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I WAJKT TO SAY IN THE VERY BEGINNING THAT I AM DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO COPIAH COUNTY AGENT, I . E . HANDLE AND HOME DEMONSTRATION AGENT, MRS.
GENBVIENE HARRIS, FOR THEIR VERY WONDERFUL HELP I N SELaCTIHG THE FAMILY WHICH Wl SALUTE TODAY A I D FOR GOING WITH ME TO THEIR FARM TO HELP HE 0BTAIH THE STORY WHICH I AM HOW GOING TO TELL. SLIDE FARH-1 MAILBOX THIS I S THE STORY OF STATE SENATOR AND MRS. FRANK D. BARLOW WQ LIVE ON HIGHWAY 5 1 , THREE MILES SOUTH OF CRYSTAL SPRINGS IN COPIAH COUNTY< H&ATOR AND M S . BARLOW O N 80 ACRES ON WHICH W THEY LIVE AND IN ALL O N A TOTAL OF 1 , 6 7 5 ACRES W OF LAND. SENATOR BARLOW GREW UP AT BARLOW,
M I S S I S S I P P I IN THE WESTERN PART OF COPIAH COUNTY. DOCTOR. HIS FATHER WAS A FARMER, MERCHANT AND MS. BARLOW ALSO GREW UP IN THE BARLOW
COMMUNITY AND THEY HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER SINCE
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C H I L I B 0 O D , THOUGH SHE HAD NOT S E E ! HIM FOR 1 2 YEARS BEFORE THEY WERE MARRIED IN 1 9 3 6 . HHEI
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SENATOR BARLOW CAME OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL HE WENT ONE YEAR AT S . P . U . AT CLARKSVILLB, TENNESSEE. I T I S THE SCHOOL HAT I S NOW SOUTHWESTERN OF SEN, MEMPHIS. mU MELOW THEN WENT A YEAR AT M I S S I S S I P P I A . AND M. MRS, MRLOW WENT TWO
YEARS AT MISSISSIPPI NORMAL, WHICH I S NOW M I S S I S S I P P I SOUTHERN. FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS
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SHE TAUGHT SCHOOL* SLIDE FARM-3 HOUSE
SENATOR BARLOW M S TWO SOUS THEY ARE FRANK, JUNIOR
BY A PREVIOUS HAR1IAGE. mO I S
WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUMTCJRI COTTC
D I V I S I O N IN RESEARCH AT HEW ORLEANS I D E . STATON BARLOW WHO LIVES I N BATON ROUGE. BARLOW HAS FARMED ALL H I S L I F E . F I R S T cow mm SEHATO8
HE OWNED H I S
HE WAS 12 YEARS OLD M D HAS BEES
H I THE CATTLE BUSINESS EVER S I S C E . EE I S A GRASSLAND FARMER AMD PRODUCES CATTLE AND TIMBER* SLIDE FARMHOUS EHE SJKKATOS R0CALLS THAT HE WAS OUT OF THE CATTLE WJSIH1SS FOR OSE YBAR ASD COULDH'T STAND I T SO HE GOT BACK I N , THIS I S 1HEIR LOVELY HOHf
SOUIH OF CRYSTAL SPRI8GS AND 1HROUGHOUT I T SHOWS THE LOVE AID CARE THAT MRS. BARLOW HAS GIVEN TO HER liOME AHD HER HUSBAID. SLIDE FARMSEKATOR BARLOW START!
BUILDING HIS CATTLE HERD A GOOD NUMBER OF YEARS AGO WHEN HE WAS A RURAL MAIL CARRIER* HE WOULD
T A H THE PROCEEDS EACH MOUTH AID BUY CATTLE, AT THAT TIME HE RESTED LAND FROM H I S FATBSR ON WHICH TO RAISE CATTUE. HIS FATHER WAS ONE OF
THE BIGGEST LANDOWNERS I N THAT PART OF THE COUNTRY. SENATOR BARLOW SAYS I T WASN'T LONG
U N T I L HE HAD ACCUMULATED 16� HEAD OF CATTLE SO H E SOJB HALF SHE COWS AND BOUGHT 7 2 5 ACRES OF LAND I N 1 9 1 7 AND PUT THE REST OF H I S CATTLE OS
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SENATOR BARLOW SAYS HE DID2PT HIS
TRY TO FOLLOW IK HIS FATHER'S FQOTSfEPS.
FATHER LOST HIS 1 3 , 0 0 0 ACRES OF LAMD AMD THE SLIDE FARM-6 CATTLE SENATOR SAYS EE KEPT SMALL AND KEPT GOIffG. HE
EXPAIDEB 1HAT 725 ACRES TO 1425 LATER AID STILL OSfNS SOME OF I T . HE SOLD IT ALL BUT 62$ ACRES HE LIVED OH THAT U S B
OF TIMBER LAHD I I 1 9 4 6 . UNTIL 1 9 4 3 mm
HE SOLD ALL HIS CATTLE AMD
MOVED TO CRYSTAL SPRINGS WHERE H I LIVED TWO 'EARS UffTIL H I COULD FIKD THE IAKD HE WANTED.
I K 1950 HE BOUGHT 90 ACRES WHfilE H I I0W LIVES. HE OHLY HAS 80 OF THAT 90 TOBAY BUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THE (T HER TE� I S ANOTHER STORY AND I * L L TELL YOU ABOUT IT A LITTLE LATER. SLIDE FA THE LAI!
AT THE TIME HAD PEACH THUS ON IT A O HAD BEEH PLANTED TO TRUCK CROP IJT SPOTS AHB THE!?B WASV^T MUCH FEICIFG. OF 1 9 5 0 , TORS W HE MOVED OITO THE LAID I F APRIL THE PSACH ORCHARD AMD STARTED IK SHAPE AND SAYS HE�S M t S , BARLOW SAYS, BUT HE BROKE THE
WOPJOTG TO GET HIS 1AM B E M AT I T EVER SIHCE.
THAT �S WHAT YOU HAVE A PLACE FOR.
WHOLE PLACE A\ D PLANTED I T IN SUMMER COVER CROP, IS SEPTEMBER HE BROKE ME LAND AND SEEDEJ
ET TO OATS AND IN THE MXBBLE OF OCTOBER PUT 50 iEIFERS O I T . M FRAME BARLOW HAS A HIGH GRAB!
HERD AHB HAS KEPT REGISTERED HEREFORD BULLS FOR
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2$ YEIBIS.
THIS YOUNG BULL I S OFE HE BOUGHT TODAY HE M S
RECENTLY FROM HULL-DQBBS RAICIU 2 5 B1OOD COWS.
SOMS OF HIS COWS HE SELLS MILK
FAT OFF THE C0� AND THE BETTER ONES HE FEEDS OUT AID SILLS AS TWO YEM OLDS* HE CARRIES HE GETS A
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95% CALF GROF AND I F A GO* DOESN'T PRODUCE A GOOD CALF HE DOESN*T KEEP HER, BE SAVES HIS
r HEIFB1S FCR HERD REPLACEMENT AND FIGURE THAT I S THE ONLY WAY HE CAI GET THE COWS HE WANTS. HE CARRIES TEN STEERS TO TWO YEARS OF�
AGE AND WITH 65 ACRES OF OPEN LAND HE FIGURES H I S LAND I S CARRYING EVERYTHING I T WILL. PROM
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SEPTEMBER TO NOVEMBER HE CREEP FEEDS HIS CALVES UNTIL THE OATS GET UP. HE H E P S ALL THI COWS
THE LAND WILL CARRY WHETHER THE PRICE I S HIGH OR LOW. SENATOR BARLOW HAS PROBABLY SOLD MORE
CALVES THAT HAVE TOPPED LIVESTOCK SHOWS THAN POSSIBLY ANY OTHER BREEDER IN TEE STATE. HE
S GIVEN SOME CALVES TO CLUB AND FFA BOYS AND SAYS HE NEVIS GAVE ANYTHING BUT A GOOD O H *
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E USES BACKRUBS FOR PARASITE CONTROL ON HIS LIVESTOCK AND PUCES THEM WHERE THEY WILL GET THE MOST USE. THIS PARTICULAR ONE IS IN A TEWAY BETWEM TWO MSTURBS. HIS PERMANENT
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RAZING CONSISTS OF 6 5 ACRES IN BERMDTOA AND
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M L L I S G1ISS AND WHITE DUTCH AND CRIMSON CLOVER FOR TEMPORARY WINTER GUIIM SLIDE FARM-12 PASTURE HE PUTS CUTS AID
WILD WINTER PEAS ON ALL HIS PASTUHE LAND WITH A SOD SEEBER. AS HE H F L A H S TO COUNTY AGENT
HANDLE, HERE, SENATOR BARLOW ELIMINATES THE COULTER ON THE SOS SIEDER AND IE TS THE BOOT TEAS OUT ENOUGH PERMANENT SOB TO GIVE THE SEED ROOM TO SPROUT. H i TESTS HIS SOIL AID FOR SEVEN
F E R T I L I Z E S ACCORDING TO NEEDS.
YEARS HE CARRIED OUT A FERTILIZER TEST DEMON-STRATION FCR T?A. HIS LAND GETS PLENTY OF
PHOSPHATE, POTASH AND NIHTOGEN AND BE TRIES NEVER TO OVEtGMZB. THIS TEAM H I BR01E HALF
OF HIS PASTURS SIMPLY BSCAUSB IT HAD BEEN 0 YEARS SINCE I T HAD BBEN BUOKES AND HE FIGURED I T N^DED RENOVATING. C L I P P I N G S , ABOUT 1,200 HIS HAY CROP I S PASTURE MLES A YEAR. HE JUST
PBEBS IT KiSING COLD WEATHER 0 1 WHEN GRAZING I S
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BESIDES CATTLE SENATOR BARLOW I S A
FIRM BELIEVER I I THE TALU1 OF TBIBER IN 0 0 1 STATE. EVERYTHING I S IN TIMBER EXCEPT TBS 6 5 ACRES OF OPEN LAID ON THE HOME P U C E . I SAID
A WHILE AGO THAT SOMETHING HAPPENED TO TEN ACRES OF HIS ORIGINAL 9 0 . t � ACRES. IN 19Bl WELL HIRE I S THAT
SESATOK BARLOW GAVE I T TO HI
COPIAR COUNTY F O I THE USE OF 4-H AND FFA*
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ALSOj Af THAT TIME, GATE THE* $300 TO BE USED FOR PRIEE MONEY FOR THESE YOUNGSTERS OVM A PERIOD OF 12 TEARS, THE ONLY STIPULATION ABOUT
T H I S GIFT I S THAT IT RETURNS TO THE ESTATE I F I T EVER CEASES T0 B l USED FOR THE PURPOSE SIT SLIDE FARM-3 TIMBi FORTH. IT I S HIS HOPE THAT AFTER 12 YEARS THE
THINNING OF TIMBER FROM THE LA�B WILL TAKE CARE OF IT AND MAKE IT A SELF PERPETUATIHG PROJECT, MM TEE ORIGIML PIAHTIIG 0 1 THIS LAUD WAS 4 THIS PLAHTIHG YOU SKB THE FIRST PUKTIB�
TEARS OLD IT BOPKED OFF. WAS PFT OUT 4 Ti&RS A S 0 ,
WHICH BURNED HAD THREE AGES OF TIMBER OH IT CAUSED BY CONSIDH&BLE IB-PLAHTIHG DUB TO DRY WEATHER. SLIDE FARM-IS THIS HEW PLAITING I S OF UNIFORM AGE YOU CAM SEE H0� THIS TIMER I S
AND GROWTH*
GROWING. LAST YEAR I f WAS THE SAME HEIGHT AS THE WEEDS AROUND If* YOU CAN SEE HOW HIGH IT IN HIS OWN
I S ABOVE THOSE WEEDS THIS TEAR.
TIMBER PROGRAM SENATOR BARLOW THINS AM) WEEDS UNDESIRABLE HARDWOODS AID SELECTIVELY HARVESTS. HE HAS ALSO PUT OUT HANY SEEDLINGS. SLIDE FARM-16 UP UNTIL
LAST YEAR HE HAD PUT OUT ABOUT 5*000 SEEDLINGS A YEAR. LAST YEAR HE SET OUT 5 3 # 0 0 0 AID THEM HE HAS HIS TIMBER HE IS TRYING
2 2 . 0 0 0 MORE THIS YEAR,
HARKED AID PROTECTS I T PROM F I R E .
TO GET ALL OF HIS ACRES INTO THE RIGHT KIND OF
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TREES.
HE I S TRYING TO GET H E HARDWOOD ARMS
INTO SOMETHING A LITTLE BETTER THAN WHAf ��S OH THflf NOW, HE HAS SET SEEDLINGS I F ALL THE OPEN BY
A R M S OF NEARLY 1600 ACRES OF TIMBER LAND, THE WAY THIS TREE IN HIS YARD I S AN EXAMPLE
OF THE KIND OP GROWTH YOU CAN GET FROM TIMBER. I f WAS 4 F1BT HIGH mm AGO AND NOW I T WOULD MM WOOD, I T WAS SET FOUR YE&ES TWO STICKS OF PAPIK
ALL THE BUILDINGS ON TUB LAND WERE HEUE BARLOW BOUGHT I T , THE
WHEN SENATOR I I M SLIDE FARM�11 T W O W<
HOUSE IS ME SAME OUTSIDE BUT I T HAS BE^T COMPLETELY RS-WORKBD INSIDE. THEY HAYB LAND
SCAPBD THIIR LAWN INTO A B1AUTIFUL SETTING FOR THEIR HOME). THOUGH MRS. BARLOW IS AN fiXCiSLLEN
HOMMAKBR AND B BSER?BS MOST OF THE FOOD THEY R NEED SHE SAYS SHE I S A TREE FARMER AND A CATTLI3&N, IN FACT SHE I S A TRIE FARMER AND SHE CANS ABOUT
OWNS A CERTIFIED TREE FARM.
5 0 QUARTS OF FOOD IN JARS EACH YEAR AND DOES SOME SEWING. AT STOVE SHE SAY! IN THEIR CASE THEY LIVE
SO CLOSE TO TOWN IT I S CHEAPER TO BUY FROZEN FOOD THAN IT IS TO PRESERVE IT SO THEY SOLD THE FREi&ER. THE SESSfTGR SAYS SHE I S AN EXCELLENT
COOK THSUGH SHE LIKES CATTLE AND TIMBER BBSf. SLIDE PBM3 TWO WOJ WITH THE HELP OF HOME D3I0NS1FKATI0N AGEST, MRS. GENEVIEYE HARRIS, SHE PLANS MDCH OF HER HOUSE
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WORE AND KEiSPS ACCURATE KECOEDS 0 1 EVERY PAST OF HER UQMiMAKlM PROGHAM, SHE LOVKS FLOWERS AND SHE MAKES
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BOTH OUT OF DOORS AND INDOORS. SOME EOVELY ARRANGEMENTS. ME HER FLmmS
EVEN AS SHE SHOWED
MRS. BARLOW SAID SHE OWNS HALF
THE COWS AND SOLD COWS TO BUY 475 ACRES OP
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BASLOW P E l i VERY KEMLY ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THEIR COUNTY AND STATE, AND ABOUT THEIR Shim FARM-21 Am THEIR NEIGHBORS FUTURE OK THE LAMB, m THEY
BELIEVE LIVESTOCK AID RENEWABLE TIMBER AMI THE MOST PROMISIMJ THIJSGS WE HAVE AM THEY BELIEVE
FARMERS HAVE C?OT TO HAVE THEM I F THEY ARE TO STAY GS THE U S D . SEHATOI BARLOW SAYS E&CH HE SAYS
ONE HANDLED EIGHT WILL BE PROFITABLE. THEY HAVE STABILITY.
THEY ARE NOT A BIO THISG
BUT THEY ARE A SAFE THI�G f ESPECIALLY FOR PEOPL OP THEIR ME. THE SEEVTOR RMIHISCED WITH MS
AS HE SAT 1 9 THIS CHAIR AID DESK WEICH CAME FROM THE SENATE CHAMBER M M THEY PUT IN HW FURNITURE A FEW YEABS AGO, HE TOLD ME EACH
SBSAf OR HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUY THBIR CHAIR AMD DESK FOR $25 I F THEY WAFTED I T . SENATOR
BARLOW IS SERVING HIS FOURTH TEEM IN THE STATE CAMERA OK FAMILY SENATE. HE HAS BEEN VITAL TO THE AGRICULTURAL
AFFAIRS OP THIS STATS FOR NEARLY 1 | YEARS �
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HE IS A MEMBER OF THE SENATE AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE AID I S CHAIBMAJF OF THE SENATE FORESTR1 COMMITTEE AND HAS SERVED ON THB FINANCE COHOTT BE FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS. I E I S PRESIDENT
EMERITUS OF THE MISSISSIPPI LIVESTOCK A BkST PRESIDENT OF THE MISSISSIPPI ASSOCIATION, HE I S PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS OF B1E MISSISSIPPI FEDERATED COOPERATE AND PRESIDENT OF THB COPIAH COUNTY CO-OP. A DIRiCTOe OF THB MISSISSIPPI LIVESTOCK PRODUCERS A S S � lATIOJf, A DIRECT� OF THE M I S S I S S I P P I FARM BUREAU AND OF THE STATE FOREST! ASSOCIATION AND SERVES IN MANY OTHER CAMCITIES TOO NUMEROUS TO MENTION. HE HAS BEEN CALLED SENATOR AND HE K
ON FOR MANY SERVICES TO HIS STAT1.
MRS, BARLOW BELONG TO THE HAZLEHURST METHODIST CHURCH WHERE THE SSHATOR IS A STSIARD AND MBS, BARLOW IS ACTIVE IN THE W ^ S . C . S . BARLOW SEES MANY MSBS SENATOR
FOR HIS COUNTY AND STATE
AM) I THINK NOf WE MIGHT REMINISCE WITH HIM ABOUT SOME OF THOSE NEEDS. 1. � 3� WHAT ARE THE GREATEST NEEDS OF YOUR COUNTY? WHAT m YOU SEE AS OUR MAJOR STATE PROBLEMS!
Um FAR ARE WE FROM UTILIZING OUR POTENTIAL!
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