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I WANT TO SAY IN THE VERY BEGINNING THAT I AM DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO FRANKLIN COUNTY AGRICULTURAL A G E N T , JOHN COX, FOR H I S YERY WONDERFUL HELP I N SELECTING THE FAMILY M I C H WE SALUTE TODAY AND FOR GOING WITH ME TO THEIR FARM TO HELP ME TO OBTAIN THIS STORY. THIS I S THE STORY OF MR.
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AND MRS. HARVEY L . COWART AND MR. COWART�S S I S T E R , MISS IDA COWART, WHO OWN AND FARM 5 7 4 ACRES OF LAND H E VEN MILES SOUTH OF McCALL CRBM I N THE INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY. TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY ACRES OF THIS AND HIS SISTER IDA GREW U P , k c R E S TOGETHER. THEY OWN THE 5 7 4
LAND I S THE OLD HOME PIACE WHERE HARVEY COWART
THEIR FATHER GAVE ALL THE
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bHILDREN EXCEPT THEM 8 0 ACRES OF LAND EACH. HARVEY AND MISS IDA HAD STAYED AT HOME WITH HIM ND HAD TAKEN CARE OF HIM ALL HIS LIFE SO HE � B THEM 2 6 0 ACRES OF LAND TOGETHER. MRS. RVEY COWART GREW UP ON A FARM ABOUT TWO MILES SOUTH OF THEIR PRESENT HOME, IN THE SAME COMMUNITY. THEY MET AT COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
HARVEY COWART STARTED FARMING FOR HIMSELF I N 1 9 2 6 WHEN HIS FATHER RETIRED. UNTIL THEY BUILT
THEIR NEW HOME LATE I N 1 9 5 1 TXIX HARVEY AND MRS. COWART AND MISS IDA LIVED I N THIS HOUSE WHERE
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HARVEY AND MISS IDA WERE BORN AND RAISED.
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THE GREAT ICE STORM IN THE SPRING
OF 1 9 5 1 WAS THE CAUSE OF THEIR BUILDING IHETR PRESENT LOVELY HOME M E N 2HEY D I D . HIEIR HOME I S BUILT ALMOST ENTIRELY FROM TIMBER TAKEN OFF 1HE FARM.,.,TIMBER THAT WAS BADLY DAMAGED I N THAT WELL REMEMBERED I C E STORM. THEY STARTED
BUILDING IN LATE 1 9 5 1 AND MOVED I N I N APRIL OF 1952* IT�S I S A BEAUTIFUL HOME AND A LITTLE
LATER I�LL TELL YOU ABOUT THE LOVELY FINISH I T HAS I N S I D E , BUT FIRST, LET'S GO BACK A LITTLE (AND BRING OUR STORY UP TO DATE. WHEN HARVEY
COWART STARTED OUT FARMING I N 1 9 2 6 HE WAS RAISIJ
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COTTON, CORN, HOGS t BEEF CATTLE AND SHEEP, A j n ) / HE HAS CONTINUED ALL OF THAT PROGRAM EXCEPT HOGS WHICH HE DROPPED FIVE YEARS AGO, HIS BEEF CATTI PROGRAM I S A COMMERCIAL COW AND CALF PROGRAM AND HE SELLS THE BULK OF HIS CALVES MILK FAT OFF THE COW, OCCASIONALLY HE DOES FEED OUT FIFTEEN
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OR SIXTEEN CALVES I F FEED I S PLENTIFUL AND THE MARKET WARRANTS I T . HE CALFHOOD VACCINATES AND
THE HERD I S TB AND BANGS FREE. HARVEY COWARTS SAVES HIS BEST CALVES FOR HERD REPLACEMENT M D THERE ARE JJO OLD COWS IN THE HERD, HE CULLS
VERY CLOSE. THE HERD NUMBERS 4 5 HEAD ALL TOLD.
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THOUGH HE HAS A GRADE BBEF HERD, HARVEY HAS SLIDE BULL ALWAYS USED A REGISTERED BULL, IN FACT, HE
BOUGHT ONE OF THE FIRST REGISTERED HEREFCRD BULLS EVER SHIPPED INTO FRANKLIN COUNTY. A YEA:
AGO HE BOUGHT THIS RED DEVON BULL AND NOW USES HIM WITH BOTH THE BEEF HERD AND A DAIRY HERD I � L L TELL YOU ABOUT A LITTLE IATER. HE LIKES
THE RED DEVON BULL BECAUSE I T WILL PRODUCE BETTER MILKERS AND ALSO GIVE THRIFTIER GAINS. SLIDE FAI SHJ ANOTHER IMPORTANT PART OF HARVEY COWART'S FARM PROGRAM I S SHEEP, HE BOUGHT HIS FIRST SEEkP
WHEN HE STARTED FARMING FOR HIMSELF AND HIS S I S T E R IN 1 9 2 6 , TODAY HE HAS 2 5 HEAD OF NATIVE HE
EWES WHICH HE BREEDS TO A HAMPSHIRE RAH,
GETS ABOUT A 100$ LAMB CROP AND FIGURES HIS BESS SLIDE FARM** MONEY I S IN SHSEP. WOOL AND LAHBS. THEY PRODUCE TWO MONEY CROP!
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HARVEY HAS HAD AS MANY AS SO
TO 60 HEAD OF SHEEP AND MAY INCREASE THE SIZE OF HIS FLOCK AGAIN. SOME OF THE TIME HE GRAZES
H I S SHEEP ON SEPERATE PASTURE AID SOMETIMES WITH THE BEEF HERD, HE SAYS BEEF CATTLE AND ANOTHER CROP THAT HAS
SHEEP GO WELL TOGETHER.
ALWAYS BEEN AN IMPORTANT PART OF THIS FARM SLIDE FAR1M PROGRAM I S TIMBER. HARVEY HAS 430 ACRES IN
P I N E TIMBER, ALL AGES FROM 4 5 YEARS ON DOWN, TO
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SEEDLINGS, HARDWOOD.
HE DOBS HAVE ABOUT 3 0 ACRES IK HARVEY DOBS T . S . I . WORK ON H I S TIMBE1
HE THIHS AND WIBDS AND SELECTIVELY HARVESTS FOR THE MAXIMUM CONTINUOUS GROWTH.
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HE HAS ALWAYS HARVEY SAYS HE
PROTECTED HIS TIMBER FROM F I R E .
GREW UP DOING THAT BECAUSE HIS FATHER DIDN'T BELIEVE I N ANY BURNING, TIMBER COMBS RIGHT UP AROUND THE HOUSE AND ALL THE OUTBUILDINGS* I S TRULY A FARM THAT TIMBER HAS JUST ABOUT BUILT. PRACTICALLY ALL THE OPEN LAND ON THE ^fflli
FARM HAS BEEN CLEARED BY HARVEY COWART WITH A KELLEY A X E . . .ABOUT 3� ACRES OF I T . HE SAYS HE CLEARED 7 OR 8 ACRES EVERY YEAR AND SPLIT FOUR TO FIVE THOUSAND RAILS AND DID A LOT OF RAIL
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F E N C I N G , THE LAND I S FENCED AND CROSS FENCED. TO THIS POINT A LOT OF I T I S CREOSOTE TREATEI BUT HARVEY PLAI^ TO DO H I S OWN TREATING FROM NOW ON, I N 1 9 5 1 HARVEY TRADED TIMBER DAMAGED BY THE ICE STORM FOR CREOSOTBB POSTS. THOUGH
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P I N E TIMBER I S MIGHTY VALUABLE TODAY HARVEY OWART SAYS HE REM3IBERS WHEN YOU COULD HARDLY ELL PINE, BUT NEVERTHELESSHE HAS ALWAYS CARED OR HIS AND TREfTED I T WELL AND TODAY I T I S U N G HIM AID H I S WIFE AND SISTER WELL,
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1 9 5 1 HARVEY COWART ADDED ANOTHER FARM ENTERPRISI
Mini cows
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TO THEIR ALREADY WELL DIVERSIFIED FARM PROGRAM. FOR EIGHT MONIES THEY OPERATED A GRADE " C " DAIR AND THEN SWITCHED OVER TO A GRADE "A" PROGRAM AND HAVE BEfiN ON I T EVER SINCE. SLIPS I T WAS IN 1 9 5 3
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THAT HE BUILT THIS MODERN MILKING EARN IN THE MIDST OF TUB PINES. TODAY HE HAS 1 8 MILK COWS XX
AND I S MILKING 12 HEAD AT THE PRESENT TIME.
HE THINKS HE MAY INCREASE THE SIZE OF THE DAIRY HERD A LITTLE IN THE FUTURE. SLIDE FAHM^I 4 FARM-1 CGffS IN BARN MILKING
1 5 DONE tflTH TWO PORTABLE MILKERS AND HARVEY BY GOOD MANAGEMENT H I S BUILT H I S HERD PR0DUCTIOJ TO AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT $ , 5 0 0 POUNDS OF MILK PER COW PER YEAR. HARVEY GETS A MIGHTY GOOD CALF
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CROP.
IN FACf THIS LITTLE GAL MftS ONLY A PUf
HOURS OLD WHEN I VISITED THE FARM LAST MONDIY. THOUGH THE HERD I S A GRADE HERD, HARVEY HAS B E M ABLE TO BUILD UP MILK PRODUCTION STEADILY
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HE SAVES ALL HIS BEST HEIFERS
FOR HERD REPLACEMENT AND HAS 1 2 REPLACEMENT HEIFERS ON THE P U C E SIGHT NOW. HE CULLS THE
3ERD CLOSE AID GETS RID OF ALL OLD COVS AND POOR PRODUCERS. SLIDE HE FEEDS HIS CATTLE A MIXTURE
OF HOME GROWN GRAIN AND SUPPLEMENT TO MAKE A 1 6 TO 1 9 # DAIRY RATION, DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT OF GRAZING AVAILABLE. HE FEEDS HIS CALVES ON A
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\2% RATION OF HOME GROWN GRAIN AND SUPPLEMENT. ALL BABY CALVES ARE FED FUL-O~PEP CALF STARTEB.
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WE SEE HARVEY COCAS? SHOWING COUNTY AGENT,
JOHN COX, THE KIND OF FEED MIKXURB HE I S USING FOR THE MILKING H M D . HARVEY HAS 46 ACRES IN
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PERMANENT, IMPROVED PASTURE WHICH CONSISTS (F DALLIS AND BERMUDA AND CARPET GRASS, WHITE DUTCH LOVER AND LESPEDEZA, TEMPORARY SUMMER GRAZING
I S PROVIDED WITH 16 ACRES OF MILLET AND TEN RES OF SUDAN GRASS, TEMPORARY .WINTER GRAZING
CONSISTS OF 30 TO 50 ACRES IN OATS WHICH I S GRAZ COMPLETELY DOWN. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE WET, COLD
FALL WEATHER HAS RETARDED THE GROWTH OF THESE OATS. HARVEY HAS YET TO SEW ANOTHER 20 ACRES OF HE LIMES HIS PASTURES AND HARVEY ALSO CUT THE TIMBER
OATS TO COMBINE.
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A D WENT TO WORK TO BUILD THIS COMBINATION HAY M AND LOAFING BARN IN AliONff THE PINE TIMBER. I I S HAY CROP CONSISTS OF LESPEDEZA, ALICE CLOVES AND NATIVE GRASSES. HE PUTS UP ABOUT 2 , 0 0 0 BALI
OF HAY EACH YEAR AND FEEDS I T IN THE BARN DURINC WEATHER AND CARRIS I T TO THE PASTURE DURING WEATHER. ALL CATTLE GET HAY FREE CHOICE
G THE WINTER MONTHS AND WHENEVER GRAZING I S HOST. BY THE WAY, p i V E Y COWART HAS AN EXCELLU
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F E R T I L I Z A T I O N PROGRAM.
IN FACT HE I S ONE OF *
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THE TEST DM0IST1ATGRS FOR THE TVA AND HAS BEM SINCE 1 9 S 5 . HE I S DEMONSTRATING FERTILIZER USE WATER FOR THE
BOTH ON PASTURES AND ROW CROPS,
LIVESTOCK PROGRAM I S SUPBLIEB FROM THIS POND ANI F L M T Y OF RUNNING HATER THROUGH THE FARM THAT NEVER DRIES UP* IN ADDITION TO THE CROPS ALRmi
MBNTIOSED HARVEY COWART PUTS OUT 25 ACRES IN CORN M I C H AVERAGES 50 TO SO BUSHELS TO THE ACRI AND LAST KEAR HAD 6 ACRES IN COTTON. HE SAYS
HE MADE A GOOD CROP BUT LOST IT ALL BUT TWO BALES IN THE FIELD AND THIS YEAR'S HE'S GOING TO PUT THE ALLOTMENT IN THE SOIL BANK. THERE*3
MUCH MORE I COULD TELL ABOUT THIS FINE PROGRAM. I COULD TELL YOU THAT HARVEY USES BOTH MULES ANI MACHINERY. . . THAT HE CLIPS HIS �1 STORES FOR FEES CONTROL AND MANY MORE THINGS, BUT I WANT TO SP13JD THE REST OF THE TIME TELLING OF THE WONDEI SLIDE WO WOMEN HARVEY COHART AND MISS IDA COWART. FROM THEIR YEAR ROUND GARDES, MEAT SUPPLY, AND POULTRY FLOCK THESE IADIES FREEZE ABOUT 1 , 4 0 0 POUNDS OF FOOD EACH YEAR, BOTH LADIES GARDEN BUT THE FUL HOMEMAKING PROGRAM BEING CARRIED ON BY MRS.
POULTRY FLOCK BELONGS PRIMARILY TO MISS IDA. SHE HAS 40 LAYING HENS AND SELLS A FEW EGGS.
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I N ADDITION EACH YEAR THEY PUT ABOUT 7 5 BROILER.1 I N THE FREEZER. BESIDES THE FOOD THAT I S FROZE)
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M I S S IDA COWART )ON THE LEFT) AND MRS. HARVEY COWART (ON THE R I G H T | f PUT UP ANOTHER 1 2 5 QUART* OF FOOD I N JARS**,SUCH THINGS AS P I C K L E S , TOMATOES, BEANS AND SO FORTH. MISS IDA COWAHT
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A L S O LOVES TO SEW.
I N FACT FOR A NUMBER <F
YEARS SHE DID SEWING FOR FOLKS I N THE COMMUNITY S H E SAIT) SHE�S BEEN SEWING SINCE SHE WAS 1 3 YEAI OLD. BOTH LADIES LIKE TO QUILT WHEN TIME
P E R M I T S . , . *AM> BOTH LADIES LOVE TO WORK WITH FLOWERS. THEY ARE SURROUNDED WITH FLOWERS BOTH I N FACT THESE TWO WONDERFUL
INDOORS AND OUT.
L A D I E S DID ALL THE LANDSCAPING AROUND THEIR B E A U T I F U L HOME. AS YOU MAY NOTICE HERE THE I N FACT EVER1
WALLS OF THEIR HOME ARE PANNELED. WALL I N EVERY ROOM I S PANELED.
THE KITCHEN AND
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L I V I N G ROOM ARE PINE* THE DINING ROOM I S CHERRY ONE BEDROOM I S PANNELED IN POPLAR AND TWO I N MAGNiLIA AND THE HALLWAY I S PANNELED I N A S H . ALL CLOSETS ARE CEDAR LINED AND ALL WOOD I N THE HOUSE EXCEPT THE FLOORING CAME FROM TIMBER ON THE FARM WHICH WAS DAMAGED BY THE I C E STORM OF 1 9 5 1 . HARVEY DID ALL THE WORK WITH THE HELP THIS LOVELY OLD F I R E PUCE
OF ONE LABORER.
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GIVES SOME IDEA OP THE WARMTH AND CHBiiRFULNESS THAT PERMEATES THIS HOME. THOUGH THE COWART'S
HAVE A WONDERFUL LIVING THEY HAVE PLANS FOR URTHER IMPROVEMENT. THEY PLAN TO BUILD A CARP(
AND A TOOL SHED* DO SOME MCRE FENCING AND CONTINUE TO IMRPOVE THEIR LIVESTOCK AND CROPS. CAMERA ON FAMILY H I E CGWART FAMILY REGULARLY ATTENDS THE MT. GILiSOD PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH AND THEIR LOVE OF THEIR LORD HAS BEEN THE SHINING LIGHT IN THEIR LIVES. MRS. HARVEY COWART WORKS AT SHE W 0 R W
SUMMIT MILLS IN S U l i l l T , M I S S I S S I P P I .
THERE FOR A YEAR AND THEN TOOK AN 8 MONTHS LBAVI AND HAS RETURNED TO WORK SINCE LAST JUNE. HARVEY I S A MEMBERS OF THE FRANKLIN COUNTY DAIRY ASSOCIATION, THE NEW ORLEANS PURE MILK PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION AND I S A PAST A . S . C . COMMITTEEMAN. THE COWART*S BELONG TO THE
FARM BUREAU AND HAVE STOCK IN THE M I S S I S S I P P I CHEMICAL COMPANY, THE MISSISSIPPI LIVESTOCK PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION AND THE FRANKLIN COUNTY CO�OP. THERE'S MUCH MORE TO THIS STORY BUT
LET�S HEAR I T FROM THESE WONDERFUL FOLKS.
