FOR Farm Family of the Week
BY__ Howard Langfltt
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CAMERA OH LANGFITT
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FAMILY
I WANT TO SAY IN THE VERY BEGINNING THAT I AM
VERY GRATEFUL TO JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY AGENT,
FRANKLIN HUGHES, ASSOCIATE COUNTY AGENT, R. L.
CAVES AND ASSOCIATE HOME DEMONSTRATION AGENT,
MISS BONITA SPESCE, FOR THEIR VERY FINE HELP IN
SELECTING THE FAMILY WHICH WE SALUTE TODAY AND
ESPECIALLY TO R. L. AND MISS SPENG1 FCR GOING
WITH ME TO THIS FARM TO HELP ME OBTAIN THE ST0R2
WHICH I AM NOW GOING TO TELL. THIS IS THE STOR" X
OF A MAN AND WIFE WHO WERE BORN AND RAISED IN
THE SAME COMMUNITY IN WHICH THEY FARMT TODAY.
IT IS THE STORY OF MR. AND MRS. HOMER L.
SAULTERS WHO OWN AND FARM 237 ACRES IN THE
TERRELLTOWN COMMUNITY OF JEFF- DAVIS COUNTY.
THEIR HOME IS LOCATED ABOUT EIGHT MILES EAST OF
PRENT1SS OR TWO MILES FAST OF THE GRAMBY
COMMUNITY. THEY ARE JUST A HALF MILE AS THE
CROW FLIES FROM THE COVINGTON COUNTY LINE.
MR. AND MRS . SATJLTERS HAVE THREE CHILDREN. LEFT
TO RIGHT IN OUR mICTURE ARE MRS. SAULTERS
HOLDING 18 MONTH OLD VICKEY, MRS. SAUIITERS
SISTER, MISS JUANESS HUTCHINSON, WHO LIVES WITH
THEM, ELDEST DAUGHTER BEVERLY ANN, DAUGHTER
NELL AND MR. SAULTERS. HOMER SAUETERS, OR PETE,
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HOUSE
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AS HE I S KNOWN IN THE COMMUNITY, GREW UP ON A
FARM JUST A MILE SOUTH OP THEIR HtBSENT LAND AID
WAS ONE OF 13 CHILDREN. HE LEFT THE COMMUNITY
TO SERVE IN TH1 ARMY DURING WORLD MARK TWO AND
TO WORK AT Cm? SHELBY FOR A YEAR WHEN HI GAME
OUT OF SERVICE IN 19lt5, BUT OTHER THAN THAT
HE HAS BEEN A FARMER ALL HIS LIFE. FOR THE NEXf
YEAR HE QW RATED THE HOME PLACE. IT WAS LAYING
IDLE SO HI JUST PICKED UP WHAT TOOLS WERE
AVAILABLE AND WENT TO WORK PUTTING IN A CROP,
MRS. SAULTERS GREW UP AT LONE STAR, IN COVINGTOI
COUNTY, JUST A MILE OR SO AWAY, HER UNCLE HAD
MARRIED HOMER'S SISTER I D THEY MET WHILE SHE
WAS VISITING THE UNCLE. SHE AND HOMER WERE
MARRIED IN lf § § ?. THE FIRST YEAR OF MARRIED
LIFE THEY LIVED WITH HOMER'S MOTHER WHILE THEY
BUILT THEIR FIRST HOME ON HIS MOTHER'S PL\ GE.
IT WASN'T THIS HOUSE IN WHICH THEY? LIVE TODAY.
HOMER BUILT IT HIMSELF MD IT WAS JUST ENOUGH
TO GET BY, THEY LIVED IN IT TWO YEARS AND THEN
MOVED TO THIS HOME ON THE LAND THEY NOW OWN.
THEY DIDN'T BUY THIS LAND RIGHT OFF. THEY LEASE
217 ACRES ON A FIVE YEAR LEASE BUT AFTER THEY
HAD LIVED HERE TWO YEARS THE OWNERS DECIDED TO
SELL AND WITH A LOAN FROM THE FARMER'S HOME
ADMINISTRATION HOMER WAS ABEE TO BUY. THEY HAW
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MADE A NUMBER OP IMPROVEMENTS IB THEIR HOME
SINGE MOVING INTO I T . PETE SAUIJER^ S FIRST
FARMING PROGRAM CONSISTED OF COIN AND COTTON,
HE DIDN* T HAVE ANY CATTLE... NOT EVEN A MILE ,
COW. HE WORKED HIS LAND WITH A PAIR OP MULES
AND WHAT THEY DIDN » T HAVE AND COULDN'T EARN THE
MONEY TO BUY THEY DID WITHOUT. THIS IS A STORY
OP A FAMILY WITH COURAGE AND ALSO OF THE KIND
OF HELP AGRICULTURAL WORKERS ARE MEANT TO GIVE
AND THE KIND TEM HAS HELPED MR. AND MRS, PETE
SAtJLTERS TO IMPROVE THEIR FARMING AND HOMEMAKING
PROGRAM. FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS MR. AND MRS,
PETE SAUTTERS GRUBBED A LIVING FROM THE SOIL AS
BEST THEY COULD. NOONE SEEMED TOO INTERESTED
IN HELPING THEM IMPROVE THEIR FARMING AND HOME
MAKING METHODS AND ALL THEY KNEW WAS TO KEEP
RIGHT ON TRYING AS BIST THEY KNEW HOW. THEN
A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, ASSOCIATE COUNTY AGENT
R . L . CAVES CAME TO CALL TO OFFER HELP THROUGH
THE EXTENSION SERVICE BALANCED FARM AND HOME
PROGRAM... AND THEN MISS BONITA SPENCE ADDED1HER
ASSISTANCE IN THE HOMEMAKING HIOGRAM AND AS A
RESULT OF THIS HELP COMBINED WITH THE WILLINGNES
TO SACRIFICE AND THE DESIRE TO BETTER THEIR LOT
WHICH MR. AND MRS. SAUEBRS ALREADY HAD, THEY
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CATTLE
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CATTLE
BEGAN TO SEE THE DAW OP A BITTER DAY FOR
THMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILY. NOW, DON'T GET ME
WRONG, THE CREDIT DOESN'T GO TO THE COUNTY
AGRICULTURAL WORKERS, THOUGH CERTAINLY THEIR
ASSISTANCE HAS BEEN VALUABLE. THE CREDIT ( JOBS
TO MR. AND MRS, PETS SAUIffERS WHO LOVE THEIR WAY
OP LIFE AND DESIRE TBROOH IT* TO LEAVE A RICHER
HERITAGE F€ R THEIR CHILDREN. PETE SAUL1ERS
BAUOHT HIS FIRST CATTLE IN 19^ 7... THREE HEAD.
A COW AND C A P AND A H E I F E R . . . THAT HE BOUGHT
FOR # 5 0 . IN 1957 HE BOUGHT ANOTHER 20 HEAD AND
OTHER THAI THAT ALL HIS CATTLE HiOGRAM HAS BEEN
THROUGH SAVING HIS BEST HEIFERS FOR HERD
IMPROVEMENT AND BREEDING TO A REGISTERED HSREPO?
BULL, R. L. CAVES HAS HELPED PETE SAUTTERS TO
CONCENTRATR ON UPGRAMNG HIS LIVESTOCK HERD....
AND THOUGH THEY HAVEN » T BEEN AT IT BUT A COUPLE
OP YEARS, YOU CAN ALREADY BEGIN TO SEE RESUISS.
I T ' S A GRADE HERD AND NATURALLY THE QUALITY
IMPROVEMENT I S SL « W BUT YOU CAN LOOK A ANIMALS
THAT WENT INTO THE HERD FIVE YEARS AJ 0 AND THEN
LOOK M£ HEIFERS THAT WILL GO IN THE HERD THIS
YEAR AND SEE A MARKED IMPROVEMENT. PETE SAUTJ? ®
HAS 50 HEAD OF CATTLE.,. 32 BROOD COWS AND HE
FOLLOWS A COMMERCIAL COM AND CALF ffiOGHAM
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PASTURE
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PASTURE
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SELLING THE CALVESMILK PAT OFP THE 00W. HE
GULLS THE OLD COWS CLOSE I P SELLS ALL THE STEE
CALVES. PETE GETS ABOUT AN B$$ CALP CHOP AND
POR THE PAST TWO YEARS HAS EEEI CREEP FEEDING,
ALL HIS CALVES. HE CALPHOOD VAC& ANATES AND
THE HERD I S TB AND BANGS FREE, IT IS PKEI
SAUH ERS HOPE TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE HIS PASTURI
LAND AND AS HE DOES TO FURTHER EXPAHD HIS
LIVESTOCK IROGRAM. HE HOES OHE DAY TO HAVE
60 BHOd) COWS. HIS LAHD IS BEST SUITED TO A
GRASSLAND PROGRAM. HE KNOWS THiST NOW AND HE
HOPES ONE DAY TO QUIT ROW © HOPPING ALTOGETHER,
HE HAS 20 ACRES OP PERMANENT IMPROVED A STURE
ON WHICH HE HAS TESTED THE SOIL AND APPLIED
LIME AND COMMERCIAL FERTILIZER I S HE* S GETTING
TO MORE OP IT AS HE CAN APPORD TO. PERMANENT
PASTURE CONSISTS PRIMARILY OP BAHAIA AND
BERMUDA GRASS WITH SOME CRIMSON CLOVER. HI IS:
CLIPPING THEM REGUIARLY POR WE^ D CONTROL AND
USES ALL A . S . C . PAYMENTS IN SO PAR AS HE CAN.
PETE PUTS IN SOME OATS POR WINTER GRAZING AND
HAS SOHE COMMON LESPEDEZA THAT GIVES GOOD
GRAZING IN THE LATE SUMMER » B EARLY PALL.
HE ALSO PUTS OUT RYEGRASS POR WINTER GRAZING.
PSTE SAUTJPERS USUALLY TRIES TO HAVE ABOUT A
THOUSAND BALES OP HAY COUNTING OATS AHD GRASS
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CORK
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POID
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TRACTS
HAY TOO... BUT THIS YEAR HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO
PUT ONLY £ 00 BALES IN THE HAY BARH. HE HAS
ABOUT 200 BALES OF OAT HAY AND THE REST IS
GRASS, PETE SAUUTER STILL RAISES COTTOH TOO..
HE HAD l(. O ACRES THIS YEAR ABB THOUGH HE USUALLY
MAKES BTOTSB THAH A BAL^' TO THE ACRE THIS YEAR
IT EM OHLY ABOUT 3 A OF A BALE. HE MADE 30&
BALES OFF OP THE 40 ACRES, HE FOLLOWS A
COMPLETE INSECT CONTROL PROGRAM AKD HE HANDLES
THE COTTON HIMSELF* WHAT HE AHD HIS WIPE CM * T
PICK THEY HIRE DAY WORKERS TO GET. PETE PUTS
600 POUNDS OP FERTILIZER UNDIR THE CROP AND THE
SIDE BRESSES WITH 1 5 0 - 2 0 0 POUNDS. PETE ALSO
HAD 30 ACRES OP CORN THIS YSAR . HE PLANTED A
HYBRID VARIETY AND HARVESTED A RATH1R SHCBT
kO BUSHELS TO THE ACRE. USUALLY IT RUKS 60 TO
70 BUSHELS. HE PICKS IT ALL BY HAND AND hTCRES
IT IK BINS OK THE PABM. HE FEEDS IT IK THE
CALF CREEPS AND TO HIS CATTLE DURING THE WINTER
MOUTHS AND ALSO TO A COUPLE OF HOGS THEY KEEP
FOR THE FAMILY FOOD SUPPLY. WPAER FOR THE
LIVESTOCK I S SUPPLIED FROM THREE STOCKPOHDS
SIMILAR TO THIS ONE NESTLED IK AMONG BEAUTIFUL
PINE TIMBER. NO LONGER DOES PETE SAUBPBRS FARM
WITH A PAIR OF MULES. HE I S COMPLETELY
MECHANIZED... HOT WITH A LOT OF EXPENSIVE
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TQOLSHED
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TIMBER
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MEN IB TIMBER
MACHINERY LAYING AROUND THE PIA CE, BUT AT THE
SAME TIME, WITH EIOTJGH MODERN EQUIPMENT TO DO
THE WORK THAT MUST BE DONE TO CARRY OK THEIR
DIVERSIFIED FARMING PROGRAM. PETE ALSO MOWS
THE VALUE OP BEING MLK TO DO HIS O¥ N BEPAIH
WORK AND HE HAS THIS SMALL TOOL SHED AM) WORKSH
SHOP AREA WHERE HI CAN KEEP HIS MACHINERY AND 0
OTHER EQUIPMENT IN REPAIR, HUGH OP KITE SAULTS8
LAND IS BEST ADAPTED TO TIMBER PRODUCTION AND
HE » S DOING A GOOD JOB OP TIMBER STAND IMPROVEMEI
WORK OH IT. ALL TOLD PETE HAS 125 ACRES IK
TIMBER. ONLY ABOUT JO A CRTS OP IT IS IN GOOD
DESIRABLE TIMBER PRODUCTIOH AID HE IS MANAGING
IT IN EVERY RECOMMENDED WAY. THIS A ST YEAH
HE ENROLIED IN THE SEARS ROEBUCK FOUNDATION
FORESTRY CONTEST AMD DID SPECIAL WORK ON THIS
PIV1 ACRE PLOT. BUT PETE DOES GOOD TIMBER STiR E
WORK OH ALL HIS TIMBER. HE HAS IT MARKED FOR
SEIECTIVE CUTTING BY AN INTERNATIONAL & PER
COMPANY FORESTER. ABOUT 55 ACRES OP THAT 125
IS LAND TH/ CP HAD BEEN TAKEN OUT OP PRODUCTION
AND PETE SAYS IT TOF& N'T HAVE ENOUGH TO EVER
MAKE VERY GOOD TIMBER BRODUCTION AND SINC1 HE
NEEDS MORE R STURE HE WILL CLEAR IT OPP FOR
IMPROVED PASTURE FOR HIS EXPANDING LIVESTOCK
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TISSHER
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Ftml
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CASHED FOOD
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KITCHEN
PROGRAM. HE PLANS TO GET AS MANY, OF THE
BOTTOM IAND IN PASTERS * S POSSIBLE AMD THE
STEEPER HILLSIDES IK TIMBER. PETE SAUCERS
CUTS HIS OWN FENCE POSTS FROM HIS TIMBER B D HAS
THEM TREATED. HIS LAND IS ALL PEHCED AND GROSS
FE8GM). AS I SAID, PETE SAULTERS I S ON THE
RQA D TO A GOOD SOUND FARMING PROGRAM. TOGETHER
HE AND ASSOCIATE COUNTY AGENT R. L. CAVES HAVE
APPLIED IMPROVED TIMBER MANAGEMENT PRACTICES,
IMPROVED PASTURE MANAGEMENT AND HAVE GOT 01
THE RIGHT TRACK IN UPGRADING THE LIVESTOCK HERD,
I KNOW FARMERS THMP FARM ALL THEIR LIVES AHD
WWR INSTITUTE THOSE KEYS TO SUCCESSFUL
FARMING. IN THE HOMEMAKIHG PRGGRJiM ! fflS. SAULTKF
IS ALSO DOING AH EXCELLENT FOOD PRESERVATION
AND MAIAGEKHNT JOB. FROM THEIR T¥ 0 ACRES OF
GARDEN, COUNTING THE BATCHES, SHE EACH YEAR,
FRIEZES ABOUT 1800 POUNDS OF FOOD FOR THE
FAMILY'S NEEDS. SHE ALSO PUTS UP ABOUT 200
QUARTS OF FOOD IN JARS. SHE HAS ALWAYS BEEN
A GOOD HOMEMAKER AND WITH THE HELP OF ASSOCI^ E
HOME DEMONSTRATION AGENT, KISS BONITA SPHNC1,
I S DOING AN EVEN BM" FER JOB OF MitJ AGING THE
FAMILY FOOD SUPPLY AND IN HELPING TO MANAGE ALL
AROUND... TO THE E3CTENT THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO
ADD TWO MAJOR PIECES OF KITCHEN EQUIPMENT THIS
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SEWING
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1AMERA OH FAMILY
YEAR... THIS HEW STOVE AND REFRIGERATOR. BY THE
WAY SHE L0VIS TO COOK AND IS A GOOD COOK. IB
FACT, SHE ALSO GOOKS FOR THE HANDS THiff PICK
GQTTOE SHE SHE KEEPS PRETTY BUSY AT HER HEW
STOVE. SHE ALSO HAS A LAYING FLOCK OF ABOUT
50 BENS I D SELLIKfG SURPLUS EGGS I S ONE OP THE
WAYS IN WHICH SHI HAS HELF D TO ADD TO THE
FAMILY INCOME. MRS. SAULTERS AIS 0 SEWS FOR
HERSELF AND THE TWO LITTLE GIRLS. SHS ALSO
MAKERS HER OWN DRAPERIES AND CURTAINS. SHE
LIKES TO QUILT TOO AND DOSSM MOST OP THE
QUILTIHG FOR THE FAMILY* S HEEDS. BEVERLY ABM,
SEATED AT THE MACHIEg ALSO MAKES MAMY OF HER
CLOTHES. SHE I S TAKIBO HOME EC IN HIGH SCHOOL.
SHE BELONGS TO THE P. H. A, AID HER AUHT, 16
YFM OLD JTJANESS, LOOKING OH, IS ENROLLED IH
l^- H, THEY BOTH DO S0M2 S1WIHG AND C00KI1KJ.
I ® , AHR MRS. HOMER SAIJIIPERS AND FAMILY BELONG
TO THE SANTEE HOLINESS CHURCH, MRS, SAULTERS IS
A MIUBER OP THE SAHTEE HOME DEMOHSTRATIOH CLUB.
THEY ARE FARM BUREAU MEMBERS. THEY SUM UP THEIR
EFFORTS BY SAYING MA1AGEMEST IS THE BIGGEST THIS
... THAT YOU » VI GOT TO MANAGE AND BOTH WORK
TOGETHER TOWARD THE SAME GOALS. ACCOMPLISHMENT1
YES INDEED... IT « S A GOOD PROGRAM THEY HAVE I D
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QUESTIONS TO BE ASKED BY
FORREST COX
IT » S BEING ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH HARD WORK
AND SACRIFICE. THEY GREW UP OH THE MRM....
THEY HAVE STAYED ON THE FARM TO MAKE THEIR
LIVING AND THEIR LIFE, WE HEED MORE LIKE THMO
HOW, IK THT « TIME THAT REMAISS MY ASSOCIATE
FORREST COX WILL VISIT WITH MR. AND MRS, HOMER
SALUTERS AND FAMILY ABOUT A FEW OF THE THINGS
PICTURES DOH'T TELL, FORRBST.
1. MR, SAUIffERS, WAT HAS HELPED YOU MOST II
BUILDING TO YOUR PRSSE1T PROGRAM OP COTTOif,
CORN, CATTLE, PASTURE AMI) TIMBERf
2. MR, SAULTERS, WHAT GOALS HIVE YOU SET FOR,
YOURSELF TO BE ACCOMPLISHED IN THE FUTURE?
3. MRS. SAULTERS, WHAT HAS HELB3D YOU MOST II
YOUR HOMEMAKISG PROGRAM?
I*. MRS. SAULTERS, HOW DOES YOUR 3R ESEHT DAY
HOMEKAKIKO PROGRAM DIFFER FROM THE WAT
YOU DID WHEN YOU FIRST MARRIED?
5. MRS. SAULTERS, WHAT ARE YOUR HOPES FOR YOUR
CHILDREN?
6, BEVERLY AHN AND JUAIESS, WHAT DO YOU ? LM
TO DO W. m YOU FIHISH HIGH SCHOOL?
7# MR. CAVES AND MISS SPENCE, MILL YOU
SUMMARIZE THIS FAMILYS' ACCOMPLISHMENTS
F£ R US?
