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CAMERA QHL LANGFITT
I WAIT TO SM III THE VERY BEGINNING THAT I AM )EEPLY GRATEFUL TO WINSTON COUNT! AGENT, E . L . ESSUHS, ASSOCIATE HOME DEMONSTRATION AGENT, Ra MARY YOUNG AND ASSOCIATE HOME BM0NSTRATI01
G M T , MISS BONNIE BYRD, FOR THHER TERY WONDERFl BELP IN SELECTING THE FAMILY MICH WE SALUTE OQAY AND FOR GOING WITH ME TO THE FARM TO OBTA3 HE STORY WHICH I AM H W GOING TO TILL. O SLIDE FARM�1 MAIL BOX THIS 15
HE STORY OF MR. I D MRS. W.T. MOODY, A VERY ROGRESSITE FARM FiJKILY OF THE WINSTON COMMffNIT OF WINSTON COUNTY. THEIR 140 ACRE FARM I S
LOCATED ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTH EAST OF LOUISVILLE THE COUNTY SEAT OF WINSTON COUNTY. MR. AND MRS
TATUM MOODY HAVE BEKI ENROLLED IN THE EXTJaTSIOIT SERVICE BALANCED FARM AND HOME PROGRAM FOR Tffil
EARS AND MANY OF THEC R ACCOMPLISHMENTS ON THE �ARM AND IN THEIR HOME HAVE BEEN AS A RESULT GP PHEIR PARTICIPATION IN THAT PROGRAM. MR, TATUM
1OGDY WAS BORN AND RAISED ON THIS VERY FARM AND !!RS. MOODY GREW UP ON AN ADJOINING FARM. THEY
ENT TO SCHOOL TOEGETHER AND WERE CHILDHOOD �WEBTHEARTS. THEY WERE MARRIED IN 1 9 3 2 , ONE
fESR AFTER MRS. MOODY GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOO SLIDE FARM-2 HOUSE PHE FIRST YEAR OF THEIR MARRIED LIFE THEY LIVED ITH MR. MOODY* S MOTHER AND FATHER WHILE THHT
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ME BUILDING THEIR HOME AND THEN MOVED INTO IT IN 1 9 3 3 . OF COURSE, THEY HAVE MADE MANY CHANG
I N 1HEIR HOME I N RECENT YEARS AND I �LL TELL YOU BOUT MM A LITTLE STEH. MR, AND MRS. TATUM
MOODY STARTED FARMING WITH 40 ACRES OF LAND AND RADUALLY ADDED AS THEY COULD GET THE LAND, MR, AND MRS, MOODY WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH MR. MOODY'S MOTHER AND FATHER AND I ' L L TELL YOU AB01 B0
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FARM, COTTON
IMAT A LITTLE LATER,
MR, MOODY STARTED OUT
ARMING RAISING COTTON, CORN AND OATS AND HE S T I L L RAISES ALL THREE TODAY, BUT THERE HAVE IMPORTANT ADDITIONS TO HIS FARM PROGRAM 0V1 YEARS. THIS YEAR TATUM MOODY HAS 2 7 ACRES
IN COTTON AND HIS YIELD AVERAGES ABOUT A BALE AS QUARTER TO THE ACRE. HE TESTS HIS SOIL AND
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FOLLOWS A COMPLETE FERTILIZATION PROGRAM. .HE 1LS0 FOLLOWS A COMPLETE INSECT CONTROL PROGRAM I I D HAS HAD VERY GOODCONTROL THIS YEAR. W.. AND MRS. MOODY HAVE TWO SONS, BILLY, AGE 2 0 KND BOBBY, AGE 1 5 . BOBBY I S VERY ACTIVE IN 4-H
;LUB WORK AND ONE OF HIS PROJECTS I S THIS COTTON FIELD WHICH HE IS SHOWING TO COUNTY AGEN1 &L. SESSUMS. NOT ONLY I S TATUM MOODY DOING A
OOD JOB OF COTTON PRODUCTION, BUT HE IS ALSO
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HELPING THE
COASTAL BRANCH EXPERIMENT STATION
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0 RUN SOME FERTILIZATION TEST WORK OH COTTON. H E HAS SEVERAL PLOTS SIMILAR TO 1HE ONE YOU SEE IIERE ON WHICH ACCURATE FERTILIZATION RECORDS R E BEING KEPT TO HELP COTTON PRODUCERS ALL OYER HE STATE TO DO A BETTER JOB OF COTTON PRODUCTION "ATOM MOODY HAS ALWAYS FARMED WITH H I S FATHER SLIDE FARM-6 GEESE I N AIR ND TODAY BESIDES FARMING HIS O M 1 4 0 ACRES HE W S ALSO FARMING HIS FATHER'S, SON BILLYHS AND N E I HBOR�S P U C E . LIKE MANY COTTON PRODUCERS
1 MEET TATUM MOODY USES A FLOCK OF GEESE TO KEEJ H E GRASS OUT OF HIS COTTON, BUT I MUST SAY H I S WAS THE FIRST TIME I EVER SAW A FLOCK OF OMESTIC GEESE TAKE TO THE AIR IN FULL FLIGHT $UCH AS YOU SEE HERE, SLIPS * _ FARM* CORN F I EXCELLENT CORN CROP. TATUM MOODY HAS AN HE AVERAGES ABOUT 5 0 BUSHEI
0 THE ACRE AND PLANTS ABOUT $0% HYBRID SEED. LL TOLD HE HAS 8 5 ACRES PLANTED TO CORN THIS EAR. BY THE WAY, TATUM MOODY PUTS A COVER
ROP OF OATS AND VETHCH ON HIS ROW CROP LAND ND BESIDES PROVIDING SUPPLEMENTAL WINTER GRAZINt T I S TURNED UNDER I N THE SPRING TO FURTHER I N R I C H THE SOIL. SLIDE FARM-8 TRACTOR TTH TWO MULES, IATUM MOODY STARTED FARMING TODAY HE I S A MECHANIZED FARMER
N EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD, THOUGH HE STILL KEEPS FOUR MULES AND USES THEM I N SOME PHASES
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I F HIS FARM PROGRAM.
BESIDES USING HIS MACHINES
TO CAPACITY ON HIS O N AST) RENTED LAND HE AIS 0 W DOBS SOME CUSTOM WORK IK THE COMMUNITY. fMM FOUR
AGO TATUM MOODY, LIKE SO MANY OTHERS, IS
LOOKING FOR Aff ADBITIOHAL SOURCE OF CASH ItfCOME SLIDE FARMOTTTS DECIB1SD TO ADD DAIRYING TO HIS FARM PROS RAM* TATUM MOODY STARTBB WITH A GRADE "C* DAIRf PffcOGR AND CONTINU�S ON THAT PROGRAM TODAY, THE??! I S
I MUCH BETTER MARKET IN THE AREA FOR GRADE �C" BILK THAN FOR GRADE "A" SO THE FAMILY HAS NO IDEA OF CHANGING OVER. fcATTLB, TATUM HAS 23 HEAD OF
THEY ARE MOSTLY JERSEYS AND TSTO HI I S MILKING EIGHT COWS AT THE
GUERNSEYS. SLIDE COWS
PRESENT TIME AND HOPES TO EVENTUALLY BUILD TO A 9ERD OF TWENTY TO TWSTTY FIVE MILKING COWS. MOST OF ffiB COWS ARE GRADE COWS AS TATUM MOOBY It KUCH MORE INTERESTED IN THE PROIUCTION FROM HIS SSRD 3HAN HE I S IN THEIR AN6ISTRAL BAC^ROUND.
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BESIDES HIS EIGHT MILK COWS TATUM HAS FOUR I E I F E R S WITH THEIR FIRST CALF. AND BANGS TESTED. HIS HESS I S TB
HE CULLS CLOSELY TO GET RID HE
�F LOW PRODUCERS AND CALFHHOD VACCINATES.
AYES HIS BEST HEIFERS FOR HERD REPLACEMENT. HOUGH HE PLANTS TO CONTINUE ON A GRADE "C" SLIDE FARM�X2 HEIFERS OGRAM TATUM HAS HOPES OF BUILDING A TWO C W O
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MILKING PARLOR THIS FALL,
HE MILKS TWICE A DAY THE
AND THE MILK GOBS TO PET MILK COMPANY.
CATTLE GET A U% DAIRY RATION CONSISTING (F HOME GROWN G M I N MIXED WITH SUPPLEMENT. SOME HA1
I S GHBUND WITH THE GRAIN TO MSKE THE M I R Y RATION. TATUM MOODY FEEDS ALL THE GRAIN HE NEEDS FIFTEEN YEAR
AND SELLS SOME SURPLUS EACH YEAR.
OLD SON, BOBBY HAS BEEN OUTSTANDING IWBT H I S
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4 - H CLUB DAIRY PROJECT.
THIS REGISTERED HEIFER
WHICH HE OWNS PLACED FIFTH I N THE NATIO&UL DAIRY SHOW AT THE MIDSOUTH FAIR I N MEMPHIS LAST YEAR, I THINK I AM SAFE I N SAYING THAT BOBBY AND OLDER BROTHER BILLY HAVE HELPED GREATLY I N M K I N G UP TATUM MOODY*S MIND TO START A DAIRY P R * RAM. B O B B Y ' S OTHER 4 - H CLUB PROJECTS ARE COTTON AND
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I S MADE UP OF GRADE CATTLE 9 EVERYTHING I S BRED TO A REGISTERED JERSEY BULL. TATUM HAS WORKED
CONSTANTLY TO UP BREED HIS CATTIE FOR BETTER PRODUCTION AND TOP QUALITY BULLS HAS BEES' AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE PROGRAM. THE MOODY�S USE
BACKRUBS AND SPRAY FOR PARASITE CONTROL AND THEY
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C L I P ALL THEIR PASTURES FOR WEED CONTROL. PERMANENT PASTURE CONSISTS OF TEN ACRES OF BERMUDA GRASS, DALLIS GRASS, C O M ON LESPEDEZA AND WHITE DUTCH CLOVER. HE ALSO tJSSS 1 2 ACRES
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OF SOI BILLY'S PASTURE LAND.
BESIDES
17 ACRES
OF OATS FOR WINTER GRAZING TATUM ALSO PUTS OUT 8 ACRES OF SUMN GRASS F 0 1 TEMPORARY SUMMER RAZING. HE PUTS UP ABOUT TUT TONS OF OAT,
JOHNSON GRASS AND LESPEDEZA HAY EACH YEAR AND THJ CATTLE GET HAY DURING THE WINTER MONTHS AND ffliES PASTURES ARE SHORT. TATUM MOODY ONLY HAS SO HE HAS
ACRES OF OPEN LAND ON HIS 140 ACRE FARM,
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ABOUT 90 ACRES IN GOOD PINE TIMBER WHICH HE T�U?g AHD WEEDS IN A TIMBER STAND IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM* MOST OF THE BUILDING THAT HAS BEEN DONE HAS BEEN WITH LIMBER CUT FROM THE TIMBER ON THE FARM. WITH AN AXE AND A SAW TATUM MOODY HAS CLEARED 2 0 ACRES OF HIS LAND SINCE HE CAME TO I T IN 1 9 3 2 , H I S FARM IS COMPLETELY FENCED AND CRO0S FENCED AND HE CUTS HIS FENCE POSTS FROM HIS OIQT TIMBER.
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THE FOOD PRESERVATION PROGRAM OF 14RS* MOODY HAS BEEN OUTSTANDING. SHE HAS A HALF ACRE YEAR ROUND 1RDEN I S WHICH SHE RAISES ABOUT EVERYTHING A FAMILY COULD WANT. THE MOODY'S ALSO HAVE A I S
TREE 01CHARD TO SUPPLY FRUIT FOR THE FAMILY NEEDS AND 75 PULLETS FOR THE FAMILY'S l&G AND MEAT NEEDS. THE MOODYS1 KEEP FOUR HOGS FOR FOOD FOR ONE OF THE GREATEST BENEFITS TO
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MRS. M00DY*3 FOOD PRESERVATION PROGRAM HAS BEEN THE WM FOOD FREEZER WHICH THEX; BOUGHT THIS YiAI?
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PRIOR TO THE PURCHASE OF THE-SW FREEZER MRS, M MOODY HAD PRESERVED ALL HER FOOD WITH MR. MOODY* MOTHER AND HAD TO LIMIT HER FOOD FREEZING TO THE SPACE THE ONE FREEZER WOULD HOLD FOR BOTH FAMIL3 NOW SHE I S ABLE TO FREEZE ABOUT 2*000 POUNDS OF FOOD EACH YEAR, I T I S WITH GREfiT PRIDE THAT
SHE SHOWS MRS. YOUNG AND MISS BYRDt ASSOClAfl HOME DEMONSTRATION AGENTS t THE AMOUNT OF FOOD SHE HAS Mm ABLE TO FREEZE WITH HER NEW FREEZE ABOUT 100 JARS OF MRS.
I N ADDITION SHE PUTS UP
HELLIES AND JAMS, PICKLES AID BEANS,
MOODY LOVES TO COOK AND SPENDS MOST OF HER TIME
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I N THE KITCHEN,
UP UNTIL LAST YEAR MRS, MOODY
HAD TO STRUGGLE WITH HER COOKING IN THIS 0LD KITCHEN WHICH DIDN'T HAVE ANY CABINETS FOR STORAGE AND VERY LITTLE TABLE TOP SPACE, BUT LAST YEAR THEY COMPLETELY REBUILT THE KITCHEN
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INTO THIS BEAUTIFUL AND MODERN WORK ROOM WITH PLENTY OF CABINET SPACE AND AMPLE W0IK ROOM. THE OLD SINK WAS MOVED OUT TO A LAUNDRY AND U T I L I T Y ROOM WHICH WAS BUILT ONTO THE BACK OF THE HOUSE. FACT OF THE MATTER I S t THE MOOBYfS
TOOK AN OLD PORCH OFF THE BACK OF THE KITCHEN, ADDED TWO M W ROOMS I D BUILT A NEW PORCH BEHIND E THE TWO ROOMS. IT WAS WHEN THEY DID THIS
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li MODELING LAST YEAR THAT THEY PUT I N A HOT WATER HEATER A M A KQ&MS BATH ROOM. SHE HAD HAD
RUNNING WATER FOR MANY YEARS BUT HAD SEVER HAD HOT WATER UNTIL LAST YEAR. SLIDE FARM�21 TWO WOMEN MRS. MOODY LOVES TO
SEW AID SHE DOBS I T ALL WITH MR. MOODY* S MOTHER. I N FACT SHE SAYS SHE L1INS VERY HEAVILY ON HER M O T H S l - I I - L A W Am THEY WORK VSRY CLOSELY A I D HAVE A GREAT FOSDHESS FOR 12ACH OTHER. AIS 0
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TATUM MOODY AID H I S FATHER HAVE ALWAYS WORKED CLOSE TOGETHER Df THEIR FARM FSOGULHS. THEY
OHSULT EACH OTHER FREQUENTLY BEFORE DOING ANY THING DIFFERENT. THIS I S A SfORY OF A SON M D
H I S WIFE WHO HAVE A GREAT LOVE FOR THEIR PARENTS AND OF A MOTHER AND FATHER WHO LOVE THEIR CHILDREN DEARLY AND EACH I S IMPORTANT TO THE SLIDE FAKtf~
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MRS. MOODY HAS WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH
fflE ASSOCIATE HOME DEMONSTRATION AGENTS I N THE IOHEMAKING PAST OF THE BAIANCED FARH AND HOME PROGRAM ON WHICH THEY ARE ENROLLED. MRS. YOUNG
fAS AS EXCITED ABOUT MRS. MOODY'S NEWLY )BC ORATED HOME AS WAS MRS. MOODY* THEIR LIVING
?OOM WAS REMODELED SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND MRS* JfOODY AND MRS YOUNG HAVE WORKED OUT A BEAUTIFUL COLOR SCHEME THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE HOUSE. THERE
ARE STILL TWO ROOMS TO BE COMPLETED AND THAT'S A
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PART OF THEIR PLAN FOR THE NEAR FUTURE.
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OTHER THINGS m AND MRS. TATUM MOODY HAVE DONS MOST OF THE If ORE Off THEIR HOME THEMSELVES, THi
PUT DOWN HARDWOCD FLOORS AM) INLAID LINOLEUM THROUGHOUT THE OTHER ROOMS OF THE HOUSE. MOODY�S KITCHEN PLACED FIRST IS THE COUKTY HOME DEMOISTMTIOH CLUB COIffiST LAST YBAR AUJ MS,
SHE HAS mmr
RIGHT TO BE RMLLY PROUD OF THE
ACCOMPLISHMENTS SEE HAS HADE TO PROVIDE A BETM HOME FO1 HER 1AMILY. SLIDE FARM-24 MEN ON PBRCH MR. TATtM MOODY WORKS VEKJ
CLOSE WT'ffi THE COUMTY AGENT, MR. B . L . SESSUMS AMD I S YEAR OLD BOBBY I S JUST AS VITALLY IfffERES W IS THE WHOLE FAHM PROGRAM AS IS HIS FATHER,
IMPROVED PASTURES AKD LIVESTOCK AID THE BUILDUP OF A MILKIIG PARLOR ARE ALL PART OF THE PLAJSS THEY HAVE HADE AND ARE CARRYING OUT IN THIS FHT1 FAMILY FARM PROGRAM. ONE OF THE REALLY BIG
ACCOMPLISHMENTS HAS BEEN BUILDING THE SOIL THRO� PROPER FERTILIZATION, THERE*S SO JIUCH MORE I HR.
COULD TELL YOU ABOUT THIS WONDERFUL FAMILY.
MOODY PLACED THIRD IN WINSTON COUNTY'S FIVE ACRI COTTON CONTEST LAST YEAR. HE I S A MEMBER OF THE
STATE TWO BALE PER ACRE COTTON CLUB AND ON AID ON THEIR LIST OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS COULD BE TOLD. CAMERA OS FAMILY HOWEVER, IN THE TIME REMAINING LfiT ME TSLL YOU
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SOMETHING OF WHAT THIS FAMILY IAS MEANT AND CONT CONTINUES f i MEAN TO ITS COMMUNITY, MRS. MOODY
BELONGS TO THE GOOD HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH WHERE SHE f EACHES THE ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL CIASS AID
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3LPS ANYWHERE NEiiSED.
MR. MOODY BELONGS TO THE
MT. HEBSON METHODIST CHURCH WHERE H E I S A STSHAROf SUPEKIHIMDJSIT OF THE SUSMY SCHOOL M B TEACHES THE INTERMEDIATS SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS, HE I S ALSO A CHURCH LAY LEADER A�B SUBSTITUTES F FOR THE PASTOR AM) FOR OTHER PASTORS IN THE ARM OF OCCASIO�. MR, AND MRS. MOODY BELONG TO THE
WINSTON COUNTY FARM BUREAU AID THE WINSTON COUNT! COMMUNITY CLUB, MR. MOODY HAS SERVED ON THE
SCHOOL BOARD AND HELP� TO BUILD THE SCHOOL AN� NEtf GYMNASIUM, BOBBY IS AN OUTSTANDING 4#H
CLUB MEMBER AND I S ON HIS SCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAM* BILLY WAS AN OUTSTANDING BASKETBALL PLAYET JffilLE IN SCHOOL. HE IS N W LIVING IN LOUISVILLE, O
THEREfS MUCH MORE THAT I COULD TELL BUT I MNT YOU TO HEAR FROM OUR WONDERFUL FAMILY SO HSiE THEY ARE.
