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T O M Y ' S FAM FAHXLT I S A COVIBGTOS CCSJITY FAMILY^ LIVXIG IK TME SALM COIMUIITY, TBJBY WERE SEIECT1
FOR US BY THE SOIL CGISHtVATIQH DISTRICT
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COMMISSIONED OF COVINGTOH COUHTY, SHOWN H M E t LEFT TO RIGHT, RALPH IIHJRIH, CJlAIIIftl OF THE S O I L CONSEWATI0I DISTRICT COM. ISIGISSS OF
COVDXrTON COUNTY, WILTOI ROGMIS, COMHISXtitfEK AH�
jA FARMER m SALUTED 0 1 I B I S PROGRAM A
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S O I L TBCZiSICXANS9 TOM m i l ODEL EVAIS m THE SIGHT,
O THE L^"T AND M l , M THE FAMILY THESE MEff
BAVB SI3UBCTED FOR OUR *HPD TELEVISIT11 FARM FAMIL1
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I F THE WEEK I S HR# A W M S , OLIS SPEIX ATO XHEXS FAMILY OF SIX PIBB CHILDREN 5 GIRLS AHD OKE BOY, H I I S I S THE SPELL FAMILY HOKl t A H 0 � HIILT BY 'M kW HRS. SPELL WHEI THEY MOT m TO THIS FARM
AFTER THEIR IttRRIAGE I F 1 9 2 7 #
H i t AIB MRS, SPELL
P L O TO OUILD A HSf HOME IH A F S f Yl&RS, MfT THSt F I R S T GOAL I S THE EDUCATION OF THEtR CHILDREN* p f i Y Xffltm) THAT EVMY0K1 OF TBBIS CHILDEEH SHALL 0 1 IB
flATI A C0LLBGE BWCATIOI, AID TRBY ARE H&h WAY TOWARB THAT GOAL. MS. SmUL
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WITH 4 0 ACRES GIVES HIM BY HIS FASH� UP^ ARftXAGB. AL OF HIS UM :B�C|iw ^ 0 ACRES I S
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I B I S FAMILY KAYI FAMED HI I S JANDf AM) UNTIL OK JSPELL MADE A CHANGE HIE iASD HAD NEVER KNOfB JUT CORK AMD C O f f � . 0 L I 1 SFmj.t MAlSl
AHD COTTON UNTIL 1939 WHM 111 MADE A CHANG! TO SET AMY FBOH COTTOV* IN 1 9 3 9 KB PLANT� S
ACRES OF SWEET P7OLT0BS AND M E ^ I I D THM TOUOUC STAHCK PLAKT IN U l R K L . TUB S�C0�D YME HE
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JPOZH7O�S9 OLTS SPBLL SAID THISj *aNE BAY I tlMADl |POK S I & S COLUSCS WIffi A LOAD OF P m f O E S ,
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STAY I SAW COWS AND JUi&SOH GRASS AMD I CAffii HOME fD TOLD MY MEXGIIBQHS WE OU&iiT TO PLANT JOBNSQN RASS AND RAISE CAfTKLS. � }&� SPELL SAID ME
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RAISING JOHNSON GRASS WM TO CEf SID OF IT*
EfERYQSB HAD TRIED $0
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CHANGE' AID HWK TO RAISING BfiEF CATTLE AND AT IT UMTIL 1948 SUM HB STARtm BESTING
SXLKI8G SHORTHORNS GETTING E ^ D Y TO GO INTO THE
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RAISED COTTON AND THE HARKKT MAS POOR,
CHANGED TO POTATO^, �AST SOSE CliAIGS) AND AGAIN BUS IAHKBT BETSRIOfiATED. KS. SPELL SAID H I KNEW
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I F HE IAS fO MAKE A LIVI8G FOR HIS LA RGB FAMILY
KSID BARS
BE HAD TO GET IHTO SOKfiffiZXG
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0 ? ^ C H 0 ^ B E D , AND HE SAYS SO FAR FOLKS FOLLOWED HIM IHTO TUB MJRT BUSUfSSS IN COVINGTO3
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CCRfS� SLISB FARH-6 HILK CANS
AND IT HAS BEST TIE
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OLDT SPKLL SORTED MIHTOG IH 195� WIHI 14 XODAT HE IS WOM3M 40 HMD AHD X
GMDS "A" MILK IN HIS MOBSRM DAIRY PLAFf. hCWAlM
MR. AID MBS. SPELL MIL&iD COITS A LOUG
TIME BEFORE BIEY SIASTM) THEIR-GRASS WAW MIHTt., kHEK tHEY tfERB HAKRIED �BS� SPELL HAD POUR MILK
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COKS AHD SHE BROUGHT TBM AM) PUT TOfi^ WITH FOUR .SR. SPELL J1A0, AIB FSfiH HIAT TIME 01 2fiEY SHIPPED OREUf CHnL HIEY VMT IHTO TUB MIKY BUSHES Ilf 1950* WMf SHIPPffl P.IfE GALLONS A f#BJ3t TO mm A PAR FED fflE SKIM �ILK TO HOGS AKD
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TBE BABES MOW IN 1929
i.LL HiEY HAD �AS OH $2�S2 HILK CIISCC AID THAT IFAS ALL THE MONET THEY HAD TO MAKE A CROP OH inAT YEAR* TSBY SWAPPED FAS! P10WJCE FOR BIB IIR. AID M S , SPELL ARE PROUD THBY HATE
THUGS THEY NEEDED. IHAT THEH
A|LWAYS THBY HEED EIGHT O THM� OWS LAIS, WT 1l0tf HOPE M
mturnm mrm war HUHGIY, momjcm PRACTICALLY STERYTHIHG
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DAYS ARB GONE FORiSSBH. SLIDE Wi
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AS I SAID, TODAY Till THBI1
SPELLS MILK 4� HEAD NIGHT AID KORBXSC*
jTOTAL WSm CONSISTS OP 90 HEAD, INCLUDING %$ iRBPLACEffflTT HEIFERS, SIX HEAD OF THJ3IR
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TOWARD A COMPLETELY RBCISTERSD HERD. OLIN SPEEL war m
CHOSE MILKER; SHORTHOMS won � I CHOSE MILKIJK
HIS DAIRY HERD HIS TOLD HE THIS?
SHORTHORNS H C M 8 I I GET A LARGBR ANIMAL BY TIME |L AH RSADY TO SELL AID STILL GET A PAIR QUALITY JAND QUANTITY OP MILK.
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I CAN SELL M CULLS AT Y EVERY ANIKAL I I TO A SBGISTEKEB^. HIS CATTLE
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1 1 0 0 POUNDS INSTEAD OP 6 0 0 , w iTHE SPELL M I R Y BJSRD I S Mm SHORTHORN MILL.
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TO S0&2STERED BULLS SIMCE HIE VH8Y BSGIMING, AMI M S BUILT FINE SHORTHORN QUALITY IHTO MIS HMD
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AS A RESULT*
OLIN SPELL FEEDS,HIS BEX� GRAIN
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11X8 ICRHANENT PASTURE CONSISTS OF 9 7 ACRES OP :3B7BRAL COIIBIHATIOHS CF GHASSi^* ONE KSTURB I S
| E I I A I A t AKOTHER I S A COIffilHATION OP RESCUE AIB ^RIHSGft CLOVER, ANOBIJ^, DALLIS GRASS AID WHITE AMD STILL AM OTHER I S A COMBINATION OP M l CRIMSOI AND 8KSCUI. HIS PASTURES KUM IN
HUE FROM 4 tO 20 ACRES FOI? GOOB 80ATI0H.
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OWN SPELL'S TMPCIIARY GRAZING CONSISTS GT A PASTURE GOOD VARIEfT* HIS OATS STUBBLE WLL NOW GO I f f O
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COMBINED AT HATURITT .FOR FI2� G M I I * M?� SPELL I S COMPLETELY MBCI1AFI2S) A.NT) BESIDES DOUG HIS W H COMBINING AID BALING, DOES CUSTOM WORK FOR H I S KBIGHBCRS. HIS EJSRD I S FED A 1 6 � IMTIOM CF
G80UHD OATS, tO'rTOMSES) M m L , MOLASSES AND HAY� �HE BALES ATiOUT 3 0 0 0 BALES OF MY P I S CflgS GET MS Bffi YEAR RGQ1D. ^ C H YEAR AND IN ADDITION,
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OLIN SPELL RAISES ASOHiKt CHOP WB POST'T OPfM OF WHEAT SBS IN THIS COUNTHT. HE HAS 1 2 .ACRES/%HICH HE HAZEO AND SAYS I S BETTER GRACING THAJf (MTS V - 1 H H I T WAS COMBINED FOR SECT, HE HAS A RB&DY MASKST
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ABOUT 18 ACRES OF COIN WHICH HE GSINDS FOI FEED POf? 1LIS L I f SSTOCK AMD PULTI?Y�
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I E STILL RAISES A LITTIE COTTON,#�HAS 1 1 ^ ACRES 1 H I S YEAR. HB WOI?RS mW CLOSELY WITH HIS
AGRICULTURE SPECIALISTS ANB FOLLOWS ALL PROfEN OF FERTILIZATION, INSIST CONTRDLL M D USB AfB MmGfiXBirr,�� i.Wti ;-$JPBUi�S -COTTON
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CHOP T1US YEAR I S LIK� SO MUCH OF I f HJB SEE WE TRAVEL-AROUHD* IT I S RAGGKB* BECAUSE I f
KAS PLAHTisD � RIGHT AFTJS8 EARLY RAINS AMD TUlflF LAY H DRY GROUND AJ� L0IG TIME BtiFORS THERE WAS MORE g TO G02HIXATE WQU OF I f # AS 1 EiSULT t
SOME I S A FOOT OR MORE HIGH ASP M E R E S T 3 OR 4 EfcCHES, OLE! SPELL SAYS Xliii FIRST YMR HE SAS HE SOL!) A M L S OF COTTOH FOR $ 1 0 1 , 2 5 AHB tIAD BSSN MRRIM1 17 YMRS AMD RAISED 6 CMILMSf p ^ O I O s HE EVER GOT A $100 H S AtftTBER BALE OF ' JC0TT02T, OF 0L1H SPELL'S 204 ACRES OF L M B t 2 8
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OF IT I S IN TIMB��, WHICH BE MAMAG^ AWB I M M O V ^ BY WE�I> r C , THUMISG AID FIEE CONTROL* SOMfi OF
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i f M fai?KSTS t SOME OF I I BB USES ON HIS F A H * MB M S BUILT ISVERYWE * HIS BUILDISGS HIMSM# O T ^ TOE
'LJS2HG TIMBER CUT F R � lilS CMI U2O>,
i SE HAS CLEAHfiD ABOUT 4� ACRfcS OF HIS LAID SCRUB TIMBER GROtfXU. SLIDE. Hi I S I S TRULY A STORY
OF A LIVE AT HOMM FAMILY WIBi A PROGRAM DKSIGHEP KEEf ALL TOR FAMILY NEEUS, 20 COLOMIBS I F
ES A M A PAHf OF THE FOOD SUPPLY, PRODUCING OKIiY FOK FAMILY USE, SLIDE AH ACRE AtfD A iiAIJ'1 OF"
WATERHELOSS, PEANUTS AID POXATOES, FUMISH AHOTIffi OF TiiE FAMILIES 3P00D MEEDS, AHO MBIT. 40 HEMS FVSKI8B
FOUR HOGS A1E BU-1CHSRED MCE YEAS
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AS V7ELL AS AH AMPLE SUPPLY OF BEEF FOU HIE P A U L LARftER* SLID2S HIE SPELL FAMILY SELLS THEIR BGGS BY A LAI?GE APPLB AN� tW.lt
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ISWAPPIMG THEM FOR GROCERIES, PEACH ORCHARD PROVIDE FRESH FHUIT FOR HUB
M I L E AK� MORE POl CAMIJTG* SAR01 OP &mma
A HALF AtRB TRACT
LOCATED AT XHB HOOSB SUPPLI^B BflSKY
KIND OF Ve&ElABIE I M S I M B I i i FOR ElB FABIILY AID FOI? THE LARDfiR FOR THIS WIFTM. mm� MSS,
HER CARDJW Iflffi P t I B E , AHB WELL SRB WmMC
POP, IT�S AS FDT15 AS YOU'LL FISD AW LOT OF mm WORK AHH LOHH& CARE.
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J3>9QBTTKP OP TUB SALIfl M P T I S T CIOJRCH* SHE SAYS
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EITHER I CAN I f MYSSF C R GIVE I f fO SdffSOITB � I3LSB. MRS, S P S X WORKS CUTSinE AID IMS IDE l H F R E ' S UORK ?O BE DOITS, SLIDE LAST WOT SHI WE
?0DS THE CQNBXNE FOR WO BAYS TO HELP fflffi
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1AT HARVEST.
SHE LOYBS TO COOK AID SEtf, SHTS
ALL THE CIRBi CBOTHES AND MAKS* MANY OF fHiuM,
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GREATEST ^ I H l I S HER NEPf RANGE.
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I S LEARIIS& SO!IE OF HER M(?THi5H�S COOKIHG EVERYONE IN WE SPELL FAMILY WORKS ATX
WHATEVER NEEDS ?O BE DOHB,
ALL MEMBERS OF THI SALQI
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THE SP�LL FAMILY ARE
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SPELL I S A DEACON I I HIS CHURCH, SUPERINTEND! MIS, SPE)
OF THE ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
I S SUPERIXTiamEKT OF THE PRIMARY DEPARTMENT, PRESIDENT OF THE W�M�U� AND SECRETARY OF HER DEI*RTMBNT OP 'HIE fRAIKIIG UKIOir* CAXBRA ON FAMILY ffiE SPELL
FAMILY HAS ALWAYS PLAYED A I ACTIVE PART IS COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES, MR* SPELL IS PRBSIDMT CF
THE COVIKCTQK" CODITTY PAHf BURBAU AM) MSIB� OF I K E COUNTY DAIRY ASSOCIATION. MRS., SPELL I S
|A HSfEER OP THE SALEM HOME DSIONSimTIOI CLUB, ALL OP BiE CHILDREK HAVE B S S 4*B CLUB IfEMBEHS I I DURIKC THEIR YEARS OF ELIGIBILITY* MR, AID
S , SPEIX HAVE A WONDERFUL PHILOSOPHY, AHD I T GOISS S0K8AIII6 LUCE THISs MAI'S LIFE COHSISfS IS-THE
HOT IN THE ABUKMKC� EE POSSESSES, BUT LIFE I I I PERPETUATES�"
OUR B�ST CROP WE HA YE
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IT�S A
KOirDSRFUL PHILOSOPHY, THIS IS A WOSDJ2IFUL FAMILY, KOtf I WANT YOU TO M�BT TEEM, MOTHER, FATHER, THE CHILDREN ASB SON^IH-LAWS INCLUDED.
