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Russell Springs | Matthew Brown

by Matthew Brown
Kamos Carpenter farm. A farmer plows/bails some hay on the Carpenter farm.
Kamos Carpenter farm. Does Restaurant is a busy place in the morning time, farmers from around the area, like Kamos Carpenter, come in to talk business and also for good eats.
Kamos Carpenter farm. On the farm, chores are done early , so that Kamos Carpenter can take off for a cattle show that evening.
Kamos Carpenter farm. Kamos Carpenter and his hand, Billy (no last name given) look over aspects on Jersey Head, before bidding at auction.
Kamos Carpenter farm. A local resident talks with Kamos Carpenter and friends as they have morning breakfast at Coe’s.
Kamos Carpenter farm. Kamos Carpenter helps grade papers with is wife late into the evening. She is professor at a local college.
Kamos Carpenter farm. Mrs. Carpenter works on Kamos Carpenter’s eye, which attracted some dirt.
Kamos Carpenter farm. Kamos Carpenter, a diabetic, ejects drugs into himself to control the condition.
Kamos Carpenter farm. Kamos Carpenter enjoys a magazine before retiring to TV watching one evening after working hard during the day in the fields.
Kamos Carpenter farm. Kamos Carpenter enjoys a good cup of coffee in Coe’s Restaurant as he talks with friends.
Kamos Carpenter farm. Kamos Carpenter watches and talks to son Dante, as he works on supply feed for the Jerseys early morning before sunrise.
Kamos Carpenter farm. Kamos Carpenter of Russell Springs, Ky. is a retired school teacher and Dairy Farmer, a man of labor.
Early morning sunrise over a farm pond in Jamestown, Ky., set the mood for the day of crisp, clean air.

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