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CAMERA OH LAM&FITf
I All VSRX CHUT8FUL TO MR. S . B . RANDL8, COUNTY
A&SHT i n OOPIAH COUNTY FOR H I S VERY WOHDIRFCZ*
HELP IN SILKCTIM THS FAKILX ADD OBTAINING THS 3 ^ R X OF THE FAMILY M 3AU?T� TODAY A3 OUR FARM B FAMILY OF Tm W��K� THIS 1 3 THE 3T0RY OF A
FATHER AND A 3011. I T I S THIS STORY OF MR. AMD SLIDE FARM-1
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1 3 MILS3 WEST OF HAZ8LEDRST, M I S S I S S I P P I , AND OF HIS SON WHO LIVES ON THE FARM AMD W0RK3 THE SOIL AND CARS3 FOR THS CROPS AND UVK3T00K WITH :HIS FATHSR, afiGRGS DODD. THIS I S THE HOMi OF MR. AND MRS. MR. DODD WAS BORN AND RAISED OH
T H I 3 VERY FARM, AND LIVED UNTIL H� WAS 8 XSARS OLD IH A BEAUTIFUL OLD ANTEBELLUM HOME WHIGS BURHSD DURIM& THAT YEAR OF H I S L I F E , THIS HOME
WAS THEN BUILT 3 1 ECS FATH8R AT A COST OF # 1 , 0 0 0 * I T I S BUILT OF HEART P I N S . SLIDE FABK.E HITOHIBG- BLOCK WHEN &S0R3S DODD WAS
1 8 YEARS OF m& HIS FATHER DIED A D (JEOROS HAS M 7 0 TAKE OVER AMD RUH THE FARM FOR HIS MOTHER. HOWS VSR, I H 1 9 2 9 , LAND THAT HAP BESN GOTTONfiD AMI TRUCK CROPPED TO DEATH GAVE UP THS GHOST, DUE TO ;WORH OUT SOIL DIEIM& MARKKfS, ASD IRg FARM WAS jLGST TO THS FEDERAL LAUD BANK.
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THE FARM WAS LOST TO TBS FEDERAL LAND BAHK # 1 0 1 0 1 DODO OOMTIJIUSD TO FARM I T FOR
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FINALLY III 1939 VA3 ABLE TO BUX THE LAHD BACK FBOM THI USSgRAL LAHD SA|S* BX TSS WAX*
I r 3TOU� BE W0J�KBXN& WHAT THI3 ?ICTURS 1 3 , IT*S AX OLD BLOCK USED BX THE LADIES TO MOUST 3IDS SADDLE III DAIS LONG- SIHCE OON&* I T � 3 ABOUT
ALL THAT BSMAIH8 OF THS OLD ORIO-IHAL HOH&SI1S* 0 g O l G I D6DD SAI3 BE �K�T �t0Kl TaXZHC* TO RAJ Si COTTON Am 30 m SLIDE ��*� FARM-3 Moists TByCI 0ROP3 DUR2HG fBS DfiPftgS3lOS
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3T0RX WS�LL T�LL fODAXe
THOUGH THE
EMPHASIS 1 3 OH 0ATTLS, COTTON HAS ALWAYS HISS RAISED OH THS DODO FARM AND i f ILL 1 3 THOUGH HOf I S A3 ORSAf A QUMflTX AS THE LAST liSAR Of ANX HEAL LAMM OOffOH IN 1 9 3 9 , gVSH �m0U&H O�OR0S AND STOHCHS DOW I A H BAI3ED HUGH MOBS 0 O T O 8 PfiH AOHS C8 f a g MOKE BSCENT YEARS, TODAX THSIB TOTAL
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mm� mm AMD SOS sftiitjs SAIS 10? BROO� GWS, Si HsiiriRa, 10 sfBSRa, 4 BULLS AHD do
ALIS3, fmx mum A COMMSROIAL O W AHS OALF O ROGRAJW AND 3 i L L ALL SUT THB2R AS mm FAT OALIKS. TWY CULX,
hOKB OOWS ISOM THEIR HERD AKD SAVE ABOUf I t F THfilR B i S ? S&ZfBRS FOR mm SLIPS RBPLAOSKSN T
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FARM-7 LGADIH&
ACCINATION WHEM E l LOST 60 HMD Of BHOOD OOWS TO BANGS DISEASE. SIMGE fHAT DAY ALL BAMB AJ�
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ffiLPS 90 DO fHBE J ^ a / O ^ I C K S t AMD OEQR&E AND SIUBOIS PODD HAVS 40�> A08S3 SLIDE FARM-9 PASTURE PASTORg, 100 A0RK3 OF I f IHPHO^D PA3T�HS. f 00N3I3T3 PRIMARILY OF.BgRliUDA, BALLI3 AMD CARPST &BAS3, WHITE DUfGH 0LO1SB, fE30111 AMD H L B WIWBR P�AS�� THE DODDS CLIP AHD FSRTILiai HERE VI ��� HR. SSfflR&J AND 3TUR&I3 DODB IMPR0W&
i L L THEIR PASTORS LAND. I ODD, 0O0STY A&SNT BAWLS XO0KX� O ^ R 0 ^
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TM. YIAR ROUHD AHD THI a I S SUPPLSMBlfJED MEAL, MTLLS, MAY AMD a�R� BOHIi� �B2 WINTER MONTHS. POND TH� PODD� % AL30 U3S BAGSRUB3 1^
STRATS&I#ALLY L0GATS� IM ALL PAiTBRiS F U I COHfROL.
YOU WILL WOT! A lAOXRtni I I
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BACKGROUND WHICH I S IDIALLX LGGAT3B IH SHADS AHB NICXT TO"WAfKR� GffiOR&S DODI) AND
SON 3TUB8I3 IAVS E 3TOCK PONDS AHD A 0RS8K ROmiD XH THSIR PASTURE LAH9. IMPORTANT PART OF fHI 9�DP FARK
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TWX HAVS ABOUT 400 A0RS3 JH IS
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WHIOH I S PROfSOTSP FROM FIRS, T1IM1SD AH0 I R S A ? OARS [EN THEIR REFORESTATION PRQ&RAM AMD HAHDI*S T S S I R nwmn
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LAHD JUST L U S AMI OfSSR QB01*.
DODD AT ONS TIME, BOUGHT SO ACRES OF ^ H I 3 HHBSR hhm FOR # 1 , 0 0 P1R �QRS. IH TIE
SIHO� I T �AS RBTORHBD HANX TIMSS THAT � FROM TBSIR TIMBER GSOB&E AND 3.T0R0-ZS
IAVS M I L T 30MS OF THEIR FARM BUlLPXN&S, AND HATiS WIT EHOUGH P 0 3 f 8 TO FSIOE AMI 0R033 fiSQE THSIR LAWD* I N S TIMBER. SLXBS FARM-13 I ' V E BEEM TALKING ABOUT
TBEX ALSO HAVE ABOUT 40 A0RE8 WHICH THE* ALSO
N aOOD SABDWOOD TIMBBB
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f R O f S Q T AI� MANA&g FOR MAXXlffiM PRODWTIOK. AND H I S SOS EMD2SAV0R fO ^�T SVSRX j^ORS OF THSIR LAI� I S T1SS OROP FOR W^Cia I f
s BSST soifSB. fisif KSSP TBBXB nmm m nmmn AND sons OF THEIR OVERFLOW
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THSX WOULD LIKE A LITfLS MORE OOTfOM LAND 9 J�LP KEEP THBIR EBNNAHT LABOR OH BIB FARM, ALL OF BBBIH SOIL I S H i H D AHQ KiBI FOLLOW 89AX3COX BI0QMI�I�BAfIO83 AS fG fHSlH FARICI�& OFlRAflOM. FARMUZ4 TREIS
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DODD KSEP3 ABOUT l � t FH2SB3 AMD %$ ' � LAYING HENS AMD HH3. STllBflUS BOPD KSSP3 ABOif 30 SS3DBRS ANI3 A HALF DGZgH 1AXIW& H I I 3 . BOfH
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m$. amms DOSD LOVES TO OOOK ASP a*w ran
KEIt FAMILY, BUT I OHflSS MOST OF ALL S H LOVSS TO WOBK IK B8B FLOW1H SARBSffe WI HA1� ' F J R i T THIS
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I DO WAST SO 2SLL YOU THOUGH OP THEIR WORK FOR THEIR COMMUNITY, TH&IR C0U8TY AND THSIR STATE, AHD WHILE X�M DOXSG I T , I WAMT YOB TO
CAMERA OS FAMILY
TAKIS A LOOK AT Tf�m
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MR, GEORGE I S A DlAGOft, MRS. GSOROfi POOD TEA0.IS THE UfTERHEDIAT^ SUNDAY S3HOOL G3-A3S, 3O� STURG TEAGH&S THB ADULT OLASS, AKD HIS WIFS DOROmf I S GHUR0H PIAJTIST. 0SORGS 30DD AHD 80S 3TBRGI8
AL30 PALY AH XKPOBTAIIT. FART IH AQ-RIOULTURAL AFFAIRS IN THIIR 0OHHTY. MR. GSORGS DODD I S
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PRODUCERS A3SO0IATIOII AHD SBS 3T0GKH0LDSR8 I S Tffll H I 3 3 I 8 3 I P P I O.HBXZOAZ* OORPORTATIOH. MORE ID THIS STORY, BUT LST�S mm THSRS�S I T FROH
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