The Story of Woodley Farm

MARTIN, Tenn.- Woodley Farm was acquired as a farmstead in the mid 1880s. A man by
the name of James Evans Freeman and his wife Elizabeth Rast Freeman were given the
parcel. After they received the farmstead, Elizabeth gave the farm the name of Woodley
Farm because there were so many hickory, oak, poplar, and elm trees on the property.
There were many different buildings on the property including a fourteen stall barn,
hen house, smoke house, tobacco barn, housing for tenant farmers who worked the
property, and the thirteen room house for the Freeman family.
Over the years the farm served as a meeting place for family, friends, and other
visitors. Woodley Farm was still a productive working farm until the death of Elizabeth in
1915. After her death, the farm began to decline into nothing but despair.
It was after the rapid decline that Otis Freeman, one of the surviving children,
decided to sell the farm to the University of Tennessee. In July of 1928, ninety acres of
Woodley Farm were sold to the University for $18,000. Eventually, the Woodley Farm
parcel became the center of the UTM campus after years of expansion from the small junior
college.
Paul Meek Library now stands where the Freemans house once stood. The road
which once ran through the farm was closed and rerouted to later become University
Street. Pat Head Summit Drive and Hawks Road are two segments of the original road that
still survive on campus.
Written by: Sarah Young

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Mary Bigger
Student at UTM
Major in English with a Communications Minor
Mary Bigger is a 20-year-old Dr.Who loving college student originally from Memphis,
Tennessee. She is a graduate from Arlington High School and an animal lover. Mary Biggers
parents, Tim and Agneata, have two dogs and five birds that live at their house. She loves being
at home with all of the animals and she has special relationship with one of the birds, the parrot
to be exact.
Bigger said While I was in high school the parrot treated me like a best friend and now he shuns
me. She can walk into the kitchen and he will dive at her and then get on his perch and ignore
her. No matter what the parrot does though she still loves him.
After high school, she had originally thought about going into education. She later decided that
she wanted to focus just on English and Communications. Her reasoning was because English is
something that she as always understood and enjoyed. Growing up she has always been the
student who could read a poem or story and explain the underlying meaning of what the writer
was portraying. If Bigger decides to go into writing she could see herself writing novels. Mary
loves to read and said if she could she would read for days at a time only taking breaks for food.
Disney World is every childs dream place to vacation spot. For Spring Break 2014, Mary went
to Disney World with a few of her closest friends. They saved money by using free park tickets
from her friends grandparents. Since that part was taken care of all they needed money for was
food and souvenirs. While they were there they went to every park and rode most every roller
coaster that was available. Bigger said one of the best parts of the trip was introducing one of her
friends to roller coasters. Out of all of the parks Mary said that she enjoyed Epcot and Animal
Kingdom the most.
Biggers dream is to open a no-kill dog shelter one day. She loves animals and wants to help find
them their forever homes.
Written by: Sarah Young

The Livestock Scoop

April 25, 2014

Issue 2

Special Features:
Volunteer Classic Time in
Tennessee, by Angus
Queen Page 1.
Are You Involved, by Suzy
Q, Page 1.
Its Show Time, by Brad
Money Page 2.
Planting a Seed, by Sarah
Young, Page 2

Volunteer Classic Time in Tennessee

By Angus Queen

Contributing Writers:
Angus Queen
Suzy Q
Brad Money
Sarah Young
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PULASKI, Tenn.- An event

that has taken place in
Pulaski, Tennessee for the
past six years is coming up
soon. Many Giles county
natives have won awards at
this event over the years.

You may either preregister or register the day of

the show. Lunch will be
provided to the exhibitors
and their families by the
Giles County Farmers Coop.

The Sixth Annual

Volunteer Classic Junior
Angus Show will be held at
the Giles County Agri-Park
on May 10, 2014. This show
is open to Tennessee and
Alabama junior exhibitors,
under the National Junior
Angus Association rules.

This year, the committee

planning the show will also
be providing the exhibitors
with a review session for
upcoming skill contests. If
you have ever participated in
a skill-a-thon at the state
level you know how much
practice you need. Before

lunch is served a review

session will be held.
If you would like to
participate contact Sarah
Young at (931) 309-0700 or
send an e-mail to
sarkyoun@ut.utm.edu.
Please help the Volunteer
Classic team spread the word
to all the junior exhibitors in
the area. They want to make
this years show an even
bigger success than last
years.

Are You Involved?

By Suzy Q
PULASKI, Tenn.- The
American Angus Association
is the largest association of
all the beef breeds. They
serve over 25,000 members
across the United States,
Canada, and other countries.
You can be a part of this
association for a small fee
each year. Go to

www.angus.org/NJAA to get
involved in the National
Junior Angus Association in
your home state. The
meetings held by the
associations are used to
promote the best cattle with
the resources available.
Within these associations,
there are meetings to educate

each other about upcoming

technology, problems, or any
other issues that may need to
be discussed.

The Livestock Scoop, Page 2

Its Show Time
By Brad Money

PULASKI, Tenn.- Are you

ready for show season? It is
that time of year again when
you begin preparing for all
of your upcoming livestock
shows. You need to double
check all of your supplies
and make sure you are ready
to go.
Once you have completed
your supply list, you may
move on to the next step.
Approximately 10 days
before the show, you need to
fit your cattle. The process
of fitting cattle is not always
an easy task. You usually
need one person fitting while
someone else rubs the belly
of the cow with a show stick
to keep her calm. If you are
not comfortable fitting your

own cattle you can hire

someone to come in and do it
for you. Fitting for cattle
varies among breeds, but for
Angus cattle you want to
make you animal look
square. Carry out the
following steps:
Wash your animal and
comb the hair from back to
front while drying.
Shave the head of your
animal from the poll
forward.
Clip from the face down to
the brisket.
Clip the topline of your
livestock to look square.
The purpose of clipping is

to blend every part of the

animals body.
After these steps are
completed, you are ready for
the show. You will need to
pack up everything that you
need and head to your show.
On the day of the show you
will need to.
Wash and dry your animal.
Feed your animal.
Keep them cool with a fan
on them.
If you complete each of
these steps, you will be fully
prepared for your show. All
that is left to do is relax and
walk into the show ring.
.

Planting a Seed
By Sarah Young

PULASKI, Tenn.- Matt

Carroll, the Giles County 4H Extension Agent, has
grown up with a love for
agriculture. Carroll
graduated with a degree in
Agriculture Education from
the University of Tennessee.
He then moved on to attain a
job with 4-H Extension.
Carrolls love for
agriculture started at a young
age. He grew up on a cattle
farm located in Southern
Middle Tennessee. Growing
up, Carroll showed Hereford
steers in local, state, and
national shows. When he
was a junior in high school ,
he had the National Grand

Champion Hereford Steer.

During his time as a young
4-H member, Carroll also
spent part of his time doing
livestock judging. He
participated in many judging
events at the same levels at
which he competed.
He continued to pursue his
love for the cattle industry in
college. After he finished his
first semester of college he
decided that Agriculture
Education was the perfect fit.
During his sophomore year
he volunteered with the local
Ag in the Classroom event
and found his love for
teaching children about
agriculture. While in college,

Carroll was a member of the

University of Tennessees
livestock judging team. This
experience taught him even
more about the judging
world.
Now, as the Giles County
4-H Extension Agent,
Carroll serves at the
livestock judging coach. He
works with local 4-H
members to teach them more
about how judges look at the
different breeds and species
of livestock and why. Carroll
said, I hope to serve in this
position for years to come
and plant the love of ag into
the young 4-H members.

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