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1 WAST TO SAY IN THi, VERY BEGIOTIlfG THAT I AM DEEPLY GRATKFUL TO SOQTT COUNTY AGRICULTURAL AGENT, MR. W.R, OAIH AND ASSOCIATE COUNTY A0ENT CHARLES SANDERS, FOR THKIR VERY WONDERFUL HELP IS SELECTING 1HE FAMILY WHICH W� SALUTE TODAY AND FOR GOIHG WITH HE TO THEIR FARM TO HELP J i & OBTAIN THE STORY WHICH I AM HOW GOIHG TO 1EH�� LET ME SAY RIGHT OFF, AS I AM SURE THIS YOUNG FAMILY WOULD WANT HE TO, THEY CERTAINLY DO NOT CONSIDER THEMSELVES THE BEST FARMERS IN THEIR AREA AND CERTAINLY THAT IS HOT THE IBTENT 1U TELLIHG THEIR STORY. THEY ARE A YOUNG FARM
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FAMILY..,THEY ARE JUST GETTING ON THEIR FEET.... BUT TO ME # THEY ARE A GOOD EXAMPLE OP WHAT YOUHG P10PLK TODAY CAH DO OH THE FARM IF THEY ARK WIL& im TO SACRIFICE AHD WORK HARD AS THIS FAMILY IS DOING, I SPECIFICALLY ASKED MR. AND MIS.
PAUL TADLOCK OF LAKE, MISSISSIPPI, IF I COULD TELL THEIR STORY BECAUSE I THINK IT WILL HELP SHOW OTHER YOUNG POLKS THE WAY TO A GOOD LIFE ON THE FARM....AHD IF THEWS'S ONE THING WE HEED SLIDE FARM-2 TODAY AND OH WHICH OUR FUTURE WILL DKPEND IT IS GETTING MORE YOUNG PEOPLE INTERESTED IN 3TAYIMO ON TUB LAND. YOUNG FARMERS CAN�T AFFORD NEW HOMES RIGHT OFF...THAT HAS '* COME AS IT CAN 10
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BEST BE AFFORDED..,AND THAT FOR MOST FARM POLKS I S WELL I I T I E FUTW.E. BUT YOU CAN TELL MUCH A
ABOUT YOUNCI POLKS BY THB PRIDE THKY HAVE I N WHAT THEY ABB DOING AND THS SURR0UMDIMGS I N �HIGH THEY Am
TADLOGK
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MB. AND MRS, PAUL
HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO FAKH.*. f f H B Y HAVEN1 THERE
ALWAYS THOUGHT I f WAS POSSIBLE FOR THEM.
WERE A NUMBER OF YEARS I N WHICH THEY GROPED ARQU AROUIS) SKSCING A WAY TO FARM THB L A I D , THEY BOT.
S R 1 V UP I N 1*-H GLUB WOBK.,.THiiY BOTH LOVS THE FARM L I F E . XOUHS PEOPLE TODAY GAH*T JUST QQ OUT
AMD FXWD LAND WAITING- TO BE FARMED AND 0SHKJ A MULE AW GEORGIA STOCK, FARM I T LIKE MANY OF OSK OF THE BIGGES!
OUR OLDER FARM FOLKS STARTED, SLIDE FARM*.
H 1 E D S I S ADEQUATE PUfANGIHU, Affi) THAT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY TO F I H D . . . .AUGTHSR BIG HEED I S i�N00URAGiaffiNT...,EHCOURAGEMEHT BASED OH AS HUGH HELP AS POSSIBLE FROM FAMILY AMD FRIEBDS, THOSE,
I THIMK, ARE THE TWO PRIMARY THINGS THAT HAVL, MAI MADE I T POSSIBLE FOR M. AND MRS, PAUL TADLOGK
TO OWH 1 0 7 ACRES OF LAMD JUST OUTSIDE LAKE, AND OPERATE A SUGGESSFUL DAIRY PROGRAM. THEY HAVE
ONLY BEEN ON THIS LAND SINCB SEPTEMBER OF X9$B BUT THEY HAVE STARTED A FARM PROGRAM THAT I S SOUND AND WITH THE ADVICE AVAILABLE FROM COUNTY AGRICULTURAL WORKERS AND EVERY B I T OF HELP THEY
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GAM GET, WISBLY a P F L I E D AS THEY ARE CAPABLE OF D O I N G , THEY'LL GROW OLD TOGETHER OH THE F A R M . , . . OH THE LAND THEY LOVE SO WELL, PAUL TADLOOK: MARRIED YOUNG. mS. MR. AND MRS. TADLOCK WASN*T
OUT OP SCHOOL YET AND FINISHED HER FINAL TEAR OF I 3CHQGL DURING THE F I R S T YEAR OF HER MARRIED L I F E .
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ALREADY THEY HAVE STARTED MAKING CHANGES ZM THE FARM PROGRAM TO B ^ T E R ADAPT I T TO THEIR SOIL AHD THEIR LABOR SUPPLY. LAST YEAR ANB T H I S YEAR
THEY HAVE TRIED TO RAISE CORN...THEY HAVE POUND THAT THEIR SOIL WILL DO BETTER PRODUCING GRASS AND HAY C R O P S * , , . S O THKY WON'T PLANT CORN AGAIN BUT WILL CONCENTRATE ON GRASSLAND FARMING AHD LET SOMEONE ELSS SUPPLY THE GRAIN WHO GAN DO I T MORE CHEAPLY. BROOKS. MRS, TADLQCK WAS MISS VIVA
HSR FATHER HAS HELPED THKH GREATLY BY MUCH OF H I S OWN DAIRY
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T U R W a G OVER TO T8M
E N T E R P R I S E AND THEY HAVE SINCE BOUGHT HIM OUT, THEY STARTED WITH 1 2 COWS.,..THEY HAVE BOUGHT 2 ? JERSEYS FROM TUPELO AND M W HAVS 3 8 GROWN O COWS AND ARE MILKING 3 1 HEAD. THEY HAVE USED
A R T I F I C I A L BREEDING PROM THE VERY BEGINNING. SLIDE FARM-6 CATTLE THEY GET NEARLY 1 0 0 ^ CALF CROP AND I P A COW D O E S N ' T PRODUCE A GOOD CALP OR ISN*T A GOOD M I L U R THEY GET RID OP HER. *%%& HERD I S TB AND
BANGS FREE AND I S A COMPLETELY CLEAN HERD.
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I T I S THEIR HOPS TO DOUBLE THE S I Z E OF THEIR H M D BEFORE THEY WILL CONSIDER THEMSELVES AT SLIDE FARM-1 CALVE2 TBM MAXIMUM. THEY CALFHOOD VACCINATE ALL W
H E I F E R CALVBS AND THEY SAVE THEIR BEST HEIFERS FOR HERD REPLACEMENT, SINGK THEY STARTED THEY
HAVE DOUBLIiB THE PRODUCTION AVERAGE OF THEIR HERD AND HAVE NOW REAGHED THEIR ORIGINAL OOi.L OF 6 , 0 0 0 POUNDS OF MILK PER OOW PER YEAR. THEY
HAVE NOW SET A NEW GOAL FOR fHEMSELVKS OF 8 , 0 0 0 POUNDS OF MILK PER OOW PER YEAR. SLIDE E&RN MRS. TADLQGK�S
FATHER I S S T I L L HELPING THIS YOTOG FAMILY TO THE EXTENT THAT HE I S . LJBTOH0 THEM USE H I S DAIEY M R N AMD THE l ? 0 AGRES OF LAUD I T S OH AMD I S LB5PTIH0 THEM BUY BOTH AS THEY CAN AFFORD TO AMD mm TO. THEY MILK WITH TWO PORTABLK MILKERS HSRS
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AMD TiffilR NEXT 0OAL I S TC GO TO BULK TANK.
ARE TWO HldHTY 0OOD REASOHS FOR THIS YOUNQ C0UPI4 TO BE WORKIJKJ SO HARD TO WAKE A SUCCESS OF THE FARM L I F E THEY LOVE. THAT'S SIX YEAR OLD PAUL
01? THE LEFT AND TiBUE YEAR OLD fiEORGK ON THE
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THEIR DAIRY OPERATION I S COMPLETELY
MODERN AND SANITATION AND CLEANLINESS I S THE WATCHWORD. ALL MILK I S HELD IN THIS ELECTRIC
COOLER UNTIL I T I S DELIVERED TO EAST CENTRAL SLIDE FARH-1X RATION D A I R I E S IN NEWTON. THE CATTLE GET AN 1 8 # DAIRY STARTER
RATION IN THE BARN. IN FAGT, PAUL
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F E E D I N G THIS RATIO!* TO EACH OF H I S COWS TWO WEEKS BEFORE THKY CALVE. I!f THE PAST HE HAS
H I X E D H I S OWN GRAIN AMD HAY WITH CONCENTRATE BUT W I L L BUY A COMPLETE MIXED PKED I N THE FUTURE. THAT�S COUNTY AGEUT, W . E . CAIN ON THE I*EPT, PAUL TADLOGK I H THE CENTER, AND I F YOU CAN SKE HIM, I T ' S CHARLES SANDERS ON THE RIGHT. PBRMAHBST
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PASTURE CONSISTS OF 2 0 0 ACRES...MOSTLY DALLIS AM mmWA QRASS AHD WHITE DDTCH OLOVEH AND HE CLIPS H I S PASTURES FOR WEED
LESPEDEZA.
GGMTROL AND k l T H THE HELP FO HIS AGRICULTURAL WORKEBS I S GETTING STABTED FERTILIZING TMEH, PAUL SAYS, AND RIGHTLY S 0 # I THINE, THAT HB CAS DO H I S BEST JOB BY Fi&BIIKJ TJffi GBASS THAT I S
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M T I V E SO I T WILL DO THE BEST POSSIBLE J O B . TIMPORARY WIMTBR GRAZING GOMSISTS OP OATSi..ABOG! 3LS ACRES SO PAR. PAUL WOULD LIKE TO MAVK 3 0 HE
AORJES BUT HASN'T B32SM ABLE TO &ET THBM I H . GRAZES H I S OATS ALL THE WAY DOWH. F I R S T SUMMER QRAZim
HE PLAHS H I S
NEXT SUMI^R WHEN HE PLANS PAUL HAS POUM) OUT EARL!
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FOR 1 0 ACRES OF MILLET.
THAT HE NEEDS SOME SUPPLEMENTARY SUMMER GRAZINS FOR BEST PRODUCTION IN HOT WEATHER. WATER FOR THE LIVESTOCK I S SUPPLIED FROM THIS STOCK POND
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AND AT THE MRN FROM A TROUGH WHERE RUNNING WATBR FROM THE CITY SUPPLY I S AVAILABLE.
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S I N C E HE STARTED PAUL HAS HAD TO CLEAR S0SC2 LAND TOO, MUCH AS MOST FARMERS HAVE HAD TO OVER THE YKARS. HE HAS BROUGHT ABOUT 2 5 ACRbS IBTO HIS
GOOD PASTURE THAT WAS I S BUSHES AND BRIARS. LAND I S FENCED AMD PARTLY CROSS FENCED THOUGH THAT I S ANOTHER JOB HE I S WORKING OS, HE HAS
THREE PASTURE AREAS AND HOPES TO ADD TWO MORE,
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PAUL HAS A LITTLE TIMBER TOO.
SOME OP I T
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BO LOSATED AND IE SUCH CONDITION THAT I T I S WORTJ CULTICATIMG MUCH AS ANY OTHER CROP SO HE I S
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AHD WEEDING I T AND TRYING TO GIVE IT
EVERY OPPORTUNITY FOR MAXIMUM GROWTH. THOUGH A YOUNG FARMER TODAY HAS PROBLEMS WE HAVE -POIBTH OUT AMD EVEN MORE, HB ALSO HAS ADVANTAGES MAHY
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DIDN'T HAVE A DECADE AGO. TODAY, WITH THE PIHB TECHNICAL HELP AVAILABLE IN EVERY COUMTY HE CAN FULLY UTILIZE A33D PROMOTE ALL THE RiSSOURCES OF HIS LAID AND HIS PROGRAM, FROM THE VERY BBQZNHIK INSTEAD OP HAVING TO 0� MUCH OF A PRODUCTIVE LIFETIME AS MANY OF OUR OLDER BARKERS RAVB HAD TO BEFORE THE\HELP BBGAm AVAILABLE TO THE POINT THAT THEY COULD FULLY REALIZE ALL THE POTENTIAL OF THEIR BAND AND THEIR FARM PROGRAM. PAUL IS A COMPLETELY MECHANISED FARMKR AND HAS TWO TRACTORS Al� THE HEGESSARY EQUIPMENT TO CARRY ON
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HIS FARh PROGRAM. HE HAS ALREADY BUILT A LOAFir
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SHED FOR HIS CATTLE ADJOINING THE DAIRY BARN AND I S HOW I N THE PROCESS OP BUILDING THIS MACHINE SHED I N WHICH TO STORE H I S VALUABLE FARM MAGHIJEEY. LUMBER FOR TM CONSTRUCTION I S
COMING PROM OLD BUILDINGS HE HAS TORN DOWN TO MAKE WAY FOR IMPROVEMENTS. PAUL TADLOCK I S MRS. TADLOGK
SLIDEgARH-3.9 WOMAN & FREEZER
GKLY HALF 0 0 T H I S YOUNG FARM TEAM.
HAS AW EQU.iL INTEREST If? EVERY PEASE OF THE PROGRAM, BOTH FARM AND HOMEMAKING. SHE I S A
VERY CAPABLE YOUNG LADY AND HOT ONLY DOES SHE KEEP A FINE HOHE AND A HEALTHY FAMILY BUT SHE ALSO FIffl>S TIME TO HELP ADD TO THE FAMILY INCOME AND I ' L L TELL YOU ABOUT UIAT MORE 1ST A MQHEMT. THE TADLOCK'S HAVE A TWO ACRE GAKDEH
AND FROM I T AND THEIR HEAT SUPPLY SEu EACH XKAH F R E E Z E S ABOUT 1 2 0 0 POUNDS OF FOOD I N THE FAMILY
SLIDE CANNED FOOD
FREEZER.
I N ADDITION SHE CANS AHOTHEH 2 0 0 JARS
OF F O O D S . . . , S U C H THINGS AS JAMS, J E L L I E S , P R E S E R V E S , PICKLES, JUIGES AHD TEE L I K E . MRS. HSR
TADLOCK WAS VERY PARTICULAR ABOUT MB SEKIH
K I T C H E N BECAUSE SHE FELT I T WOULDN�T BE AS FINE A S SOME SHE�S SEEN ON T V . MAYBE I T ISN'T,,,.SHE
HASN*T HAD AS MANY YEARS WAITING FOR A NEW KITCHEN AS SOME WE'VE SHOWN EITHER. BUT, THE
P O I N T I WOULD MAKE I S T H I S , BECAUSE SHK DIDN�T WANT m TO SHOW YOU HER KITCHEN I KJflSW SHE HAD A
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GR�JL? PESIRK TO IMPROVE HER LXVXSB CONDITIONS AHD THAT�S THE KIMD OP DRIVE AND DESIRE I FGtIMD II* BOTH THESE YOUHG POLKS THAT WILL HELP
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THEM TO SUCCEED WHERE OTHERS MIGHT PAIL. XT WAS A MICK KITCHEN...WELL CARED POH..,.M0DER1C WITH RUNNING WATER, MODiiHN STOVE AND TM LIME
AW EVEN MORE IMPORTANT, ONE WELL CARED FOR ^HD REPLECTIIG A LOVE OF EQmUAKim, SLIDE FARM�22 DIHINO ROOM THii WORK THIS
YOUSG FAMILY HAS ALHEADY DONE OH THEIR HOHB REFLECTS THE PRIDE THE5T HAVE AND THE DESIRE FOR A BROKBHTER FUl'ITRE. THEX HAVE IfiVLLED THE FOUNDATION, PUT OS A i��W ROOF* PUT UP ASBESTOS SIDIMG, HAVE PIPED HOT WATER IMTO THE HOtTSE, AHD DQMk> CONSIDERABLE PAIWTIJJG. THEY PLAM TO FIHISH THE PAXmim, SEAL THE ROOMS WITH MALL
BOARD AND COMPLETELY ELMODEL THE KITCHEN1 AHD BATHROOM. MRS. TADLOCK HAS A LOVELY DINING ROOM AMD HER FALL CENTERPIECE IS VBUY ATTRACTIVE, SLIDE FARM-23 wOAMa AT DESK THIS YOUNG LADY IS A REAL BUSINESSWOMAN. SHE
NOT ONLY KEEPS COMPLETE RECORDS OH ALL THE FARM AMD HOME PROGRAM BUT IS ALSO CITY CLERK FOR THE T O M OF LAKE AND WORKS THREE DAYS A WEEK IN THAT CAPACITY. THEY BELONG TO THE LAKE METHODIST
CHURCH WHERE THEY ATTE13D REGULARLY AND WHERE MRS. TADLOCK IS SUPERINTENDENT OF TIIL CHILDRENE DIVISION OF THE SU1CW SCHOOL AMD TEACHES MOST
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GAMERAON FAHILT
CLASS THAT HEEDS HER. SHE IS ALSO AM EASTBHN STAR AND PAUL IS A MASON. THET BELONG TO THE FARM BURE^J AID SINCE I WAS IN THEIR HOKK LAST MGSDAX THEY HAVE HELPED ORGANIZE THE P.T.A. IK LAKE SCHOOL. AS I SAID IH THE BEGINNING THIS IS A XOUNB FARM FAMILY AND TO QUOTE THEM..."ME DON'T THINK WE ARK ANY MORE THAff JUST GETTING STARfKD." BU3 I'LL SAY, ITIS A GOOD START...ON A SOUND BASIS..,WITH HBLP . FROM FOLKS WHO WANT 55B5M ^0 SUGCBED. WHAT TMX ARE DOING OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE CAN DO. XP YOU L LOOK CLOSE AT fHEIR BEGINNING YO0�LL FIND A PATT1KN THAT CAN BE FOLLOWED. NOW, I WANT YOU TO MBST MR. AND MRS. PAUL fABLOGK OF LAKE, MISSISSIPPI,
