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I WANT TO SAY IN THE VERY BEGINNING THAT I AM VERY GRATEFUL TO N&WTON COUNTY AGMT f W.T, CORNELIUS AND ASSISTANT COUNTY AGE&T, PRICE M I I I E R FOR TMBIR VERY WONDERFUL HM,P IN SELECTING MB FAMILY WE SALUf I TODAY AND IN GOING WITH ME TO THE FARM TO OBTAIN THIS STORY.
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U l S I S THE STORY OF MR. AND M S , W.K. BOUTWELL AND THEIR THREE SONS, WHO LIVE ABOUT 7 MILES I SOUTH OF NSfTON IN THE LIBERTY COMIUNITY OF 1SMT0N COUNTY, OUR F K S I INTRODUCTION TO TH1 i BOUWELL FAMILY WAS A F i f YEARS AGO AS WE
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IN HIS 4-H CLUB WORK,
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(BOUTlfELL AND HIS SONS APffiARED ON OXM OF OUR I
^EHONSTRATIONS HERE ON BRFD TELEVISIT*, BUT VlRSf INTRJKRJCTION TO THE !f.K. BOUTWELL
ARM WAS THIS MAILBOX BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. NETH BOUTWELL AND HIS FAMIL? F 4 M 1�7 ACRES ICH THEY O N AND ANOTHER 140 ACRES WHICH THEY W T. MR. IMNETH BOUTWELL GREW UP ON THE
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ADJOINING FARM WHERE HIS MOTHER STILL LIVES, SLIDE SRS. BOUTWELL GREW UP ABOUT TWO MILES AriAf ON M&S. A FARM IN THE GARLANDVILLB C O M W l f f .
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BOUTWELL RECALLS THAT THEY MIT AT A COMMUNITY PARTY AND MR, BOUTWELL SAYS HE DIDN'T EVEN KNOJi
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) I I S CHARMING WIFE WAS ALIVE UNTIL ABOUT A YEAR BEFORE THEY WERE M&RRIED IN 1 9 3 8 . THOUGH THEY
&REW UP WITHIN TWO MILES OF EACH OTHER, THEY HA TO DIFFERENT SCHOOLS AND HAD NOT PREVIOUSL IAD OCCASION TO MEET EACH OTHER. KENNETH
UOUTWBLL'S FATHER PASSED AWAY WHEN HE WAS I S jfEARS OLD AND HE STAYED ON THE FARM AND CARRIED <)N WHILE H I S SISTERS ATTENDED COLLEGE. HS CONTINUED TO FARM WITH H I S MOTHER UNTIL HE AND
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I S FAMILY MOVED TO THEIR PRESENT FARM I N 1 9 4 8 .
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, KENNETH BOUTWELL BOUGHT THIS 1 6 4 ACRE F A M I � 1 9 4 6 WHILE HE WAS FARMING WITH H I S
komm m THE OLD HOME PLACE, BEIWEEN 1946
M B 1 9 4 S HE FARMED H I S NEW FARM AND BUILT EtXX 1 H 2 I K HOME, CUTTING TIMBER FROM THE LAND AND t>QIM K03T OF THE BUILDING H B S E L F . 32H1ETI 3GUTWELL I S A DAIRYMAN. TODAY
HIS FATHER
A GSADi *� DAIRY WHEN KES3fPTH MS k BOY T HOME. HE SAYS HIS TWO BIG FARMING CHANGES
BEEN FROM COTTON TO PASTURES AND FROM LBS TO TRACTOR. SLIDE I N 1 9 4 6 KENNETH BOUTWELL
LT A GRADE "A" DAIRY BARN OS HIS MOfHER�S >ARM AND CHANGED FROM GRADE �C� TO GSABE "A* IRYIKG. WHEN HE MARRIED HE WAS MILKING
OF COWS| TODAY HE I S MILKING 3 5 HEAD.
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JNTIL 1 9 5 2 KENNETH BOUTWELL DROVE HIS COWS THE ROAD TO H I S MOTHER �S GRADE "A" BASH CH KIGHT AND MORNING FOR MILKING. SLIDE IN 1 9 5 2
E BUILT THIS GRADE "A" DAIRY BARN OK H I S OWN 'ARM AND HAS BEEN MILKING AT HOME 3ETBR SINCE. FACT KENNETH BOUfWELL HAS BUILT EVERY ILDING ON HIS FARM AND STILL ADDS A SHED AS B GETS THE MONEY. D OF CATTLE. HIS TOTAL HERD TODAY I S 70
3 8 ARE MILK COWS THE REST 24 HEAD OF THEM ARE
RE HEIFERS AND CALVES. SLIDE. PARM.6
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i REGISTERED CATTLE.
ALL MILKING I S DONE WITH
WO PORTABLE MILKING M&CHINES AMI KENNETH AND I HIS firm SONS t KENNETH J l
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WAYNE AHD STANLEY
AIL %m& HARD AT WHATEVER IBEDS TO BE DONE. MUi
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I S WEIGHED REGULARLY AM THE HERD
nmxtim AVERAGES ABOUT 6#OO� POUNDS PER , uxm HE HAS SOME io f 0 0 0 POUND PER YEAR
^S. HERE WE SEE 9 YEAR C D SUWUSI 1 3 YEAR OLD WAYNE AT HIE BARK SCALES WHICH Y A MIGHTY IMPORTANT PART IN THE BOUTWELL DAIRY PROGRAM. BY THE WAY A NEW DAIRY HERD
IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION I S BEING FORMED I I JIETWON COUNTY AND KENNETH BOUTWELL FAS USS OF 1'HE FIRST TO SIGN UP FO1 I T . SLIDE FARM-8 THE BOUTWELL*S
A 100J& CALF CROP AND FROM I T THEY SAVE ONLY
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BEST HEIFERS ARE KEPT FOR HERD REPLACEMENT, � HERD I S CULLED CLOSELY AND ALL OLD COWS* PRODUCERS AND NON* PRODUCERS ARE CULLED OUT FAST AS THEY ARE FOUND, KENNETH BOUTWELL
S BEEN CALFHOOD VACCINATING FOR TIN YEARS AND [ESD I S BANGS AND TB FREE, HE USES BACK WATER
AND SPRAYING F(R PARASITE CONTROL,
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: THE HERD I S FURNISHED FROM TWO STOCK PONDS A SPRING BRANCH THAT HAS NEVER RUN DRY DURING MR, BOUTWELL'S LIFETIME ANYWAY. ALL REGISTERED COWS ARE BRED ARTIFICIALLY AND ALL i COIfS ARE BRED TO A REGISTERED JERSEY 1 1 HEAD OF THE CATTLE BELONG TO KOTETH ?OUR HMD TO WAYNS AND TWO HEAD TO, THBY HATS ACCUMULATED THEM THROUGH KENNETH BOUTWELL
i~]l CLUB PROJECT WORK.
AGENT TOM CORNELIUS INSPECT THE M l I l Y SitflON WHICH I S FED TO t U � BOUfHlU. HERD, ISVERYTHING BUT THE HEIFERS GITS GRAIN DAILY, J33NNETH BOUTWELL MIXES HOME GROWN FEED WITH I H E NECESSARY CONCENTRATES TO MAKE AN I R Y RATION, BESIDES GRAIN* HAY I S CS0CJ1 INT KENNETH BOUTWELL13 GRAZING
1 FEED RATION.
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ONSISTS OF 8 0 ACRES OF PERMANENT, IMPROVED MSTURE MUCH I S WHITE DUfCl, DALLISf
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BERMUDA AND FESCUE, WITH TEN ACRES IN BAHAIA GRASS, KENNETH BOUTWELL LIMBS ALL PASTURES
AND CLIPS THEM REGULARLY FOR WEED CONTROL, TEMPORARY GRAZING CONSISTS OF 70 ACRES OF OATS FOR WINTER AND SPRING GRAZING AND 30 ACRES OF MILLET FOR SUMMER GRAZING. ANOTHER 30 ACRES KKNUETfl BGUfWEl
OF OATS I S COMBINED FOR GRAIN,
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PUTS UP ABOUT 2500 BALES OF HAY EACH YEAR. HE CUTS FIFTY ACRES OF OATS IN THE DOUGH STAGE FOR HAY AND THE REST I S GRASS HAY. HAY I S FBB
jFREE CHOICE DURING THE WI1TER MONTHS AID DURING DRY Hmilim WHEN GRAZING I S SHORT, KENNETH HE HAS TWO
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JIS A COMPLETELY MECHANIZED FARMER, bilED
A COMBINE, PICKUP HAY BALER AND ALL CULTIVATING EQUIPMENT, LIKE ALL
GOOD FAIUCBRS HE PROTECTS HIS INVESTMENT BY KEEP H I S MACHINERY UNDER SHELffiR WHEN NOT IN U $ I , BB UOES SOME CUSTOM HAY BALING �3� COKBIKING FOR HIS NEIGHBORS, HE HAS 4 5 ACRES OF HYBRIB .
CORN EACH YEAR WHICH AVERAGES ABOUT 50 BUSHELS TO THE ACRE, SURPLUS, HE FEEDS MOST OF I T AND SELLS AN1 M
THIS PAST YEAR HE HAD 9 ACRES
COTTON AND HIS .YEARLY AVERAGE BROEDCTIQS I S I LITTLE OVER A BALE TO TUB ACRE, ALL HIS SOIL Am HE TESTS
FERTILIZES ACCORDING TO SOIL
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ANOTHER IMPORTANT CROP OH THE KENNETH THEY
OUTSELL FARM IN NEKTON COUNTY I S TIMBER. HAVE 3 5 ACRES, MOSTLY IN PINS,
THEY SET OUT
JUBOUT l t 0 0 0 PINE SEEDLINGS THIS m S T YEAR,
ETH BOUTKELL AMD H I S BOYS 1 0 CONSIDERABLE
SUEDE.
S E IFORK, WITH THINNING, WEEDING AND ^ E L E C T I V E HARVESTING, THEY GIRDLE THE
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UNDESIRABLE HARDWOODS TO MAKE ROOM FOR YOUNG P I N E TO GROJF. THEY ALSO TAKE THE NECESSARY IN
J;TEPS TO PROTECT THEIR TIMBER FROM F I R E ,
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A D D I T I O N HE HAS CLEARED A CONSIDERABLE AMJKJNT 6 F HIS LAND TO GET I T INTO GOOD GRAZING FOR ILIS TUTTY HERD, I N FACT THIS FIELD, ALL THEY
AY MCX TO THE TREES HAS 3BEN CLEARED SINCE T?I 30UTWELL BOUGHT HIS FAHM. RIGHT NEXT
0 THIS FIELD I S ANOTHER STRETCH OF PILED UP
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OT OtLY ARE MR. M D M S . K�WET�)[ BOlTT!fSLL i)OING AN OUTSTANDING JOB OP FASHING AND HOME HAKING, THEHT ARE ALSO DOING AN OUTSTANDING HERE THEY ARE Y0UFC .OTNJBTE 3 BOYS & CALVES
JOB OF RAISING THREE FINE SONS, I T H SOME OF THJ&R SHOW ANIMALS,
OUTWELL HAS BEM A 4-H CLUB MEMBER F 0 1 8 YEARS HAS MADE SOME REALLY OUTSTANDING ACCOMPWM 5 NOT ONLY IN THE SHOW RING WITH HIS 3WM0
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BUT IN OTHER PHASES OF HIS 4*H CLUB WORK AS fELL. B U S YEAR HE WAS A NATIONAL WINNER IN
JHE 4-H CLUB ENTOMOLOGY PROJECT AND ATTENDED NATIOHAL 4-H CLUB CONGRESS IK CHICAGO. HE
OH F I R S f PMCB IN IHE S M f E WIffi A SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION ESSAY IN 1 9 S S . HE HAS A
rEHBER OF THE NEBTTON COOTTY DAIRY JUDGIIRf TEAM IHICH PLACED SECOND AT THE MIDSOUTH MTIONAL Q&IRY SHOW IN MEMPHIS AND HAS WON ffiE DISTRICT t o N T E S T FOR SEVERAL Y m i S * ME I S ALSO PRESIDES
OF THE FETFON COUNTY JUNIOR DAIRY ASSOCIATION. WAYSB I S A MEMBER OF THE DISTRICT CHAMPION JUNI QAIRY JUDGING TEAM. S TAMELY HAS WON BLUE
SUBBQNS AT NEKTON, KOSCIUSSO AND JACISON WITH
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I I S JERSEYS.
NOT ONLY DOES KENNETH HELP WITH
HOME DAIRY PROGRAM, BUT HE ALSO MILKS FOR I S GRANDMOTHER EACH NIGHT AND MOMING DOWN ME OIHER FARM. HE CAR1S *Ofi AID lilLKS
. COWS DAILY ON THE SHARES WITH HIS GRAND BR. HERE WE SEE KENNETH AND ASSISTANT
COUNTY AGENT, PRICE MXLffiR LOOSING OVER THAT SLIDE QAIRY HERD. STANLEY WILL BE T M YMRS OLD ON THAT DAY Hii PLAITS 20
m FEBRUARY 7JH.
J O I N THE 4-H CLUB AND FOLLOW IN THE FOOTSTEPS W HIS OLDER BROTHERS. ZH|& I S STANLEYS COW
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A I D CALF,
miS COW HOLD REAL SIGNIFICANCE FOR
US ON RFB TELEVISIT, BECAUSE I T APPEARED ON OUR EFD TBLEVISIT SHOW HIGH? HERE Iff OUR YARD T WLBT WHSJ I f WAS ABOUT THE SIXE OF ITS E I F E R CALF WE SEE WITH I f , SLIDE B BOYS THESE THREE FINE IB 4*H
YOUNG vm HATE ALRMDY GOHE A LQM mt
CLUB AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AND I PREDICT E O T REATBR ACCOJIPLISHMMTS FOR THEM IH TIIS TiSARS AHEAD. THESE ARE OHLY A FEW OF THEIR MANY
[RIBBONS AID TROPHIES M I C H HAVE RESULTED PROM JffiEIR INTEREST I N DAIRYING AND TOP QUALITY DAIRY i i l l M L S . AT FREEZER THE IGMBMAB2NG PROGRAM OF THE
30UTWELL FAMILY HOLDS EQUAL IMPORTANCE ATM ffiS REST OF $HE FA1M PROGRAM. THEY HAVE
, i TWO ACl^E GARDEN I N WHICH IHEY RAISE ABOUT THE FAMILY NEEDS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF X M S1APLES. FROM THE GARDEN AND A S3&LL
5 AND A CHICKEN FLOCK A3D �12 W2t liOGS A B I S 1 BUTCHERED EACH YB&R HRS# BOUTWELL ZES ABOUT 3pOOO POUNDS OF FOOD FOR THE SLIDE FAR&.22 WOMAN E A H I L Y f S USE. SHE KEEPS I S LAYBSS AND 4 0 J R O I L E H S AND HAS KEPT A HALF DOZEN TURIOTIS YEAR UNTIL THIS YMR� FOE FASILT FDOD I N ADDITION TO THE POOD SHE MRS, BOUTffELL ALSO CANS ABOUT 1 3 0 JARS
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? R U I T t TOMATOES, TOMATO JUICE, JELLIES AND SLIDE FARM.: KITCH MS. BOUTWELL LIKES fO COOK IN HM SHE ALSO LIKES TO SEW AND IN HSR SPARE TIME SHE
SODERH KITCHEN. FLOWERS,
FURNITURE, AN ART WHICH SHE LEASES) IN EM HOME DiMONSTRATION CLUB WORK. TH�
KENNETH BOUWELL FAMILY I S VERY ACTIVE IN ITS SLIDE CHURCH. j THEY ARE MiMBERS OF THE LIBERTY CHURCH WLMB MR. BQUTWELL I S A DEACON SUNDAY SCHOOL SUPHO�TEND�rf AND MRS. TMCHES TUB BEGINBERS SUNDAY SCHOOL iCUSS. KiiMNBTH JUNIOR I S ASSISTANT B . T . U .
DI1IECTOR OF HIS CHURCH AND BIBLE DRILL LEADER OF HIS B . T . U . HE I S ALSO SOCIAL L U D M OF HIS WAYN1 I S TREASURER OF AMD ffllS FAMILY1 S
SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS.
I I S SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS.
LOVE OF THEIR CQBftiUNITY AN)) THEIR FELLOW CAMERA ON FAMILY DOESN'T STOP HERE. MR. BOUWELL I S A
OF TiiE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE 'NEWTON COUNTY COWOP GIN AND SECRETARY OF THE BOARD. HE I S
A MEMBER OP THE BOARD OF DIKBCTG&S OF THE SEXTON STATE DAIRY SHOW. I . S . C . COMIITTE^AN. HE HAS SMVfii) AS AN
HE I S NOW tflCis! PRAiSIDSITT
OF THE LIBERTY COMMUNITY DIVJS,OPMH?T CLUB AND A PAST PRESIDENT. MRS. BOUWSLL I S PRESENTLY
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ACTIVE IN THS LIBERTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CLUB, HAVING SERVED AS ITS SECRETARY LAST YEAR. SHE IS ALSO PROJECT IEADER OP THE LIBERTY HOME DEMONSTRATION CLUB AND ROOM MOTHER FOR
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THE FOURTH GRADE CLASS AT NEKTON SCHOOL
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AM) MRS, KENHETH BGUTIfELL WERE NAMDED TOP FARM FAMILY IN NEffTOM COUNTY LAST YEAR H COMMUKITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, ADULT 4-fl CLUB LEADERS, BIB
THEY ARS BOTH
THEY BELONG TO THE THEY HELPED TO
FARM BUREAU AND TUB P . T . A ,
& BMUTIFUL HJEIf CHURCH WE SA� A WHILE AGO AND A PIHE COMMUKITY HOUSE IH THBI1 t BESIDES THE OTHER THINGS I MSCTIOEi JUKIOR I S A 4-.H CLUB ALL STAR, � I C S OF THE S M I OR CLASS, MEMBER OF THE CLUB, ON THE ANMIAL STAFF OF IBfTON HIGH 3CU00L AJD THE SCHOOL PAPER, I S ACTIVE US FFA
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OF THE MTIOSAL GUAIK:.
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V I C S PRESIDN3T OF THE COUITY JUNIOR COUNCIL IH AM) SERVED AS ITS PRESIDENT LAST YEAR. MANY OTHE& THINGS TOO NUMEROUS TO MOTION fAYNE HAS BEEN PRESID8ST OF HIS LOCAL 4*H CLUB ;?OR IKO YMRS AMD I S STARTING JUT CSS A fSBOT OOD RECORD OF 4*H CLUB ACHIEVMffiT. STANLEY
VQO I S WILL ON THE MAY*.*JUST GIVE HIM TIME.
