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CAMERA ON LANGFITT
I WANT TO SAY FIRST THAT I AM VERY GRATEFUL TO SSISTANT HINDS COUITY AGENTS, H , G . FORB1SS AND HARLIE ISTESS FO1 THEIR VERY WONDERFUL HELP SELffiTING THE FAMILY ME SALUTE TODAY AMD I I QBfAIIXHG fHE S f 0 8 T W '^Sm FAM AID M(ME
P10GHAM, K i l S I S I B S SfORY OP MR, AM) M S , SLIDE _FARM�1 MOUSE f . E � CO1XIMS JR AMD THEIR FOUE CHILDHM, WHO L I V B ABOUT fHRBE MIIM SI2CDS COimtY* MlBtH HAST <F UTICA IK
f , B � COUSINS GIB* UP IN fHB
LBBAKOi CSSMJHITY W HIHDS Cm^TY ATO CAJffi TO M I S FA8M Wirai HIS BtQfBSR 2 1 YMHS AGO, %M& B01H BACHEbORS AMD FARMED 7 7 1 AC1BS I 0 G M I 1 M UOTIL Ml* COLLUS HURRIED HIS LOVM,Y i f l F I WO YIASS LATM, WHSS T . B , COLLIIS AKI> H I 1 IHlf
CAUE TO 1HIS P A M TII&T JfBRE RffiTIJPS IT PEOM THE FmmAh LAMB BASK. HHBH T . E . COLLINS
I N 1937 HE BOUGHT THE LAND FROM THE LAND BANK, im* COLLINS CAME FSOM JASPI SCHOOL AT LEBANON ffilW WHEN SHE
JOUSTY AND HAS TEkCMim
HE AND MB, COLLIIS V S t l MARHIEJ),
S H I GAVE UP TEACHING SCHOOL AMD CAME TO T WAS THSf ONLY A PORTION OF THIS HOUSE AHD BECAME A FULLTIME FAKi If I F B . ffiE ORIGINAL
OUSE WAS ONLY ABOUT fURBE RO 8S 1HAT HAD BB1K I L T BY THE FEDERAL U S D BANK. FRO!; THAT
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XR. AID MRS. C0LLH5 BDH.T THEIR FAJ� HOMS, ?Off TO BUILD A Wm THEY AHE 5KVBL0POIG PLAIS HOME IK IBS *BXT FSf YEAIS.
WHBS T . B . COLLINS A l e HIS B H 0 � J � CAME TO IHIS 73L ACRE PAim I T WAS mJITDO�irf ^OBSO AID GRGGflT J P f 0 HO0�S AND IHICKiT, ALL � I ifflOB PIRSf YMR IHEY
WITO KIAT WAS CLfiil AID I T TOTALS THET
7 ACHBS OP COTT0I AMD 5� ACRBS OF CORH*
I) 150 H2HD OP SATTLl THAT HQ&MH3 THE THICKETS 0 GBT WHAT PCHUGE 1HST COULB,,�,A PAR CRY FHCM T 0 M Y � S HBLL ChMMm iiSTfXK. LAITB AKD F i l l QUALITY
TODAY T . E . COLLINS J l � HAS 300 HMD HBIffOlB AHB OIB F0US1R
CATTLE, AB0OT Z/4MS ilIOEIHOR�,
WHILE HE POLLOtTS A CGKIl^CIAL COJf AH
SLIDE CATTLe
L F PROGRAM, HAIY OP HIS CATXH A l � PUREBRED. INTEREST IH PUR^RED CATTLE I S TO BUILD UP QUALITY AID COMSKUEHfLY HE DOES HOT KEEP P THE PAPIKS 0 1 HIS AlflHALS, MS, COLLINS BRBBDi
HBREFORDS TO HBHSPORD MILLS AID HIS SHQ1H10R] 0 SHOHTHORH BULLS. SLIDE CALF CROP, BE GITS ABOUT A 90 TO 9 5 HE CALFHO0B fACClKATBS FOR
CHL1G, SEBOHIS AMD SPRAYS HIS CALTBS AND COWS F 0 1 PARASITE COHTHOL. � HAS SEVEN REGISTERED BULLS. SLIDE CATTLE T . E , COLLIHS HOST OF THE
i'ATTUSL GET OAT HAYt COTTOHS^D MEAL AND C 0 8 I IH J � M T I 0 N TO GSAZIMG mjmm THE mmm MONTHS.
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H OF THIS mmm
FBEDXUG i s BONE OUTSIDE AID
fOSf SHELTER FOR HIE CATTLE IS PUOflBEP IM
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QMUWG CONSISTS
FRIMARILY OF miJ.fE DUTCH, MERmfQA, MLLIS GRASS AST9 B SP^EZA. SLIDE AU, CALT1S ASE CRJfflP P � AIB
ALL m i CEEaPS ARE LQCA7�D I I S IDE BUS BARK.
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KGDfcR SLIDE FA1 GATI $MU�
M M IS LOOAtm IK HIS �K4Cf C^TM! OF 1HB
AM) IS LI^ATBD SO AS f 0 HAVB ACCKS TO J niFWMMT PASWnm* JUSf Bf OPffillG MM QM OF K i ^ f i
SIFPSREMf GAf^ CAL?^ mm
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CAF WVE ACCISS TO
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I I THE �km*
f . � � COLLINS J l HIS S
LARGE PASTURES ALL OP WHICH LO'lE I�TO TH1 BARN JTHROUGii TBBSE G A T ^ . MM? TO HIE BARK I S A
U ACH� WXLVUR PASTO1B SO THAT AWMALS
IAT BE HELD C ^ V H I M T L T CLOSE TO THE CATCH >EHS LOCAT� IIAR T�E BASH WITHOUT HAVIIG TO I S B N IHTO THB PISS FSOM A LA161 PASTURE B R I D E S PBRMNKIT GRA2IIK, mm SLIDE COLLINS
OUT ABOUT 120 ACRES OF OATS, COUBIHES 6 0
1 U
AC8B8 OF I T AID BALIS 60 A C R ^ IIT fllE DOUGH � iXAGJS FOR HAT. H i J3ALBS ABOUT 3 , 0 0 0 MLiSS OF
HAY AIB ASOTH� 1700 BALIS OF OAT STMW, ! R . COLLIMS R ^ M T L T B0U6BT A SOD SEISDm AHB ]*UMB TO PUT OUT ABOUT 2 0 0 ACRgS OP OATS
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PALL,
PRACTICALLY ALL OATS ARE GRAZES UNTIL THIS PALL HE INTENDS TO
B I B MIDDLE OF t&RCU,
ADD FESCUE, RYE GRASS AHB CRI1S0N CLOVER TO H I S TSMPORARY GRAZING PROGRAM, SQUALLY AS
IMPORTANT TO THE COLLINS FARM PROGRAM AS CITTLB
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I S THE SHEEP FLOCK,
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COLLINS STARTED WITH TODAY RE HAS
F I V E BITES AND A RAM 12 TMRS AGO.
2 2 0 HEAD m SUBBP9,.ABOUT 100 WJ3S, A HUMDUSO OR MORE LAMBS, SINCE HE HAS SSVERAL SETS OP
SEIBB SU
TWIHS, AID P I ? E RAMS.
RE RAISES MOSTLY THE HE mm� HIS
HAMPSHIRE AFD CORRIEBALE B R E I ^ , WITH PHUOTIUAZENB.
I . E . COLLINS JR�
TO REDUCE HIS FLOCK SOMEimAT BY CULLING THE QWm MES, THE FLOCK GEfS OATS AMO CROSHEl
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MOHTHS AHD ARE CARSIBD
NOT ONLY
OH GOOD GRAZING DURING THE SUM1ER.
DOES MR, COLLINS GET A 6 0 0 0 LAMB CROP HE AW 0
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FARM-12 WOOL
GETS A GOOD WOOL CROP,
E I S SHEEP WSS1 SHEARED IT
BY PROFESSIONAL SHMRERS LAST SATUEMY*
USUALLY A?�AGgS ABOUT 7 * 0 8 POUNDS OP WOOL TO THE SHEEP, LAST SATURDAY'S CLIP PROMJC� ABOUT IT WILL BE MARKETS* THROUGl MR, COLLINS I S A HE HAS TWO
8 0 0 POUNDS OF W00U
THE HINDS C0OITY WOOL POOL,
SUDE
COMPLETELY MECHANIZED E^IMSR, TRACTORS.
THIS mRTICULAR TRACTOR HAS THE
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SPRAYI8G BQUIPMMT Q% SKIDS AHD THUS I f I S EASILY TRANSPORTED TO AMY OF TSB CATCH PEWS mimE SLIDE P01 SPRAYING I S TO BE DOHE. ICATER FOR HIE
LIVESTOCK I S SUPPLIED BY HINE SXOC^ PONDS
s i w i u i ? TO mi8 om AHD BY mo CREEKS THAT TOS
THROUGH THE FA1M. BY THE WAY I SHOULD WBmW THAT T # B � COLLINS BCHJGHT ANOTHER 8 0 AC!?BS OP LAI I H 1 9 3 9 GIVI3JB HIH A TOTAL ACREAGE TODAY 0F 8 5 1 ACRES. ABOUT 7 5 ACRES OF HIS LAND I S
OVERFLOW LAim PROH WiL TWO STHBAHS kWO T # E # COL) COLLIKS KEEPS A CLOSE WATCH OH THE HftlRBR SO AS MOf TO GET ANY S H ^ P CAUGHT I2T THE O?BRFL0W PASTUH^. SLIDE M&CIilNKKY EQUIPMENT OlfKBD BY T , B . COLLIWS J E HE I1EDS I S TH1
CONSISTS W ABOUT EfmYmiM WAY OP MACHIH1RY,
B ^ I D K TWO TRACTQ8S HE M S
A COMBINE, BUSH HOG, SOD SESDBR AMI) ALL NEISDBD GROUID LEAKING AND CULTIVATING EQUIPMMT, MHSR1 H 8 , COLLIMS OHCE PLANTS A HUSDR^J OS MORI ACRES OF COTTOH HE TODAY HAS AN ALLOTMENT OF TH ACR1S WHICH HE RENTS OUT. ME ALSO HAS 7 ACHES K CORH AH!) THE R ^ T I S IS PASfURg, HAY CROPS AND-TINBOI, SLIDE LAHD OSB OF Tlig RIAL I^ORTAUT PARTS
OF THIS SUCCESS ST0HY C0HCERNS TUB LAND CLBHUQR J O B THAT HfiS BEEN DONE OVfeiR Till YEARS BY MR. C 0 L L I 5 K A�D HIS BOYS.
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AS I STATED I I TEE BSGOTI1I&, THE OJTLY LAIS CLEARED HHBH T . E . COLLINS CAME TO THIS FARM MAS 8 7 ACHES, THIS FINE PASTURE YOU SEE HERE WAS
SCRUB f l K B � AND IHICKlfS A FEW YfcARS AGO. M l , COLLISS A l t TliB BOYS HATE CLEASED A LITTLE LAND E?KRY YEAR, MOSTLY BY AXE, CROSS CUT SAW AHD MTirn BLADE. OF HBCMT YBAS MR, COLLISS
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HAS amm
A BULLDOZJBR I I COOPERATION WITH ABOUT IN THAT AREA. THE DOZE? I S i l i l S HAS
3 0 OTHB!? PAmmS
ROfATID AMmiG JOB FA�Mm.0WlfESS,
vSPSSD� UP THE CLEA1ING OPISRAf 1 0 1 IN IJSCESf
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TOOAY 600 ACRfiS (M? T�E. COLLIHS �60
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ACRiSS HAS BEQ7 CLSARED AID I S I � FINE IMPROVED PASTURE LAM) OR CULTIVATION, mm MR, COLLHTS
BUILT I B I S PENCE H� BUILT I f MRQUGH A D&H6B TIMBM GROWTH,,.,SIGHT� FROM 8 1 ! P I H 1 n B B . T O A l O T H i i l TO GiT HIS FE^CE LIJTE. I I OPES PASTURE. T0MY I T STASDS
AS HE M S CLEARS) HIS LAND
AHD IMPROYED IT WL� COLLIIS HAS CUT HIS 0W�
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P E i C E fOSfS AHD SAYBB THEM FOR HEEDED PBSCIHS. HOW HIS LAND I S COMPLETELY FENCED AM) CROSS Pmcm tO HANDLE CATTLE AMD SHEEP. OHE
CHRISTMAS THOMAS EDHARD THE THIRD AHD TRAVIS$ CLEARED THREE ACRES OP LAHB I I A FIVE DAY P&RIO! USIKG A �JSH HOG, THIS SAME BUSH HOC I S USES
REGULARLY fO KEEP D0KH SCRUB
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DQI�T GET THIS IBEA THAT T.E. COLLIES JR. HAS
I N B I S C R I M I M A m r CUT OFF HIS TIMm UNO. HE
HAS SAVED AID PROTECTED ALL WORTHWHILE TIMBER. HE HAS 75 ACRES I I T U B � , MUCH OF I T YOUKS P U B LIKE THIS WE SEE H M E . E?ERT ACRE I S
PUT IMTO WHAT I T I S BEST S U I T � FOR AHB LAID THAT I S BSST S U I T ^ TO TZNBBR IS PRT1CTS) Aim MASAGS) FOR GOOD TIMBER. THIS mm SUCC^S
STORY HAS IOT BEM AM WBRHIGHT ACCOMPLISBMOTT I T START� 21 YSARS AGO mm OF HARD WORK. SLIDE TURKEYS WORK OP MISS. C0LLIHS AlfD DAUGHTER WLM HELL I H CARI86 FOR THE POOD SUPPLY AHD HOMEMAKISS PART OF THIS PROGRAM, LAYItfG Wm THEY HATE ABOUT 40 4-H CLSB HISS POOR LAID M B LOTS
EQUALLY IHPORXAOT WITH THE WORK
PUT IHTO ME LAND AM) LIVESTOCK HAS B B S TUB
THAT 1CER8 MARY $EU,*$
P E 0 J 1 C T AND TWO TOH TUREBYS AKS SWfW
THAT WERE ORIGINALLY A 4-H CLUB PEOJ0CT OF SOI TRAVIS* FOOD FOR THE FAMILY IS GROWN I I A HALf
ACHE GARDES AS WELL AS FROM VARIOUS PEA PATCHES S L I B E . FARM.22 MDCH OF mm FOOD I S CARHTOLLY P U S � ? � BY THEY CAN ABOUT
FW&EZER
H I S . COLLIfS AHB ML RY HELL.
1 0 0 QUARTS OF FOOD iACH YEAR AID FREEZE AROUSB 2 5 0 0 POUHDS...ALL FOR HOME USB. OH FAMILY THE T . B .
C O U I H S FAMILY BELOIGS TO TBE UTICA BAFTIST
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CHURCH.,.THAT IS� A WffiBM
ALL SCCEPt MR, COLLIIS WHO I S
OF THE UtICA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WHERE MRS. COLLIHS IS A SUBSTIHJTB
HE I S A DEACON.
SVWMX SCHOOL TEACH� AMD I S DIRECTOR 'op YOUIH WORK IH HER CHURCH. TOE CHUI^H CHOIR, 1 4 T M 1 OLD HASY IBM, SISSS MS* COLLINS I S A PAST
OF WE UTICA BBTfM LIVIHG HOffi CLUB AHD HJBLICITY CHAI1MAI OP TOE SfAfE HOHK OEHOKSimflOH COUNCIL, SHfi IS
SjSCREtARY OP BIB UXICA P * f , A , WHERE BOIH SHE AND MR. COLLIHS ARE MEMBERS AID ^ K E A ACflFB PART M IS THE P # f , A , PROGRAM, SOU f H < � S ^ � K D 1KB COLLBB3E
I S A FHlSHMAIf AT MISSISSIPPI SUfB , A G H 6 XS
MARY NELL AND 1 2 YMR OLD ALL TUB MARY HELL
ALL ATTMD UTICA HIGH SCHOOL, HILDRiM klWE BMm 4-H CLUB MEMBJgES. AND EVBKBTT ARE STILL HHfBSlS. 4HD TRAVIS ARE FFA NEHBBRS,
IHOMUS EDWARD
MR* COLLIHS I S A
DIBSCTOR OF ffiSilHDS COUITTY LITESTOCK ASSOCI&TIC PAST SIKSCTOR OP THE COUITY FARM WMEkV AMD
s smrm o� TOE A.S.C,
COHIITTBB.
TRAVIS IS
I C E PRESIDES! OP HIS CLASS, PRESIDED OF THE QJftTO BELT FM COUNCIL AND A MESffiBR OF HUE S t A P F OF 1HE HIGH SCHOOL PAPliR. M&RY MBLL I S
SECRETARY OF iUSR 4-H CLUB AMD MIIHDER . � FHA.
