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CAMERA OH LANGFITT
TODAY *S FARM FAMILY WAS SELECTED FOR US BY MS. l . C . NEWMAN, COUNTY AGENT IN CLAIBORNE S0UNTY. I AM VERY GRATEFUL TO MR. NEWMAN FOR THIS I S THE STORY OF MR.
S I S VERY FIHE HELP, SLIDE FARM-1 HOUSE
A I D MRS, LEIGH BRISCGE ALLEN <F PORT GIBS OS, MISSISSIPPI. LEIGH miSCOE ALLEN I S FARMIHG
| , 9 2 0 ACRES 0WH1B JOINTLY BY HIMSELF, HIS BROTHER JAMES AMD HIS FATHER. LEIGH BRISCOE OWNS ABOUT HE BEGAH
ACRES OF THE TOTAL ACREAGE.
.RMIFG IH 19421 HOWEVER I T WASN'T UHTIJb 1948 T HE MOVED OHTO THE U H D , LIVED IN PORT GIBSOH. U� UHTIL THAT TIJiE
BOTH LEIGH BRISCOE AID
. ALLEN WERE RAISED IH CLAIBORHE COUNTY, H I S E LOVELY HOUSE MAS BUILT FROM A PIECE OF N OLD HOUSE THAT SET DOWN THE BILL FROM I T ' S RESENT LOCATION. MOST OF THE YEAR 1 9 4 7 WAS
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SPENT IH MOVING THE OLD HOUSE TO THIS SIGHT AND BUILDING THIS PRESENT LOVELY HOME. MUCH
F THE TIMBER IN THIS HOUSE CAME FROM THE OLD OUSE WHICH WAS BUILT IN 1 8 1 7 . LEIGH BRISCOE
T THE UPSTAIRS PORTION ON AND MOST <F THE OWNSTAIRS PORTION. SLIDE PARM-2 CATTLE. LEIGH BRISCOE STARTED
AHD THE
T FARMING RAISING COTTON AND CORN
Y COWS OH THE PIACE WERE A FEW MILK COWS.
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S . ALLEN'S FATHER LOANED LEIGH HIS FIRST GOOD AMD WITH m B USE OF THAT BULL HE HAS RADUALLY BUILT HIS PRESENT BAY HERB OF 300 IBAD OF TOP QUALITY CATTIE. HE STARTED WITH 13
1EAB AND BOUGHT A FEW ALONG THE WAY, BUT MOSTLY BY SAVING H� O N BETTER HEIFERS FOR HERD W UCEMENT. LEIGH SAYS HE BIDN*T KNOW ANYTHING
BOUT THE CATTLE BUSINESS WHEN HE STARTED AMD S KNOWLEDGE INCREASED WITH THE GROWTH OF THE HJ SLIDE FAKH-.3 STEERS IERD. IN FACT THE SIZE OF THE HERD WAS INCREASE] TODAY LEIGH
AS LEIGH'S KNOWLEDGE INCREASED.
3AS 1 2 5 BROOD COWS AND GETS ABOUT A 90 PERCENT CALF CROP. THIS I S A SMALL PORTION OF 100 HEAD
TEERS AND YEARLING HEIFERS, MOSTLY FROM HIS O N W ERD, WHICH LEIGH I S CARRYING TO TWO YEAR OLDS WILL MARKET IN JUNE. THESE ANIMALS GET I L A G E , HAY AND SOME CORN DURING THE WINTER IONTHS, BUT OTHERWISE THEY ARE CARRIED ENTIRELY GRASS. THEY WILL BE FINISHED OUT ON CORN THE LEIGH BRISCOE ALLEN HAS WITH A CALF � D 8
ST 20 OR 30 DAYS. SLIDE C1AP ISTERED STEERS.
4 REGISTERED COWS S�m
HE REALLY GOT INTO THE
I S ' m i E D CATTLE BUSINES AS A RESULT OF THE i-H CLUB BEEF PROJECT OF LEIGH I I I . LEIGH I I I
ilAS 5 REGISTERED COWS AND 2 YOUNG HEIFERS HE
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iAS ACCUMULATED IN HIS 4*H CLUB WORK.
IT WAS
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f I T H THE BEGINNING OF H I S 4-H B1BF PRdJICT TEA' REGISTERED CATTLE CAME TO THE ALLEN FAKM. AST) BELIEVE ME THJ^T MAKE A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE GRAZE THIS FIELD OF WHEAT. LEIGH ALLEN HAS 6
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GISTERED BULLS* ALL OF THEM HOHSfED HEREPCRDS ILL CATTIE, GRADE OS REGISTERED, ARE BRED TO REGISTERED HEREFORD BULLS. PARASITE CONTROL
US THE LIVESTOCK I S BY TWO METHODS, THE USE OF SLIDE FARH-7
CATCH PI Uli
CK-RUBS AND BT SPRAYISG TWICE A TEAR.
ALL
IMALS ARE VACCIHATED TWICE YEARLY FOR BLACKL1 H HAS 4 CATCH PENS AND THIS STEEL SHOOT A3? EAD GATE IS PORTABIE ATO EASILY TRAKSPORTED T < I Y ONE (F THE CATCH P E I S . ALL CATTLE, EXCEPT SIMCE
E REGISTERED STOCK, ARE DE-HORKED. SLIDE
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RAZI1G I S THE PRIHCIPLE FEED SOURCE, I�D LIKE
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TO Kirow A LITTLE ABOUT LEIGH BRISCOE ALLEK
GRAZING PROGRAM. HE HAS 500 ACRES OF IMPROVED, ROTATED PASTURE CONSISTING OF WHITE DUTCH, I F 'ACT, ALL THE CLOVERS, WILD WINTER PEAS, RYE RASS BERMUDA AND WHEAT. HIS PASTURES ARE ABOUT HALF
OKEtf INTO 30 ACRE PLOTS OR LESS.
THE WINTER GRAZING IS PUT OUT WITH A SODSBEDER. PASTURE COMBINATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
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* R A S S . , . W I L D WINTER PEAS I F BERMUDA SOB.
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flME IEIGH WAFTS MAXIMUM WINTER GRACING HE 'LANTS 1ST A PREPARED SEED BED. HE DOESN'T FBfiL
E CAM GET AS MUCH GRAZING FROM SOD-SEEDED 'ASTURES. HE NITRAXES ALL IMPROVED PASTURES AND
5 ABLE fO CARRY ABOUT TWO HEAD TO THE ACRE HJRING FEBRUARY. LEIGH HAS CONSTRUCTED HIS
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fRENCH SILO IS AS OLD ROAD BED WHERE I T CUTS IHROUGH A HILL. HE PUTS UP ABOUT 200 TONS OF
ORF SILAGE AliTD 200 T0HS OF GRASS SILAGE EACH tEAR. HE WINTERS HIS CATTLE OS GRASS SILAGE AND HAY FOR
SES THE CORK SILAGE FOR FATTENING,
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LIVESTOCK CONSISTS MOSTLY OF BERMUDA GRASS, , 1 I G H ALLEN PUTS UP ABOUT 1 0 , 0 0 0 BALES BACK 1EDS WHAT HE NEEDS AND SELLS THE REST, SELLS MORE THAN HE FEEDS. HE ,
THIS HAY BARN FOR HOUSING OF HIS HAY CROP, ONTROL, HE CLIPS HIS PASTURES FOR WEED THIS YEAR HE PLANS TO CLIP THEM ONCE LEIGH
AND THEN M W THEM ONCE LATE IN THEYEAR, O EELS THAT MOWING DOES A BETTER JOB, SLIDE
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BESIDES HE HAS
;ATTLE, LEIGH ALLEN ALSO RAISES HOGS.
6 BROOD SOWS AM* ABOUT 60 HEAD OF FEEDER SHOATS iffllCH WERE FARROWED IN AUGUST. SLIDE PARM-12 0 0 HEAD OF HOGS EACH YEAR, HE SELLS ABOUT
THE HOGS RUN ON
ftNGE AND ARE FINISHED OUT ON GRAIN.
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OTFACT ALL THE HOGS GET SOMi GSAII ALL ALOHG MB WAY, ALL HOGS ARE WORMED AT WEANING TIME LEIGH HOGS OFF ABOUT 20 ACRES
AMD VACCINATED.
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OF CORH, PULLS ABOUT 3 5 ACRES AMD PUTS M OTHER 20 ACRES IK THE S I L O , HE FEEDS ALL HIS CORN AND
I A S T YEAR IT HADE 80 TO 90 BUSHELS TO THE ACRE, ALL THE HOGS ALSO GIT TANKAGE AND A PROTEIN >UFPL�H�NT. LEIGH BRISCOE ALLEN STILL RAISES
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SOTTOJT ALOHG WITH HIS LIVESTOCK AND FEED PROGRAM, HE HAD ABOUT 75 ACRES LAST TEAS M D WILL HAVE 70 ACRES THIS YEAR. I T AVERAGES ABOUT ONE AND HE IRRIGATED
WO THIRDS BALES TO THE ACRE,
50 ACRES OF HIS COTTOS U ST YEAR AID I T MADE TifO BALES TO THE ACRE, HE FERTILIZES AND POISONS HI
JZOTTOJT ACCORDING TO RECOMMENDATIONS AMD USES A LAHE FOR POISOHIHG WHEI THE COTTOI GETS RANK. I0WEVER, THIS YEAR HE PLANS TO DO LATE SEASON POISOFIHG WITH A HIGHBOY WHICH HE I S N W O BUILDING, LEIGH USED TO PLAHT A COVES CROP BUT
IAS STOPPED SINCE HE HAS SO MUCH NATURAL GROWTH THE CROP LAND. HE FEELS I T I S CHEAPER TO
NITROGEN IN THE SOIL THAM IT I S TO PUT I T WITH COVER CROPS, SLIDE WATER FOR IRRIGATION
FROM TWO PRIMARY SOURCES.. .THE BAYOU I B . . . A N D THIS URGE LAKE ON THE FARM. BESID1
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IRRIGATING COTTON LBIGH ALSO IRRIGATES
CORN, HE
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I B M OUT 60 ACRES <F RYE GRASS AID WHEAT.
BOTH THS FLOOD TYPE AID SPRINKLER IffRIGAT 10 AND PREFERS TO FLOOD WHEN HE CAM, TfilS LAKE
ilAS A VALV2 THAT WILL PERMIT RELEASE OP WATER FfiBDEl) FOR FLQtriNG. IM ADDITION H I HAS 8
STOCK POFM FOR ABDIflOHAL WATER SUPPLT FOE SLIDE FARM-15 LAKE ?,I��3T0CK. THIS LARGE LAKE & ALSO A RBCREATIOi
MBk FOR THB FAMILY AND FOLES IK THE C O W W i r f * AND HIS SON LEIGH I I I LOVE TO FISH* MRS,
'JLM AND MUGHTES MRGASET ALSO LOVE FISHING NO THB WHOLE FAMILY GOES IN FOR BOATING, WATER
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JiJOEING, SUSP BOARD HIDING AND COOKING ODf OF )OORS. TE HIE PORT GIBSON SCOUT LODGE I S LOCATE� ALLEN*S IAKS AND THIS URGE OUTDOOR U g PIT I S V$W FREQUJgNTLY BY THE FAMILY
AND THE COJfiflJNITY, IT SEfS AT ONE END OF THE DAM AT TIIEUKB. BY THE NAY MR. ALLEN I S A
JiOY SCOUT CO�IITTBE�AN AND LBIGH I I I I S AN EAGLE SLIDE FARM-17 FINE COUT. TIMBER ALSO HAS A P U C E IN THE ALLEN LEIGH SELLS SOME EVERY YEAR, HI
'ARM PROGRAM*
0STLY HARDWOODS WHICH HE SELECTIVELY CUTS. S ABOUT 1200 ACRfiS IN TIMBER AND DOES SOME EEDI1G.
THIS I S A PICTURE OF A PINE SE1DLING,
! OF 8 , 0 0 0 SET OUT THIS YEAS ON THE FARM.
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OF THE IAND I S FWCED AND CROSS
W E R E WAS HARDLY ANY FENCING WHEN LEIGH CAME TO !PHE FARM BUT TOE TYPE (F PROGRAM HE I S CARRYING T HAS MADE IT NECESSARY TO HA YE GOOD FENCING. SLIDE FAgH-18 LfiS FJSDEZA BICdLOR :GH AND HIS SON ALSO LOVI TO HUFF AND HE IRMLY BELIEVES I I PROVIDING FOOD A�D COYER FO1 HE BIRDS HE LIKES TO HUNT. THIS I S SOHE
PEDEZA BICOLOR WHICH WILL S 0 1 � BE PUT ALONG; 3TCE ROICS AND IN ROUGH LAND TO PROVIDE THAT % SLIDE AND FOOD. MOST OF THE FOOD FOR THE THIS IARG1
OYS
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AMILY USE I S RAISES ON THE FAIM.
ECAN ORCHARD I S ONLY A PART OP THE FOOD SUPPLY
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TORY.
THE ALLENS FREEZE FOOD FROM THEIR YEAR
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OUND,GARDEN AND ALSO HOGS AND BESP AS NEEDED OR THE FAMILY IARBER. I T I S ALSO WELL STOCKED THEY FREEZE AROUND MRS. ALLEN'S
TH FISH FROM THEIR LA KB. ,000 POUNDS F FOOD A YL&R.
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TCHEN I S COMPLETELY MODERN I I EVERY DETAIL D SHE SPENDS MUCH (F HER TIME HER PREPARING 00D FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR. MRS, ALLEN ALSO
OES ALL THE SEWING FOR HERSELF AND HER DAUGHTER RGARET AND MAKE MOST EVERYTHING THEY WEAR,
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R HOME I S LOVELY AND SPACIOUS AND THE U T I E S OF THE OLD SOUTH ARE PREVELANT I N ANTIQUE FURNITURE AND FIXTURES. THIS
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L0T1LY FIREPUCE WL$ SALVAGED FROM THAT OLD HOME BUILT IN 1 1 1 7 . LEIGH ALLEN
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HIS LOVELY WIPE,
S O I LEIGH AND DAUGHTER Ml RGARET LOVE THEIR HOME AND THEIR IAND AID SPEND MUCH OF THEIR TIME S f JOYING IT TO THE FULLEST. SLIDE ONE CF THB3R
FAVORITE RELAXING SPOTS I S THIS BEAUTIFUL YARD ANB BARBEQUE PIT IN BACK OF THE HOUSE. THEY LOVE TO COOK OUT* EITHM AT THE LAKE 08 IN THEIR BACKYARD. THEY NOT ONLY WORK HARD ON THEIR
'ARM AND HOME,, BUT THEY WORK EQUALLY HARD TO BLP MAKE THEIR COMMUNITY A BEtTgRPLACE IN WHICH CAMERA OH FAMILY TO LIVE. THBY ATTEND CHURCH AT THB FORT GIBSON
METHODIST CHURCH WHERE LEIGH I S A STEWARD M D SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER AND WHSRE MRS. ALLEN ALSO TEACHES SUNDAY SCHOOL. LEIGH I S ALSO PRESIDENT HE I S A PAS?
OF THI J O T ' S CLUB OF THE CHURCH,
P R E S I D E OF THB PORT GIBSON LIONS CLUB, PASf IDENT OF THE CLAIBORNS COUNTY FARM BUREAU. I S A SOIL CONSERVATION DISTRICT COMMISSIONER I S CARRYING OUT A SOIL P U N ON HIS LAND. I E IS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE FARMER*S CO-OP, A DIRECTCR AT THE MISSISSIPPI SOUTHERN BANK AND A MEHBSR OF THE MISSISSIPPI LIVESTOCK PRODUCER'S ASSOCIATION, ms, ALLEN
I S A PAST PRESIDfflT OF THE PORT GIBSON P . T J U
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D I S PRESENTLY VICE PRESIBBSfT OF THE SCHOOL HD BOGSfERS CLUB. SHE I S ALSO A C T I H Ilf LEIGH I I I I S SECRE1&
VOLUITJSEE RED CROSS WORK.
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FBKn COUFCIL, EDIfOR OF fHE ANIUAL, PRJ^IDMT Bffi SCHOOL BEfA CLUB, P I U ^ I D M f OP MM M*Y.F, H I S CHUKCH AM) VICE PRESIDED OF TEE J E F F CLAY SUB DISfRICf, MEGAKET �HO I S HEVJ3f fHB
! f H l I S M HER FIRSf YMR OF 4-H CLUB IfORK, ARE MAHY OfHER fHI�&S 10 T&L AB0OT 1KIS C U I B 0 R I 1 COUFfY FAMILY BUT I KfflOt YOU W OULD RABiER HMB TH1M TALK A BIf SO LET'S CHAT I f f i THIS PIKE FAMILY,
