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TOMY I AM INDEED PROUD TO SALUTE ANOTHER OUTSTANDING FARM FAMILY. . � ,A FAMILY MAKING A REAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE BETTERMENT OF AGRICULTURE IN THIIR COMMUNITY AMD TN THIS G E M T STATE OF O T O . THE FAMILY WE ARE ABOUT
TO RECOGNIZE MAS NOMIHATED BY MR. MARCUS P E T E R S O I , UW1MCE C0UHTY AGEIT AlfD ML* JAMES H , CARS, UWHEKCE CCXJMTY SUPERVISOR OF TUB FARMER'S HOME ADMIHISTRATIOH. THIS COJflPQRTABLl
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AHB MOD1RH FARM HGKB I S LOCATED ABOUT WQ A I D A HALF MILES HOSTH OF MOMTICELLO 0� HIGHWA! 2 7 AHD SERT1S TO BII�G US OUR FIRST GLIMPSE OF THE E.A. SELMAH FAMILY, TODAY'S �RFD T E L E V I S I T " FARM FAMILY OF THE HTBHE. � HBSS*
MR, AND MRS, SELMte AID YOUHG S 0 � f JIMMY LIVE AND TAKE TSEIR P U C E I F THEIR CQffMUJTITY, SLIDE FA] THE SELMAH*S CHIEF FARM ENTERPRISE I S DAIRYING. BUT IT HASS*T ALWAYS BEEN. B,A, SELMAK USED
TO BE A BEEF AND COTTON FARMER LOGS HIS FATHER W O LIVES ACROSS THE ROAD, BUT TWO YEARS AGO H HE CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT 275 ACRES WAS NOT ENOUGH LAND TO SUPPORT ffiS KIND OF BEEF A AND COTTON FARMING NECESSARY TO M E MONEY.
LOW BEEF PRICES AND REDUCED COTTON ACREAGE
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CAUSED B�A. SELMAN TO DECIDE TO TURI 10 DAIRYING WITH ITS STEADY CASH INCOME ON RELATIVELY SMALL ACREAGE, J U S T DRIFT WTO DAIRYING, B J U SELMAN DIDN'T HE WfflT IITO I T
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AMD CGMPLBTK,Y WQVMS THIS MOBfiRH THEBB COW
HILfOTG PARLOR I S THE F I N ^ T I HAVE SEES ANYWHERE OTHM THAI I I 'MB ELABORATE MIRY B A M AT MISSISSIPPI STATE COLLBHB. YOU M Y
RECALL I T � S ALMOST I D ^ T I C A L TO THE PICTURES I SHOWED YOU YSSTIRMY I F OUR FILM FROM THE OTITED STATES DfiMtTMMT OF AGRICULTURE. THIS fim I S FROM THE LMEL TEE COWS STATO (Mm
THIS MODERN MILKING PARLOR HAS TITO LEVELS
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A1T8 THE MILKER I S ATTACHED FROM A LOTER LEVEL FOR 1ASE OF OPmTIOJT. AS IN THE FILM, THE
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E . A , SMLMA� DAHY I S SO MOBl^RH HIE MILK GOES DIRECTLY INTO GLASS PIPES AND ON INTO THE PROCESSING MV SLIDE COLLUG AREA DIRECTLY IITO WHERE ICE COLD WATER KEi2PS
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COOLER
T H I S COOLING TANK
THE MILK AT A CONSTANT TSflHRATURS UNTIL I T I S PICKED UP EACH MORIING. E J k . SELMAN I S
SHIPPING 800 POUNDS A DAY FROM HIS H U O N G ERD OP 29 HEAD. ALSO, AS IN THE FILM WE SAW
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YESTERDAY, AN AUTOMATIC E1ECTRIC WATER HEATER STANDS I I Till MILK ROOM READY TO FURNISH AH INSTANT SUPPLY OF HOT WAI� WITH THE WRS A FAUCBf.,..WATM WAt OF
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MODERN DAIRY YAf fO CL1AH AND B I S I H F ^ f HTB8Y U f M S I L USED IS ME MIIM BAEH. TOEjC0tT I S IN SLIDE FAHMkg S'TANCHIOHS M E SfALL ONLY LONG WmJGh EAT HER CHAIN, f 0 BB MILKED AID fO
A SIMPLE PULL OF THIS LEVER
BY MR. SEUfAN LET'S ONE COW OUT AT ONE END OF THE STANCHION AND LETS THE NEXT ONE I N , ALL I N ONE OPERATION. PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT
PART OF THE fi.A, SEMAN DAISY OPERATION I S T i l l
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CHAET WHERE COMPIETE FEEDING AID AND PSOMJCTIOJ RECORDS ARE MAINTAINED DAILY ON EACH CO�. THESE I S NEVER ANY DOUBT IN E . A . SBLMAN'S MIND AS TO �HAT EACH COW I S DOING AND M W SELL O SHE I S BAYING HER HAY, E , A , SALMAN�S GRADE
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� A * DAIRY CONSISTS OF 3S HEAD OF MILK COWS, SCITH ABOUT 29 IN PRODUCTION AT ONE TIME. arTENTBD COWS LAYING IN THE MARK FALL SUN LOOK SLEEK AND HAPPY AN!) HIGHLY PRODUCTIVE
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COWS"& BARN
AS THEY WAIT THBH TURN AT THE DAI RY BARN DOOS iiACM EVENING. COWS WITH BAGS SO FUI& THAI
ULK DRIPPED OUT ON THE GROUND AS THEY WAITED.
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ANOTHER GOOD DAIRY FAIMSR, E,A.
5ELMAN RAISES TOP GRADE COffS BY BREEDING H I M TO A HIGH QUALITY REGISTERED HERD BULL, OF E . A . SELHAJT'S HOLS I B M CWS ARE BUT JTOT ALL OF T H M , BUT WMLY OHE OP I S BRED EACH YHiAl TO A KILL WITH A LONG HSCORD OF PSOmJCIIG fOP QUALITY COWS, IJT ADBITIOt SOME
TO THE HMD BULL E.A. SBLMAI ALSO B1L0HGS TO THE LAWRESCE COUHTY ARTIFICIAL BREEDERS ASSOCIATION AMD USES ITS SERVICES* PRESIDENT OF THAT ASSOCIATION. COWS DOlf'T JUST HAPPBir* HE I S
HIGH PRODUCING
I T TAKES CAREt 2TO?
OHLY Ilf THE BARITt BUT IN THE FEED LOT AND IN
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SILAGE PLAYS AN IMPORTANT PART THIS
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I N THE B.A. S1LMAI FEEDING PROGRAH, TRSSCH SILO WAS BUILT THIS YEAR,
IT WILL HOLD
2 0 0 TONS OF SILAGE AND MAS BUILT FOR A COST OF $ S 0 . MR. S a M I INTENDS TO CONCRETE THE IN THB BUST
S I D E S OF THE TRENCH THIS WINTER*
HE AND HIS FATHER HAVE SHARED AN UP1IGHT SILO, THIS SILO WAS BUILT TO HANDLE A 5� OVERFLOW THIS YEAR AND WILL HE COMPLETELY FILLED NEXT YEAR, MIKING THE SILAGE MORE READILY AVAILABLE TO MR. SELMAN'S DAIRY HERD. B.A* SELMr FILLS
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I S SILO WITH A NEW VARIETY OF SOSGHUM KNOWN AS SART AND SAYS IT I S THE BEST HE HAS EVER PUT U P . THE T0F OF THE SILO I S COVERED
CROSSWISE WITH STRIPS OP TA1 ROOFING PAPER AND THEN COVERED WITH DIRT AND THE SILAGE I S TOP QUALITY RIGHT UP TO THE PAPER* IN ADDITION
TO THE MILKING HERD, S.A* SELMA1 I S FSiSDIIG 9 YEAR OLD REPLACEMENT HEIFERS M B 1 1 CALVES. THE SILAGE I S FED IN A PINS GROVE IN THESE COMBIMTIOS HAY AND SILAGE FBffim SLIDE FARMTROUGHS AMD
I N OPEN TROUGHS WH1RI THE CATTLE CAN EASILY GATHER ROUND AND EAT WITHOUT HIND1ANCE* WE GET A LOOK AT THE TROUGHS. HERE
MR* M. RCUS
PETERSON, (WITH THE HAT) LAWRENCE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL AGENT, TALKS OVER THE FEEING PROGRAM mm MR* SELMKN, HE, SELMAN SAYS
HE HAS FOUND THAT THIS PINE GROVE PROVIDES SUFFICIENT SHELTER FOR THE HERD IN MOST ANY WEATHER IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI* IN
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ADDITION TO PLENTY OF SILAGB, M. HAS UQ ACRES IN PASTURE,
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60 ACRES IN
PERMAN�NT PASTURE, CONSISTING LARGELY OF BERMUDA, DALLIS, WHITE DUTCH, C 0 M 0 I LBSPSD8ZA AND BAHAI GRASS. 60 ACRES I S IN TEMPORARY
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GRAZING FOR PALL AND WINTER.
THE TffiPOHARY
G8AZING CONSISTS OP 30 ACRES OP OATS, 10 ACRBS OF WINTSi WHEAT , WHICH WE SEE HERE IN LUSH GROWTH, AND ABOUT 3� ACtBS OF RYS GRASS* I S ADDITION TO PASTUHB AID SILAGE, E�A* SELMAN HAS ABOUT 5 5 ACHES IN M Y CROFS C0HSISTIHG U 1 G H L Y OP K O ^ LBSPEDE2A AND U t C E CLO�B3R, T H I S YEARBOOK A C U ^ WAS A TOTAL LOSS
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HALF A CSOP WAS PRODUCED ON THE OTH� 30 DUE TO THE SEVERE DROUGHT IH LAWRMCE C0WTY #
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OP COURSE, AHYOME WHO HAS EFBR DAIRY� IQfOWS THAT G1ASS AND S I U G E ALONE WON'T PRO0UGE A LOT OF MILK. I T TAKES PROTSBFS AND MINERALS THIS I S A FHH) MIXES. ANB I S ASM MODHQT B U , SaLM8N BUYS
AND FEED CONCMTHATES,
I T WAS BUILT BY B . A , SWMS AS Y0U�LL FIND AinfWfi^E.
THE C@MMCIAL jmOTSIN AID MXMS IT WITH HIS O N GfiAIN AND M O U S S E , W WE GRAINS, WM THIS MXm MIXES
AS THEY COMB OUT INTO Jfi! AUGS
COmrBYER THE GRAIN AND A DBTKRMINED AMOUNT OF M O U S S E ASB MIX� TOQITHJER AND CARRIED TO H I E BAGGIN SPOUT AS A COMPLBTSIY MIXS) FEED.
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JUST OUTSIDE TUB HIXHG ROOM IS THIS GREAT MOLASSES XAHK WITH A FIFE FEK5ING THE MOUSSES DIRECTLY INTO THE M I X r l IN THE CORRECT AMOUJTT.
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F A C E R ' S EOMB ADMINISTRATION SUPERVISOB OP > UMMCB COUNTY, JAMES CARRf AND M* SEEMM
E U M I N E THE R ^ U L T S , AS GOOO AS AIY MIXED
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CORN A I � QaTS TO MIX HIS F ^ . 3 0 ACRES OF COM OH RESTED LANS, WOULD SAY THAT mEBE Am SLIDE C0TT9 COTTOI FAMm
HE M I S E S ABOU' I GUESS YOU
B*A, SBLMAJ^ �AS A BBS 1
TWO YEARS AGO, HE I S MWf C0TTOJF STILL FLATS
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DAIRY FAMSR.
A I IMPORTANT PART IM THE SSLMAN F A ^ PROGRAM, THIS 2 5 ACRE FIELD PSOBUCSB 22 BALES THIS YEAR Iff SPITE OF THE DROUGHT* E,A* SELMAI
FOLLOWS ALL EXPffilMMT STATIOI RKOlMMHMiTIOJfS WITH ALL HIS FARMBTG M t ^ m i S B S ATO HAS HIS S O I L TESTED mm.Y TO ITS NEEDS. TBm Am F M T I L I Z 1 S ACCOS0IJS
HB PRACTICES BALANCED F A M I I G
PUTTIHG EVERY ACRB OF LANS IHTO CROPS BEST SUITED TO TOE LAUD. GOOD FMCIHG* SLIDE POST fHEATING VAT RAISHTG CATTLE REQUIRES
E . A . S1LMAIT PROVIDES THAT FETCH THIS HUGE VAT I S USED IN ADDITION
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TO TREtf ABOUT 200 POSTS A YMR .
SELMAN I S CLiBAlING HIS LAHB OF SCRUB
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TIMBER BY POIBOIING WITH AMMAfB.
<8TE OF THE MOST
IMPORTAIT PARTS OP AIY LIVESTOCK O P H A T I 0 I I S AJT ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF WATER. THIS ACHE AID ,
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A HALF STOCK POND PROVIDE A PART OP THAT AST ARTBSIAH WELL THAT HEEDED WATER SUPPLY.
PLCMS CONSTAITLY SUPPLIES MB REST� AMD RUHIL MiECfllCIfY PUTS.If W I S E I f I S F10M IBIS POMD, ^ . IE���
S B L M I IHIGATED A PALL THE
GARDM THAT M S LUSH WITH GtESS GRflffMU
POID I S STOCKED WITH m S B L S J M D CAfFISH JHD MEAM* M?S. SELSAI KEEPS FMY.MJSY WITH
HER HOME AID HBR YOUNOSTffi, BUT SHI AIS 0 SLIDE �J F I I D S Tlffil TO CARB FOR A FLOCK OF 3 5 M Y I I O EW$ WHICH PSOFIDE PLHTTY OF BSGS AND MEAT FOR THE FAMILY SABL1. COOTTRY GISL BY BISTH* MKS. SELMAIf , I S MOT A SHE WAS BOM AMD
RAISED IN AM01Y AHD MOV1D TO THE C0UFTRY VBM SHE MARRIED M l . SELMAtf. THEY MET WHILE SHI
WAS ATTESDING M.S # C , T f . AFB BLTOff WAS AT STATE* CAMERA ON LAIGFITT THERE I S MUCH MOSS TO THIS SUCCESS STOSY. I T � S A STORY OF HAED W081 AIB A LOVE FOR THE L A H D , # , A STORY OF A YGUHG COUPLE WHO I S PUTTING THEIR HEART ARD SOUL I�TO FARMIHG MH RETURN RBAPUG I T ' S RICH REIfAlDS* M* ABD
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