB HIS WJXT B ^ R � S H W OBOPS* O mm WE LAST COTTOM I S Pf^SSD THE
TRACTORS SO III AI� CUT UP THE STALKS A?� PREPARE mat t&W FOR OATS. CUIil'IS FLOYD ALSO HAS 80 A0B1
Iff PIHK TIMBER.
EB HAS HAD THE HARDWOOD CUT
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AHD SROXBCTS 22 FKGM PIHB.
HE M S -DONL' A LOT
OP DRAIHAGE WORK OH HIS LAI� A?� SAYS IT 13 TEE 3SGPJiT OP IUMDLIMG HS� B0TTOML LAND. HL SAYS XO1 IH
� K f c ? Sffii HUIIK3 OPEH I P YOU .AWE '"H MM;, IT,
TKii TIH&sIl CURTXS SERAY3 ALL 3Liz, TRi,], STIIMFS WJT3 2-i.-5^r, AT SiK HIVEH PLAGE ^ATKH TOR iEE
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SUPPLY MIS* FLOYD '^QH XMR
ABOtri 2,1400 Fovaam OF POOD 20 POT HI WE.
Fit. E2I2U IH hDDITlOU Sit, POT UP AHOTHER XOO
1 2 5 QUAHT;; OP FOOD IH J i i H 3 , . , , S U C H THIIJO3 AS
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P I C K L S S , JAMS, A L L I E S AilD SO FORTH.. ..TJ m FAMILY P R l l ^ B S OAMMBD OR THAT LEND SiiK ALSO
BETTER TO OANHIHG SHAH TO P M ^ X 3 � #
C H I L I SAUCE Ai*; H..AH IfeLISH FOB Tffi FAIilLY,
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U FLOYD LOVEB TO COOK AMD SHis SAX* THEMMILY
TCHEH
LOVES TO BAT. IT I S ESPECIALLY KMJOYABLl. COOKIMO WITH HER mBUSXOP STOVE AHJD WALL OVKH IWSTALLLi^ IH 1 9 ^ 6 . "SHE SAYS SHK LIKES 'TO PISH TOO WHSH SHE ALSO LIKBS TO SBW WliEH SHE M&KK8 SOME OP KLR O�H
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CL0XH3S AND MOST OF WB DRAPERIES IHf HER HOHB. SEE OAYS 8B� 'tTSED TO MAAK!:. CLOTHES FOR THE B0TS BTO THEY HAVE OTJTORQWH THAT STAGE. 8LSDB SHE ALSO L
TOOWERS AHD THIS BHAtJTIFUL BED JUST 0TJT3IPK �RR MftlH EKTJiANGK TO THIS HOtBH I S ()?&Y Otffi KXAMPLE OP itWl BE/iTJTY R A T StTRROWIDS THIS LOVELY HOMR, ST2S I S A MEKH-:n OF TIIE GOOD lORIR GAIKWI OLUB X AMD K A PAST |RES331v�f ( F TIIE
CAMMHA OH FAMILY
FLOYD FAMILY BEL01IOS TO TJJE Em^RD
cmmcii wa;}tK CIIRTIS I S A aam.RD AHD PAS^
O? THB Iffilf S CLVB AND ifHiSRE MRS. FI^OID I S OF ?HE V f . S . C . S , AMS it SirBSTITT^K SfMSftt 3CR00L T11ACHSR HHBIOBVBR AUD WEREVER MBEDE3), ClfflTIG I S
Ainiwir op THE cmmm FXUAXO� i s rmswmm
OF THE
ia�iARDs FARM
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A PAS*P DIRSOTCR OP f � FARM BOH�AIT9 CHAIRKAH OF HE qOHMTHITT A . S . O , GOMMITTBB, A DIRECTOR OF 78& EI1IK
coimsY LIVESTOCK AssoGiA'sxtm, ymmm OP tm
SCHOOL BOARD "AHD BO!ffi mLQm JEM TO THE P . T . A . 34 OLD ORAR^S OORDOM I S A j^-H GLtJB MEMBER AHD /:M5 WILSOt I S A BOY SSOOT* HE JEST HE0HT12 THIS I S A
HETORHBD ^ O M W O WESCS AT IMG^ CAMP.
F I S E FAMILY DOII^J A GREAT JOB AHD H W IN TJIE TIMK O THAT RPiMAIMS I WAUT YOU TO KBET THEM. WHAT ARE Pt?Tt3RE F M S S f JOS? H W HAS HOMB CHAHQED? O WHAT ffiS BSEH WHAT HKLPS HOST?
