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I WANT TO SAY IN THE VERY BEGINNING THAT I AM MERY GRATEFUL TO JASPER COUNTY AGENT, W.C. l|EFCOAT FOR HIS WONDERFUL HELP IN SELECTING [E FAMILY WE SALUTE TODAY AND IN GOING WITH TO THEIK FARM TO OBTAIN TkIS STORY. THIS I S
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3 STORY OF MR. AND MRS. ELMO 1 . PUGH AND SIR FIVE BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS. MR. AND MRS. [0 PUGH LIVE IN THE RAS COMMUNITY OF JASPER COUNTY, ABOUT 1 2 MILES EAST OF BAY SPRINGS, AND 1 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOUIN, MISSISSIPPI. THEY
HAVE LIVED IN THIS COMMUMITY ALL THEIR LIVES, MS. PUGH GREW UP ON THE FARM WHICH ADJOINS HIS PRESENT LAND AND MRS. PUGH GREW UP JUST A LITTLE W Y UP THE ROAD. A SLIDE . FARM�2 THEY ATTENDED SCHOOL TOGETHER THEY WERE
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MARRIED 2 1 YEARS AGO AND CAME TO 80 ACRES OF 5EIEIR PRESENT 260 ACRE FARM, THEY WERE MARRIES)
I ! THE YEARS JUST COMING OUT OF THE DEPRESSION T M D I T HAS BEEN A REAL STRUGGLE GETTING ON THEIR F|BET WITH A PRACTICAL AND PROFITABLE FARM
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PROGRAM. THEIR FIRST FARMING PROGRAM CONSISTED PRIMARILY OF ROW CROPPING AND ABOUT 6 HfiAD OF CATTLE. OVER THE YEARS MR. AND MRS.
PUGH HAVE ENDEAVORED TO GST THiSIR LAND INTO CROPS FOR WHICH IT IS S U I T E D . THIS HAS
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FARMBUILDING
GRADUALLY INCREASING EMPHASIS ON LIVESTOCK JASTURES AND TIMBER. EVERY BUILDING 0 1 THE
FARM HAS BEEN BUILT BY MR, ELMO PUGH USING TIMBER FROM H I S OWN LAND. THEY BUILT THEIR
HOME I N 1 9 3 8 , ALTHOUGH I T HAS BEEN REMODELED I N C E THEN. MR. ELMO FUGH SAYS HE PROBABLY HE HAS TRIED
E A I S E D HIS LAST COTTON THIS YEAR.
1 0 HANG ONTO COTTON AS ONE OF H I S FARM CROPS BJUT LIMITED ACREAGE AND THE TIME, LABOR AND COST ^NVOLVED HAVE ABQUF HADE HIM DECIDE TO PUT H I S
FJIVE ACRE ALLOTMENT I N THE SOIL BANK AW FORGET ABOUT TRYING TO MAKE A COTTON CROP? TWO THINGS
ARE OF PRIMARY IMPORTANCE TO THE FARM PROGRAM SLIDE
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OF ELMO PUGH TODAY . . . . C A T T L E . . . . A N D TIMBER. B U I L B I I G INTO THE CATTLE BUS H E S S HAS MOT BEES EASY FOR ELMO PUGH. OVER TEE YEARS HE HAS HAD
CONSIDERABLE TROUBLE LOSING CATTLE TO VEGETATIVE P O I S O N I N G AND LIGHTNING. HOWEVER, WITH A
CONTINUAL PROGRAK OF U S D IMPROVEMENT AND PASTURE EMOVATION HE HAS ABOUT LICKED THE VEGETATIVE POISONING PROBLEM. TODAY HE HAS
I P O HEAD OF BEEF CATTLE AS A RESULT OF MANY Y|EARS OF GROWTH.
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H I S HAS BEEN A GROWTH BY
H I S BEST REPLACEMENT HEIFERS SINCE THE Y BEGINNING. HE HAS 6 0 BROOD COWS AND 4 0
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H I S ANIMALS ARE REGISTERED POLLED HEREFORBS. KLMO PUGH�S LONG TIME OBJECTIVE IS TO HATE A C OMPLETELY REGISTERED POLLED HEREFORD HERD. HE GETS ABOUT A 9 5 PERCENT CALF CROP AID FOLLOWS SLIDE FARM. CATT A CLOSE CULLING PROGRAM ON HIS BROOD COWS, ALWAYS REPLACING THEM WITH HIS BEST HEIFERS, IJLMO PUGII FOLLOWS A COMMERCIAL COW AND CALF PROGRAM AMD SELLS HIS CALVES AS MILK FAT CALVES OFF THE COW. HE SPRAYS HIS CATTLE FOR PARASITE
AMD CRBiSP FEEDS ALL HIS CALVES FOR FASTI J ELMO PUGH GALFHOOD VACCINATES ALL HIS
ANII&LS FOR BANGS M B THE HERD I S COMPLETELY SLIDE BANGS FREE. ALL OF MIS COWS IRE BRED TO HE HAS THREE
EEGESTERED POLLED HEREFORD BULLS. GOOD BULLS OP SERVICE AGE.
WO YEARS AGO THE
B A M OF BAY SPRINGS SENT ELMO PUGH TO STATE COLLEGE FOR A WO WEEKS SHORT COURSE IN 8ESF CATTLE MANAGEMENT, WHAT HE LEARNED HE HAS
FUT INTO PRACTICE IN HIS O N HERD AS A BEKONSTRA W 1 0 HIS NEIGHBORS OF WHAT CAN BE DONE WITH THE RIGHT KIND OF BEEF CATTLE MANAGEMENT... .AND OF COURSE THAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE BANK IN 3SSFBING HIM TO THE COLL0&E FOR THE SHORT COURSE.
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FAR&.8 PASTURE^
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PUGH HAS 150 ACRES IN PERMANENT, IMPROVED
PiASTURE CONSISTING PRIMARILY OF DALLIS,BERMUDA,
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T-HITE DUTCH CLOVER, CARPET GHASS AND COM OH LESPEDEZA. HE ALSO HAS 120 ACRES OF WOODLAND
IASTURE AVAILABLE TO HIS HERD ON SOME LAND HS TESTSm TEMPORARY GRAZING IN THE WINTERTIME ELMO PUGH HAS
C ONSISTS OF OATS AND RTSEGRASS.
IJSEV PUTTING HIS OATS OUT IN A PREPARED SEEDBED I U T INTENDS TO SOD SEED THEM THIS FALL, SLIDE FASMJ 2 MEN IN FIELD HE
FLANS TO PUT ABOUT 60 ACRES IN OATS THIS FALL AND MAY INTERPLANT BAHAI GRASS �ITH THE OATS. I B I S YEAR ELMO PUGII HARVESTED 30 ACRES OF OATS, BE COMBINED I S ACRES AND PUT UP 15 ACRES AS HAT. I l I S OAT YIELD AVERAGES ABOUT 4 5 KJSHELS.
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ELMO PUGM PUTS UP A MINIMUM OF ONE TON OF HAT FI3R COW. LAST YEAR ME PUT UP 1500 BALES, MOSTL? HE ALSO DOES FOR GRAIN,
CAT HAY CUT IN THE DOUGH STAGE.
CUSTOM BALING FOR ALL HIS NEIGHBORS, SLIDE FARM-10 CORN FIELD
ilMQ PUGH ALSO RAISES ABOUT 22 ACRES OF COHI, ALL OF WHICH HE FEEDS. ALL THE CATTIE GET CORN
A I D OATS DURING THE WINTER MONTHS AND ALL CALVES GET CORN AND OATS WITH SUPPLEMENT IN THE CR10P TpB YEAR AROUND. ELMO PLANTS HYBRID CORN AND HE
I T AVERAGES ABOUT 50 BUSHELS TO THE ACRE.
HAS QUITE A BIT OF TROUBLE WITH BEAVERS CUTTING B I S CORN AT NIGHT AND HAWLING IT AWAY TO THE
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CUSEK FOR THEIR OWN FOOD.
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3NSIDERABL5 DAMAGE TO HIS YOUIG P I S E S . SLIDE PARM�11 MACHINERY
ptJGii I S A COMPLETELY MECHANIZED FARMER AND TAKES G 9 0 B CARE OF HIS EXPENSIVE MACHINERY. HE CLIPS
H I S HkSTORES AID NITRATES AND LIMES THEM AS TESTS INDICATE THEY NEED I T . SLIDE FARM.12 TIMBER HE USES A
L D I OF HIGH ANALYSIS FERTILIZER AND NITROGEN. ELMO PUGIi�S MOST PROFITABLE CROP AND THE ONE F OR WHICH THE MOST OF HIS LAMB I S BEST SUTIED I S TIMBER. HE HAS 100 ACKSS IN P U S TIMBER WHICH
A! CAREFULLY MANAGES WITli RELEASE WORK TO ALLOSC SLIDE NATURAL R13F0RSSTATI0N. P I N E TIMBER HE ALSO PROTSCTS AND ELMO PUGH WORKS HIS
S^VES iilS BEST EARDIfOODS.
TIMBER ALL TiiE TIME AN D LIVES OFF THE PULPWOOD I C\)T FROM I T . FROM HIS TIMBER H I CUTS HIS OWN HIS HE
FENCE POSTS AM HAS THEM CUSTOM TREATED.
L l I D I S COMPLETELY FENCED AND CROSS FENCED. PROTECTS H I S TIMBER FROM FIRE AND DOES SOME GIRDLING TO WEfiD OUT UNDESIRABLE HARDWOODS. MATER FOR LIVE1T0CK I S PROVIDED FROM THREE
POKDS AND TWO CREEKS THAT RUN THE YEAR AROUND.
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M R I N A G E I S PROVIDED BY GRASSED V-DITCHES.
THE
PLJGII FAMILY PRODUCES HRACTICALLY ALL TiiE FOOD I T NEEDS.
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it YEAR ROUND GARDEN THAT PROVIDES PEL1TY OF
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VEGETABLES
FOR IMMEDAIET USE AND FOR FREEZING MRS. PUGH KEEPS ABOUT 4 5 HENS FOR
CANNING,
IS AND 1 0 0 FRYERS FOR THE TABLE AND THE REgZER. IHEY ARE RAISING THREE HOGS AW A
SLIDE FREEZE!
FOR THE FREEZER ALSO. DAUGHTERS MCEY AND S A I L DO MOST OF THE CANNING AMD FREEZING. TtiSY FREEZE ABOUT 3 , 0 0 0 POUNDS OF FOOD EACH YEAR AW CAN AB#UT ISO QUARTS OF MM, JELLIES AHD
PICKEBS. EVM
THE PUCH f S PRODUCE T H 1 I 1 OWN MILK AH!)
JGGS.
SELL SOME SURPLUS
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KITCHEN
LOViiS TO HAVE THEIR FRIHIDS AMD 1EIGHB0RS
FiQTt V I S I T S AHD EVEN 11EALS M I ) EELIBVS MB IOIS. PUGM CAN TURN OUT SOME WONDERFUL FOOD IN HER M0BEI2N RANGE. EVER Jfi^fBSR OF THE PUGH FAMILY
^ A S A JOB AROUND THE FARM A I D HOME AND 'MSY ALL SLIDE PARM-17 G I R L AT XA B I E T WORK HARD TO MAKE THEIR FARM FAMILY L I F E AS iiNJGYABLfi AM) PItOSPEROUS ONiii. ME KITCHEN COULB
GET MIGHTY CROWDED WITH F I V E DAUGHTERS IN I T A f ONE TIME. XWESTY YEAR OLD SYLVIA JANE WHO I S
A SENIOR A t OLE MISS TAHSS HER TURN AT SETTING TiiE XABLE FOR LUNCH. SYLVIA JANE I S ATTENDING SHE GOES
Qlh MISS UNDER A CO-OP PLAN WITH T�A.
tQ SCHOOL A SEMESTER VlGtf WORKS FOR TVA AS A HOME ECONOMIST FOR A SEMESTER^ THEN BACK TO I SCHOOL. SHE WILL SOON LEAVE FOR JACKSON, TENN
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TO DO A TOUR OF DUTY WITH THE tVA.
AT OLE MISS
I S A MBMBfiR OF TiUS RKBELLETTES AID MJORS Itf HOME KCOMOMICS. SLIDE FARM-18 GIRL PL4NIST. M I L E AT HOME SHE I S CHURCH THREE YEAR OLD BBNNIE ANN
EVEN LITTLE
E i S A JOB AT HOME.
SHE GATHERS THE EGGS EVERY OLD MARY
FOR HER MOTHER, OFTENTIIES 8 YEA HSLPS HER. SLIDE FAR1*�19 FAMILY GROUP AM
THIS I S TRULY A FAMILY THAT WORKS
PLAYS TOGETHER. THElf ARE MSIB1RS OP THE
RBE��S GHAPBL METHODIST CHURCH WHB1E MR. PUGH I S A STEWARD AMD CIIUHOt TRUSTED. HE I S ALSO A MS.
DISTRICT STBfASD OF MM MBTtiODIST CHURCH.
PVGIi IS SUNDAY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT AM HAS BEfi FpR I S YEARS. SIP. SHE IS ALSO A COUNSELOR FOR THE
14 Y AR OLD DAUGHTER LACEY I S SECRlfARY
OF THE SUB-DISTRICT MSBIODIST YOUTH FELLOWSHIP. CAMERA ON FAMILY AJLL THE GIRLS ARE 4�H CLUB AND FUTURE HGMHAKER AS THEY REACH CLUB AGE. LACEY I S A
MtJORETTE OF THE MY SPRINGS SCHOOL M I D AND REPORTER FOR THE SCHOOL NEWSPAPER. 13 YE&R
OLD GAIL IS ON THE SCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAM. MRS. PUGH, THIS PAST SUMMER RECIEVED HER B.A. DEGREE FROM MISSISSIPPI SOUTHERN AND-GRADUATED WfETH HONORS. OFF AND ON FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS
HAS BEiSM TEACHING THUD GRADE IN THE BAY SPRINGS PUBLIC SCHOOL, AND HAS RAISED AND I S
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RAISING A WONDERFUL FAMILY OP GIRLS TOO.
SHE I S
OP THE RftS COMMUNITY HOME DEMONSTRATION I D BOTH SHE AND MR, HIGH ARE*MEMBERS--OF THE P.T.A. AND FARM BUREAU, MRS. FUGH I S ALSO
A 4 - H CLUB LEADER.
MR. ELMO FUGH IS A SOIL
CONSERVATION DISTRICT COMMISSIONER, A DIRECTOR TUB JASPER COUNTY FARM BUREAU WHICH M S BEEN STRUMENTAL IN PROMOTING A MUCH NEEDED COUNTY HOSPITAL AND AGRICULTURE BUILDING. ELMO PUGH
liS AN P . H . A . C0WITTEEM1 ANB AS A . S . C . GOMiUNITY CCMKITTEKMAN. HE IS A MEMBER OP THE
HEREFORD ASSOCIATION AfcD WORKS HARD FOR THE COUNTY LIVESTOCK ASSOCIATION. IT LOOKS LIKE WE
l A V E N ' T SAID MUCH ABOUT 8 YEAR OLD MARY BUT RES! ASSURED THAT SHE PLAYS AN EQUALLY IMPORTANT PARl I N Til IS FAMILY LIVE AT HOME PROGRAM. HAS A JOB AND EVERYONE DOES HIS JOB. EVERYONE THE
iiLMO PUGH FAMILY HAS HIGH HOPES F(E HIE FUTURE. m E Y HOPE TO SEE FIVE DAUGHTERS THROUGH COLLEGE OT RAISE THEM TO BE FINE CHRISTIAN GIRLS. I TO HELP IMPROVE THEIR HOME AND THEIR NITY. THEY WOULD LIKE TO EVENTUALLY HAVE THE1
1.00 BROOD COWS, ALL REGISTERED AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OP THEIR LIVESTOCK HERD. I K E TO ACQUIRE MORE LAID, THEY WOULD
