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Mississippi State University Scholars Junction Howard Langfitt Farm Families of the Week Television Scripts Howard Langfitt Farm Families of the Week 6-7-1957 Switzer, R. Purvis Script Howard Langfitt Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/mss-langfitt-scripts Recommended Citation Langfitt (Howard) Farm Family of the Week Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University This Transcript is brought to you for free and open access by the Howard Langfitt Farm Families of the Week at Scholars Junction. It has been accepted for inclusion in Howard Langfitt Farm Families of the Week Television Scripts by an authorized administrator of Scholars Junction. For more information, please contact scholcomm@msstate.libanswers.com. fW L B TC O N T I N U I T YFar® Family o f til® WeekBYnATF Frl . Jane 7 , . lt?57TIMF l g 1 8 6 - 1 : 0 0 p.m.VIDEO AUDIOCAMERA ON LATOFXTTS U D S FARMUlMAIL BOXFARM-2HOUSEX WAN? TO SAX IN THE VERY BEGINNING THAT X AMGRATEFUL TO HUMPHRIES CQUNTX AGENT,ELMO HILL, FOB HIS (VERX WONDERFUL HELP INTING THE FAMILX WHICH WE SALUTE TODftX ANDFOR SOIN0- WITH ME TO THEIR FARM TO OBTAIN THESTORX WHIOH I AM ABOtIT TO TELL, THIS 1 3 THESTORX OF MR, AND MRS. R. HJRVIS SWITZER AND SOS,BAHRX WHO LIVE IN THE FOUR MILE LAKE COMMUNITT•F HUMPHRIES OOUNTX. PURVXS SWITZER GREW UP OMADJOIKXN& FARM WHERE HI 3 FATHER AND MOTHERiTILL LIU. MRS, PURVIS SWITZER SHEW UP INL 2 0 N I , SHE AND PUR?I3 WENT TO SCHOOL TO&STHBRXEAR AFTER HE GRADUATED FROM BELZONI HIOHSCHOOL PURVIS 3WITZSR WENT TO THE NAVX WHEREIS SgRVSB HIS COUNTHX FROM 1 0 4 3 TO 1 9 4 0 . WHILB?URVIS WAS IN THE NAVX HIS BRIDE TO BS WENT TO3CHQOL AT SBLHAVSN A XEAR AND THEN WORKED IN]!ELZ©HI. PURVIS SWITZER CAME OUT OF THE NAVXMAX 1 0 , 1 9 4 6 AND THEX WERE MARRIED ON MAX 2 0X MOVED TO THIS LOVSLX LITTLE HOME IN 1 0 S 4>URVXS SWITZER AND HIS BRIDE LIVED WITH PURVIS'STHER AND FATHER FOR ONE MONTH* PURVIS FARMEDHIS FATHER UNTIL m WAS MARRIED. THEN FORONE XEAR HE RENTED 1 7 ACRES OF COTTON AHD THEW L B TC O N T I N U I T YFOR.BY__DATE_TIME-VIDEO AUDIOSLIDEOLD HQU3SSLlDiCTWO KBIT3E0OMD XfiAR HE AND ffig FATHER RENTED 140*A«KUSSOF LAND TOdlTBSR, AND IN THE FALL-OF 1 9 4 7 PURVISBOUGHT 1 2 0 ACRES OF U S PRESENT 1 8 5 ACRE FARM.THERE 1 3 A STORX OF HARD SHIP AND N£/m TRA&SDXX S A R S FROM 1 9 4 8 TO 1 0 5 0 AND I T SHOWS THEAND DETSRMINATION OF THI3 YOUNG- FARMERAMD m*mn IN OUR STORX, BUT FIRST LST ME aoBACK A LITTLE* AFTER PURVIS SWITZER AID HISRIDE UVSD WITH PURVIS13 MOTHER AND FATHER FORMONTH THEY MOVED TO S^IFTOWN WHILE Tf^X WEREUILBIN& THEIR FZH3T HOME. THSX TOOK AN OLD HUH*OWN TEHNAST HOUSE ON TBS SWITZER FARM AND PUT«Btf FLOORS, SIDING, A ROOF AND PORCH OH I T 30T WAS FIT TO LIVE l i t . TMBX UVSD IH THIS HOUSE6 XSAHS UNTIL THSX BUILT THEIR NEW HOME IHL9S4* I T WAS IN THIS SPAN OF XEARS TH«T PURVISSWITZER ASB HIS FAT^R DID MUCH OF THEIR FARMING•OSETHSR. WHILE THEX BOTH HAVE THEIR OWN LAHD,'HBX STILL WORK VIRX GLOSSLX TOOETHSR AND HANDLEK)HS OROPS TO«EfHER. HE AND HIS FATHER RAISEDOTTON CORN AND OATS. ON HIS OWN OPERATIONURVIS SWITCH BS8AJJ TO BUILD A HERD OF BSaiSfERIHOGS, AS WSLL AS RAISE COTTON, CORN, OATS,ND SOXBEANS* IN I i 4 8 , JUST A3 PURVIS 3WIf2B»W L B TC O N T I N U I T YFOR_BY__DATE-TIME_VIDEO AUDIOSLIPSSLIDE FARM 6COTTON GLOSEUP(AS OiSTmtMJ HIS BS&Z3XSBSD DUROC BOG BUSINESSING GOOD HS WAS STRUCK BLIND 8* A PITUITARXMOB AND IAD TO HA^E AH OPERATION FOR ITSREMOVAL, HE HAD AMQTHIR OCaURAHOE OF I f INsTHIOH RS$SIBBD ANOfHSH OPERATION. DIBISOSABS OP HAOT3HIP WHILE THXING TO RSK>?SB FROMHI a ILLHS33 AND CARHY OS HIS FAI^? PR08BAM A?HE SAMS HUB, HIS REGISfERSD HO«J PROGRAM 0-0?LL ^ S S i D OP W I f l POOR BRESDIMS THAT IROKSHIS FA3TURES 30 HE SOLD OUT IH 1949 AHD DIDN»fBACK IHTO fHI HOG BUSINESS UNTIL 2.0S4, I ' L LLL XOU ABOUT HIS FRSSSBT HOG PROGRAM A LITTLSTSR IN T K 3T0RX. iiJBVIS SWITZSR HAS ALWAYSH E P '3QM COTTOH. TMB YEAH HE HAS A SS ACRSOTTOS ALLOTMENT AMD HAS PUT l& OF I T I » THEOIL BANK, HIS COTTON OHOP OVER THE YEARS HASABOUT A BALE AMD A HALF TO THS ACRE.ioas ISABS m m& MADS AS HIGH AS THESE BALES.ilfi TiSTS HIS SOIL AMD FERTILIZES MORE THAM HSl(fi£D3. Hfc KITS A 100 POUNDS B8 MORE OF NITROlfiKS I ACHE OS U S 0 0 m AMD COTTOW, PURVIS SWITZiHA CLOiE IMISSTATIOH COUNT ON HI 3 0OTTOB4HD P0I30S8 EBGULARLt FOR IWSSCT CONTROL* MM3 A GRAPHIC EXAMPLE Of THE GOOD HE 13 DOING;W L B TC O N T I N U I T YFOR.B Y _DATE_TIME_VIDEO AUDIOSLIPSSLIDE FARM-8BfiANS&JUMAJ 31ri &AHLX SEASON yOil-UOH INSECT CONTROL. XOU3 AS 3KS THAT THE i£AHL£, OLDER LEAVES AH& BABL*:)AMA0SD Bit T3RXP3.. . .BUT XOU CAN ALSO SSE THAT1KB NSW TERMINAL LEAF HA3 NO DAMMS AND THS13 EFfKCTXVB CGNTHOL OF THRIP3 WHICH HASOOiCPLfiTSLI ELIMIBATSD TBBM. PURVISOGMTBOLLISD HIS 0KRIP3 AHD CUTWORMS WITH TOXAPflBKHA3 POISOKSD fWIOHl AMD PUT CUT 7 GALLONS GMACRE3. PURVIS 3A2S HS DIDN* T XNTSMD TO USBTHAT MUCH BUT LSFf TIS WRONG NO22XS ON HXS3PRAXER ARD NOW ED FEEL3 IT I S THE EE3T TflXHtt HE.CVSR DID* PUB?IS mUZMl PBi«3SMS®^S ALL HXSioTTOH TO COBJTROL &BA$3. H£ ALSO HA9 1© ACBSSZM GOH*I . HE PICKS PART OF XT FOR THS 8D<*3,iND OUTS THE RSST FOK BILii&Ee HE ALSO HAS 20OF SOROEUM WITH HIS FAfHBH WHICH I S CUTPGR SILA&fi. HE AND HIS FATHER FI- L A 3IL0AND BOTH U3E FROM I T . THBX ALSO TAKSTHEIR POOREST BEAMS AMD PUT THEM IN THK SXLO.URV13 airZTZBR PLAITS 88 ACRS3 TO 50XBSAMS, ALLF WHICH BB HABKST8, EITBER FHOH THE COMiXNE OROM 3T0RA&E* M HAS ADEQUATE STORA&S FAC1LXTXJfO BB ABLE TO TAKS ADVAHTASE OF THS BESfPLANfS TH» LSE ¥ARXSTX AND O^SS &ST3 Ai ev *ae(n xos TIUB am•n*m XOH &r%siQc&B GOOD oHixae i sxsaa nmnmi ^•••xvso 'SKIGSSSS ammiom oaTina SIH TTSG MVD SH JX •«!?©IH£ MO ifldt 04 X i m S V GMV U n V f ^ SHI SATSsemrow d&ssww TVXOHSHKOD SHJ NOt GJmmOO'-TOM 4VHi «SIGSSSS STK MOMHO DNxagsra HOJ rrxsvo e i s BTTSB SH«SM3I1BKSSH Of'HJ.WOHO CHVHOi SI SH H01HM. HIiflSE SHU H3Hv am e«ooMIL 4H€flOS 3H "9Q6TOD 1Y0INVHDSM ¥3S XSMQK 3Hi aaAW ailmm v is© ox as£N¥,M miHSViH iVBX TWIST JOox iflo Ttae ox asaioOT as?crnna:01HIT JO £flQGNV enoo3K0SMI Qti«HVM SH H^xit? XKOXH eesNiens nxatvoHI agxsw imu Hazxxae eiAHna *na^ sari <rrarxxsane3&Q0sixxyosansoianv 03QIA3WI1A i i n N l i N O DMW L B TC O N T I N U I T YFOR_ DATE_TIME_VIDEO AUDIOSLIDE FARM-12SLIPS FARIU13So"AT*SLIDE H 14SLIDSBAGKRuBUOVKXXHSS mtm ASURVXS SWIfZiia&QT BAUK INTO THE R1GIST1RSD D;OG Hjsisssa IN I 9 6 4 * TODAY m HAS TWELVESOWS WHICH HE 8RBED3 TWIGS ALITTERS AV£HA(}£ ABOUT 6 H&S* 30HENX AS 1 2 , 13 AND X5 PISS'"|OTHE UT1SR. ALL SOVf AHC S^SD TO A RMI0TIHEB3UROO BOAR. MOST OF tdl PXftS ARS SOJJ) TO 4-HAID FfA BOYS FOB CLUB PROJECTS* ALL SUKFLOSOLD AS FEEDER PIQ-S. ALL H0<i3 ARE FED 0OR8OATS AND A SUPPLEMENT AND &ET <JRAZX» ALLTHE f | « « PURYI3 mm FOUR FARROW!KG GRAflSIf HJ.3 BHSSDIHa PROGRAM WITH A HEAT LAMP IN SAO!FIG-URSS THIi COMBINATION IHGREA3B3PBOSXTS OF HI 3 HOtt ?MG$RAH SC GUTTINQ DOWgBMil PIG -Oa . :S3 . TM PI&3 ARE WiSAHSD Af 3AND TH£ 30¥ AND IBR PIGS ARE PUT OUT OHFAf TWO WBSK3 OF A G £ . ALL PASTORS ARSA I SAND CR033 FENOID HO& TIGHT. PURYIS3WXTZSR UBB9 BAOK RUBS FOH BOTH S i HOGS AWMB GATTLS AND FISD TEBH 1®RX EPFEOTIVS XMCOR PARASITE COHTROL. GRAZING FOR THS HOGS 1 3LOVER MOW AND PSARL IXLLET FOR 3UMHSR GRA2IHG.ALL PIGS ASS ORSSP FID AHD ALL BOGS AN© OATTLSIRE KSPT 3BP8RA9S* MIR¥XS H0PS8 TO EVS8BIALLXp 8W L B TC O N T I N U I T YBYDATE_TIME_VIDEO AUDIO/ ft:FMH..16r " PASTURE"SLIDE FAfiM-171 • ! : . . .FARM-X8OOMB JmSLIDSHACHINSfil1 25 BROOD 90tf3...«HJ3T ABOUT DOUBLff WHAT IIS80W K&3« GRAZING FOB CATTLE CONSISTS OFRA&3, VSTOB, F&90UE, WUfS DUTCH 0LOV8R,IN TEH PEA3 AND DALLI3 GRASS FOR PEFASTURS. m HAS 65 ACRES IN PERMANENTIJffROT/BD AND nm'LARLX NITRATED ANDIDS WffiSD- COI-.fROL* TSMPOBARX m ^ FALLRAZING- I S SUPPLIED BX gd A0HS3 OFTHE CATTLE ABE TAKEN OFF IN MAHGI AND fSMOF IHS OATS 13 PLOWED UNDSR TO BE PUT 1S;OTTOH. 5WS Of|HSR 15 A0RS3 AND ANOTHER l& THAT3 NOT 0RAZBD AT ALL ARE OARHIED ON TO BC2OMBX8SD FOR ORAIM. PURVIS AND HIS FAT^R HAVEI 120 TOU ABOVE GRGU!© SILO WHICH T ^ X FILL WXfS,1 OOMBXHAKON Of COBS, SQRSHUM AND SOYBEANS. THJOWS SEAi»LX LIKE I f WITH SOME MEAL SPREAD ON I fU«D PURVIS. AND MB FATHER INTEND TO FOLLOW THEPROGRAM THIS XSAR. PURVIS AND HIS F A f « RWT THI3 GOMilS® TOG-ETHER AHD BE3IDS3 SANDLIN0W8 ©RAIN THSY DO SOME CUSTOM GOHBINffS.ARE COMPLSTSLX MSOHANIZSD. PURVIS OWNSMJTANS OPERATSD TRACTORS AND ALLSaUXPMENT. BK3XB&3 HANDUJDXBCBANZCALUr FS DOlS SOME CUSTOM COTTOH1W L B TC O N T I N U I T YFOR.B Y _DATE_TIME_VIDEO AUDIOI •SLIDESLIDE -FARtt-SlGARDENSLIDESLIDE FARJU2.3FOR FOLKS IN fHE COMMUNITY, PUR?IS HASBUILT A MACHINE 3ISD TO PBOTSCT HIS VALUABLEMACHINERY AND IN ADDITION TO HI 3 OTHSR ftRAIH3T0RAOS HAS SOME S00HA&5 SPACE IN ONSSND OF f»SMAGHIMS: SfiBD. HE BUILT IBS SHED IN 19B3. tfJUNQITOR ALL THJ3 LI^STOOK I;3 SUPPLIED PHOM A SHAU^WWELL AND I S FUMP2D TO TBS PLACES NEEDED AND I SALWAYS AVAILABLE TO CATTLE AHD HGG-3 THROUGH USEOF AUTOMATIC IfiiTERERS.FOOD FOR THE FAH1LX I SEQUALLX IMPOHTAKT TO THE LIVSSTOCK AMD (JRAIHPROGIIAM, HRS. 3WT2ER HAS ABOUT W 9 ACRES IN•AEDEN, COUMTIKG A PSA1 PATCH WHICH U?BSIOIIS 2STHE GGUtmin USES* 3IE TRIES TO HAYS SQMlVEGETABLES IN MR GARDE!! TM YEAR AROUND. THSZRPRBSBCKT ORCHARD COHS23T3 OP THIUCE PBAOH TBSlSffiEX PLAN TO PUT OUT MORE ORCHARD THIS FALL.VROU HSR GARDEN AND ORCHARD AND FROM THE FAKIL*$UPPLX MRS. StfXT&R FREB2S3 ABOUT 2 , 0 0 0P0U11D3 OF FOOD 1ACH XEAR, SHE TRIES TO FRSE2!THE FOOD SHE CAN OET A HOLD OF, IN ADDSTIOKffiS. 3WITZER CAN3 ABOUT %&0 QUARTS OF FICKLS3,ISLLISS, JAM3, BEAN3, BSET3, O^EN TOMATOES AHDSO FORTH, MRS. PURVIS 3WITZER HAS A COMPlSTSLfMODERN MOM INGLUDINd ELECTRIC DI3H WA3HSB. ••W L B TC O N T I N U I T YFOR_B Y _DATE_TIME-VIDEO AUDIO3LIDSBARBSGUECAMERA OH THIS FAMILYa s , SWIT2ER HAS ALU'AXS HAD ELECTRICITY,HOWEVER, IN THE OLD TENNANT HOUSE WHICH THEIIN FOR SIX YEARS SHE DIB NOT HAVE HOTWATER OR A BATH ROOM. 3HE HAD RUNNING- WATERBUT NOT TB03JS OTHER NECESSITIES,, TODAY HER HOiSHAS EVERYTHING?- ANT HOMSHAKER GOUU) WANT. MR. .'AND MRS. S^ITSKR AMP 14 MONTH OLD BABRX LOVfe';^©'COOK OUT IN THJ5IB MM BEAUTIFUL BACK YARD,ANY BEAUTIFUL DAX WILL FIND THEM OUT THERBBARBECUINS, A!© THEY TAKS O1SAT PRIDS IK 3HOWISJIT OPP TO OOUNfl ASTS.fT SLKO HILL« M THS WAI,TAKS A SOOD LOOK AT BAHRX, HE« 3 A RSAL LITTI^DOLL, I THINK SARRX 13 MORE LOVED AND WAXfBBTHAN M03T CHILDREN. MR, AMD MRS. PURVIS 3WXTZBII(IRE USABLE TO HA?B AMY CHILDREN OF THBIR OWgA.KD EBGAU3E OF THBIR $!$AT LOTS FOR GHILDRSBADOFTDD BARRY WH2H HE WAS FOUR DA3C3 OLD.!E HAS BISN A BLS33IM TO MR. AND MRS. PURVIS3WITZ8B AND THSY ARS A REAL BLESSlSa TO HIM,IR. ANH M S . PURVIS SWITZSR BSLON& TO THE3WIPTOWN METHODJST GSURDH ABOUT TWO MILS3PROM THEIR BOMB. PURVIS 1 3 A STEWARD IN HI3JOffiOH AND ASSISTANT 0UMDA¥ ^JHOOLma. awiTzgR i s ISSI$TAST TEACHER XKW L B TC O N T I N U I T YFOIL DATE_T!ME_VIDEO AUDIO® SUNDAE SUHQQL DEPARTMENT, SHEWAS SBOIUCTARI-TRBASURAR OF THE CHURGM AMD 3UMDAXSCHOOL FOR HSI3HT XUFT% BUT GAYS I T UP TOOCR TOWu SXKB TO SON SAREQf WHEN HE ARRIlfED,E 13 A i&m PRESIDENT MB SSGESTAKCOP THE tf.3.0.3. Of FJR Cltt/ROH. PURVIS13 A DIRKCTOB OF Tffii BUHPHRIS3 UOUWTX FAB1BUREAU A2ID A DXREO'i'OR OF fSS COUHW FAIR BOAHI>,HS 13 ALSO A 4-H QU3B LSA01R AND MSMBSB OP T MJOUNTI 4-H CLUB ADVI3031 COUNCIL. A3 4 BOXmuomm TO THE 4«H OUJB FOR S XBAH3»vifaasa T%U® m THAT HK DEPSMDS WAX MUCHOUNTY A&SHT EWQ HILL AMD |fl». S*£t« KIRS,'VOCATIONAL AaRIOOLTURB TEiiUHUH Af Bi2L2ONI HXOS30HOOL AMD THAT THSI HAlffi HHJLPED XO HAKE HISPARK PROGRAK HOBS SUCCESSFUL THAN IT MX&HT)THERWIIB HAVS BSBN, THEJB HOME 13 GQmL&TEWtVIR CONDITIONED AND T M I gAfS MANX FLAM3 FOR, BUT I THINK I ' L L LSAVS THAT FOR THEM fOTHERS 13 OME QTSSR THING I»D LIK£ TO 3AtLBOUT THIS FINE FAMILY. WHSM I A3KSD IN THE(JOMIHHITX ABOUT OUTSTANDING- XQVm FAHMSR3,?OLD ME THEIR BS3f WSRS MR, AND MRS. WSgUCg1B3TBR, KR. AND MH3, MARK SIMMONS, MR. ANDW L B TC O N T I N U I T YFOR.BY__DATE_TIME_VIDEO AUDIOMRS. HAim KIM AND 3ft. AMD MRS. PURVIS SWITZBg.THEHE ARE FEQBABLX 0THSR3 BUT THOSE NAMEa GAMSXMHSDUIELY TO THEIR MfiMD* WE HAW ALREADX3ALUTE3 WO OF THOSS POUR PAMILIK3, . . .THI3 13OTIHD AMD OHE DAX Wl'LL DO THE OTHER. WM;X WANT YOU TO MEET MR. AND MR3. PUIWI3 miT!%mB;\RHX,,..A TRtiLT OUTSTANDINri FARM FAMILI OFTHE OOUR MILE I^KS CJOMHUNIW OF HUMPHRIES OOUNfl

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