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Scottsville | John McCormick

by John McCormick
L.C. Tabor, 60, has been raising prize-winning mules since 1946 when he was 19 and he went to the Allen County Fair with his father and bought his first mule. Tabor farms and his heard has grown to as many as 46 animals. The best mules go to the county fair and auction. Tabor not only raises prize-winning mules, but puts them to work as well.
L.C. Tabor, 60, has been raising prize-winning mules since 1946 when he was 19 and he went to the Allen County Fair with his father and bought his first mule. Tabor farms and his heard has grown to as many as 46 animals. The best mules go to the county fair and auction.
L.C. Tabor, 60, has been raising prize-winning mules since 1946 when he was 19 and he went to the Allen County Fair with his father and bought his first mule. Tabor farms and his heard has grown to as many as 46 animals. The best mules go to the county fair and auction.
L.C. Tabor, 60, has been raising prize-winning mules since 1946 when he was 19 and he went to the Allen County Fair with his father and bought his first mule. Tabor farms and his heard has grown to as many as 46 animals. The best mules go to the county fair and auction.
L.C. Tabor drags his son’s grassless yard. Tabor, 60, has been raising prize-winning mules since 1946 when he was 19 and he went to the Allen County Fair with his father and bought his first mule. Tabor farms and his heard has grown to as many as 46 animals. The best mules go to the county fair and auction.
L.C. Tabor, 60, has been raising prize-winning mules since 1946 when he was 19 and he went to the Allen County Fair with his father and bought his first mule. Tabor farms and his heard has grown to as many as 46 animals. The best mules go to the county fair and auction.
In a rare moment of affection, L.C. Tabor pets one of his animals. Tabor, 60, has been raising prize-winning mules since 1946 when he was 19 and he went to the Allen County Fair with his father and bought his first mule. Tabor farms and his heard has grown to as many as 46 animals. The best mules go to the county fair and auction.
L.C. Tabor prepares the mules for a day of work. Tabor, 60, has been raising prize-winning mules since 1946 when he was 19 and he went to the Allen County Fair with his father and bought his first mule. Tabor farms and his heard has grown to as many as 46 animals. The best mules go to the county fair and auction.
With a portrait of a mule over looking his bar, L.C. Tabor take two mule collars inside to be used another day. Tabor, 60, has been raising prize-winning mules since 1946 when he was 19 and he went to the Allen County Fair with his father and bought his first mule. Tabor farms and his heard has grown to as many as 46 animals. The best mules go to the county fair and auction.
With the mules in their pen, L.C. Tabor closes the gate behind him on his way to treat the animals with sugar cane. Tabor, 60, has been raising prize-winning mules since 1946 when he was 19 and he went to the Allen County Fair with his father and bought his first mule. Tabor farms and his heard has grown to as many as 46 animals. The best mules go to the county fair and auction.
The mules dust themselves. L.C. Tabor, 60, has been raising prize-winning mules since 1946 when he was 19 and he went to the Allen County Fair with his father and bought his first mule. Tabor farms and his heard has grown to as many as 46 animals. The best mules go to the county fair and auction.
Clayton Lawrence, dirty and hot from a hard days work stops and proudly poses.
L.C. Tabor, 60, has been raising prize-winning mules since 1946 when he was 19 and he went to the Allen County Fair with his father and bought his first mule. Tabor farms and his heard has grown to as many as 46 animals. The best mules go to the county fair and auction.

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