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FRIENDS AND FiilGHBOES^ I f I S TIMS ONCE AGAIN FOR OUR WEEKLY SALUTE fO A FARM FAMILY DOING AIT OUTSTANDING JOB IN THIS FARMING BUSINESS. TODAY'S FAMILY WAS SEIECTEfl FOR
US BY COUNTY AGENT W,R. CAIN OVm IN F0RBST f MISSISSIPPI* THIS I S THE S1C0IB FAMILY I AM
COUNTY AGMT CAJS HAS SEIBCTED FOR US.
SURE HASTY OF YOU HEHfflB� THE FUTB GATSfOOD FAMILY WE SALUTED A FM MONTHS AGO. TORAY*S
FAMILY I S DOING EQUALLY AS FINE A JOB I I THEIR FARMING MTERPRISB. SLIDE FARM^l iiOUSE TODAY'S FAMILY I S RMLLY TWO FAMILIES FOR VE ARE PSQUD TO SALUTE A FATHER AND HIS SON, WHO, FARMING TOGETHER, ARE M � I I G A BETTER WAY OF BIFfi FOR THMSELVl^S M D AN OUTSTANDIM CONTRIBUTION TO AGRICULTURE IN THEIR COMMUNITY iWD STATE, THIS I S THE HOME OF MR,
AND MRS. BILL SPARES, OUT IN THE SPARKtTILLE COMMUNITY, NORTH AND W ^ T OF F01EST. SLIDE FAR&.2 HOUSE JUST
ACROSS THE ROAD I S THIS LOVELY HffilE WHICH BELONGS TO MR� AID MIS, ELLIS SPARES AMB THBI8 TWO LOVELY CHI� R E I . ELLIS HAS SEVEN
BROTHERS AND SISTERS....TWO OF THE YOUNGEST S T I L L LIVING AT HOME. MR* AND MRS. BILL
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SPARKS, ELLIS �S MOTHER AND FATHER, HAVE LIVED I N THIS COMMUNITY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARSt IN FACT THE SPARKS FAMILY HAS LIVED HERE LONG ENOUGH TO FORM A COMMUNITY OF S B RES O N GALIED SPA1KVILLE, POUR YEARS AGO ELLIS
SPARKS WAS A BUTQHER, BUT WHEN HIS YOUNGER BROTHER WHO STARTED OUT TO FARM WITH DAD, WAS CALEB D INTO SERVICE, ELLIS CM� BACK TO THE FARM TO CAR1Y m THE PARTNERSHIP AND SAYS
T O M T HE�D RATH� LIVE ON IBS FARM THAN ANYWHERE ELSE, THE MAJOR HARM ENTERPRISE OF
B I L L AID ELLIS SPARKS I S PROBABLY POULTRY, SLIDE FAHH~3 SHED THEY WERE ABOUT THE FIRST FAMILY IN SCOTT COUNTY TO GET INTO THE BROILER BUSINESS, AID STARTED WITH THIS HOUSE AND 500 BABY CHICKS WAY BACK IN 1 9 3 6 , THIS HOUSE WOULDN�T EVEN
HOLD THE CHICKS THAT MIGHT ACCIDENTALLY GET
SLIDE FA1 CHICKEN HOUSE
OUT TODAY. THE SPAR� BROIL� ENTERPRISE MAS BEEN A GRADUAL ONE UIDEi TAB GUIDANCE AID SUPERVISION OF COUNTY AGENT CAIN AND VARIOUS B X P f i l l M M T STATION PERSONELL. THEY GRADUATED
FROM THE SMALL BEGIN1ING TO THIS LARGER HOUSE � . . . T H E N THEY ADDED TWO MORE JUST LIKE I T , SLIDE TODAY, THE LARGEST HOUSE I S CAPABLE OF HANDLINC 0 , 0 0 0 BIRDS AT A TIME* THIS fg
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, , , I T f S EMPTY RIGflf NOW.
I T I S ONLY ONE OF
F I F E BROILER HOUSES KEPT IN USE 0 1 THE SPAIKS mm TODAY, BY THE WAY, I T I S INTERESTING TO
NOTE JHAT ALL THE CHICKEN HOUSES EXCEP! THIS mWESf ONE WS*E BUILT WITH LIMBER FROM TEE THE MOST M0DE1H EQDIFMERT I S
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JFABU6 ^ l f t f e "CHICKM HOUSE
SPARKS U m .
US SB I I ALL THE SB SKS BtOIBEl HOUSES TO INSURE MAXBRJM SBSULTS. I I THIS PICTURE Wfi
CAN SJSE O^B OF THE AUTOMATIC BROODERS, PULLfiB UP TO TUB CBILIIG TILL IT*$ VWBDED AGAIH, T H I S EMPTY H0U58 IS SPOTLESSLY CLMIT, RMDY FOR ANOTHER BATCH mm THE OTHER LARGE HOUSE THE MANURE SPREADS
I S EMPTIED H A FEW WEEKS*
� 1 SEE HERE SERVES TO REMIM) US THAT BILL AID S O I ELLIS BUY Y1RY LITTLE FERTILIZER, BUT PROVIDE ALL TH1IR FERTILIZER REQUIREMENTS FROM
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THEIR POULTRY B0USBS*
FOR A CLOSER LOOK AT
OKE (F THE AUTOMATIC BROODERS, BILL SPARKS LBT IT DOWH TO fHB FLOOR I I POSITION FOR A 1EW fLOCK OF CHICKS. TWO THIIfGS HAVE SERVED MOST
TO PERMIT A RAPID EXPAHSIOI OF THE SPARKS POULTRY ENTERPRISE, ELECTRICITY, WHICH CAMB
TO SPARKVILL1 IS 1946 HAS BEE* ONEt AND TBE SLIDE FARM-, 8 WATER FAUCET COISTANT SUPPLY OF WATER, THAT ELECTRICITY PUMPS AUTOMATICALLY. I S THR- M�M�
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EVERY FIFTEEN OR TWENTY.FEET I S A FAUCET L I K E THIS WITH AUTOMATIC DISPENSERS THAT KEEP CHICKEIT TROUGHS FILLED AT ALL TIMES. THE S&IPE fARM-9 WATER COMES FROM A DEEP WELL, DRILLED DOWN ABOUT 2 7 5 FEET. THIS I S HOW I T LOOKS IN THE FROM
BACK YARD, NEXT TO THE BROILER HOUSES.
T H I S WELL WATER I S PUMPED INTO A LARGE STORAGE
SLIHE FAHM-10
TANK AND A PRESSURE PUMP PULLS THE WATER OUT OF THE STORAGE TANK AND PUTS I T WHERE I T I S NEEDED WHEN I T I S NEEDED, THE SYSTEM ELIMINATi THE WELL WAS
ALL MINERALS FROM THE WATER,
DUG AND THE BROIIER ENTERPRISE VASTLY EXPANDED WHEN ELECTRICITY CAME TO THE SPARKS FARM* SLIDE FAR%11 TOILER HOUSE THE SECOND IARGEST BROILER HOUSE I S BACK OF THE ELLIS SPARKS HOME AND I T HANDLES 8 , 0 0 0 B I R D S AT A TIME, THIS HOUSE WAS FULL WHEN
WE VISITED THE SPARKS HOME THE OTHER DAY.
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ICKS IN HOUSE
B E S I D E S AUTOMATIC CATERERS, AUTOMATIC FEEDERS KEEP A CONSTANT SUPPLY OF FEED BEFORE THE CHICKS AT ALL TIMES. YOU CAN GET AN IDEA
FROM THIS PICTURE* JUST HOW IMPORTANT THE SPARKS FAMILY THINKS FEED I S TO THE BROILS BUSINESS. THIS ONLY ONE END OF THE 8 , 0 0 0 THE SHIRKS FATHERtSON
B I R D BROILER HOUSE.
: ;'.' ' " -:�$�.
TEAM RAISES MOST OF THE FEED THEY NEED, BUT
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ADDITIONAL COMMERCIAL POULTRY FEED I S BOUGHT PROM THE SCOTT C0UHTY GO*OP� BILL AID SLLIS
SPARKS BO ALL THSIR 0H� LABOR AND DON'T SPMB $ 2 5 FOR HIRED LABOR I I A YEAR'S TIME. SLIDE FA8M*13 A I D COIP VITALLY APFSCT TM H8OIIES HEAT
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B I L L A^D BLLIS SPARK, SQHBWH&T SIMPLIFY THAT PR0BLS1 WITH THISffZHDBBJBUCWHICH OFE OF THE LARGE HOUSES IN THE SUMM TIMJs AFD
PROTECT I T FROM A COLD WIND Itf THE WISTER TIMS, ALL CHICKS THAT GO I I T O SPARKS BROIJUBR HOUS^ COME FROM M.P,I�A* APPR0TJ3D HATCI1MIBS. VW ,
I SAID THAT Wm BROILER BUSIIgSS I S THE M A � FASH EISTTlRPRISg OS THg SPAtKS FARM, MJT I f *S � BY KO MEANS THE OILY FARM BST1RPRISJB. SLIDE FARM-U MILK HOUSB ALMQSf
AS LARGE I S S K S R GRADE A DAIRY PROGRAM. L I K E ALL OTHER GRABS A DAIRIES THEY MEET THE S T R I C T REQUIRJEMEKTS OF SAHITATIOH AND CL&AIJLI13)
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SX&UCHI0I5
THE BASI I S SPOTLESSLY CLEAN IH EVERY D � T A I L , , � . i f E L L VMTILAT1D AID PLY*�ROOFHS.
S L I D E FABM T l 6 MILK
THE MOST MO0JOT MILHIG 3SQUIPMMT I S USED AID MAIKTAIHJBD I S THE MOST SAIITARY COHDITIO�S # BIRTY FEET AID UICLEAN HAH0S AHD CLOTHIJTG ARE ALLOWS) TO COME I1TTO THIS MILK H08SE*
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FARM.17 COOLER
ALL MILE: I S COOL� U M B D I A m Y AND KEPT COOL T I L IT I S DELIVERED TO THE G O T DAI Rf IS
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MORTON,
DELIVERY I S MDE EVERY OTHER DAY fO
INSURE FRESHNESS MT> TO KEEP THIS FINE GRABS
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A MIRY UP TO THE TOP QUALITY REQUIREMENTS I F A MISSISSIPPI GRADE A DAIRY. THERE ARE 19
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H M D OF COWS, MOSTLY JERSEYS, IK THE SHRKS FAMILY MILKING MRN EVERY NIGHT A T MORHTHG UO RIGHT HOW, THE FULL MILKIIG HERD CONSISTS OF BESIDES THE MILKING HERD,
2 0 TO 2 5 HEAD*
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THERE ARE ABOUT 20 REPLACEMENT HEIFERS, B I L L AND ELLIS SH RKS TOLU ME THEY NEVER SELL k HEII ER CALF. THEY RAISE THEM FOR HERD
ADDITION A�D IMPROVEMENT, SELLIUG OFF CULL COWS AS THEY CUT BACK IN PRODUCTION. LIKE
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SO MANY TOP K3TOTCH FARMERS* BILL AND ELLIS SPARKS BELIEVE IN BUYISG REGISTERED HERD BULLS AND BREEDING THEM TO GRABE COWS, THAT
KAY THE EXPENSE I S HELD DOS! BUT ffiE QUALITY I S BUILT UP, THIS FOUR YEAR OLD HERD BULL
HAS GIVEN THE SERKS FAMILY A GOOD START IN HIE DAIRY BUSINESS SINCE THE STARTED FOUS YEARS AGO* HE I S ABOUT TO REACH RBTIRMENT
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FAR)f�2g 35ULL
AGE, AND THIS YOUNG KILL I S COMOG ALONG TO TAKE HIS PIACE AND CONTINUE TO PRODUCE TOP QUALITY DAISY STOCK* ELLIS SPARKS, YOUNG SON
ALLEN, I S GROWING W WITH THIS YOUNG DAIRY
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HBRD AM� WILL PROBABLY SOME M Y TAKE GHANDPA*S PLACE AND CONTINUE A FATHER SON TEAM H DAIRY BUSINESS, THE
HOWEVER^ HE'S GOT AN UNCLE,
NOT MUCH OLDS? TUM H I M S a P WHO'LL BE D0IHG H I S SHARE TOO, OVB OF THIS MOST U S � MJILOIMS IT
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0 1 TJiB S m S K PAHf I S f i l K LOAPI1G SHiD.
DOUBLES AS SHHLTJ3E, PEfiaOHHG BAHI AID HAT AM CORN SOTRAGE M S S t WITH AH ADDITION BUILT ON TO THE mi) FOR MACHO^Y STORAGE. SLIDE FARH-19 FEEDING CHUTE IISI0E
THS BAR�, CUE ARM. ALSOWS FEEDING OF HAY FREE CHOICE TO TUB MIRY HERB. THEY WANT mm THEY M V i ALL '
THEY KAMT'IT THIS WIITSR WW MESY ACRE OF U � B 0 1
PASTURES MM SHORT*
THE 186 ACRE SPARES FARM PRODUCES TWO CSBPS EACH YEAR, IK THE SUMER TIME I S ACRES OF I T
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GOES IITO CORK TO PROFIDE SEfflED FEWr �(M WINTBRIHG THE DAIRY H � D # NO COMSICIAL FEm
I S BOUGHT FOR Till DAIRY HMD EXCEPT S0IE NECESSARY PROTBII SUPPLEMENT. SLIDE PARM-21 ACRES GOES INTO HAY CROPS. M 0THE1 3S
CROPS THAT
PROVIDE WINTER G1AZI3&, A HAY CROP ANB SMALL GRAH* THIS TBfPOHARY PASTURE AS� HAY CROP
CONSISTS LARGELY OP A MIXTURE OF OATS AMD VETCH* ONE SECTION OF THE LOAFING SHED I S
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WELL F I L L E D WITH
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WILL FILLED WITH BALED HAY FOR USE T..IS fflXTHL SLIDE I N ADDITION fO SINTSS GRAZING, BILL A m ELLIS SPARKS HAVE ABOUT 75 ACRES IN FBRKANEHT PASTURE WHICH CONSISTS MINLY OF BERMUDA AND BALLIS GRASS AND WHITE BUTCH CLOYM* THIS
LAND WE SEE HERB HAS JUST BEEF CLB&RED FOR ADDITIONAL PASTURE AREA, THE SPARKS FATHEK*
SON TEAM HAS CLB41BD ABOUT 40 ACRES (W TIMBER FOR PASTURE AMB CROP LAND IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS, THIS I S A WONDERFUL PROGRAM OF
D I V E R S I F I E D FARMING AS PRACTICE) ON THE SPARKS FARM, I T HASN'T ALWAYS BEEN THAT WAY. A
F M TMRS AGO COTTON HAD A MIGHTY IMPORTANT PLACE IN TUB SPARKS FASTING OPERATION, BUT A COMBINATION OF BOLL IfEEVILS, LABOR SHORTAGE AND COTTON ACRBAGB CUTS, MADE THE SBRISS
FAMILY DECIDE TO CHANGE TO THBI1 P1BS1MT FARMING OPERATION AND IT HAS B E � A VERY PROFITABLE CHAHGE FCR T H � AN� TH1IR IAND. CAMERA OH LANGFITf W S . L , KB HAVE TOLD ONLY A PORTION OF THE FARM STORY, AND HARDLY ANY OF THE STORY OF T H I S FINE SCOTT COUNTY FAMILY, IIGHT NOW,
I WANT YOU TO COME t*ITB ME AID MEET ML AND MRS* 9ILL SPA1IS AND MR AND MS AMD SOME OF ELLIS SPARKS
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