W b CONTINUITY I ^oWwu TIME_ BY-- Farm Family of the Week DATE, p.m H o w a r d Langflfcfc VIDEO P r i . Marsh 10 f 1961 AUDIO CAMERA OH LAHJFITT I WANT TO SAY I S THE VERY BEOINNINO THAT I X AM D E E P L Y GRATEFUL TO MR. JAMES CARE, FARMKR?S HOME ADMINISTRATION SUPERVISOR I N IAWHENCE COBNT1 F O R H I S WONDERFUL HELP I H SELECTING- T H E FAMILY WHICH KE SALUTE TODAY AHD TO THE COORDXNATXJK} C O U N C I L OP LAWRENCE COJIITY FOR OOIKG WITH ME T O T H I S FAMILY* S FARM TO HELP ME OBTAIN T H I STOB.Y WHICH I AM NOW ff?INO TO T E L L . T H I S I S T H E STORY SLIDE FARM-1 HAN * WOMAN O P M B . I D M B S . JOHHSY D . HAMMOSD OF T H E D I V I D E COMMUWITY OF LAWRENCE COUHTY. FARM 1 0 0 ACRFS OF LAW MOHTICKLLO. LAND. THEY OMB AND ABOUT 8 | MILES SOOTH OF JOENNT HAMMOSD GREW U P OM T H I S HE.WAS BORN I N A HOUSTJTHJir S E T RIGHT f B E S H T HOME I S LOCATED. J0HH1Y SLIDB HOUSE WHER1 T H f f l HAMMOSD HASH?T HAD VERY MARY DAYS O F F T H F FARM. H I HAS EARHED H I S LIVLIHOOD FROM FARMXNO FROM T H E TIME H I STARTED OUT OS H I S OWN, M R S , HAMMOND GREW 8 ? ON A FARM MWS II TH1""' SAME COMMUNITY. S I X MILES AWAY BEF0EE H M MARRIAGI SHE SHE AMD JOHNNY WEST WAS MISS LAMELL1 ROBBINS. TO THE SAME CHURCH. SLIDE FARM-J HCKH THEY WERE MARRIED IN 1 9 3 3 ? THE FIRST FOUR I S THE H1ART OF THE DBFRESSXOB. OR FIVE YSARS OF THEIR MARRIED LIFE THSY RENTED L A I D FROM JOHNIY'S MOTHER FOR GASH ROT?, THIS THEY BOUGHT THEIR FIRST kO A0R1S OF LAUD WHILE I ? . ? ? ? . ? ? . ? ' ? ? ' W FOR, LBT CONTINUITY TIMEDATE- VIDEO AUDIO THEY CONTINUED TO R R f f . JOHNNY RECALLS THAT T B E Y D I D W ' T HAÑ1 AHY MOHBY BOT H^ HAD AN INSURANCE P0LIGY. THE LAUD. HE BQRJOlrfBD #100 OH IT TO BUY KB, HF M I D IT BACK IH THBEK YEARS. AID MRS, HAMMOKD BBCALL THAT THB YKAH MAR1IBD THB BAHKS CLCB1D AHS THWT LOST MOHEY THEY HAD. IH PACT THE? HAD 1 3 BALES OF THE3T COTfOH STORED AT A PIBM AMD LOST IT TOO. WERE ABLE TO BUT THE FURNITURE THEY SUDED AHD HAD 1S0U01 TO MAKE A OROP WITHOUT BOBEOWINS. THEY USED HOLES AND RAISED COTTOH AHD COHM IK THB BARLY YEAHB OF THEIR MARRIED L I F E , ALSO HAD FOUR HEAD OP 0ATT2B . PATHiH HAD aVtm SLIDE THEY MRS, HAMM0KD½S HER T1O H1AD AID JOHHNY'S MOTHHf i t t * HAM0ND RECALLS THAT HCLUDIWS HAD 0IVBH .HIM TWO. THE ÑH0LK FAMILY WORKED OH THE mm, THBIH TWO DAUGHTERS. THH TWO DAUfJHfBRS ARE HO L O H 0 ^ AT HOME BUT SOI JIMMY, Ñ 1 0 MARRIED THIS PAST JUSE, I S STILL HOME AMD I S , IH PACT, PARHZHG I H PAHTBERSaiP WITH BIS FATHER. A G R ^ BELOHO'S TO HIM. ^ 0 OF THE 1 8 0 ;' . JIMMY*S WIPE MAS MISS SHI I S GHRISTA THtJRMAH BHPGRS* THEIR MARRIAGE. FROM THE ARM COMMUNITY <F LAWREKGE COtlSTY AHD SHE ASD JIMM5T ATTENDED SGHOOL TOOMIHEK, AT SLIDE HOUSE MOHTICELLO. RIGHT MOV THEY ARE LIVIJK! ÑITH W FOR_ BY LBT CONTINUITY TIME. DATE- VIDEO AUDIO JIMMJHS MOTHER AM) FATipR WHIL1 THEIR HEW HOME I S BEIHG BUILT JtJST UP THE ROAD. MR, AID MRS. JIMMY HAMMOHD SAT MB* JAM1S CARR, SUPERVISOR OF THE FARMER½S HOME ABMISXSTRATIGI IH LAWRENCE C00I3TY I S ALMOST LIKE A PATMR TO TEWL AND THAT I F E? BAI3PT BST3? FOR HIM AHD THE mRMER½S H0M1 ASHZITISTRATIO! THEY"" WULDH*T BE ABOUf R1ADT TO HOVE IFTO THIS XEV HOM1 HOW. SLIDE PABK-& CATTLE JIMMX AID HIS FASH3 DO THB1R FARMING TOGETHER AS A PATH^-SOIf P A B f U N S H I P . fOF?AY f S i HAW½OIID?S HAVE ABOXJf kQ HEAD OF CATTIE A?O FOLLOW A GOIffiS?CIAL SOW-ASD CALP PHOaRAM, SELLISG THE BTJLK OP THSXR CALVES HXLK FAT OFF THK COW. THS5T HAVE 22 BROOD COWS. H I '0OT BLOBS REOISfSRIB COWS BELOIG TO JIHMT. SLIDE FABM-1 GATT] S f A R T S ) WITH RKOXSfERED IN THE PFA SKARS GHAIS WHILE IN SCHOOL. CALVES. HI SILLS A FEW RSGISSSRED MR. JOHNHY HAMMOHD I D SON JIMMY G H THB3T CALFHOOD VACCINATE THET CAJRRY ABOUT A 9 5 ^ CALP SROP. AHD THE HSRB I S TB AHD BAIGS TESTBB. SLIDE CATTIE A FEW LAfS CALVSS THROOOH THS WIKER AND FINISH THEM OUT ON OATS AND GRASS. THEY HOPE TO OHB THE CALVES AI DAY HAVE AS KAKY AS 3 5 BROOD COWS. CRB1P FED THE YEAR AROUSD, Ñ S 1 S BACKRU8S I I fHW IHSSCT COSTROL* AND MR. J0EHMY HAMM01 PABfOB'I^ PflR PARASIH AID THTS PAST SIGHT OR TBH TEARS W FOIL BY LBT CONTINUITY TIMEDATE. VIDEO AUDIO SLIDE FARM- HAMMOHD HAS USED REGISf HtSD HQRI1D HEREFORD BULLS I S H I S HRBIDIHO PROGRAM, STAHTILFF W1DI?SDAY OP THIS WEEK MFI. JOHNHT HAMMOID TOOK OVER MORE OF THB ACTUAL WORK OP HIS FARM PROGRAM AS JIMMY STARTED WORKING WITH AM OFF-SHORE B R I L L I H S OUTFIT IM THSGULF. HE WILL WORK SWTM DAYS AHD THEN BL OFF SBV1N DAYS AID V/ILL C09TIKD1 TO HELP FAM OK FHE SEVBH (XPP DAYS. HE I S DOIHG THIS ADDIflOlAL W ½ K TO ?ST THE MOSEY:-TO BOY SOM SLIDK FARM-1Q HO0S ADDITIONAL U.m. MR. A?D MRS, J0HOTX HA}«OHD ALSO RAISE HOGS, THQWMI HOT AS MANY AS fHEY OMC1 DID. THE YEAR BEFORE LAST THEY HAD HIHB BROOD S0Ñ8 BDT SOW HAVE OBLY FOUR. THEIR LITflR AVERA( IS -ABOUT EIGHT FIGS AUD THEY SELL ABOWD 65 ?IGS A YHA1. OP 0OURSB, THST RAISE TÑO tltTKHS A SLIDE -XI BOSS YEAR, MR. JOHliY KAMMOHD BOVBS THAT IF TH1 PHICI WILL PICK OP AGAIS HE MAY GWS BA0K A LITTLE IN TH1HOG BTJSISBSS. THERE MAS A TIME wmE wm?L mom FOR THF HOMEMADE SAUSAOB AND HOME CURED HAMS THEY SOLD. P1OPLB GAME FROM AS FAR AWAY AS BATON R0UQB TO BUY ..THEM, J0HH8Y SAYS AFTER TH1 SALS BARIS GOT STARTED IT WAS EASIBH TO MARKET THE HOSS THAT WAY. OF CODRSE THEY STILL RAISE OORW TO FB1D THE CATTLE AHP HOQS . THEY HAD 3$ ACRES THIS m ST YEAR W LBT CONTINUITY TIME, BY__ DATE. VIDEO AUDIO AVERAGED $0 TO 60 BUSHELS TO THE ACRE. OHE YEAR IB HIS lfR CLUB 'PROJFGT JIMMY MADS 125 BXJSHmS. 0 1 AH ACR1. JOHIHY HAMMOID WAS ONE OF THE FIHST FARMERS IH TBS ARIA TO PLAKT HYBRID CORK AHD SLIDE PA&M-12 MEN IK MSTUMS PLAITS FOURS 0-7*1.0 BACH TEAR. FSEMAUST BISTtTRg COHSISTS OP 35 A01BS OF IMPBOVED mSTURS WITH DALLIS, BKBMUBA AIP BAHAIA OR^SS, CCM4OS LESPED« W I T E DUTCH, RED TOP I D CRIMSOH CLOVER. HE ALS( M S 1^00 ACRES OF WOODS PASTURE WHICH HE RESTS., H E HAS HIS mSTTJHES BROKM TJP ISTO SIGHT ABBAS FOR BIST HOTATIOS. JOIMIY TESTS HIS SOIL AID FERTILIZES ACO0BDI8G TO SOIL TEST BWCOKMEKDATIORS HR HAS HAD HIS LAID TMRACEU kW OSBS ALL THE A.S..C. ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE. THESE HSS WE S H ½mn oi om OF JOHMY*S CLOVIB PASTURES AHS, L I F T TO RIOHT, JOHHNY, RCBOOl 8MITH OS S . C . S . ? # # J I M M y . . . T . Q ^ SIMS, A . S . C . OFFICE MANAGES, TED FtJLLtlf, ASSOCIATE COUiTY AQMT AM5 JAKES CARR, ' FAHMSB?S ROW1' ADMISISTRATIOS SUI«R?ISOR. FOR ACR^S O SLIDE. FARM?X3 M1H IK GAT FIELD Tmfomm GKAZIIO ^OHHIY ASD JIMKJT TJSE 18 OP OATS m 0 RYR GRASS. HB TAKES THE CATTII OFF THE LAST OF MAROH AND BALES -TH1? OATS I I TH1 STAOB FOR HAY, HI ALSO fOTS OOT MIBF AGR1S OP HS JBBT STARTED MILLET FOR ORAZIHO'AHD HAY.. USXRG MILLET ABB THI1KS IT*S THE BIST THBY*VE W FOR, BY__ VIDEO L BT CONTINUITY TIME, DATE. AUDIO HAP YET. JOHNNY SAYS I T H* DODGES A LOT OF G R A Z I N G . . . A N D THIS WBHN HE TJJKB3 OFF AND R8-]_ . SLIDE FARM-llf. POND F E R T I L I Z E S I T , IT MAKES A LOT OP HAY. WATER- SUPPLY I S PROVIDED FROM THREE STOCK POHDS LIKE T H I S ONE AND PROM A BRANCH I I TEE MIDDIE EH STORE T H I S I S MR, T . Q . S I « , A , S t C . OFFICE MA1AO1H WITH WHOM JCeiTMY I A S WORKED. M THE WAY, BOfH DAUGHTERS HAVE WORKED POS MR. SIMS'-IHtffiS A # S . . O F F I C E AID HE' SATS THEY ABE REALLY ÑpHKEBS, JOmm .? BAKMOUD ALSO HAS A SOIL P L M 0 1 HIS FARM THAT WAS WORKED OtTf WITH THE HELP OP R06COB SMITI SLUM FARM-1' Til WORK OHIT CONSSRVAflOIISf OF'THE SOIL COHS^VATIC I N LAWREHCI cowm: ABOUT SIX YIARSA&O. AMD JIMIfiT HAHKOHD HAVE /BOUT 9 0 ACRES IN , TIMBER...MOSTLY P I I E . AND SEtBCTVfELY SLIDE FAKM-16 TIMES«! THEY THIN AND MM IT HAHVBST, THEZ HAVE SOMF OUH AND THESf ALSO CUT THSIR WHITE OAK IN THE BOTTOMS. OWI POSTS FROM THEIR fIMBlR # . . M ( B T L Y OAK POSTS. THEIR LAID I S . FEITCED-AND GROSS FENCED. HAVE THE THEY mmmmm MACHINERY TO CARHY 01 THEIR DIVERSIFIED-VARM FROORAM.. . JOHSNY SAYS I E BOUGHTH I S FIRST TRACTOR mm 8LIBB FARM-17 HOUSE ON JIMMY* S 13TB BIRTHDAY, H I q a i T FARMING WITH HOLES IN 1 9 5 1 , WITH KCDERN PAEMINO IS COKING MODERN LIVISQ. JIMMY ANB HIS KXPECT TO MOVE I 1 T 0 T H I S , THEIR NEW HOME, -~- W FOR. BY_. VIDEO LBT CONTINUITY DATE. AUDIO I F ABOOT f Ñ 0 V5EKS* fHEY GIVE A GREAT BIAL OF CREDIT TO THE FARMER*S' HOME AIM INI STRATI ON Aim SAY THAT THIS HELP I S MAKI1G.IT POSSIBLE FOR. TRI SLUMS F&BM-18 FEGAH GROVE STAY OS THF fABM. T E « S FAMILIES PRODUCE MOST -ETEmmtnu TSBI WBB MCEPT.THI / :; HOHf ARE STRICTLY' LIVE AT"" HOME BELIEVERS, . . ?A8I5 WHAT THKY CA?-?T BAISET T l i w DO WITHOUT, FOB THE BARE HECESSITIBS. THESB i^Q.PSCAS TRSRS H H , P TO ADD TO THE FAMILY; 1ICOKE.' ? THIST'lLSO . H I SLIDE- ABOUT ú 0 LAYIHG BESS AMD SELL SOME .SOOS, MRS,' JOHKMY HAMMOND S A ^ SHS HAS fJEyER BOUGST A . D0E1F EGOS IN KMR L I F E . TEEY HAW ABOtTT AN AGES AKP A.'Q.UABTSRO? aARDEB, ? SOME. OP -IT HAR-BOUWP. ;? FRCF THM.S aAlDEM AHD MWAT SUPPLY-THEY EACH YBAE FREEZE-ABOUT lúOG POOBDB OP POOD TO PUT I H QASWSD FOOD fBB FAMILY P11H%BH AMI) MRS. HAKMONB ALSO CARS ABOUT 2 ^ 0 - J A E S OF WOOD. SUCH THIKOS AS 1PAGHKS, FEARS Wim, J 1 L L I 1 S , ' B E R R I I S ? PICKLES, TOMATOES,- SMAF BEAHS Am) SO PORTE. .MBS. HAMHOBD.-HAS WORKED CLOSELY WITH HER HOME DEMO?STHATIOH AGSHT, MJSS FL0R1XF PDLTOV-IH DEVELOPING A SOUND HOMT ? - ; . > "" . MAHAG1MEST PR^RAM. SLIDB 'MRS.' JOBVNY HALOID SAYS S T I L L DO« SGMK 00TSIO1 WORK BOT NOT IH THE KTSCSES F I E L D AHBtORE, COOK TOO. SHS LQ71S TO COOK Al? I S A GOOD SHE ALSO SAYS HSR HEW DATJGHTER-IH-. W FOR_ BY LBT CONTINUITY TIME_ DATE. VIDEO AUDIO LAW I S A GOOD COOK* AND ESPECIALLY GOOD AT BAKING ARD I S A REAL HELP I H THE HOUSE, MBS, . Mtf SLIDB SEWIKO HAMMOND ALSO DOES MOST OP HER OWN SBWZBG MAKES CtJRTAIIS ASD DRAPERIES FOR HER HOKS, SHE ALSO I S TORY ACTIVE I S HOMB DEM0N3TRATZQM CLUB WORK AND H&S BEKH F0R.MA.mf TSARS* II Em HOMEBEBHHSTRATIOH CLUB WORK SHE HAS LEARSiD f 0 SLIDE FARM-2 CHAIRS R B - C A H E CHAIR BOTTOHS A!? EHJOYS DOING I f , TOO HAS HBLPED TO COT COSTS I I THEIR L I ^ S AT HOME PROGRAM. MRS. BAMMOBD I S A . M U D If OP THE t%m~ TOPEKA HOME ^EMOHSTRATZOH CL0B ASD MAS P R P i i l B E H T OF THE CLUB LAST YEAR. SHE S A Y S , OF SLIDE WOfffiS HER HOME DKK0H8TRATI0H AGEHf, MISS PLOBRZE P I J L T O H , TH/C S H E ' S BERH WORHHO 1CITH HER FOR Y^-ARS . . . T H A T H I S S FIJLT08 HAS BBLiSD HH? LEARI TO S E E P HOMEMAKINO RECORim A?H fBAT SHE BAS ALMOST mm A MOTHER TO HER AS WILL AS HOM1 ? SHE SAYS MISiJ .FOLTOI ? \ DEMOHSTRATIOH AGffiW. PRACTI-.-ALLT HELPED-RAISE-THE CHILDR1S. MR, AMD t SLID! FARM*? CHJLO MRS, JORHMY HAMMOHD HAVE fHRBE C ½ C ^ i W WO DAUOETBRS AND A SOH, JIMMY AND BARBARA.. JKAXETSE 9 OH THE R I G H T , : ? ALL OP ttSM WERE IN 4 - H , BARBARA MAS FOR PFA AHD PHA AS CHILDREN I Ñ SCHOOL, A M A J O R I T Y AHD DRUM MAJOR IH HIGH SCHOOB, THAT MATTER, JIMMY'S W I F E , CHRISTA MAS A KAJOREW W FOR_ BY LBT CONTINUITY TIMEDATE- VIDEO AUDIO TOO. MR. km MRS, JOHHBY HAMMQHD BELONG TO THE TILTOH METHODIST CHURCH WHERE JOHHIY I S SUfTJAY SCHOOL SUPERINTEHDENT AND MEMBER OP THE GFFICIAt BOARD AID 'WHERE MRS. HAMMOfD I S A SUBSTITUTE T1ACHSR IH THE ADDLT SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS. JIMMY AMD CHHISTA BELONG TO THE ARM BAPTIST CHURCH IJT THK COBHMUUITT \ffiERB CHRISTA WOM UP, CHURCH SECRETARY M D A SOHG LEADER AW SECRETARY CP HIS STMD^ SCHOOL CLASS. CAMFRA OS FAMILY SHE I S JIMMY I S THE HAMMOHDS BM?OMG TO THE LAWREUCE COOTTY FARM BUREAU AKB RELY HEAVILY OH ALL THS AGRICULTURAL AGMGIES Iff THEIR COU1TX TO BELP THM UTILIZE THE LktBK FARMING AHD HOMIMAKISG MFTHODS. OH, I MUST fSLL YOU THAT JOHHNY KBMm ABOUT 2 0 a U I N l A S AND VBSS I ASKED HIM WHY HE S A I D . . . T O K I L L INSECTS...AMD THIS I S TH"" WAY H PUT I T . . . TH1Y?LL KILL MORE I I S I C T S EVES THAH TOMPHEMSDT. I COULD TELL MUCH MORS ABOUT THIS PISE FAMILY BUT I S THE TIKE THAT RSMAIHS I W M YOU T< AT MEET THRM. 1. 2. 3. k. 5. . . % v HAVE YOT RAISED AHY COTTON? IN RECEHT YEARS? H0Ñ mm IT YIELD? ^IAT ARE YOUR HOPES FOR THE FUTURE* MRS. HAMMOHD, yUkT IS J1AHHTTE DOIIIG? WHAT WORK HAVE YOU DOHE IH THBHOUSE TO W LBT CONTINUITY TIMEDATE. VIDEO AUDIO IT ^ D mm L i r a - MOKE CTJOYABLE? 6. OBRISTA., DO YOU WANT TO ALWAYS BE A PAW! WXFtf ' WHAT ARE YOU LOOKIHG FORWARD ^0 MOST II YOUR . H1W KOKBT 8. B&RBARA, Wkl ARE YOU DOIKG MOW? 9. WHAT DO YOU HOPE TO DO WHBN YOU FIH1SH?
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