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CAMERA OH LAHGFITT
EH THE VERY BEGIN! IHG I WANT TO EXPRESS MY MOST S I N C E R E THANKS TO PIKE COUHTY AGRICULTURAL AGEHT JEGRGE MULLENDORE AND ASSISTAHT COUHTY AGENT f SARL IZARD, FOR THEIR VERY WOHDERFUL HELP I N SELECTING THE FAMILY WHICH WE SALUTE TODAY AHD FOR GOIHG WITH ME TO THEIR FARM TO OBTAII THE STORY WHICH I AM ABOUT TO T S A . THIS I S THE
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STORY OF MR. AED MRS, BRISTS? C . COSMHAH WHO OWH AM) LIVE OH A 3 5 2 ACRg LIVESTOCK M D TIMBER FARM FOUR MILES WEST OF SUMMIT, M I S S I S S I P P I OH
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THIS BEAUTIFUL HOME WHICH THEY
3UILT WHEH THEY CAME HERB SETS ABOUT 5 0 0 YARDS BACK FROM THE HIGHWAY OH A BEAUTIFUL MOLL WITH i LARGE STOCK POHD LYIHG OUT BEFORE I T . NEITHER
. HOR MRS, COSHAHAH GREW UP OH A FARM BUT THEY VE WL EH TO FARM LIFE LIKE A DUCK TAKES TO TER AHD THEY LOVE EVERY MIHUTE OF I T . THEY
RE CARRYIHG OUT OHE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL SLIDE FARM.2 HOUSE IVESTOCK PROGRAMS I HAVE SEEN. BRISTER
GOSNAHAH WAS BORN I H BROOKHAVEH BUT LIVED MOST 5F HIS YOUNG LIFE IH ABERDEEN. MRS. COSHAHAH
FAS BORN AHD RAISED AT 3 M X X JONESTOWN, ABOUT IfBH MILES OUT OF CIARKSDALE, I H THE M I S S I S S I P P I BLTA. SHE AND BRISTER COSHAHAH MET WHILE THEY
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STERE BOTH ATTENDING SCHOOL AT OLE M I S S .
AFTER
JRADUATION THE YOUNG LADY, NOW KNOWN AS MRS. R I S T E R COSNAHAJf, WENT TO WORK WITH THE TVA FOR 0 YEARS AND BRISTER COSNAHAN WENT TO KENTUCKY 0 WORK. HE STAYED THEIR TWO YEARS AND THEN I T WAS RIGffi
TARTED TO WORK FOR GENERAL MOTORS.
PTER THIS, I N 1 9 4 0 THAT HE MARRIED HIS LOVELY AND A HALF f O B B . BRISTER COSHAHAN SERVED TWO/YEARS WITH U N I T E D STATES MARINES I N WORLD WAR TWO AM) 3P0ST HIS RETURN FROM SERVICE WENT BACK TO WORK OH GENERAL MOTORS AS DISTRICT MANAGER F(R THE OUTHWEST DISTRICT OF M I S S I S S I P P I . THEN, I N
9 4 3 HE WENT TO WORK WITH H I S BROTHER I N JOINT 3WNERSHIP OF AN AUTOMOBIIE BUSINESS I N LOUISIANA! XJSING THIS TIME HE AND H I S BROTHER BOUGHT SOME [AND I N AMITE COUNTY AND WHEN HE DECIBED HE WANT SLIDE
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m TO SPEND FULL TIME AS A FARMER I T WAS THIS LAND HOLDING I N AMITE COUNTY THAT INFLUEKDED HIM TO SETTLE I N THE AREA ON H I S HiESENT FARM. JRISTER COSNAHAN AND H I S LOVELY WIFE STARTED OUT FARMING Iff 19531 AND I T WAS AT THAT TIME THfiT EY BUILT THIS LOVELY HOME. WHEN MR. AND MRS,
STER CQSHAHAN BOUGHT THIS FARM I T WAS AN OLD QBN OUT COTTON FARM THAT HAD BEEN ROW-CROPJED 0 DEATH. WHEN MR. AND MRS. BRIST1R COSNAHANA
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I R S T SAW THE FARM THE BROOM SAGES WAS SO HIGH T YOU COULD STAND IN I T AND NOT BE SEEN. THER THAN BBHN I T THEY WENT TO WORK AND CUT T OVER, AN ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE JOB, BUT ONE THAT STER COSNAHAN ACCOMPLISHED, THAT FIRST YEAR
� HAD A TENNANT MB RAISED COTTON AND CORN. I WAS THE ONLY YEAR HE EVER RAISED COTTON* HI i I T REQUIRES TOO MUCH LABOR AND GOOD IABOR IS HARD TO FIND. SLIDE FARMCATT, BRISTER COSNAHAN STARTED INTO
HE CATTLE BUSINESS I N 1 9 5 1 WHIN HE CAME TO HIS 'AIM. HE WENT OUT ASD BOUGHT 3 COWS, NOW, I F
� S ONE THING THAT BRISTER KNOWS, IT I S THAT OU DON'T START TO BUILD A HERD WITHOUT TESTING OUR CATTLE 1 0 BE SURE YOU HAVE A CLEAN FOUNDATIC WELL, WHEN HE TESTED THOSE EIGHT COWS HE FOUND FOUR OF THEM TO BE BANGS RJBiCTCES. SLIPS FARM-'
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C OT RID OF THE FOUR AND I N DUE TIME RE-TESTED B OTHER FOUR. HE FOUND THEM TO STILL BE
C LE&N SO HE WENT TO WORK TO START BUILDING H I S SERB, FROM THAT DAY TO T i i l S , NOTHING HAS EVER
liYEN COME ON THE P U C E UNLESS I T HAS BEEN TESTED AND FOUND TO BE BANGS FREE. ALL TOLB f
COSNAHAV HAS BOUGHT ABOUT 5 0 HEAD OF CATTDS SINCI E STARTED FARMING. EVERYTHING ELSE HAS BEEN TODAY H I S HERD TOTALS 1 5 8
1 I S E D ON THE PLACE.
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iEAD, INCLUDING 100 BROOD COWS M D BRED HEIFERS. THE HERD HE HAS 5 REGISTERED COWS ifHICH HE S KEEPING FOR TWO PURPOSES,.,�TO IMPROVE THE HERD QUALITY AND TO RAISE HIS O N REP1A CEMENT W
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ALL HIS CATTLE ARE BRED TO REGISTERED
OLLED HEREFORD BULLS AND HE HAS FOUR OF THEM AT THE PRESENT TIME, HE CULLS HIS HERD CLOSE I BELIEVE
ND GETS RID OF ANY POOR PRODUCERS,
�HAT BRISTER COSNAHAN WILL TELL YOU THAT SOME OF I i I S BEST CALVES COME FROM BRIJO3LS COWS WHICH RE THE RESULT OF & SHORTHORN HEREFORD CROSS, ANT RED TO HIS POLLED HEREFORD BULLS. BRISTER GETS
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BOUT A 9 5 $ CALF CROP.
HE CALFHOOD VACCINATES
HVERYTHISG AND SAVES HIS BEST HEIFER CALVES FOR IIERD REPLACEMENT. BRISTER I S UNDECIDED RIGHT
O BETWEEN A STRAIGHT COMMERCIAL COW-AND CALF W ROGRAM MARKETING HIS CALVES MILK-FAT OFF THE C (M$ AND FEEDING THEM OUT AFTER HE TAKES THEM F F THE COW. SLIDE FARM, LAST YEAR HE FED OUT 45 HEAD WHEN THIS YEAR HE I S CRIEP
TOOK THEM OFF PASTURE.
FEEDING ALL HIS CALVES AND HE HAS FOUND THAT YOU C A N ' T GAIN ANYTHING BY FEEDING OUT CREEP FED CALVES, COWS, SO THIS YEAR HE I S IRRI^TING OFF THE NEXT YEAR HE MAY CARRY THEM ON THE COWS
AUB GRASS THEN PUT THEM IN THE FEEDLOT FOR 120
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BAYS BEFORE MARKETING,
BRLSFBR SAYS HIS METH0&
OF MARKETING I S IARGILY DETERMINED BY THE CONDITION OF HIS PASTURE. HE ROTATES HIS
PASTURES TO MAKE SURE THAT BE NEVER OVERGRAZES SLIDE FARM-10 LL BOX ANY PASTURE AREA, BRISTER COSNAHAN ALSO SEES TC
I T THAT HIS CATTLE HAVE PLENTY OF MINERAL AND SALT AVAILABLE AT ALL TIMES, DURING THE WINTER
MONTHS WHEN GRAZING I S SHORT ALL THE CATTLE HAVE CCESS TO HAY FROM THIS SELF-FEEDING HAY BARN WHICH YOU SEE IN THE BACKGROUND. SLIDE FARM-U HAT BARN BRISTER BUILT
GST OF THIS HAY BARN HIMSELF AS WELL AS SEVERAL OTHER HAY BARNS ON THE PLACE. HIS HAY CROP
S PRIMARILY LESPEDBZA, BAHAI GRASS, OATS AND T I V E PASTURE GRASSES. LAST YEAR HE PUT UP
BOUT 5 , 0 0 0 BALES OF HAY AND HAS PUT UP 3 # 5 � 0 LES SO FAR THIS YEAR BUT I S NOT THROUGH YET. SLIDE ARM-12 >ASTURE E CUTS A LOT OF HAY ON THE SHARES MB BESIDES
FEEDING STRAIGHT HAY FREE CHOICE I T I S INCLUDED THE CREJ3> RATION FOR THE CALVES.. .GROUND IN CRUSHED CORN, COTTONSEED MEAL, MINERAL, LT AND BLACKSTRAP MOUSSES. PERMANENT GRAZING
CONSISTS OF 300 ACRES OF IMPROVED PASTURE WHICH I S AS GOOD AS YOU'LL FIND. I T CONSISTS OF VARIO
HBS OF BERMUDA AND DALLIS GRASS, LESPEDBZA, , BAHAI GRASS # WHITE DUTCH AND CRIMSON CLOVER.
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;iAHAI CRASS I S HEAVY IN MOST PASTURES IN USE f l f t t OTHER COMBINATIONS OF GRASSES. ASSISTANT CC
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I0UITY AGENT CARL IZARD AND BRISTER COSNAHAN H W YOU AN EXAMPLE OF THE KIND OF GRASS BRISTER O S RIGHT NOW. TEMPORARY GRA2ING CONSISTS OF ALL OF I T I S OATS ARI
ACRES OF OATS AND RY8 GRASS.
OD SEEDED INTO PARHANEM PASTURE LAND.
EVERY OTHER YEAR FOR BCED AND FEED AND RE PUT UP AS HAY ON THE ALTERNATE YEARS. BRISTl
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S NINE PASTURES
UNDER SEPERATB FENCE, NOT LIVESTOCK
OUSTING SEVERAL SMALL PASTURE PENS.
PARASITE CONTROL I S HANDLED BY THE USE OF CKRUBS STRATEGICALLY LOCATED IN EVERY PASTURE AND REGULAR SPRAYING USING A POWER SPRAYER. RISTfiR USED TO USE A DIPPING VAT BUT FOUND I T 0 0 DIFFICULT WITH HIS LABOR SUPPLY AND CATCH
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HE FEELS THAT HE MAY GO BACK TO
SING A DIPPING VAT AFTER HE HAS MADE SOME CHAIGES TO FACILITATE HANDLING. THE WATER SUPPL1
OR BRISTER'S LIVESTOCK CONSISTS OF A STOCK POND EVERY PASTURE AND A STREAM THAT RUNS PART OF
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ANOTHER IMPORTANT PART OF THE BRISTER HAS
OSNAHAN FARM PROGRAM I S TIMBER.
0 ACRES IN TIMBER, ON WHICH HE DOES C0NBIDERABL1 .S.I. WORK. HE THINS AND WEEDS AND SELECTIVELY
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HARVESTS,
MOST OF THE TIMBER I S GOOD, FAST FROM HIS TIMBER BRIST.BR CQSMHAN
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GROWING PINE.
HAS COMPLETELY FENCED AND CROSS FENCED HIS LAND AND HAS BUILT THE WHITE KENTUCKY STYLE FENCE AROUND HIS HOUSE AND WALLED UP SEVERAL BUILDING! KRISTER NOT ONLY MANAGES HIS TIMBER WELL, BUT I S WORKED WITH THE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL AGENTS 0 MAKE IT A DEMONSTRATION FOR OTHERS IN THE
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HE GIRDLES ALL THE UNDESIRABLE
GIRDLED TRES
IARDWOODS TO MAKE ROOM FOR YOUNG PINE TO GROW, OME OF THE GIRDLING HAS BEEN DONE WITH AN AXE m SOME WITH A LITTLE BEAVER. BRISTER HAS ALSO
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CLEARED LAND
LEARED ABOUT 40
ACRES OF HIS LAND TO ESTABLISH MOST OF THE
JEW PASTURE FOR HIS LIVESTOCK.
LEAKING HAS BEEN DONE WITH A BULLDOZER AND LAND EHAT HAS BEm CLEARED WAS EITHER IN SCRUB TIMBER BRISTER COSNAHIIPS BIG JOB HAS
|R HEAVY BRUSH.
JJEEN CLEARING THE LAND, BUILDING THE SOIL AND JSSTABLISHING GOOD PASTURE. HE HOPES TO EVENTUAL]
I[AVE AS NEAR A PERFECT SOIL PH FACTOR AS P0SSIBL3
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MR. AND MRS. BRISTER COSNAHAN TRY TO PRODUCE OST OF THE FOOD THEY NEED AT HOME. TH sY HAVE
BOUT A QUARTER ACRE GARDEN AND FROM IT AND THE 1IEAT SUPPLY MRS. COSNAHAN FREEZES ABOUT 1200 IOUNDS OF FOOD EACH YEAR. SHE HAS AN EXCELLENT
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00D PRESERVATION PROGRAM,
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IN ADDITION TO THE
FOOD WHICH SHE PUTS IN THE FAMILY FOOD FRBEZIR IRS. COSNAHAN ALSO PUTS UP ABOUT 1 5 0 QUARTS OF SHE LOVES TO COOK FOR HSR FAMILY
?00B I N JARS,
AND SPENDS CONSIDERABLE TIME IN THE KITCHEN OF HER BEAUTIFUL HOME...A KITCHEN THAT I S MODERN
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TN EVERY MAY.
IN FACT, IN A HOME THAT I S MODERN
EN EVERY WAY.. *A HOME WITH ALL THE CONVENIENCES JLND MANY OF THOSE ADDITIONAL COMFORTS WHICH MAKE HOME SO ENJOYABLE, MIS, COSNAHAN NOT ONLY SHE SHI
TO COOK, BUT SHE ALSO LIKES TO SETF AW
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MOST OF HER CURTAINS ANB S L I P COVERS, JO LIKES TO DO QUILTING AND THIS BEAUTIFUL
COVER I S A FASCINATING EXAMPLE OP HER EFFORTS ;:N ADDITION, WHEN TIME PERMITS, SHE ALSO LIKES TO HOOK RUGS AND WORK IN HER BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS HRUBBERY WHICH SURROUND HER HOME.
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GST OF HER TIME I S DHVOTED TO 2 0 MONTH OLD ALVIN WHO I S AS CUTE A LITTLE FELLOW AS YOU SAW AND ALL BOY. BEFORE CALVIN ARRIVED
COSNAHAN WAS VERY 1CTIVE I N THE AFFAIRS OF CHURCH AND COMMUNITY BUT NOW SHE HAS A FULL IME JOB LOOKING AFTER HIM AND THOUGH SHE LOVED ER WORK IN HER COMMUNITY SHE LOVES THIS MORE. MTK
MR. AND MRS. BRISTER COSNAHAN ARE
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ERS OF THE SUMMIT METHODIST CHURCH WHERE
CAMERA OS FAMILY
I S T E R I S A STEWARD, PAST CHAIRMAN OF THE CHUHCJ OARD OF STEWARDS AND I S ALSO A DISTRICT STEWARD, E ALSO TEACHES THE YOUNG MEN*S SUNDAY SCHOOL LASS. BRISTBR COSNAHAN I S ALSO A MASON, PAST
SIDENT OF THE SUBMIT ROtARY CLUB, A DIRECTOR THEPIKB COUNTY FARM BUREAU AND VICE PRESIDENT THE PIKE COUNTY LIVESTOCK AND FAIR ASSOCIATION ;1E I S VERY ACTIVE IN HIS WORK FOR THE FAIR AND CHAIRMAN OF THE PROGRAM COMMITTEE FOR THIS f E A R ' S FAIR WHICH WILL BE HELD FROM SEPTEMBER TO 14TH. THERE'S MUCH MORE I COULD TELL
fOU ABOUT THIS WONDERFUL FAMILY AND THE WAY THEY JAVE SERVED IN THE COUNTY TO HELP BRING ABOUT A BETTER AGRICULTURE FOR ALL, BUT RIGHT NOW I ' D BETTER LET YOU MEET THIS FINK FAMILY OR WE'LL *UN OUT OF TIME BEFORE WE GET A CHANCE. U 2* 3* FERTILIZER ROTATION PROGRAM WHAT ARE MAIN GOALS IN PROGRAM? ARE YOU GLAD YOUR ON A FARM?
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