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I AM VERY GRATEFUL TO THE WONDERFUL HELP GIVEN ME BY MRS. ETHEL BOWMAN, HOME DEMONSTRATION AGENT OF LEFLORE COUNTY, IN SELECTING AND OBTAINING THE STORY OF THE FAMILY WE SALUTE TODAY AS OUR FARM FAMILY OF THE WEEK. THIS I S
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THE STORY OF MR. AND MRS. RUBLE COTHRAN AND THEIR THREE CHILDREN WHO LIVE JUST WEST AND SOUTH OF MORGAN CITY I N LEFLORE COUNTY. RUBLE
COTHRAN GREW UP AROUND BREW AND ITTA BENA JS D MRS. COIHRAN ALSO GREW UP ON A FARM NEAR DREW. HOWEVER THEY DID NOT MEET UNTIL THEY WERE BOTH I N SCHOOL AT MORGAN CITY. THEY WERE MARRIED I N
1 9 3 7 AND RUBLE WORKED IN A GROCERY STORE FOR ABOUT ONE YEAR AFTER FINISHING SCHOOL. THEN
FOR THREE YEARS THEY SHARECROPPED LAND ADJOINING THEIR PRESENT FARM* IN 1 9 4 1 MR. AND MRS. RUBLE
COTHRAN BEGAN TO HOMESTEAD THEIR PRESENT SO ACRES ON A LOAN FROM THE FARM SECURITY ADMINISTRATION. HOWEVER, THIS FINE LITTLE HOME
WASN'T ON THE FARM WHEN THEY MOVED HERE. FOR SLIDE FARM-2 HOUSE ONE YEAR THEY LIVED I N THIS OLD TENNANT HOUSE WHILE THEY WERE BUILDING THE HOME I N WHICH THEY L I V E TODAY. OF COURSE, THE HOUSE DIDN'T LOOK
Q U I T E THIS BAD WHEN THEY WERE LIVING IN I T FOR I T HAS BEEN USED AS A HAY BARN FOR A NUMBER OF
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YEARS NOW. MR. AND MRS. COTHRAN STARTED OUT FARMING THEIR 5 0 ACRES BY RAISING CORN AND SLIDE COTTON WITH A PAIR OF MULES. THEY STILL RAISE
COTTON TODAY, BUT I T ' S NOT THE ONLY SOURCE OF FARM INCOME. A BEGGINNING OF TWO HEAD OF CATTLI
HAS GROWN TO A NICE SIZED HERD TODAY AND WEfLL TELL YOU ABOUT THEIR LIVESTOCK IN A MINUTE* TODAY RUBLE COTHRAN HAS 1 6 ACRES OF COTTON ON H I S OWN Um COTTON LAND. AND RENTS AN OTHERS* 2 0 ACRES OF RUBLE COTHRAN WAS ONE OF THE
F I R S T FARMERS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO CROSS PLOW HIS COTTON. HE DID IT FIRST IN 1 9 4 1 AND
A S A RESULT HIS COTTON WAS HOED ONLY ONCE THAT YEAR AND AVERAGED OVER A BALE TO THE ACRE. TODAY H I S COTTON AVERAGES ABOUT A BALE AND A HALF TO THE ACRE AND ALL PRODUCTION I S BASED ON SOIL TESTS, PROPER FERTILIZATION AND ADEQUATE I N S E C T CONTROL MEASURES* SLIDE FARM-4 CORN ACRES IN CORN THIS YEAR. RUBLE COTHRAN HAS S I X HE USUALLY AVERAGES THIS
BETWEEN 6 0 AND 70 BUSHELS TO THE ACRE.
YEAR HE I S SHOOTING AT 1 0 0 BUSHELS TO THE ACRE. RUBLE AND SON RAY ARE SEEN HERE LOOKING WITH P R I D E AT THIS YEAR'S CROP, AND BELIEVE ME, IT LOOKS LIKE HE COULD WELL MAKE THAT 1 0 0 BUSHELS T H I S TIME. RUBLE COTHRAN LONG AGO CHANGED FROM
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HULE POWER TO COMPLETE MECHANIZATION AND HAS ALL THE MACHINERY NECESSARY TO ADEQUATELY CARE FOR H I S SO ACRE FARM PROGRAM AND THE 2 0 ADDITIONAL ACRES WHICH HE RENTS. FROM H I S TH� ORIGINAL
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COWS RUBLE COTHRAN HAS GROWN INTO A HERD OF 1 5 HEAD OF HEREFORDS. THIS HE FEELS WILL BE H I S MAKIMJM HERD ON HIS PRESENT ACREAGE. HIS EFFOt 1 HE
cows
FROM HERE ON WILL BE ON HERD IMPROVEMENT �
CULLS ALL OLD COWS AND SAVES H I S BEST HEIFERS FOR HERD REPLACEMENT. SLIDE FARM--7 LRM iATTLE HE GETS ABOUT A 9 0 PERCES
CALF CROP, ALL CALVES ARE CALFHOOD VACCINATED AND CREEP FED. A FEW YEARS AGO MR. A . P , FATHEREE, STATE DIRECTOR OF VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE, WENT TO TEXAS AND PURCHASED SOME GOOD BREEDING STOCK FOR F . F . A . MEMBERS. RAY COTHRAN GOT ONE OF THOSE COWS AND HERE SHE I S WITH SOME OF HER OFFSPRING. SHE I S ONE OF TWO
REGISTERED COWS I N THE HERD THAT ARE FORMING THE BACKBOHE FOR HERD IMPROVEMENT. ONE OF THE
OFFSPRING FROM THIS COW I S THIS FINE HERD SLIDE FAR?!-8 BULL BULL WHICH I S NOW THREE YEARS OLD AND I S BEING RUBLE
USED IN THE COTHRAN LIVESTOCK PROGRAM. C O O R A N FOLLOWS A COMMERCIAL COW AND CALF
PROGRAM AND SELLS HIS CALVES AS MILK FAT CALVES OFF THE COW. DURING THE WINDER MONTHS ALL
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LIVESTOCK GET GRAIN AMD HAY FREE CHOICE.
AFTER
THE CORK I S FULLED THE CATTLE ARE TURNED ON THE F I E L D S TO PICK UP ANY WASTE, GRAZING CONSISTS
OF 7 ACRES OF PERMANENT GRAZING CONSISTING OF LESPEDEZA, BERMUDA GRASS, WHITE DUTCH AND DALLIS GRASS. RYE GRASS I S SOD SEEDED INTO THE
PERMANENT SOD IN THE WINTER F(R SPRING GRAZING. SLIDE FARM-9 HOGS RUBLE COTHRAN RAISES ABOUT 4 HEAD OF HOGS FOR HOME USE AND MAYBE ONE FOR THE MARKET, GET CORN AND OATS. \2 ACRES I N OATS. THE HOGS
RUBLE COTHRAN PUTS OUT ABOU1 HE GRAZES ALL HIS OATS UNTIL
THE MIDDLE OF MARCH, THEN CUTS HALF OF THEM I N THE DOUGH STAGE FOR HAY AND COMBINES THE OTHER S I X ACRES FOR SEED AND FEED. HE FOLLOWS THE SEVEN ACRES
OATS HE COMBINES WITH SOYBEANS,
OF SUDAN GRASS FURNISH ADDITIONAL SUMMER GRAZING, SLIDE FARM-10 TIMBER RUBLE COTHRAN ALSO HAS ABOUT 2 . 8
ACRES OF HARDWOOD TIMBER WHICH SERVES A DUAL PURPOSE. I T PROVIDES SHELTER FOR THE LIVESTOCK
AND I T I S BEING MANAGED FOR ANOTHER CASH CROP I N FUTURE YEARS. SLIDE FARJL11 GARDEN THE COTHRANS RAISE ABOUT AN
ACRE OF GARDEN, INCLUDING WATERMELONS. POP CORNw P O T A T O E S , PEANUTS AND PEAS. THEY HAVE TES
GRAFTED PECAN TREES, THREE APPLE TREES, A PEAR T R E E , AN APPRICOT TREE AND THREE VINES OF
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F I N E TASTING SCUPERNON GRAPES,
AND BELIEVE
ME, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THE VINES ARE LOADED THIS YEAR. FROM THEIR GARDEN AND ORCHARD, MRS,
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COTHRAN FREEZES PRACTICALLY ALL THE FAMILY'S FOOD NEEDS* SHE FREEZES ABOUT 1500 POUNDS OF SHE
MEAT AND FRUIT AND VEGETABIES EACH YEAR. ALSO CANS ABOUT 30 JARS OF FOOD.
LIKE MAMY
HOMEMAKERS SHE DOES LESS CANNING TODAY THAN SHE DID BEFORE THE FAMILY OBTAINED A FOOD FREEZER. AT ONE TIME MRS. COTHRAN AND DAUGHTER
MARY JOYCE CANNED 300 TO 400 QUARTS OF FRUIT, VEGETABLES AND MEAT, THE COTHRANS ALSO USUALLY LAST
RAISE ABOUT 100 HENS FOR EGGS AND MEAT.
YEAR THEY RAISED THEIR LAYERS J H CAGES AND HAD
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VERY GOOD SUCCESS.
THE COTHRANS HAVE MADE
KITCHEN
MANY FINE IMPROVEMENTS ON THEIR HOME SINCE I T WAS FIRST BUILT. THIS MODERN KITCHM I S ONLY ONE OF MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS, 8 YEARS AGO THEY
WENT TO WORK AND INSTALLED A COMPLETELY MODERN BATHROOM. SEVEN YEARS AGO THEY CLOSES IN A
BACK PORCH AND MADE ANOTHER BED ROOM AND A LOVELY BREAKFAST NOOK. THEY DO ALL THEIR O N W
WORK AND THEIR MOTTO I S , " I F WE CAN'T DO I T OURSELVES, WE DON'T DO I T . " SLIDE FARM-15 TO COOK OUT IN THEIR BACKYARD THE COTHRAN'S LOVE .
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18 YEAR OLD RAY, WHO HAS BEEN AN FFA FOR FOUR YEARS HAS BUILT ALL THE OUTDOOR FURNITURE AND THE BARBECUE PIT FOR THE FAMILY'S ENJOYMENT.
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ONE OF THE 4-H CLUB PROJECTS OF
16 YEAR OLD MARY JOYCE IS HOME IMPROVEMENT AND SHE SHOWS OFF WITH PRIDE THE ACCOMPLISMENTS SHE HAS MADE IN IMPROVING HER BEDROOM. SHE
GIRL & BEDROOM
HAS ATTENDED STATE 4-H CLUB CONGRESS FOUR YEARS AND ATTENDED THE STATE JUNIOR LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE THIS YEAR. MARY JOYCE HAS HAD AX
BONE INFECTION SINCE SHE WAS TWO YEARS OLD AND GOES TO CAMPBELL CLINIC IN MEMPHIS ONCE EVERY SIX MONTHS FOR TREATMENT. FOR MANY YEARS SHE WENT TO THE CLINIC EVERY MONTH. MARY JOYCE WILL BE A JUNIOR IN SCHOOL NEXT YEAR. SHE WAS
PRESIDENT OF THE SOPHOMORE CLASS AND HAS BEEN ELECTED SECRETARY OF THE FUTURE HOMEMAKERS OF MORGAN CITY HIGH SCHOOL FOR NEXT YEAR. SHE HAS
WON FIRST PLACE IN HEALTH, CLOTHING AND POULTRY IN LEFLORE COUNTY THREE TIMES. ONE OF THE THINGS WHICH MRS. COTHRAN LOVES MOST IS HER SLIDE FARM-18 YARD Y4RD AND SHE HAS SPENT MANY HOURS MAKING IT BEAUTIFUL WITH FLOWERS AND SHRUBBERY. AMONG
OTHER THINGS THE COTHRANS HAVE SET OUT ALL THEIR SHADE TREES, SCREENED ALL WINDOWS AND PBBBEES
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A N D , I N FACT, STARTING WITH NOTHING BUT THE S O I L , HAVE MADE THEIR FARM AND HOME A PLACE OF BOUNTY AND BEAUTY. THIS FAMILY'S SUCCESS
HAS BEEN I N SPITE OF HARDSHIPS AND SORROW, B E S I D E S THE ILLNESS MARY JOYCE HAS HAD OVER THE YEARS, 8 YEAR OLD SANDRA WAS STRICKEN WITH P D L I O TWO YEARS AGO, WHICH WAS FORTUNATELY A MILD CASE AND FROM WHICH SHE HAS NOW FULLY RECOVERED, THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE RUBLE IN
COTHRAN FAMILY HAVE NOT GONE UNNOTICED,
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1 9 4 2 THEY WON FIRST PLACE IN THEIR DISTRICT I N THE WARTIME CIA RION-LEDGER "ACRES OF INDEPENDENCE PROGRAM. IN 1 9 4 3 THEY CAME BACK THEY TOOK THEIR
NEWSPAPER
AND WON THE STATE CONTEST.
$ 5 0 0 AWARD MONEY AND PUT I T IN WAR BONDS AND I N SPITE OF MANY FARM AND HOME NEEDS FOR WHICH THE MONEY COULD HAVE BEEN USED THEY WENT RIGHT ON LIVING UP TO THEIR MOTTO..."RAISE OUR FOOD AND FEED ON THE FARM, OR DO WITHOUT. " AND THIS THEY CONTINUE TO DO TO THIS VERY DAY. IN 1 9 4 3
THEY WON SECOND PLACE I N THE SMALL LANDOWNER D I V I S I O N OF THE XXXIE STATE PLANT TO PROSPER CONTEST SPONSORED BY THE MEMPHIS COMMERCIALAPPEAL. THEIR SUCCESS HAS NOT BEEN BECAUSE OF
THESE AWARDS. BUT THEY CAME BECAUSE OF THEIR
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HARD WORK AND DEVOTION TO A WAY OF L I F E . CAMERA ON FAMILY MR. AND MRS. RUBLE COTHRAN AND THEIR CHILDREN ATTEND KSK8MXB5 THE MORGAN CITY BAPTIST CHURCH WHERE RUBLE I S PRESIDENT OP THE MEN'S SUNDAY SCHOOL C U S S , A N D SUBSTITUTE TEACHER FOR THE CLASS, WHERE MRS. COTHRAN I S SUPERINTENDENT OF THE JUNIOR DEPARTMENT OF THE SUNDAY SCHOOL, WHERE MARY JOYCE I S VICE PRESIDENT OF HER SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS AND HELPS WITH THE PRIMARY D DEPARTMENT. MRS. COTHRAN I S ALSO SECRETARY-
TREASURER OF THE HORGAN CITY SCHOOL P . T , A O AND A MEMBER OF THE MORGAN CITY HOME DEMONSTRATION CLUB WHERE SHE SERVED AS VICE PRESIDENT FOR TWO YEARS. SHE ALSO WORKS WITH 4-H CLUB MEMBERS RUBLE COTHRAN I S A MEMBER
WHENEVER POSSIBLE.
OF THE LEFLORE COUNTY FARM BUREAU AND A DIRECTOR OF THAT ORGANIZATION. THE CITIZEN'S COUNCIL. NEXT YEAR. HE I S ALSO A MEMBER OF SON, RAY, WILL GRADUATE
HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE DISTRICT HIGH SCORING INDIVIDUAL
CHAMPION F . F . A . MXD,
I N THE STATE F . F . A . LIVESTOCK JUDGING CONTEST THIS YEAR AND HOLDS THE STATE FARMER DEGREE. HE ATTENDED BOY'S STATE THIS YEAR AJTO I 4 S VICE PRESIDENT OF THE JUNIOR CLASS. SANDRA I S IN
THE THIRD GRADE AND LOVES HER DOG AND LIKES TO
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PLAY OUTSIDE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE,
THERE'S
MUCH MORE I COULD TELL YOU ABOUT THIS FINE FAMILY BUT I ' M SURE YOU'D RATHER HEAR I T FROM THIS FINE FARM FAMILY WHICH WE SALUTE TODAY AS OUR FARM FAMILY OF THE WEEK, QUESTIONS. U MR. COTHRAN....DO YOU HAVE ANY DESIRE TO ACCUMULATE MORE LAND? 2. MR. COTHRAN.. .HOW IMPORTANT HAVE THE AGRICULTURAL AGENCIES BEEN TO YOUR PROGRAM? 3. WHAT PASTURE IMPROVEMENT WORK HAVEY YOU CARRIED OUT? 4. MRS. COTHRAN...WHAT HAS BEEN THE ONE THING THAT HAS HELPED YOU MOST IN YOUR HOMEMAKING PROGRAM? 5. MRS. COTHRAN..,DO YOU MAKE ANY OF THE F A M I L Y ' S CLOTHES? 6. MRS. COTHRAN...WHAT GOALS DO YOU HAVE FOR THE FUTURE? 7# RAY,..WHAT DO YOU PLAN TO DO WHEN YOU F I N I S H SCHOOL? 8. MARY JOYCE... .WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS AFTER YOU FINISH SCHOOL? 9. SANDRA....WHAT'S YOUR DOG'S NAME?
1 0 . WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO AT HOME?
