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Farm Family of the Week Howard Langfitt
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CAMERA OH LANGPITT
I WANT TO SAY IN THE VERY BEGINNING THAT I AM DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO THE MIDISON COUNTY EXTENSION STAFF, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF GOUNTY AGENT, R. L. (BUDDY) SMITH, FORTHEIR VERY WONDERFUL HELP IN SELECTING THE FAMILY WHICH WE SALUTE TOBAY, I WANT ESPECIALLY TO THANK ASSOCIATE HOME DEMONSTRATION AGENT, MRS. HARXIM QUINN AND ASSISTANT COUNTY AGENT HOLLIS PRICE, FGR GOING WITH MET TO THIS FAMILY'S FARM TO HELP ME OBTAIN THE STORY WHICH I AM NOW GOING TO TELL. THIS IS THE STORY OF MR. AND MRS. MURRAY S.
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COX, JUNIOR MB THEIR SIX DAUGHTERS, WHO LIVE ON AND FARM 800 ACRES OF MADISON COUNTY LAND ON THE MADISON TO FLO? A ROAD ABOUT TWO MILES NORTHWEST OF MADISON, MISSISSIPPI. THIS IS M FINE STGRY OF FARMING AT DHOMEMAKING ACCOMPLISH-MENT;..BUT IT'S AN ETON BETTER STORY OF SIX FINE DAUGHTERS AND THE I . H CLUB ACCOMPLISHMENTS 4THEY HAVE AND ARE CONTINUING TO MAKE. ONLY FIVE OF THE DAUGHTERS ARE STILL AT HOME. THE ELDEST, 21 YEAR OLD LUCY, WHO WAS A REALLY OUTSTANDING U-H CLUB MEMBER, IS MARRIED TO ANOTHER OUTSTANDING MADISON COUNTY 1 - CLUBBER.. ^H WAYNE LGSET...AND THEY AREL LIVING IN ALABAMA WHERE WAYHB IS IN VETERINARY SCHOOL AT AUBURN.
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LET ME, RIGHT HOW, IDENTIFY THE MEMBERS OP THE FAMILY STILL AT HOME. SEATED OH THE FLOOR IN
FRONT ARE TWO LITTLE CHARMERS...SIX YEAR OLD DOROTHY NELL AND EIGHT YEAR OLP MURRAY C L A I R I . O T H E R W I S E . . . L E F T TO 1IOHP A R E . . . 1 2 YEAR OLD L I N D A , 1 8 YEAR OLD KAY, MRS. COX, MURRAY, AMD 1 5 YEAR OLD MAE. THIS I S THE LOVELY GGUNTRY SLIDE FARM-2 HOME HOME IH WHICH MR. AHD MRS. MURRAY GOX AND THEIR GIRLS L I V E . THEY BUILT I T TWO YEARS AGO AHD
P R I O R TO THAT TIME LIVED IN THE OLD FAMILY HOME WHICH MURRAY*S FATHER MOVED INTO WHEN HE WAS A L I T T L E BOY. SLIDE FARMHOU T H I S I S A POUR BEDROOM, TWO BATH
HOUSE WHICH MR. AND MRS. COX AHD THE GIRB& D E S I G N E D THEMSELVES. SCHOOL I H MADISOH. MURRAY COX ATTENDED
MRS. COX GREW UP I H JACKSON WHEN SHE
WHERE SHE ATTENDED S T . JOSEPH SCHOOL.
WAS I N THE TENTH GRAD1 HSR FAMILY MOVED TO MADISOH BUT SHE SAYS SHE RECALLS THAT S H I I N S I S T E D OH CONTINUING SCHOOL I H JACKSON...THAT I S SHE DID UNTIL S H I MET MURRAY OVER THE CHRIST* H O L I D A Y S . . . A N D SHE IMMEDIATELY TRANSPIRED TO MADISON. S L IDE FARM-k MEN & TRUCK AFTER FINISHING HIGH SCHOOL MURRAY
WENT TO COPIAH^LINCOLH JUNIOR COLLEGE FOR ONE YEAR AND THEN GAME BACK TO THE E4RM. MARRIED I N JULY OF 1 9 3 8 . THEY WFR1
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WAS FARMING THE 8 0 0 ACRES WITH H I S FATHER AHD I T HAS NEVER CHANGED; TO THIS DAY HE AND COX, SENIOR, ARE WEEN THEY
H I S FATHER, MR. MURRAY S .
PARTNERS I H THE FARMING OPERATION.
STARTEDHOUT MOST ALLTHEIR FARMING O B RATIOS
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SOW I T ' S ALMOST ENTIRELY L I V E *
T H E ! S T I L L RAISE COTTON AND SOME
SMALL GRAIN AND POT UP PASTURE CLIPPINGS FOR HAY. THE ft ST FEW YEARS THEY HAVE HAD ABOUT I N THE 1 9 3 0 * a THEY HAD AS THEY HAVE ALWAYS HOWEVER, THE
5 0 ACRES I N COTTON.
MUCH AS 2 0 0 ACRES I N COTTON.
MADS AT IF AST A BALE TO THE ACRE,
U S E OF INSECTICIDES AND HIGHER RATE OF FBRTILIZ- A T I O N HAVE INCREASED I T IN RECENT YEARS. U S E THEIR BEST IAHD FOR COTTON, FOLLOW A COMPLICE IKSSCT CONTROL PROSRAM. TEST THEIR S O I L AND F E R T I L I Z E ACCORDING TO S O I L HEEDS. MOST OP THE COTTON I S HANDLED WITH Dffl" LABOR. SLIDE PASTURE 2 0 0 ACRES OF LAND WITH H I S OWN DOZER, HE HAS CLEARED UP GOOD CREEK BOTTOM LAND THAT WAS IN POOR HARDWOODS AND AS HE HAS CLEARED THE LAND HE HAS BR0FER1Y DRAINED I T . ABOUT THROUGH NOW. MURRAY SAYS HE I S OVER THE YEARS MURRAY COX HAS CLEARED ABOUT THE5T
MURRAY COX DOES DITCHING,
POND WORE AND OTHER DIRT WORK OF AN AGRICULTURE
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NATURE OH A CUSTOM BASIS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. MURRAY SAYS HE DOES H I S O N WORK WHEN HE RU3I W OUT OP THE OTHER. MOST OF THE CLEARING HAS BEE} TODAY THEY HAVE 600 ACRE*
FOR IMPROVED PASTURE, SLIDE FARM-7 CATTLE 0 1 LAND
I N PERMANENT BLSTURl WHICH CONSISTS MOSTLY OP BERMUDA � D DALLIS GRAS , WHITE DUTCH .*&&-. LADING CLOVER. H I CLIPS THEM FOR WEED CONTROL
AND TiKES 100 TONS OP GRASS HAY OFF EACH YEAR FOR WINTER FEEDING. TEMPORARY GRAZING CONSISTS
OF OATS AND RYE GRASS.
50 ACRES OP THE RYE GRASS IS SOD ALONG
SEEDED IKTO THE PERMANENT B. STURE AREA. . .�fgjff WJTTH WILD PEAS AND CRIMSON GLOVER,
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MURRAY ALSO PUTS OUT IOO
ACRES OF OATS WHICH HE USUALLY GRAZES ALL THS WAY DOWN BUT WILL CUT FOR GRAIN THIS YEAR. HURRAY HAS EIGHT PASTURE AREAS AND 8-10 STOCK PONDS FOR WATERING HIS LIVESTOCK, HE ROTATES HIS GRAZING AND RUNS HIS LIVESTOCK IN ABOUT THREE DIFFERENT HERDS...THE BROOD COWS INONE... THE HEIFERS IN ANOTHER AND WHAT STEERS HE SAVES IN STILL ANOTHER. MURRAY*S TOTAL BEEF HERD IS
SLIDE CATTLE
2$Q HEAD....150 OP THEM ARE GOOD QUALITY BROOD COWS. THEY ARE GRADE COWS BUT MURRAY USES
TOP QUALITY REGISTER�) ANGUS BULLS IN HIS BREEDING PROGRAM. HI USUALLY RUNS ABOUT 200 BROOD COWS BUT HAS BESN CULLING THE HERD AND
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H A S N ' T BUILT BACK UP YET. SLIDE FARM-IO CATTLE
MURRAY COX FOLLOWS HE CREEP
A COMSRCIAL COW AHD CALF PROGRAM. FEEDS ALL THS CALVES C A L F CROP.
AND GIT;: ABOUT AN
HE CALFHOOD VACCINATES AND THE EBRD I F HEIFERS ARE CHEAP
I S TB AND BANGS TESTED.
MURRAY SAVES SOME OF H I S BEST TO GO BACK INTO
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THE HERD AS REPLACEMENT STOCK BUT HE SAYS H I USUALLY DO I� BETTER BUYING STOCKER COWS AND S E L L I N G THE H E I F E R S . THEY ALMOST BRING ENOUGH
TO BUY A STOGKER COW AND YOU DON'T HAVP TO WAIT TWO YEARS TO GET A CALF. THIS YEAR-HE DID HE SPRA1
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SAVE SO HEIFERS TO GO INTO THE HERD.
THE CATTTJ5 REGULARLY FOR A RASITE AND INSECT CONTROL AND DURING THE WINTER MONTHS MURRAY SAYS HE FFFDS THEM HAY EVERY OTHER DAY WHETHER THEY mm I T OR NOT. MURRAYS PLANS FOR THE
FUTURE ARE TO STAY MOSTLY WITH A COMMERCIAL
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PROGRAM AND GROW A LITTLE MCRE GRAIN THAN HE I S A COMPLETELY
HE HAS IN THE PAST.
MECHANIZED FARMER AND HAS ALL THE EQUIPMENT HE NEEDS FOR HIS FARMING OIRATION AND FOR THE CUSTOM WORK WHICH HE DCES. AT ONE TIME MURRAY
COX AND H I S FATHER GREW A LOT OF CORN AND HOGGET I T OFF AND H I MAY GET BACK INTO I T . RAISE ABOUT 2 0 GOATS FOR BARBECUING. THEY ALSO MURRAY
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S A 1 S THEY BELONG TO DOROTHY NELL AND MURRAY CLAIRE. WHEN THEY BARBECUE THEY DO INOUGH TO AT ONE TIME MURRAY COX DID
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COMMERCIAL TRUCKING BUT NOW HE JUST DOES LOCAL LIVESTOCK HAULING. FOR S I X YEARS UNTIL T H I S
Y E A R , MURRAY COX AND H I S FAMILY HAVE OEBRATED A GROCERY STORE, CAFE AND SERVICE STATION IN EKmm MADISON, NOW THAT THEY ARE NO L O N G ! !
I N THE STORE BUSINESS THEY P L M A NUMBER OF A D D I T I O N S AND IMPROVEMENTS IN THEIR FARMING
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OffiRATION.
THEY PLAN TO GO BACK T 0 PRODUCING MRS. COX PLANS
ERBK CORN AND MAYBE HOGS AGAIN.
TO DO MORE FOOD PRESERVATION NOW AND S H E ' S LEARNING TO SEW AGAIN. TO R I D E . THE COX FAMILY ALL LOVES
THEY HAVE 3 0 SHETLAND PONIES AND SOME
H O i S I S INCLUDING SOME QUARTER HORSE COLTS.
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T H E Y ' V E HAD PONIES EVER SINGE LUCY WAS A YEAR O L D . . . T H A T WOULD MAKE I T 2 0 YEARS. I N FACT,
LUCY WON A TROPHY I N A HORSE SHOW WHEN SHE WAS F I V E YEARS OLD. THEY SELL SHETLAND PONIES AS THESE ARE
AN ADDITIONAL SOURCE OF FARM INCOME. T H E MAIN RIDERS NOW, I THINK.
TH8T �S MURRAY
C L A I H B ON THE LEFT AND DCROTHY NELL ON THE RIGHT
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HERE � E SEE THEM SITTING ATOP, A RIDING ARENA THAT MURRAY BUILT S I X YEARS AGO FOR MURRAY C U I H F I F T H BIRTHDAY. SHE HAD A RODEO BIRTHDAY PARTY,
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0V1R THE YEARS IT HAS BEEN A GOOD PLACE FOR THESE YOUNG IADIES TO RIDE UNDER MOTHER'S WATCHFUL EYE. MURRAY WANTED TO TEAR IT DOWN
WHEN THEY BUILT THE HEW HOME BUT THE GIRLS WOULDN'T HEAR TO I T . SLIDE BAGK: OF THE HOUSE, I T ' S LOCATED RIGHT THERE I S ALWAYS PLENTY OF THEY ALL GIVE
FOOD FOR THE FAMILY'S HEEDS.
MURRAY'S FATHER CREDIT FOR KEEPING THEM SUPPLIE1 WITH VFGETABQEBS. HE DOES THE GARDENING. HI
GROWS A LOT OF TOMADOES AND STRAWBERRIES,, * IK FACT SELLS THEM COMMERCIALLY. IT'S HIS HOBBY.
THEY ALWAYS PUT VEGETABLES IN THE FREEZER AND KILL THEIR OWT PORK AND GOATS, ALL THE GIRBE COOK. THIS IS MAE AHD HER MOTHER AT THE FAMILY
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FH1KZER. THE GIBLS TOLD ME THAT A MEAL AT THEII HOUSE DEPEHDS ON WHO DECIDES TO DO THE COOKIHG BECAUSE EACH HAS TH1IR FAVORITE DISHES. THESE TBR1E AND LUCY, �HO*S HARRIED, ARE ALL WELL KHC-WN IM k->& CLUB WORK, LINDA, OH THE LEFT, IS JUST GECTIHG STARTED WITH A FOOD PROJECT. KAY ASD MAE ARE BOTH IKTE1ESTED IS BASKETBALL,
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I GUESS THIS IS THE MOST APPROPRIATE TABLE I�VE SEEN IN A FARM HOME...ESPECIALLY FOR A LARGE FAMILY. THE CENTER PIECE IS A LAZY SUSAJf. TB1 TABLE WAS GIVEN TO THE FAMILY BY AN AUNT.
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I MENTIONED THAT MRS, COX SAID SHE WAS GOING TO LEARN TO SEW AGAIN NOW THAT SHE DOESN*T HAVE TO GO TO THE STORE EVERY DAY. WELL, I DOUBT
THAT SHE REALLY HAS TO LEARN AGAIN BUT IN CASE SHE SHOULD SHE WILL HAVE AN EXCELLENT TEACHER IN HER 18 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER KAY. KAY'S l . H j� CLUB PROJECT IS CLOTHING. SHE WON THE STATE
DRESS RETOT? CONTEST AT STATE COLLEGE LAST SUMMER AND ATTENDED NATIONAL l . H CLUB CONGRESS IN jCHICAGO AS A RESULT. SHE HAS ALSO BEEN SWEEPS-
STAKES WINNER AT THE MID-SOUTH CONTEST. HER OLDER SISTER LUCY WAS AN EXCELLENT SEAMSTRESS AND E V M MADE HER OWN WEDDING 0OWH. KAY MADE MOST OP THE DRAPERIES INT THEIR HOME. SHB FIRST LEARNED SEWING FROM HERMOTHER AND THEN WORKED OUT THE REST FOR HERSELF WITH THE HELP OP HER I . H CLUB LEADERS. MRS. COX AND THE GIRLS 4ESPECIALLY BMFBATXO IN THEIR PRAISE OF MRS, l.L. HAWKINS WHO WAS ADULT I . H CLUB LEADER FOR jSLIDE PARM-22 iwo girls BOTH LUCY AND KAY. THESE TWO CHARMING YOUNG LADIES, MAE ON THE LIFT AND LINDA ON THE RIGHT, ALONG WITH THEIR MOTHER, DID MOST OP THE OP THE STORE. MAE IS AN OUTSTANDING MUSICIAN. SHE PLANS TO ESTER THE NATIONAL
FEDERATION OP MUSIC CONTEST IN MARCH. SHE IS
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ALSO ACTIVE II MUSIC IN SCHOOL AND HER CHURCH, SHE SOMETIMES PLAYS THE CHURCH PIANO AND ORGAN. SHE BELONGS TO THE BETA CLUB,F.H.A., 1+-H, YTEENS, MUSIC CLUB, CHORAL GROUP AND SEXTETTE AH SHI IS A GHSBRLEADER. LINDA IS A I ~ CLUB *H M M B E R , MEMBER OF JUNIOR Y-TEENS AND CHCRAL SLIDE _ FARM-23 _ WOMEN IN YARD GROUP. MRS. OOX LGV1S PLOWFRS AND HAS BEAUTIFtT. LANDSCAPED AROUND HER HOME. HERE �1 SEE HESS WITH ASSOCIATE HOME DEMONSTRATION AGENT, MIS. MARIAN QUINN. MARIAN WAS ASSISTANT HOME DEMONSTRATION AGEHT IH CHARGE OF GIRLS i . H CLUB jWORK W E N LUCT AND KAY STARTED IN k-M CLUB WORK BOTH SHE AND HOP PRICE HAVE HELPED GRFATLY IN THE J . H CLUB EFFORTS OF THIS FAMILY, HOP +PRICE HAS HELPED WITH THE GIRLS B1BF CLUB PROJECTS. I UNDERSTAND LUCY COX WAS ONE OF THE OUTSTANDING LIVESTOCK JUDGES HE HAD IN 1 - CLUB ^H CAM1BA OK FAMILY WORK. MR. AND KRS# MURRAY COX AND THEIR GIRLS BBLONGr TO TBS MADISON METHODIST CHURCH WHERE MURRAY IS A STMABD MJ> MRS. COX IS AN M.Y.F, COUNSELOR AND WHERE KAY IS SECRETARY OF HER SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS AND VICE BRESIDBNT OF M.Y. F., MAS IS SFORI^AHY AND LINDA IS FUND TREASHH� FOR M.Y.F. THE COX FAMILY BELONGS TO THE FAR4 BUREAU AND THE P.f.A. MURRAY IS ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE COUNTY LIVESTOCK
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ASSOCIATION AND A MEMBER OP THE CITIZEN*S COUNCIL. MURRAY, BY THE WAY, WAS A I . H CLUB 4MEMBER AS A BOY. I COULD TELL MUCH MORE ABOUT
THIS FINS FAMILY BUT NOW I WANT YOU TO MEET
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1. MURRAY, DO YOU PLAN ANY BIO CHANGES IN YOU FARMING GYRATION? 2. MRS. COX, WHAT ARE YOUB HOPES FOR THE CHILDREN? 3. KAY, M A T DO YOU PLAN TO DO? k. 5. MAE, DO YOU HAVE MY PLANS?
LINDA, HOW DO YOU LIKE BEING ONE OP A FAMILY OF GIRLS?
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MURRAY CLAIRE, WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO HOST AT KOMI?
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DOROTHY NELL, WHAT DO YOU LIKE TG DO?
8. ASK AGFNT3 WHAT THIS FAMILY MEANS TO 1.H ^IN MADISON COUNTY.
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