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?IRST THING TODAY I WAST TO THANK TilE STAFF OF SXTEMSION WORKED IN WINSTON COUNTY FOR THEIR ERY WONDERFUL HELP IN SELECTING THE FAMILY WE $AL�TE TODAY AND IN GOING WITH ME TO THE FARM I D OBTAINING THE STORY. PARTICULARLY I WANT TO
IC COUNTY AGENT B.L, SESSU1� AND HOME EMONSTRATIGN AGENT HILDHETH PRICE, ALSO ASSOCIA1 HOME AGENT, M1S# MAM YOUNG AID ASSOCJATB COOIT1 GENT, GEORGE HEARD. THEIR HELP WAS OF GREAT THIS I S THI
ALUE TO MB Iff OBTAINING THIS STORY. SLIDE PA MAILBOX
TORY OF MR, AND MRS. J�U. FULCHER, WHO LIVE U EAST OF LOUISVILLE IK THE ROCKY HILL BUD PULCHSR GREW UP IN THIS SAME COMMUNITY ON AN ADJOIMIKG F A M , MRS, FULCHER
UP ON A FARM WEST OF LOUISVILLE IN THE <PALVAKY COMMUNITY. THEY MET WHEN MRS. FULCHER W A
WOREIIG IN THE TUPLE A OFFICE IN LOUISVILLE ND BUD WAS IN TtiE FARM IMPLEMENT BUSINESS IN OUISVILLE. HE WEST TO TME THIPLS A OFFICE TO
OBTAIN SOME INFORMATION, MET THE YOUNG LADY WHO I S N W MRS. FULCHER, COURTED HER AND THEY WERE O M A R R I � 10 YEARS AGO. IN 1950 THEY BOUGHT 90
CRES WEST OF LOUISVILIE AND ROW-CROPHBD I T FOR 0 YEARS. THEY SOON RBALIZBD THEY MUST CHANGE
TBEIR FARM PROGRAM I S THEY WBRB:T0 $LKBi A
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I V I N G , SO THEY BOUGHT THEIR PRESENT 1 6 7 ACHE
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'ARM AND ADDED 2 5 HEAD OF HEREFORD CATTLE f 0 I R ROW-CROP PROGRAM. THEY RAISED BEHP CATTIB
OR ONE TEAR AND THEN DECIDED THEIR FARM MAS 0 0 SMALL FOR mm PRODUCTION AND AGAIN THEY THEY POUND THH H FARM
HANGED TYPES OP FARMING, SLIDE FARM.3 DAIRY MHJf
1ALLY SITUATED FOf? A DAIRY PROGRAM SO THEY S O U B E E F CATTLE AMD BOUGHT 1 3 GRADE JERSEY COWS FOR W O YEARS THEY SOLD GRADE �C* MILK M D ADDED \\ REGISTERED JERSEYS TO THEIR HERD. AT THE END
W m� SECOND YEAR tHEY CHANGED TO A GRADE "A* i ) A I R Y PROGRAM B1CAUSE THE FOUND THAT FGR ABOUT SAME COST THEY COULD GET MORE PROFITABLE ETORWS FROM DAIRYING. IN 1 9 5 5 BUD FULCHES BUIi 1
I I S MODERN DAIRY BARN WHIC1 WILL HOLD TEN CCMS SLIDE FARM* T A TIME AND I S COMPLETELY MODERN IN EVERY WAY. IKE! MOST GRADE "A* DAIRY BARSS THE FULCHER*S I T SPOTLESSLY CLEAN TO MEET ALL PRODUCTION IEQUIREMENTS. IWffiX SLIDE FA JfiWCOOLER THEY USE TITO PORfABLE M I U E R S AND
MILK UTENSILS
UTENSIL I S STERILIZED BEFORE AND AFTER USE.
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5 I N C E THEY HAVE PRODUCTION GREATER THAN TllEIR M I L Y QUOTA THEY STILL SELL SOME GRADE �C* MILK. 1 H B I S PRODUCTION I S S P L I T HALF GRADE "A" WHICH BUD DELIVERS TO WINCO M I R Y IN LOUISVILLE EVERY
OfHIR DAY, AND HALF GRADE �C* WHICH IS
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I L Y AND TAKEN TO PET MILK COMPANY IN PHILADELPB I B MILK I S KEPT Af THE PROPER TEMPERATURE UNTIL ELIVSRY IN M I S MODERN MII?Y BARH COOLM. SLIDE FARM,6 BUD
JULCHER*S DAIRY HS?D AVERAGES ABOUT 7000 POUHDS W MILK PER COW PER YEAR AND ACCURATE IRODUCTIOH IEGORDS ARE K0PT OH EACH COW'S PRODUCTION, BBY HELPS HIS FATHER TO KEEP UP WITH HERO ODUCATION. TODAY BUD FULCHJK HAS 3 2 HMD OF SOU,
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COWS
ATTIE.
25 OF THEM ARE MILK COWS AHD HE I S MILK HJS HOPES TO THE JERSEY HERD THEY A1E FM HOME THE NBCBSSAHY BUD
H 2 1 HEAD AT THE PRBSEIT T I K I , YMTUALLY BE MILKBRJ 3S HEAD. BANGS FHBK AND TB TBST1D,
RflSOf GRAIH WHICH I S MIXED VIW. TO mm SLIDE FARM.8
A 16% DAIRY RATION.
!?ULCHER FOLLOWS A CLOSJS CULLING PROGRAM TO GET HXB OF OLD COWS AND N0lf�PI?0WCH?S OR LO�-PRODUCE! E CATTLE GRAZE HIE YEAH AROUHD AND GET HAY CHOICE DURING THE WINTER MONTHS. BOD
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LCHER BRREDS HIS CATTLE 1 0 A 1BGXSTE8ED JERSEY TO FURTHER IMPROVE HJSRD QUALITY FOR HIGH� f^ODUCTION AND STURDIBi ANIMALS, HE SAVES HIS ALL CALVES
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HEIFERS FOR H1SD REPLACEHEKT. RE CALFHOOD VACCINATED*
BUD FULCHfiR HAS SAVED
I S SIX BEST HEIFERS THIS YEAR FOR HERD EPLACEMENT. HIS HERD QUALITY I S SOW GOOD IlTGUGii
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THAT HE CAN FURTHER EXPAND H I S H M D S I Z E BY SAVING H I S BEST HEIFERS FOR HERD . J O . (BUD) FULCHSR HAS 7 5 ACRES I N
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PASTURE
'EBMANENT PASTURE WHICH C O N S B T S PRIMARILY OF ffllTE DUTCH, DALLIS GRASS, BAHAI, BERMUDA AND HE HAS BROKEN H I S PERMANENT GRACING
; JESPBDBZA,
I P INTO 3 PASTURES AND HE ROTATES TEE GRAZING THOSE PASTURE A R E 8 S . BUD FULCHER
SS H I S A STORES AND CLIPS THEM FOR WESD ONTROL. HERE WE SEE M, FULCHER, COUNTY AGENT
E S S U K S , SON BOBBY, AND ASSOCIATE AGENT GEORGE H E A R D , INSPECTING THE PERMANENT PASTURES. BUD
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]?ULCHER ALSO PROVIDES AMPLE TEMPORARY GRAZING ]?OR H I S M I R Y HERD. HE HAS 3 0 ACRES I N OATS
WHICH WAS GRAZED UNTIL MARCH l$Tfl AND THEN LET QROW UNTIL 2 0 ACRES WIRE CUT I N THE DOUGH STAGE i?OR HAY, AND THE OTHER TE$ ACRES WILL BE COMBINE! F O R GRAIN. BUD FULCHER PUTS OUT ABOUT 2 5 ACRES
>F OATS IN H I S PERMANENT PASTURE WITH A SOD!� EDER, HE BALES ABOUT 1 2 0 0 BALES OF OATS AND SOME OF T H I S HAY I S GROUND INTO THE
;,ESPEDEZA.
J A I R Y RATION MIXTURE, WHICH CONSISTS OF OATS, ; O R N , HAY AND SUPPLEMENT. BUD FULCHIR HAS BUILT
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LOAFING HAKJi
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LOAFING SHED FOR H I S CATTLE SINCE HE BOUGHT FARM. HE ALSO HAS A HAY BARN WHICH WAS 0 1
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THE FARM WHEN HE CAME TO I T .
THE HOUSE HAD JUST
REMODELED WHEN MR AND MRS. FULCHH? BOUGHT THE LAND. BUD FULCHER STILL DOES SOME ROW
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FA CORN FIELD
CROPPING AID CORN I S AN IMPORTANT RIRT OF THE (AIRY PROGRAM TO PROVIDE PfflB FOR H E LIVESTOCK. HE HAS 30 ACRES OF CORN. HERE WAS PUNTED IN MARCH. THIS FIELD WE SEE ALL CORN I S FED AS ABOUT
RAIN OH THE FARM AND THE AVERAGE YIELD � 5 BUSHELS TO THE ACRE.
BELIEVE ME THAT CORN ASSOCIATE AGENT
:OME WELL UP ON BUD FULCHER Am EORGE HERB.
ALL FARMING I S DONE ON THE CONTOUR J . U . FULCHER ALSC HE
ALL CROP LAN!? IS TERRACED.
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& I S E S COTTON.
THIS YEAR HE HAS 17 ACRES.
DOES NOT CROP ANYTHING ON THE SHARES,
HE HIRES
DAY LABOR FOR ALL HIS LABOR NEEDS, BUD FULCHER H I S SOIL AID FmWlhTim ACCORDING TO SOIL
HE USES VETCH AS A WINTER COYER CROP WHICH HE URNS UNDER IN THE SITING. i COMPLETE INSECT CONTROL PROGRAM. SLIDE FARM. C W T W PLANTS BUD FOLLOWS IN FACT THIS
TEAR ONE ACRE OF HIS COTTON I S ON A TEST OF M E T WHICH I S A SYSTHilC COTTON POISON. BUD
!R LIKES THE COMPARISON OF WAT HE SEES SO THE PUNT ON THE USPf Ii> FROM THE TREATED THEONE ON THE RIGHT HAS BEEN STUMTED BY DDE TO LACK OF PROTECTION.
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I I S COTTOI CROP USUALLY AVS&AGES ABOUT A MLB
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0 IBB ACRE,
A LOT OF HIS JfESD PROBLEM I S SCLWL
Y THE USE OF THIS FLOCK OF GEESE WHICH HAS 0VI3) TO BE A GOOD HAY TO KEEP WEEDS OUT OF E COTTOM. THIS IS JUST ONE OF MANY WAYS JM
I I C H J . U , FULCHSl ECONOMIZES OH HIS LABOR
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MAC II INK SHED
PENSS.
BUD FULCHBR I S A COMPLETELY
HWEAMZED
AND IIS TAKES THE IBCESSARY STSPS TO OTSCT HIS VALUABLE MACHINERY FROM THE RAVAGES TME WmTH�3?. 1AST YSftR HE BUILT H1IS MACHIFB
mm USIHG wmm
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01 HIS mm LAHD,
E MS 3 TRACTORS, A CO1BIIE, HAY BAU�, MSTURE
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SCSSSARY TO mmtM
AHD ALL
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HACHIHRY
FOOD P 0 8
HIS FASM PROGHAM,
1 FAMILY HOLDS EQUAL BIPOHTAMCE WIHI THE CROP AMD LIVESTOCK PROGRAM. SLIDE GAHDfc THE FULCHBR'S HAVE A
UARTES OF AM ACHB OF GAHBEJf AS WMX AS PEA TCHES AST) POTATO1 i^TCHES MAJOR A TOTLA OF BOUT TWO ACRES OF GARDES SPACE, HE ALSO RAISES
fATERMBLONS FOB THE COMMiRCIAL MA.RKBT AMD HAS 0 ACHES IN WAT�?MiLOHS# U S T YEAR A COUETY
TMMELON ASSOCIATIOI �AS FORMED IM WIBSTOM i o U S T Y AKD ALL BUD'S WAT^MELONS ARE WkWSBtEO EHROUGH THE ASSOCIATION. SLIDE FAHM-20 FROM THEIR SAIBUESf AHB
MRS, PULCH1R FREEZES ABOUT %SM POUHDS
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OF FOOD PER YEAR.
M?S, FULCHER HAS A WELL BESIDES FRUIT
IANJFED FOOD PRESERVATION PROGRAM*
ND VEGETABLES SHE FREEZES A LOT OF BEEP M D PORK D ABOUT 7 5 FKYERS EACH YEAR. BESIDES THE POOD
WHICH SHE FREEZES, MRS. FULCHER ALSO CANS ABOUT 0 0 JARS OF FRUIT, TOMATOES AND TOJ&TOE JOUICE SLIDE FAKM-21
SfiWIHG HA CHINE FAMILY. SHE HAKES MANY OF HER G H W MOST OF TUB C L O T H S FOR HER YOUNGSTERS. . AMD I K S , J � U . FULCHER ENROLLED IN THE T E N S I O N SERVICE BALANCED FARM AND HOME PROGRAM AUGUST OF 1 9 5 4 . BOTH THE ASSOCIATE H0H1 AGENT
OR FAMILY NEEDS.
SHE DOES A LOT OF SEWING FOR
W THE ASSOCIATE COUNTY AGENT ARE QUICK TO SAY T MR. AID MRS. FULCHER WERE ALREADY EMBARKED A GOOD FARM AND HOME PROGRAM AND THAT SO FAR E I R PRIMARY HELP HAS BBBJT IN THE FORM OF ADVICE 0 ? ADDITIONAL WORST SAVING AHtJ PROFIT SAVING RACTICES. ONE OF HIE ACCOMPLISHMENTS UT THE
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OMB SINCE STROLLING ON THE BALANCED FARM AND OME PROGRAM HAS BEEN THE BBVELOBENT OF THIS TUDY AREA FOR 9 YEAR OLD BOBBY. OF COURSE,
. AND M I S . FULCHES t I L L BE THE F I R S T TO TELL Y01 HAVE MANY PLANS FOR THE FUTURE, MANY THINGS EY WISH TO ACCOMPLISH TO FURTHER IMKROYB THEIR A I D HOME PROGRAM. ONE OF THEIR GREATEST
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KELPS HAS BSM ME KINDLY ADVICE OF BUD'S 'ATHER. MANY A SVWim EVENING YOU KILL FIHD
AND THE CHILDRKf SITTING ON THB FRONT STEPS MR. FULCHER, TALKING OP WORK ACCOMPLISHED METHODS OF DOING A BETTER JOB. ^SPECIALLY I S TAKim BOBBY,
ADVANTAGE OF A WONDERFUL
^PPORTUIITY TO LEAM FROM TWO GJ^EIATIONS CAMERA 0 9 FAMILY [�PORE HIM. MR. AND MRS, J . U . FULCHBR AND THEIR
!HRBE CHILDlf^ ATTEND HIE ROCKY HILL METHODIST I S PRESIDMT OP CHURCH WHERE BUD ISMSMSL TEE YOUNG ADULTS UNBAY SCHOOL CLASS AID N1BRE MRS,
FUIJCHER
TMCHI
BECINKfiRS AND I S CHURCH PIANIST.
BUD I S
>EST OF THE WINSTON COUNTY FARM BUREAU AND D I R ^ T O R OP TILE COUNTY PARK BtlSEAU. HE I S MS*
MEMBER OF HIE COUNTY CITIZEN'S COUNCIL. hlLCHBR H S BEEN A HOME DIMOHSTRATION CLUB FOR 8 YEARS AID HAS BEHHf A MMBm mas
OP TOE
ROAD HOME DEMONSTRATION CLUB FOR TIIE PAST SHE I S PRESENTLY SEWING AS FARM BOBBY WILL LAST FALL
?OUR YEARS.
.3UHEAU CO-ORDINATOK FOR TEE CLUB. MROLL IN 4m CLUB WORK NEXT YEAR.
I EXHIBITED THE RJ^MVE CHAMPION OF IBS COUNTY SHOW, m* AHD MRS, J . U , FULCHHI
!ED BY X1IE STATS JUNIOR CHAMBM OF S M I S S I S S I P P I ' S MOST OUTSTANDING YOOTG
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ST YEAR AMD RmiEtm
A EXPENSE PAID TRIP f 0 M
PITXSBUR&, P&NNSfLVAirXfc TO COMPEffi IK 1H� TIOHAL CONTEST. MR, AND MRS, BUD FULCHER HAVE FOR ONE THING THST THSY P U H TO BXPAID
Y PLAKS FOR HIE FUTURE. OPS TO BUILD A NEfT llQm* E I R ACREAGE AM) MW
AH OUTDOOR LIVIHG ROOM
fITH BASBBCUE P I T AMD ALL FOR THE FAMILY'S .SVJOYHEffT. THEIR HOBBY I S WORK JBJD TKSY ARE
C0HSTA1TLY BUSY TRYIMJ TO IMPROVE THEIR WAT JF L I F E , WE ARE PROUD TO SALUTE HE. AND SITS,
* U , FULCBEE OF WIHSTOI COUNTY AS OOT FARM *AMILY OF THE mm TODAY. IOWf LET'S MEET
AND LE4HS WORE OF THEIR ACC0MFLISHMI3JTS#. I R HOPES AND TlifiXR DREADS FOR THE FUTURE.
