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WAFT TO SAY IN THE VERY BEGINNING THAT I AM VERY GRATEFUL TO MADISON COUNTY AGENT R,L� BUDDY) SMITH, ASSOCIATE COUNTY AGENT, KBLTON ANDERSON AND ASSOCIATE HOME DEMONSTRATION AGENT �S, MARIOS QUINN, FOR.THEIR VERY WOIDERUL
HELP 131 SELECTING THE FAMILY WE SALUTE TODAY NT) IM GOING WITH ME TO THE FAM TO OBTAIN THE STORY, SLIDE FARM,! HOUSE .D. THIS IS THE STOIY OF PL, AND MRS,
(BUDDY) MANSELL AID THEIR THREE CHILDHUT, L I V E ABOUT SIX MILES 80UfHI&Sf OF PICKETS,
M I S S I S S I P P I I I MADISON COUNTY.
THEY LIVE ON A
4 5 0 ACRE FARM FORMERLY OWES) BY MRS, MANS ELL �S IOTHER AND FATHER, I T I S THE FARM ON WHICH
m s , mvsELL G^m UP TO YOUNG WOMANHOOD* MRS#
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MOTHER A�D FATHER RETIRED AND MOVED TO THEIR DAUGHTER
PICKEKS AID SOLD THE FARM HER HUSBAND, SLIDE HOUSE
BUDDY MANSE&L AID HIS LOVELY THEY WENT TO SCHOOL THEY WERE MARRIED IN 1948
WIFE JMBT IN SCHOOL. TOGETHER AT CAMDEN,
SHORTLY AFTER BUDDY RETURNED FROM SERVICE IN GERMANY. THEY STARTED MARRIED LIFE FARMING AS BUDDY
WITH BUDDY'S FATHER AND MOTHER.
IIAFSEL COULD ACCUMULATE SOME CASH HE BOUGHT ADJOINING HIS FATHER'S FARM AND IN FACT I0UGHT SOME UNI) FROM HIS FATHER. MRX. AND MRS
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DDY MANSEL O N A TOTAL OF 970 ACRES., W RES OF I T I S LAND BUDDY ACCUMULATED WHILE FARMING AT HOME, I T LIES ABOUT I S MILES AWAY P HOME FARM, BUDDY FARMED
WITH HIS FATHER UNTIL J 9 5 2 WHEN HE BOUGHT THEIR PRESENT HOME PLACE AND MOVED TO I T , BUDDY
2LNSELL�S FARM PROGRAM BAS ALWAYS CONSISTED OF
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OTTON, CORN AND CATTLE, HOWEVER, HE HAS EXPANDED HIS CATTLE PROGRAM CONSIDERABLY IN THE �AST TWO YEARS, MOST OF THE BUIDLINGS ON THE
FARM WERE BUILT BEFORE BUDDY BOUGHT THE LANS, BUDDY MANSELL'S LIVESTOCK: EXPANSION PROGRAM STARTED WHEN HI ENROLLED IN THE EXTENSION SERVICE BALANCED FARM AND HOME PROGRAM AND FORKED OUT A FIVE YEAR PLAN OF FARM AND HOME
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IMPROVEMENT,
THIS FARM WAS AT ONE TIME VERY BUDDY
BADLY ERODED AND GREATLY OVER CROPPED,
M N S E L HAS EMBARKED ON A PROGRAM OF GETTING S I S LAND INTO THE CROP FOP WHICH IT I S BEST SUITED AND FOLLOWING FARM ENTERPRISES THAT WILL BEST UTILIZE AND PRESERVE THE NATURAL RESOURCES OF THE FARM. MOST ALL HIS HILL LAND
SLIDE L E & PASTU1E.
I S NOW IN PASTURE OR HAY CROPS AID THE FLAT BOTTOM LAND I S USED FOR ROW CROPPING. GRAZING CONSISTS OF 75�
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BERMUDA GRASS, DALLIS GRASS, WHITE DUTCH CLOVER WINTER PIMS AND CRIMSON CLOVER* HE CLIPS
ALL PASTURES FOR WEED CONTROL AND LIMES AND 2FITRATBS HIS PASTURES. BUDDY MANSEL DOES SOME OATS ARE USED
SOD SEEDING OF OATS AND WHEAT, FOR TEMPORARY GRAZING*
BUDDY MANSEL HAS SO HE
ACRES IN OATS AND GRAZES 25 ACRES OF I T ,
CUTS THIS LATER IN THE DOUGH STAGE FOR HAY AND COMBINES THE SEED PROM THE OTHER 25 ACR^S, SLIDE FARM.6 COWS ^ HAS A HERD OF 70 BROOD COWS, MOSTLY AND ANGUS, HE FOLLOWS A COMMERCIAL
COW AND CALF PROGRAM AND SELLS �IE BULK OF H I S CALF CROP AS MILK FAT CALVES OFF THE COW. HOWEVER, HE DOES FEED OUT ABOUT 20 TO 30 LATE CALVES2 HE CALFHOOD VACCINATES AND SAVES HIS HE USES
BEST HEIFERS FOR HERD REPLACEMENT.
MCKRUBS AND ALSO SPRAYS FOR PARASITE CONTROL. UE CULLS HIS HERD CLOSELY EVEN THOUGH HE I S S T I L L BUILDING ON HIS HERD AND HOPES TO SLIDE FARMHERD BULL liVENTUALLY HAVE ABOUT ISO BROOD CCWS. ALL
CATTLE GET GRAIN FROM FEBRUARY TO APRIL AND HAY FREE CHOICE DURING THE WINTER MONTHS AND iWHEN PASTURES ARE SHORT. BUDDY BREEDS HIS
4NGUS COWS TO A REGISTERED ANGUS BULL AND HIS TO A REGISTERED HERI^OHD BULL. HE
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ET ABOUT AN B5% CALF CHOP.
BUDDY HAS 90 ACRES
N WHEAT WHICH HE WILL COMBINE FOR THE MARHBT. � GRO S ALL THE FEED HB NEEDS 01 THE FARM AND HMDS AND MIXES HIS FEED ON THE FARM. HE
TS OUT 80 ACRES OF HYBRID COIN EACH YEAR.
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; MAKES ABOUT 3�000 BUSHELS OF CORN AND SELLS
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HE ALSO SAfES HIS OWN WHEAT AND
f SEED,
BUDDY HANSEL PUTS UP ABOUT 4 f 0 O 0 1
OF HAY CONSISTING OF SOYBS&N HAY AID A I D OATS IN THE DOUGH STAGE, BUDDY
M S EL RAISES ONLY ENOUGH HOGS TO MEET THEIR FAMILY FOOD HEEDS, PRESENT TIME. HE HAS ABOUT 8 HEAD AT THE
BUDDY HANSEL I S STILL VERY MUCH
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COTTON FARMER, ALTHOUTH HE INCREASED HIS t l V E S T O C K PRODUCTION PARTLY AS A RESULT OF COTTON ACREAGE REDUCTION, EACH FALL, FOLLOWING
RVEST HE KNOCKS DOWN THE COTTON STALKS AND OWS UP THE COTTON LAND, HE SUB SOILS ALL
H I S CROP LAND AND FOLLOWS A STRICT COTTON SECT CONTROL AND FERTILIZATION PROGRAM, HE HAS 18O ACRES IN COTTON WHICH IS SHARE
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^ROPPED BY I S FAMILIES LIVING ON THE FARM, itLL GROUND BREAKING AND PLANTING I S DONE WITH 3IACHINERY AND TIIfiH THE COTTON I S WORKED WITH k I ALL POISONING I S DONE AS THE COTTON I S
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SUE1IVATED,
HE PLANTS A COVER CROP OF WILB
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ILNTER PEAS AID VETCH AND TUBES I T UNDER I I THE SPRING, HE AVERAGES ABOUT A BALE AND A HALF
JO THE ACLL AND PLANTS ENOUGH NEW SEED EACH YFIAR TO SAVE HIS SEED FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR. OME OF HIS COTTON WAS POISONED 2 1 TIMES AND II FINISHED UP WITH A PLANET HE TESTS ALL HIS TWO YEARS AGO
OIL AND, FERTILIZES AS NEEDED.
JBUDDY MAH5EL BOUGHT A COTTON GIN FROM HIS FATHER AND OPERATES I T THROUGHOUT THE HARVEST SLIDE FARML1Q s t o c k FOND REASON EACH YEAR, BY THE WAY, WATEI FOR
LIVESTOCK I S SUPPLIED FROM 1 1 STOCK PONDS S I M I I A 1 TO THIS ONE, LOCATED AT STRATEGIC (PLACES AROUND THE FA1M, SLIDE MACHINE' SHED |THE MACHINERY HE mim j i l S FA1M PROGRAM, BUDDY HANSEL HAS ALL TO ADEQUATELY OPERATE
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HE HAS S TRACTORS AND 3 OF OF THE OTHER
KiEM ARE BUTANE GAS OPERATED,
J W TRACTORS ONE IS DIESEL AND THE OTHER A TO JASOLIHE OPERATED TRACTOR. BUDDY HAS ALSO
ONSTRUCTED GOOD STORAGE AND SHEH ER FOR HIS VALUABLE FARM MACHINERY, HE DOES SOMS CUSTOM HE HAS ABOUT
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fRACTOR WORK IN THE COMUNITY.
JL20 ACRES IN PINE TIMBER WHICH HE MANAGES AND j)N M I C H HE DOES SOME TIMBER STAND I^ROVEMEMT WORK, THINNING ANB WEEDING AND DOING RELEASE
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K TO MAKE MORE ROOM FOR FUTURE GROWTH.
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JgNDEAVORS TO PROTECT ALL H I S TIMBER LAUD FROM !'HE DANGER OF F I R E . HIE FARM I S FENCED A�D
CROSS FMCED AID MANY OF THE POSTS ARE CEDJQRS CUT OFF THE FARM, SLIDE FARMO1 DRAG] I N E L BUDDY MNSELL FOLLOWS A SOIL THREE DRAG
4 OBSERVATION PLAN OH H I S FARMLAND,
I K E DITCHES HAVE BEffi CONSTRUCTED ON" THE FARM ND CROP LAND I S PROPERLY BRAINED WITH V DITCHE INTO THESE MAIM BEAIMGB DITCHES* FARMS ON TUB CONTOUR AND ALL HILL LlND I S TERRACED, OHB OF H I S MAJOR EFFORTS U1OJEH
THE BAMNCISD FARM AHB HOME PROGRAM HAS BEEJ? TO IMPROVE TUE DRAIMGS 0 1 HIS LAID* AIOTHER
l|AJOR PROJECT OF THEIR BALANCED FARM A1B HOME SLIDE FARJf-14 ifROGMH HAS BEEI THE PIGGIKG OF A DEEP WELI, 0 PROVIDE GOOD WATER FOR THE FAMILY*S NEEDS. S . MANSELL SAYS SHE USED TO HAVE TO GO TO MOTHER'S HOME THREE TIMES A IfE^K TO WASH BY CLOTHES, 1 0 LONGER I S THIS NECESSARY
I T H THEIR MODERN WELL AID 1 # O O 0 GALLON STORAGE CAPACITY. THEIR HOME I S COMPLETELY MODERN
RUNNING WATER AND MODEM PLUHBIJJG THROUGH SLIPS FARM�>1 F CUT, MRS. MANSELL PRESERVES ALL THE FOOD FAMILY HEEDS .
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A TWO ACRE GARDEN,
SMALL FRUIT ORCIjUIRD AND FARM GROWH MEAT SHE
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E S I N HER OWN FREEZER ABOUT 2 , 0 0 0 POUNDS OF FARM GROW� FOOD EACH YEAR. I N ADDITION
HE C M S ABOUT 1 0 0 JARS OF THINGS S1AT DO NOT SLIDE FARM-16 KITCHEN THEMSELVES TO FREEZING. HER KITCHEN I S
ODERN THROUGHOUT MT* SHE LOVES TO COOK. OWEVER, A PART OF HIE BALANCED FARM AID HOME PROGRAM FOR MR. AND MRS. BUDDY MANS ELL I S TO BUILD A I P H � I N THJS IEXT YEAR OR S O .
k s S O C I A T B HOME DEMONSTRATION AGEMT, MRS. MARION SLIDE J3UIKN TOLD ME THAT MRS. HANSEL HAD AS EXCELLENT FOOD PRESERVATION, CLOTHING AND HOUSEHOLD OPERATION PROGRAM AT THE TIMS THEY ENROLLED I N jffiE BALANCED FARM AND HOME PROGRAM. THIS SCENE
pCS TYPICAL OF THE MANY TIMES MRS. MAIS ELL AHD S , Q U I M HAVE DISCUSSED AND PLANNED HOME LANS AN!! DREAMS. m, MRS. HANSEL ALSO LIKES TO
REFINISH FURNITURE, AND WORK WITH FLOWERS.
EIOWEVBR, HER BIGGEST JOB AND THE ONE SHE LIKES I S CARING F 0 1 HER THREE YOUMG CHILDREN, , AGE 8 , DICK, AGE 4 AND LUCKY, WHO I S 9NTHS OF AGE. MR. AND MRS. BUDDY HANSBLL SLIDE ' FAHft.18 , & WOMAN ACCURATE RECORDS ON THEIR FARM PROGRAM AND BUDDY SUPPLIES THfi INFORMATION AND MRS. VANS&LL KEtsPS THE RECORDS. SHE I S A GRADUATE
flF BBLHAVM COLLEGE AND HER FATHER FURTHER
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FINANCED A BOOKKEEPING COURSE FOR HER WHICH ^AS BEEN VERY HELPFUL I I KEEPING FARM HSCORDS. mm ASKED I F SHE HAD ANY HOBBIES MRS. MANSEL CHILDREN KERE HER WORK AMD HSR HOBBY.
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1JUDDY LIKES TO HUNT� WHEN HE CAN FIND THE TIME, AND HE HOPES HIS FUTURE PLANS WILL ALLOW MORE (PIKE FOR I T . MOUNDS, HE HAS FOUR BIRD DOGS AND 12 TO BIRD HUNT AND HUNT,
HE
1HAT ARE HIS HOPES?
WELL, HE HAS THEM ALL
INCLUDED I F HIS BALANCED FARM AID HOME PROGRAM WHICH HE I S CARRYING OUT WITH THB HELP OF THE EXTENSION SERVICE. HA HS WAITS TO FURTHER IMPROVE
BREEDING IN HIS HERD AND EXPAND I T AND HS
WANTS TO FUR1HER INCREASE HIS YIELDS WHICH HAY ALREADY BlPI?OVffl) WITH EACH YEAR OF HIS OP1RATIO HE WOULD LIKE TO O N MORE LAND I F I T WAS CLOSER W S � HIS HOME FARM. CAMERA ON FAMILY MK, ANi? MRS, BUDDY MANSELL ' THBY ARE MEMBERS
A R 3 ACTIVE IN THUR CHURCH.
OF THE SHILO PRBSBYTESIAN CHURCH IN THB 4AMER0N COMMUNITY WHERE THEY LIVE. BUDDY I S
IA DEACON IN HIS CHURCH AND SUPERINTENDENT OF THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. MRS. MANSELL I S A SUNDAY
SiCHOOL-TEACHER IN THE INTERMEDIATE SENIOR I�SRARTME3TT AND ACTIVE IN THE MQMM OF THE cffiURCn ORGANIZATI-QV. SHE I S ALSO A
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FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE CAMERON HOME MR. AM) MRS* BUDDY MNSELL
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DEMONSTRATION CLUB.
ARE FARM BUREAU MEMBERS AID MEMBERS OF THE P . I . A , WHERE THEIR CH I I P 1EN ATTEND SCHOOL. JJUDDY MAMS ELL I S A DIRECTOR OF THE TRI-COUNTY CO-OP 1H PIC KENS. HE I S A SOIL CONSERVATION
D I S T R I C T COMMISSIONER, MEMBER OF THE M4PISOH COUNTY LIVESTOCK ASSOCIATIOI AND FORMER CO COMMUNITY A . S . C . COJMITTBBMAH. THIS I S TRULY
L WONDERFUL STORY OF A YOUHG FAMILY THAT I S IJ&KIHG A REAL CONTRIBUTION TO BETTER FARMING F ( E THMSELVES AND A BETTER AGRICULTURE IE
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MISSISSIPPI.
I AM INDEED PROUD TO SALUTE MR.
MRS, E . D . (BUDDY) MAHSELL OF MADISON COUNTY AS TODAY'S RF0 TELEVI^IT FAHM FAMILY OF WEEK. NOW, I WANT YOU TO USE THEM*
