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I WAKT TO SAY F I R S T , THAT I AM VERY (HMBTKFUL TO SCOTT COUHTY kQEBT MR. � . R . CAIN AND HOME
DEMOHSTBATIOH A G ^ I T , MRS, JUDITH GAT&*OOD, FOR T H E I R VERY WOffDlRFUL H1LP I H SELECT I HO THE FAMILY WHICH WE SALUTE TODAY AMD FOR GOING WITH ME TO THK FAMILY*S HOME TO HELP ME OBTAI1 THE STORY WHICH I AM NO� 901110 TO T E L L . SLIDE THIS IS
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THE STOHY OF MR. AND HRS. R . O .
(JACK) ARMSTRONG
WHO LIVE IN THE FORKflLLE COMMUNITY OF SCOTT COUNTY WHERE THEY OW1 AND FARM 5 7 3 ACRES AS WELL AS FARM AHD CARE FOR JACK*S MOTHERS 6 0 0 ACRES OW LAMD HEAHBY. JACK ARMSTROBO ALSO HAS JACK GREW
AHOTHER 1 0 0 ACRSS OF TIMBER LABD.
U P OH A FARM JOST ABOOT A MILE OH THE OPPOSITE S I D E OF FORKVILIE, HE WAS ONE OF FOUR CHILDRM THE CHARHIMO
AHD ATTENDED SCHOOL AT FORKVTLLE.
M R S . ARMSTRONG WAS, B1F0RS HER MARRIAGF TO JACK, M I S S BERTHA M0?MB OF FORKVILLF, SLIDE PARK-2 ROUSE SHE AND JACK
ATTENDED SCHOOL T0S1TH1R AND WERE CHILDHOOD SWEETHEARTS. 1Q26. TH�Y MSRB KARRIFD OH FEBRUARY 2k�
THEY HAVE POUR C H I L D R M . . .TWO GIRLS ASD JACK ARMSTROIG HAS FARMED MOST ALL
T � 0 BOYS.
H I S L I F E , THOUGH T H 1 F I R S T H O T T YEARS HE SAW MZLLSD. HE SJTOIILLFD OUT OK MILL STREET HIRE JACK SAYS THAT*S
JACKBOH I H 1 9 3 ^ ASD 3 5 .
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WBER1 HK MADE THF MOHIY TO BUY THE 5 7 3 ACR1S OF LAKD IH 1 9 3 6 . TH1Y MOVED TO THE MRM IK THIS LOVELY
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THAT YEAR BUT HOT IHTO THIS HOUSE.
HOME IK WHIGS THIY LIVE TODAY WAS BUILT BY JACK ARMSTRONG IH 1 9 1 $ , OFF THBIR GOT LAHD. HE MJLLHD THE LUMB1R POR IT AS I SAID, JACK HAS SAW HI HAS 100
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ACHES OF PIHE PIHK TIMB1R OR HIS LAHD AND HE THIKS I D VBEDS AND SELECTIVELY HARVESTS IT FOR MAXIMUM R1SULTS. m I S SAVING. IH HAS SOME VIROII PIKE
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TO BUILD HOMES POR HIS CHILDREN BUT HE DOUBTS
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B B P � E HARVEST I H 8 .
OSTS OFF T H LASD AHD U S ^ A LOT OP MULBERRY. H I S LAHD I S ALL F1HGKD AMD CROSS F�MGBD. JACK
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MILLIHG BEST OP ALL HAD HAS HBV13S BWS A MILL SIEGE HI WAS 2 0 YEARS OLD.
IH FACT HE
HAS TWO MILLS RIGHT HOW BUT JUST OHK I S IH OPSIATIOB. IH 1 9 5 6 JACK �BST OUT TO 8EW MEXICO | TH1RB
AHD OF RATED TWO SAWMILLS FOR A YEAR.
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CRBBP FEEDS HIS CALVES.
HIS SOS, JIM I S AT
HOffi RIGHT HOW AHD HE DOBS HOST OP THE LOOKISQ AFTER THE CATTIE. SkmS FARM-11 JACK CALFHOOD VACCIHATIS AHD
THE BEST HEIFERS FOR HERD REPLACEMENT.
WHIO5 HF HAS A GRADE HERD I I USES OILY HEOISTBRB POLLSD HSRE7CRD BULLS IN HIS BREEDING PROGRAM. H I I S ABOUT AT A KAXIKUM AS TO HERD SIZE UXDBR I I S B S S ^ S T 0PI1ATI0H AND ?LM& TO CONCP^TRATE MCR1 NOW m IMPROVING THE BRSBDIIO, FUDIBQ AHD OF T E ! EERD. JAGK SAVES BACK THE
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LATE CALVSS AHD PUTS TH1M OH OATS ABD 0RAII THROUGH THE � I W ^ R MOUTHS AHD SELLS THM IH T i l SPRIHG, JACK HAS ABOtJT 2$Q ACRES IH GOOD
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I S 2Z YEAR OLD SOW, JIM WHO I S CtJRRKSTLY H I S FATHER O i l RATE THE FARM, ALL PERMAHFJTF
PASTURE I S DIVIDED IHTO FOUR A STUBS ARIAS, JACK CLIPS HIS mSTURSS ASD SPRAYS T H ^ FCR
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ORAZIIO COHSISTS PRIMARILY OF OATS IH THRES m S T U R S AREAS, HI TAK� THE CATTLE OFF IH MAR&
AHD LATER CUTS S0M1 FOR HAY ASD COMBIHfS SOKE
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FOR GRAIB,
TEMPORARY StBtCEI GRAZISG CONSISTS
OP 5 6 ACRES OP MILLET AHD SORGHUM GRASS WHICH I S GRAZED ALL THE WAY DO�S. W OUR PICTOE
WE S I S , LIFT TO RIGHT, COTJI3TY AGBST W.R. CAIH, JACK ARMSTRONG AMD SQH JIM OH THE RIGHT.
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WATER FOR THE LIVESTOCK I S SUPPLIED FROM FOUR SfOCKPOHDS SIMILAR TO THIS OBE. JACK DOG THESE HE ALSO
PQHDS HIMSELF WITH HIS O H EQUIPMENT. W SLIDE FARM-16 SILAGE
HAS ADDED SILAGE TO HIS PUDIKG PROGRAM A8D LIK1 I T VERY MUCH. LAST YFAR TBB DROUGHT HIT HIS
CORB CROP SO HARD AM) THERE DIDH�T SEEM TO BE MUCH HOPE OP MAKIHG HAY SO HE BUILT THIS TKEUGH S I L O W f ! COHCRCTE FLOOR AHD WALLS, k$Q TOM. IT HOLDS
JACK SAYS I T ' S BY FAR TOO LARGI
BOT H I DIBS*T WAST TO GET 0AUGHT WITH OHE TOO SMALL, 3ILAGI H I POT ABOUT 2$0 TOSS OP CORH SILAGE
OFF 3 5 AGRPS OF COH &&SD AHD ABOUT FIVE ACRES OF SORGHUM GRASS IH I T . H I SAYS T B ! CATTLB EAT
I T WELL AMD LIKE I T . . . T H E Y DO HiTTER OS IT AUD H1�LL STAY WITH IT FROM FO� OS, HE PLAHS TO
PUT A LIM1 OP TROUGHS AT THE EHTKANOE TO THE TREHCH AMB COVER THIH FOR ALL W1ATH1R FEBDUfG, mm SLIDE PARM�l8 POtfLTRY HOUSES JACK ARMSTROm CAME BACK FRCM HEW IffiXICO
IM 1 9 ^ 7 HB AID HE POUMD ETERYOHE AR008D SCOTT COBHTY GBTTIHG IHTO THE POULTRY BUSINFSS SO HE D I D TOO. HE STARTlDTfP THE SAWMILL AHD SAWED
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LUMBER OPP THE PLACE FOR FOUR HOUSES WITH A CABCITY OF 5 2 , 0 0 0 BIRDS. Tim m ACTUALLY SINCE TEM
HAS FQUHD HIS BIRDS DO A LITTIE 1ETTEE LESS TO THE HGUS1 SO HI WW PUTS 0HL1 O
WITH A Fm
1 2 , 0 0 0 BUDS TO THE HOUSB GIVIFG HIM A 0AFACITY
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OF 1^8,000 BIRDS. YBAft.
THE3T RAISE FOUR BATCHY A
PKOM THE B10IHNIHO JACK HAS B1EN 0 � A
CONTRACT WITH B . C . ROGERS I I MORTOM AND JACK FURHISHES THE HOUSES, SQUIPM11ST AID LABOR AHD B . C . RO�IRS COKPAHY SUPPLIES THE CHICKS, FEE� AW A SlHVICHJiAir TO EBRP CHECK OH THE BIRDS AHD SUPPLY PROPEK MM)ICATIOM AKD VACCIMTIOS. PUf DAY OLD CHICKS IK THE HOUSES. fHEY
TH1RE ARS
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AUTOMATIC* FEEDERS lU THE HOUSES AID JACK HAS T H 1 E 1 FAMLI1S 0� THE PLACE THAT SUPPLY THB LABOR IH TfiE POUIffRY PROGRAM. D1LIVFR1D TO THI FARM IH BULK. ALL FEM) I S JACK THIliXS
H I MAY FURTHER ISCREASI HIS 1K0ILB1 OFRATIOH.
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JACK ARKSTROHG I S A COMPLETELY HSCHASIZ1D PARM1R AMD HAS HIS Q U FARM WORKSHOP WHiRB THEY W HhimAl� THSIR 0�H MAGHIS1RY AND ALSO STORAGE MOST OF THE
TO KEEP I f OUT OF THB W1ATH1R,
FOUR FARM TaAOTORS AHS BDTAMB OPERATED FOR ECOHOMY. SON JIK I S DOIHO MOST OF THE HAXHTAXV
AHCE WORK OH THE MACHISBRY WHILE H I I S HOME.
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T H 1 Y ALSO HAVE A CQM8I1IS AID HAY BALER AID ALL HSgDED PLA8TINCJ AHD CULTIVATING- EQUIPMEHT. T H E WAY JACK USUSLLY HAS 2$ ACRES I I CORN, BY nl
P L H T T S HYBRID SEFD AHD USUAL: Y ATERAGKS $Q TO 6 0 BUSHELS TO THE ACRE. WEXT YFAR HE PLAIS fO
X9GRTTAS8 H I S GRA2S PROGRAM BOTH FOR S I L A 0 1 A D FOR GRAIH. HE PLAITS TO IX) MO? E P U D I N G . AS I
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S A I D , JACK HAS B I S O�I H S A W MACHISBRY,
THIS
B I G DOZER I S RATHER H!W BUT I T � S THE KIHD OF MQVimmH HE HAS USED FOB YEABS I I H I S LAID JACK ABM5TRO2IO I S ALSO THE IH
P R 1 P S R A T I G H WORK.
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JACK SAYS H I LIKES COtJSTY AFFAIBS
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IT HAS B U S PLSASAHT TO SERVE HIS P1LLCWMAF
I I I S A M ^ B I R OP THE LE0ISLATIVR C0MMITT2E OF THB MISSISSIPPI ASSOCIATIOH OF C0TJHTY SU^RVISO JACK TESTS HIS SOIL IM COOPERATION WITH HIS COtJfSTY A01ST AKD TRIES TO FOLLOW SOIL TEST
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RECOHMFHDATIOHS, OF THE 0ARDEHIW.
MRS. ARJISTRONG
OVERSRES fiOST
TH1Y HAVF ABOUT A HALF ACRI EACH Y1AR
OF 0ARDM, SOME OP I T YEAR ROUWD,
SHE PUTS ABOUT 1 2 0 0 POUMDS OF FOOD IN THE F^MIL FRBSZER BRIDES SXTRA HgKP WHICH THE FAMILY ESPECIALLY LIKES. SHE SAYS WEEK THE KIDS COME
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HOME THEY WART STEAK.
I H ADDITION TO WHAT SHE
F R K E 2 E S SHE ALSO PUTS IB OUT 3 0 PIKT8 OP POOD I I J A R S . . . S U C H THINGS AS JAMS, J S L L I 1 S ASD FSESERV
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MHS.JRMSTROKG DOESM'? CLAIM TO ENJOY COOKISO BUT S l i d SHF HAS I T TO DO SHE ALWAYS T R I E S TO HCME DIHONSTRATIOS
MAK1 I T SOMETHING S F S C I A L ,
A S ^ T , MRS. JtJDITB OATEW00D SATS MRS. AB�STROHQ HAS A RFPtJTATIOH FOR BRIHO A MIOHTY GOOD COOK. S H E HAS A LO�1LY K I T G H M , C0MPL1TELY M0D1R1, I S WHICH TO PBBPARE THB FAMILY MFALS. I H PACT FMILY
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H 1 R WHOLt EOM1 1 3 LO^ILY AHD SHI AHD THE U f J O Y I T TO THE P U L I E S f .
SHE SAYS WHAT SHE
REALLY I I K P S TO DO MOST I S TO PISH ANT> DOBS AT EV BY OFPORTUSOT. HR. AHD MRS, JACK ARMSTRONG
B E L 0 1 0 TO TKE POI?KVILLE B I T H L ^ E M BAPTIST CHUBC5 GAMMA OS FAMILY M R S . ARMSTROHG I S A MSJIBER OP TKE ORDER OF THE BfcSTSRK STAB. JACK I S A SHBIK1R A�D ASSOCIATE UK �AS
PATBOB OF THE 1ASTE1H STAK AT MC^FOH. VORTHY P T R O K T H R U T I H E S . FARM BORFAtf.
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CATTBgKEH�S ASSQCIATIOK AID THR M I S S I S S I P P I F 0 R 1 S T R Y ASSOCXATIOH, MR. ASD MRS. JACK AHMSTR<
A R E SOLID POLKS I I THBIR COMHUSITY A8D GOOD S I I O H B O H S TO ALL TBBZR S I 1 Q H B 0 R S . I COULD T I L L
MUCH KORB iBOUT THIS FAMILY BUT HOW I WAHT YOU
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1. WHAT IS THE GREATEST USED, A3 YOU SEE IT, IM OUR BURAL AREAS TOOAYf 2. WHAT IS THE MOST SATISFYING THIHG ABOUT PARMIHO? 3. WHAT IS TW, MOST SATISFYING THIHG ABOUT BEI3 A PUBLIC OFFICIAL.? ' k� Wk&, AHMSTROHO, WHAT MAS YOUR FIRST HOME LIKE? Wm DOES HO�1MAEIHG TODAY DIFFER PROM �HAT IT WAS IN 1926? U JIM, ME MKSTIOS YOU ABE fRESMTLY AT BOMB... WHAT HAVE YOU BSEH DOIBG? 7 . WHAT AHE YOUR FDT0RE HJSS? 6. IX) YOU THIHK YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE-A PAEMER?
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