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Farm Family of the Week BY_. Howard Lengfitt
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CAMERA OH E A M F I T T
I WAIT TO SAY I I THE VHW BEBIHKIH" THAT I AM DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO ATTALA GOUHTY AG1ST F R A M BUCRAXAH AND ASSOCIATE COUNTY AGENT BILLY VALTO] FOB THBIH VERY FINK HELP IH SELECTING THE PAMIL WHICH \m SALUTE TODAY AND FOR GOING WITH ME TO THIS FAMILY*S FARH TO HELP Ml OBTAIN THE STORY WHICH I AM NOW GOING TO T I L L . THSS I S
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THE STORY OF M l . AMD MRS, PAUL HOUSTON T E R R E L L AND THEIR SON, PAUL HO'.STON THE THIRD, <EG
L I V S OH AST) PARK 1 1 0 ACRSS OF LAHD VKIGH THEY O M AW W � 1 0 R U T AH ADDITIONAL 6 0 ACHES OP U.m
OK WJICH TO CARRY OUT THEIH COMPLETE FARM PEOGRAM. T H S I � FARM I S LOCATED ABOUT THREE MISSISSIPPI.
M I L E S SOUTHEAST Of K0SCIU8K0,
PAUL HOUSTON TKiBRELL ivAS BORN AND RAISED JEST ABOOT A MILR FROM HIS 1RBSBRT FARM LAHD. HIS
FAIHBR S T I L L L I ? i S OS THAT LAUD AKD H I AHD PBOL CARRY OH A DAIRY HSIFER PROGRAM TOGETHER THERE. PAUL HOUSTON ALSO REHTS S0M1 OF H I S FATHER*S LAHD TO USE FCR ROfe" CROPS, SCHOOL IH KOBCIUSKO. PAUL ATTENDED
WHBW HE CAME OUT OF SGHOOI WHEl
HE WEST ISTO THE SEBVICE CP H I S COUHTRY.
PAUL BOUSTOH CAME OUT OP SERVICE HE SAYS HE STAYED AT HOMP AtfD FARMED FOR A YEAR, I T WAS AT THAT TIME THAT HE BOUGHT HIS IM PACT FIRAT
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ACRBS OP I T .
PAUL RECALLS THAT HE
GOT TO THXKKINO HE W0OLD LIKE TO WEAR A WHITE S H I R T AMD A IBCKTIE SO HE RENTED GUT THE I4.O ACRES ATO WEIfr TO PRAIRIE WHERE H I TOOK AN O F F I C E MAHAGBRS COURSK OPFEHKD BY M I S S I S S I P P I S T A T E UMIVBRSITT. UPON COMPLETION OF VRB
COORSB HE WSHT TO MEMPHIS WHER1 HS WORKED FOR TWO AHD A HALF YEARS, PAUL SAYS Iffi �A.SW�T
HAPPY AMD H I KM8V I P H I GOULD GET BACK 0 1 THAT kO AGRRS WITH A HORSE AND A COV HE TtfOBLB BE HAPPY. M CAME BACK ASD PAUL SAYS HF WWtM TODAY PM3L HE HAS
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WAITS TO L1ATO THE LAID A 6 A I H .
HOUSTON THERBELL RAISES DAIRY CATTLE.
All ALL JERSEY H 1 R D . . . . B U T HE DIDH�T JUST S T 8 8 BACK IHTO T H I S KIHD OF AS 0 ^ RATIOU WHEH H I 0 A � g HOME PROM MEMPHIS. HE SOLD THE 1*0.ACRES HE RECALLS ALL THE HILL
ASD BOUQHT THE 1 1 0 H I M W OMHS. O THAT I T WAS IN TERRIBLE SHAPE.
LAND WAS I H CHILLIES YOU COULD ALMOST HIDE A HQtJSB I H . I T BAD OROIffi UP TO BOiiHES AND ALL HE WIHT TO LAffi>
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CATTLE
BOT THE SUB S O I L HAD WASHED AWAY.
WORK AND PUSHED TUB GULLIE-S I N , GOT WR
I N T O GRASS AHD WITH A STEADX PROGRAM OP PROIEB P E R T I L I 2 A T I 0 S B l HAS DEVKLOPED A HlftH PROOTCIH0 GRASSLAMI) PAH14 PROGRAM*
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P A U L ' S FIRST FARMING HfcS RAISING COTTOI AID C0H1 HE SAYS m B0U02T POUR HORSES BUT 8 0 0 1 70OHES THJff SAHB FTRK
Q1JT THTIY WERE TOO SLOW FOR HIM. Y3AB m BOTKJH 1 2 GRADE OBMSt
COM3 AID SOLD ^Vl
MANUFACTURING MILS TO PET MILK COMPANY.
TH4H5 A30 PAUL HOUSTON GA\^E UP COTTOH BECAtKE H I S ACHEAGt?; ALLOTMENT WAS 90 SMALL HE eOO�D**f P&BH-g GkTTW MASK AHYTJJIHa OUT OP I T . HI BOtlOHT HIS FIRST
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jrms'si in 19$5. TODAY
HS HAS
6$
HEAD CP COWS AND HBIP1RS,
IHMMVt OHE OF THS
MATDHS Pr'MALES ARE RE3ISTSIKD M B BE HAS 2 ? REGISTERED HEIFERS. PAUL H0U8T0I THIHR1LL USES
ARKFXOIAL BREBDI13 I � HIS DAIRY PROGRAM. HS PRESENTLY HAS 3 $ MILK COWS AID I S MILIIHO 32
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HEAD I S THIS HODBRH DAIRY BARM WHICH HS BOIUP I N 1958 WHE� HE CHAMG1D FROM PRODUCTIOlf CP MAHUFACTORIHG MILS TO TKB PROIXJCriOS 0 ^ FLUID KILK. fmFCRl THAT HK HAD A PARLO TYPS BAfS
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BOT PAUL SkYB ME WASH*T ABLE TO � f � TUB C0>a THE ATTSNTIOH HE fKOOGST TEES' HERDED IB THAT T t P ^ OF BUILDING SO HS BUILT THIS OEE WHOH HOLDS Tm SLIDE PARM-7 HEAD AT A TIKE. TODAY PATJL H01WT0H
THlEHKLL*;i HERD BRODUOTIOH AVERAGE I S ABOUT 7 , 3 0 0 POIIHDS OF MILK PER 00� PSR YEAR, I I TEB
C W Iff M I T OS
LAST TWO YEABS HS HAS IMPROVED HIS EROBUCTIOH
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AVERAGE BY AT LFAST ORE THIRD DUE TO A B27TIR GRAZING IKOGRAM AID A BETTER F^BBIIG PRQQHAM, FABM-8 BOY I S 8ARH 3 I H C S EAST JI3HE PAUL HOUSTON HAS B O I 0 1 THE WSXGn-A-DAY-A-KOHTH HECGRD PROGRAM. FOB TWO
MOWBHS R1HC1? OHSTIIO OH THE PHCTrRAM, JIB HAS THH HIC-HEST PBOOTCINO GO!f I I f H l CWWff 0 1 THB PHOORAM. IT M&S SXTBI QALLOMS AHD OHE QOABf OP
wuoiiffij mm w OHR DAY, HE HAS ONE BOY MHO
SLU)g JOOLSR HI3LFS W�H fBC MILKING. THEY MILK ' f I T H T�0 P(�TABLP MILKERS AND ?HK MILK I S HBLD IN THIS C00TJ5B \W?TL I f I S PICKED tip BY LUVEL. PAUL
HOUSTON WUkW TO 00 BULK TASKI V C T I H THE VEXS S I X KORTHS, SlOtf PAUL HOUSTON THIRFiELL HAS BUN
S1LLIHCI HIS MILK TO LUVEL I S KOSCIUPKO E?SR S X i m HF CHANGED OT^R TO fSE FLUID MILK PROGRAM I I 1958, HI? I S A PART OF THEIR ALL JBHSEY KI�K PAUL S I I 5 SIICE
PHOaRAM AM) IS PHOUP 0 ? I T . HT? MKRT WITH Lmm
HE CLIPG T1*B COVS SH23WS, HE SAIS IT HAS IKPR0W1
T A I L , RITMP AFDF FLASKS,
H I S BACTERIA COUJIf AHD 5IHCE LUVRL I S TRYIIO ^ 0 PHODUGF THE HIGHEST QUALITY MILK ON THE HARES J-IF I S mim SLIDE FARM-11 GAEVS ALL immWT EVBHXTHINO POSSIBLF TO HELP. THE
HERD OF PAUL HOUSTON TH"1HBLL I S HE CALFBOOD FOR
? B , BAHOH AHD LEfTO TBSTSB.
VACCII/iTES AND SA�ES 08LY HIS BEST BfXffRfl
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HERD REPLACEMENT.
PAUL HOUSTOH SAYS HE QUIT.
MJT GRADE H S I . ^ S TWO YEARS m 0 AID _. SLEDS PARH-12 HEIFIHS I S SRKOTtl OBfLT T H TEW REST OF HIS MBXaffl ' PAUL HOUSTON HAS AZZ, Hlf. T F I R D BT *Pf!E AKBRIC*� CI.TJB. HF IfAP H2?�K CLASfil-^IED fjBIT GOOD AWD BS SS9CMI HXS ^
PCTO CLAF5"IFIBD AS 1 0 0 $ .
OWES ^OR f F " SHOW CIROtTB' EACH TRAR, a4 AT ran stMM DAIRY $HOV n
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KOBCIIISKO AID BS HAD TWO
T 0 P P S 5 4LL CLASSES K C O T O S ^ .
JT.THIOR CRAMflOia AiU OW C W THAT IIAS SSRIOB O AW OBAHD CHAMP10H, PAUL HOT.^TOR THKHRBLL
warn TO cciiTiwus fo EXPAND AHP IMPROVT? HIS AIX
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T K 1 BARN AID P^KSDS ALL COMS ACTGRDXIG TO ?!IUH PRODUCTION. B^FOBE HE STAHTKD HIS SILAGE
PROGRAM HH USED TO �VTB THK COWC M>niTIOHAL 0-ROTJND COHH BUT V'ILL H W PE1D KM COHH .MOSTLY O TO HEIFERS. SLI01 FARM-llj. PASTURE PERMNMT PASTORS COHSISB? OP --
C1KK0N IBSmWSZA,
BRHHUDA A I P DA.LLIS GRASS AID ABODT FIFTY ACRES OF I T .
t m S f f l DTJTCt^ CLOVEH.
i s CLIPF- HIS mmmm
FBRTILIZ^S H M W ,
A�D HAS TOD LIMED AHD
T M K S A l f WfifW �RAZIH0 ; �
CQSSIST OF 22 ACRFr OF OATS, RYE GRAS? ASD
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CRIMSON CLOVER.
HE OHAZBS I f "UNTIL I J QUITS
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PLOWS I T UP AI-TD PLMJB I T TO
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MILLET FOR NQffCR AST SBHMSR 0HUZZSO� HOUSTON THEIUSLL OP K03CIU3S0
LSO PIIT3 QP THIS YZAB
PL75IITY OF HA3f POR VIHTSR PSEDIN3,
HS BOUGHT A WS!i HAX BALEK TO Bi^TTIH 1IAFDLB HIS PCmAQE PROGRAM. IN 19^9 HE BUILT A POLE PAUL
BAEH POH HAY AK3 imGHINlHY 3T0HAGS. SLIDE PARM-16
HOUSTON I S OW HIS FIBST YSAH OP A SILAGE WE BUILT THE TRBICH OH HIS PAfHER'S PLAG1. OP3JJ3 OUT ON THE IIOAD�AI AID HAS A OOICMSB FLOOR. THK THERCfl WILL HOLD 160 TONS AMD PAUL IT
HOUSTOH PROTEOTS HIS SILAGE WITH A POLY THELMB
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HR LXICKS S I M O B 30 WELL IH? PLA1S TO " HIS SAYS W E
SIEO
DOUBLE E I 3 GAmCITT �EXT H l l .
DIPFEKF1CF I I HIOXWOTIOH OF HIS CO�S WAS SO MOTICrABD': W M HE SfARTID FEEMWl iMLAQE THAT FMIL
I T WAS LXX8 TORHIHO ISTO AH OAT FIELD. HOUSTON PLAINTS 2 5 A ^ ^ AGHES OP IT I S THE S I L O .
OP CORM AMD USES SSVEH THIS YBAR HIS CCES
AWfiAQED ABOUT 5 0 - 6 0 BUSEILS TO THE ACRE.
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USUALLY IT RUMS B1TWE1I ? 0 Ml)
QO BUSHELS.
UASB8 PCJR THE LIVESTOCK I S SUP XIED TUm TEBMJS STOC K POHDS SIMILAR TO THIS GME. I S FEBGBD AMi CROSS PE1JCBD. ALL THS LAHD
I MEHTIOKED THAT
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PAUL HOUSTON AID HIS FATHER HAVE A SFPERATE miFm PI1OORAM GVTR AT BIS P/tSZfBR'S PLACE.
TBSJT RA^S 2 0 HEAP AMD HAVE JUCT BBF1I D01SO IT PGR A W A I , mm SLIDS fRACf� ?HKY BUT HT3IFEI1S, MEED TH3S AS) PAUL HOUSTON
SELL THEM A3 GPPJNOBES.
I S COMPLETELY K3GBAMXZKD ^JTK ALL TEH M D O H O FARM MACHINERY HE HTCHE TO CARRX 0 1 M S HiOGRAM 0 ? GRAS-LA1ID FARKXVO M D A LITTLTi 8 W CROP FCR FSBD. MB. fHSBJWLL WORKS VERY CLOSE WITH HIS HE HAS MM
COUMTY ACjaiCULYURAL W0RK1BS,
ismoiLM) m THK msmsio�
aanrxci BALAIIGED
FAEM ilHD BOWt P3GGHAM .\LM0ST :~IICE TBF PRQORAK HAS OFFRREB IN ATT ALA COQWX, I I 1 9 5 5 . HIS
SAIH ACC0MPLI3RM&8TS UNDER TKE PROGRAM BATO B E a � IMPROVED mSTDRl^ AID STAHfllO TRB % 1 I t H A-DAY^A-MHMTH PROQRAK* HERE MB SKF PAUL IIOUSTO
WITH COUHTY AQK8T PRAKK. BUCHAKAH ON THE LEFT AM ASSOCIATE COUlfTY ilGWS IGKT. SLIDE PARK-22 HOUSl 1952, BILLY ^lALTOK Oil TBE
PAUL 30UST0H TIffiRRELL WAS MAHR|BD IH HIS - IFE GRBsF U ? AT UTTCA, SHE WAS .' �
� O R K I I G W?m WS
SMPLOYMEHT SSKVICF I I aTTALA SHE I S A GRADUATE OF HUBS
comrri AT THCTIKE.
JUNIOR COLLT;GE. PAUL SAYS HE: UAS k BACHELOR 33 fl&RS OLD km SHI IS TEE ONLY WOUAl BE EVER ASKED TO KARRY KIM. HE SAIP Wm THEY
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MABRIED HE ASKED H I S WIFE TO him
I B THIS
Ti:HNA:iT HOUSE HE HAD MOVED UP ?R0M 9 B I MC& OP fST? PLACE...JU3T F@B A COUPLE OF TOUGM. , PAUL'S BBSS B@ BUSY BUILDIHJ A M I R Y HE HA3 S O U 0 ? �MLECfSS BUILDING TBJffi KEM HOUSE HS PROMISED HIS W i n * atJT.8BB*S A
VEHY PATI'-IH 1 UOMAM AMD HASli'T GOKPLAIMKD. H * SLIDE XAWB E E S Umm FATIS1CB I S JOOH TO BE H.2T*'ARDEI) FOR
?AUL HAS BGTKIBT THIS TSM ACRES OH THE HILL AS A uIGB'P FOR THEIR HEW HOM 1 WHICH HE H O B S TO START BUILDIMO SOOH. M8S. tBERRELL BJUS QOMim
TO WORK THROUGH TEE YEAHS TO HELP VROVZJ08 f H I MQHEY TO BUILD TSSIR DAI1T PROGRAM. THOUGH em PAUL MOB
WORKS I S TOWII AT THJ>: COUKTY iOfiiZTB
DEPABTH11-IT i^LL 04Y SHE fAKELA flME TO HA�S A HEAL Z X H K D I I � THE DAIRY PROGRAM, WESI S13B
C0HS3 BflMB AT HIOHE SHE D0F�> THE HOUSEWORK AMD .ALSO PXXD8 TIME TO FHERZE AHD CAS POOD FOH ; H B r ' A M I L Y ' S SEEDS. S H C 8 SHE WA5S*T HOlffi wli
V I S I T E D THE FABM THE 0TH1E DAT wS OIflM>f PICTUBES 0 ? Iir : S HOHEM&XING PROGRAM, CAMERA 0 8 FAMILY I SHOUOBf I
WE WOULD WAIT A D ASK HEFi ABOUT IT T0LX4X", WAifJC TO SAT F I R S T , THOUGH TEM H0G3TOH THSR1IS2LL BELOia TO THE
fffi, * D fffiS* PA01
WILLIAMSVJLLS
METHO.DIST CBQRGH rfHERB MRS. THERH3KLL T1ACHB5 A
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SOTDAY SCHOOL CLASS, TO TM
PAUL H0U3T0H ACS 0 BE&03IGS
MISSISSIPPI JF5S3PT C/-TTIT CLUB &*]) TIB HOF-% IN T I F TIMS
ATT&LA COTWTY PAIR? CLUB,
THAT H^MAI!?S LFT*S VISIT WITS I1H. AIID MSS* PATJL HQUSTOH THBR3RLL AID SOI HOUSTON. 1. 2. WdIL, WAT AHT? YOUR C-O^LS I S WaWtlWf TO
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MRS, THERHELL, "�JHAT K l i n r p w0HK DO YQtJ DO KITH TH1 ATT ALA OOtJJITY K^ltTH DBFABTMIHT?
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A�OOT HO-? MUCH POOD DO TO7! n m i R V S f "SAT BO YOU m � f MOST IH TOTSISW H0M1? DO YOU DO AHY SSWIHQ? HOUSTOH, 00 YOU 3HW WITH THE aAIRYINCJ? WHAT BO YOU WMM TO BE MGBI YOU 0R0� UP? BILLY, W i t t YOU S-OOttJUJEIC fl� PROS HAM?
BOV IS THB *#H0H-A-1MY-A-H0KTH SET TJp I I ATTALf* GOOTTT?
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