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I WANT TO SAY Iff 1HB VERY BEGINNING THAT I AM DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO PIKE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL AGENT, GEORGE MULLENDORE AND TO ASSOCIATE COUNTY 1GENT,
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FOR THEIR VERY
WONDERFUL HELP I N SEIECTING THE FAMILY WHICH WE SALUTE TODAY AND ESPECIALLY TO _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ FOR GOING WITH ME TO THE FARM TO HELP ME TO OBTAIN THIS STORY WHICH I AH NOW GOING TO TELL. SLIDE FARMHOUS THIS I S BIB STORY <F MR. AND J R S . LEWIS (HOT! CRAWFORD AND THEIR TWO CHILDREN, TWO YEAR OLD
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SHEUBY LAFAY AND ONE YEAR OLD DAVID, WHO LIVE p O U T 8 MILES S0U1HWEST OF SUMMIT, M I S S I S S I P P I , THE ENTERPRISE COMMUNITY OF PIKE COUNTY. I S CRAWFORD CAME TO THIS FARM WHEN HE WAS YEARS OLD. HE RECALLS THAT HIS FATHER WANTED
'0 GET 3HE KIDS OUT OF TOWN, SO HE MOVED THE FAMILY OUT OF MCCOMB TO THIS FARM WHERE THEY
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OULD HAVE SOMETHING TO DO.
THIS I S THE HOUSE
I S MOVED TO WITH H I S FOLKS AND WHERE HE AND S FAMILY NOW LIVE. I T I S THEIR HOPE TO BUILD WHEN LEWIS
NEW HOME I N THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO.
OVED HERE WITH HIS FOLKS THIS WAS A 1 4 0 ACRE ' A R M . . . . 4 0 ACRES HAS BEEN ADDED TO MAKE IT THE 8 0 ACRES WHICH LEWIS CRAWFORD FARMS TODAY.
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LEWIS RECALLS THAT THIS HAS BEEN A M I R Y FARM ABOUT AS LONG AS HE CAN REMEMBBt. BACK IK 2 9 4 6 AND f 4 7 M B FAMILT BOTTLED MILK AND DELIVERED I I L Y I N JiCCOMB. HOWEVER, WHEN THE PASTEURIZE
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A S BUILT I N 1 9 4 6 USING TIMBER BUT FROM THE FAR]
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I N 1 9 4 8 LEtfIS CRAWFORD'S FATHER TURNED THE DAIR1 IPERATION OVER TO HIM. HE RECALLS THAT HE HAD BOUT 1 0 TO 1 2 HEAD OF COWS AND WAS MILKING 8 9. LEWIS CRAWFORD WAS I N HIGH SCHOOL AT THI*
(TIME IS D HE OPERATED THE DAIRY WHILE HE CARRIER ON WITH H I S HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION. UPON
COMPLETION OF HIGH SCHOOL LEWIS WENT TO SOUTHWEJ JUNIOR COLLEGE I N SUMMITT FOR TWO YEARS AND CONTINUED TO CARRY ON HIS DAIRY PROGRAM AT THE SAME TIME. THEN I.EWIS WENT OS TO M I S S I S S I P P I
STATE COLLEGE AND WHILE HIS DAD AND A COUSIN
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J A R S I E D ON THE DAIRY PROGRAM AT HOME ME WORKED IN THE COLLEGE DAIRY TO PAY H I S WAY THROUGH ;SCHOOL. LEWIS CRAWFORD GRADUATED FROM STATE I N
JUNE OF 1 9 5 3 , MARRIED HIS LOVELY WIFE ON JUNE 7 AND WAS DRAFTED INTO MILITARY SERVICE I N OF THAT SAME YEAR. LEWIS'S FATHER
f CONTINUED TO OPERATE THE DAIRY
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U N T I L LEWIS CAME OUT OP SERVICE TWO YEARS LAT WHEN HE RETURNED TO THE FARM TO PICK UP WHERE HE HAD LEFT OFF. THE FIRST TEAR OUT OF SERVICE L B f I S FARMED AND ALSO WORKED AS A FIELD MAN F � THE AGRICULTURAL MAR� TING SERVICE. THEN LEWIS
STARTED TEACHING SHOP I N MCCOMB HIGH SCHOOL AS * AS OPERATE H I S DAIRY FARM AND DID THIS UNT! �AY OF 1 9 5 7 WHEN HE QUIT ALL OUTSIDE WORK TO 9EVOTE FULL TIME TO HIS FARMING.IN FACT LEWIS t ) I D N ' T OWN THE FARM UNTIL HE FINALLY BOUGHT THE LAND FROM HIS FATHER I N 1 9 5 6 * THE COUSIN I S
S T I L L LIVING WITH THE CRAWFORD FAMILY AND HELPI1 LEWIS WITH THE DAIRY PROGRAM.
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TOSAY LEWIS
RAWFORD HAS 3 2 MILK COWS AND I S MILKING 2 4 HEAD AT THE PRESENT TIME. THE TOTAL HERD I S 5 7 THE HERD
cows
D HEA3 AND TWO OF THEM ARE REGISTERED. I S MOSTLY JERSEY.
BACK I N 1 9 5 0 BANGS DISEASE
HIT THE HERD AND IEWIS HAD TO DISPOSE OF 1 0 HEAE THEN LAST YEAR H I GOT LEPTOSPIROSIS I N THE HEED AND DISPOSED OF THREE MORE HEAD BEFORE HE FOUND WHAT THE TROUBLE WAS. US S O , OVER THE YEARS HE
BOUGHT TEN OR TWELVE HEAD, OTHERWISE ALL THE
GROWTH HAS BEEN FROM SAVING HIS BEST HEIFERS FOR
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REPLACEMENT*
H I S BREEDING PROGRAM I S A
OOMBINATION OF USING A REGISTERED JERSEY BULL
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O BLRT OF HIS HERD AM) THBI SBLECIHG HIS R IGHEST PRODUCING COWS AND BREEDING THEM A R T I F I C I A L L Y TO PROVEN S I R E S . I S TB AND BANGS FREE. TODAY THE HERD
LEWIS CULLS ALL POOR HE CALFHOOD SEE HE I S SAVING SOI* ALL
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CALVES
PRODUCERS AS HE FINDS THEM. CCINATES AND AS YOU CAN
GHTY GOOD CALVES FOR FUTURE HERD GROWTH.
GET FEED TWO TIMES A DAY AND HAY FREE HOICE THE YEAR AROUND. LEWIS CRAWFORD HOPES T< HE FEEDS
EVENTUALLY HAVE 3 5 TO 4 0 COWS MILKING.
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I S MILK COWS A MIXTURE OF HOME GROWN GRAIN AND
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& GRAIN
UPPLEMENT TO MAKE ABOUT A %1% RATION.
THIS
YEAR HE PUT UP ABOUT 5 0 0 BALES OF HAY AND THE CATTLE GET HAY FTEB CHOICE DURING THE WINTER MONTHS OR WHENEVER GRAZING I S SHORT. LEWIS
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WEIGHS HIS MILK TWICE A MONTH AND KEEPS ACCURATE ORDS ON EACH COW�S PRODUCTION.
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TODAY HIS
ERAGE PRODUCTION I S ABOUT 5 , 0 0 0 POUNDS (F PER COW PER YEAR, IN 1 9 5 0 IT WAS ABOUT
rv POUNDS SO YOU CAN SEE HE IS MAKING SOME PROGRESS IN HERD IMPROVEMENT. SLIDE FARM-ll MAN & MILK CAN HE HOPES
0 HAVE AN 8 , 0 0 0 POUND AVERAGE WITHIN THE NEXT ?IVE YEARS AND THINKS IT I S VERY POSSIBLE ON HIS 'RESENT PROGRAM. LEWIS CRAWFORD HAS M&NY LABOR MAKE THE
SAVING DEVICES AROUND HIS FARM TO
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LOAD LIGHTER.
THIS MILK CAM HOIST I S JUST
ONE EXAMPLE OF HOW HE ELIMINATES HEAVY LIFTING. BILKING I S DONE WITH TWO PORTABLE MILKERS AND THE MILK I S COOLED I N THIS COOLER UNTIL I T I S SLIDE FARM-12 PASTURE PICKED UP EACH DAY. PERMANENT GRAZING FOR THE
CRAWFORD DAIRY HERD I S PROVIDED BY 3 5 ACRES OF D A L L I S , CRAB AND BERMUDA GRASS AND WHITE DUTCH CLOVER. I N THE FALL LEWIS SOD SEEDS ABOUT 1 5 AS
ACRES OF OATS INTO HIS PERMENET PASTURES.
YOU CAN S E E , THEY AREN'T PROVIDING ANY GRAZING Y E T , BUT THAT'S DUE TO THE WET COLD WINTER LEATHER WE'VE BEEN HAVING. LOOK LIKE T H I S . SLIDE FARMOAT
MOST EVERYONE'S OATS
HE ALSO PUTS OUT ANOTHER 2 0
ACRES OF OATS I N A PREPARED SEED BED AND THEY LOOK BETTER THAN MOST I ' V E SEEN THIS WINTER, THAT'S ASSOCIATE COUNTY AGENT
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YOU SEE TAKING A CLOSE LOOK AT THEM.
THE SOD
SEEDED OATS ARE GRAZED ALL THE WAY. CATTLE ARE TAKEN OFF THE REST I H MARCH AND THEY ARE LATER OMBINED OR CUT FOR HAY. ABOUT TEN ACRES I S COMBINED AND THE REST CUT FOR HAY* TEMPORARY
LMMER GRAZING CONSISTS OF 9 ACRES OF MILLET. I S ALSO HAD ABOUT 4 ACRES OF SOYBEANS THIS S T YEAR WHICH HE CUT FCR HAY. LEWIS CRAWFORD SLIDE RIVER OESN'T HAVE ANY WATER SUPPLY PROBLEM FOR HIS
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IVESTOCK PROGRAM.
HE HAS A MILE OF RIVER RUNNI
THROUGH H B 1 8 0 ACRE FARM AND I T NEVER DRYS UP* THUS PROVIDING A CONSTANT SOURCE OF WATER THE YEAR ROUND. LEWIS PUTS OUT ABOUT 8 ACRES IK HE PLANTS A HYBRID AND I T HAKES WHEN I ASKED IEWI
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CORN & TIMBER
0RH EACH YEAR,
BOUT 5 5 BUSHELS TO TH� ACRE.
I F HE RAISED AM COTTON HE SAID NO...WHEN I WAS A KID I TOLD MY DAD I P I EVER HAD TO RAISE COTTO WOULDN'T FARM AND I*VE NEVER RAISED ANY. HE
�SBT ON TO SAY, " I WORKED A LOT OF I T AS A KID T HOME." LEWIS HAS 120 ACRES IN GOOD TIMBER...
YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE 50 ACRES OF PINE IN THE BACKGROUND. HE MANAGES I T WELL, HAS I T M RKBD,
FLEDS, THINS AND SELECTIVELY HARVESTS AND PROTEC
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I T FROM FIRE.
THE REST I S I N HARDWOODS, MUCH BEAVERS ALONG
IF I T GOOD MERCHANTABLE TIMBER.
E RIVER ARE REALLY PLAYING HOB WITH HIS SSEET M TREES BY PMLING THE BARK FROM THEM. OVER FHE YEARS IEWIS HAS CLEARED ABOUT TEN ACRES OF AND H E ' S DONE I T BY HAND WITH A POWO.R SAW E BOUGHT FOR THAT PURPOSE. HE I S NOW IN THE
OCESS OF CLEARING ANOTHER 2 6 ACRES TO PROVIDE DDITIONAL PASTURE AREA FOR FURTHER HERD 'ANSION. LEWIS CRAWFORD'S LAND I S ALL FENCED
AND CROSS-FENCED AND HE CUTS HIS OWN POSTS FROM
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LEWIS I S A COMPLETELY MECHANIZED
HE TESTS HIS SOIL AND FERTILIZES A LEWIS'S FARM WAS ONE
ACCORDING TO I T ' S HEEDS.
OF NINE ORIGINAL TVA FERTILIZER TEST FARMS I N P I K E COUNTY AND LAST YEAR HE WAS ELECTED SECRETARY-TREASURER OF THE TVA TEST DEMONSTRATCR &ROUP IN THE C OUNTY. LEWIS HAS BUILT A CRIB FOR
STORING GRAIN AND A SHED FOR STORING HAY AND FERTILIZER AND PLANS TO BUILD OSTE THIS MONTH OR
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(TEXT, I COULD GO ON AT GREAT LENGTH AND TELL OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THIS YOUNG FARMSt BUT HIS LOVELY WIBE HAS DONE A GRAND JOB I N THE JHOMEMAKING PROGRAM TOO AND I WANT TO TELL YOU OF ET. SHEX RAISES 2 5 LAYERS FOR THE FAMILY EGG
SUPPLY AND ANOTHER ISO BROILERS TO PUT IN THE
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CANNED FOOD
REEZER.
MRS. CRAWFORD HAS A QUARTER ACRE
RDEN ALSO AND FROM IT AND THE FAMILY MEAT PLY SHE FREEZES ABOUT 2 , 0 0 0 POUNDS OF FOOD SR YEAR. LEWIS'S MOTHER WHO LIVES I N MCCOMB
S A FOOD FREEZER AND THEY SEEP THEIR FROZEN OOD IN I T . ONE OF THEIR HOPES FOR THE FUTURE I N ADDITION TO THE
S TO GET A FOOD FREEZER.
?GOD FROZEN, MRS. CRAWFORD CANS ABOUT 6 0 JARS
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GAS RANGE IK TIIEIR OLD, RELATIVELY UN-MODERN HOUSE. AS I SAID, EARLIER, THIS I S A YOUNG
FARM COUPLE JUST GETTING A GOOD START AND THEY KNOW THAT THE THINGS THEY WANT FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILY L I E MOSTLY AHEAD OF THEM AND A] DEPENDENT OH THEIR CONTINUED HARD WORK AND SUCCESS IN THE PROGRAM, THEIR HOPES ARE FOR A
NEW HOME IN THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO, UNTIL THAT I S P O S S I B L E THEY ARE WILLING TO SACRIFICE TD KEEP FORKING ON THEIR FARM AND HOME PLAN* MRS, CRAWFORD WAS A TOWN G I R L , HAVING GROWN UP I N L O U I S V I L L E , M I S S I S S I P P I , BUT SHE LOVES FARM L I F I ! SLIDE MEN AW HAS READILY AMfPTBD TO I T . L O T S CRAWFORD
HORKS VERY CLOSE WITH THE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL WORKERS. HE SAYS H I S NEIGHBORS HAV3 HELPED
: i I M A LOT AND H I S FATHER HAS HELPED HIM A LOT ,IND I F IT HADN'T BEEN FOR THiiM AND THE AGRICULTU ifORKESS I N THE COUNTY HE WOULDN'T HAVE MADE I T BECAUSE A YOUNG FELLOW HEEDS ALL THE HELP HE CAN GET. ASSOCIATE COUNTY AGENT ,
SAID OF LEWIS, H E ' S A YOUNG MAN WS CALL ON FOR ,INY KIND OF HELP WE NEED, PIKE COUNTY, SLIDE FARM-22
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H E ' S A REAL ASSET TO
THE GREATEST PRIDE AND JOY OF
M.
AND MRS. LEWIS CRAWFORD I S THEIR TWO
C H I L D R E N , TWO YEAR OLD SHELBY LAFAY AND ONE YEAR
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OLD D A V I D .
THEIR HOPES AND DREAMS ARE CENTERED AND OF COURSE,
AROUND THESE TWO YOUNGSTERS.
MUCH OF MRS. CRAWFORD'S LIFE AND WORK AND PLANNING I S DEVOTED TO THEIR COMFORT AND WELFARE CAMERA OH FAMILY MR. AND MRS. LEWIS CRAWFORD ARE DEVOTED TO TIIEIR UY mien OF L I F E AND TO THE COMMUNITY AND COUNTY I N THEY LIVE. THEY BELONG TO THE S T . ANDREWS
METHODIST CHURCH I N MCCOMB WHERE LEWIS I S A SUND SCHOOL TEACHER IN THE SENIOR DETRIMENT. MRS. CRAWFORD I S ALSO A MEMBER OF THE SUNNY HILL SOME DEMONSTRATION CLUB f LEWIS I S A MEMBER OF
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF SHE PUCE COUNTY FARM BUREAU, HE I S A 4 - H CLUB ADULT LEADER I N NCCOMB...MEMBER OF THEPIKE COUNTY DAIRY A S S O C B TION, PIKE COUNTY CO-OP. � .MEMBER OF THE COUNTY FORESTRY COMMITTEE AND A MASON. LEWIS
RAWFORD I I S A 4 - H CLUB BOY WHEN HE WAS GROWING . FOR FOUR YEARS HE WAS ON THE PIKE COUNTY
- H LIVESTOCK JUDGING TEAM, NOW HE I S HELPING HSR YOUNGSTERS THROUGH HIS CONTINUED INTEREST I N 4 - H CLUB WORK. THIS I S A WONDERFUL STORY OF
I WONDERFUL YOUNG FAMILY AND WE WISn THEM ALL THE SUCCESS WHICH THEY SO RICHLY DESERVE. NOW, I WANT YOU TO MEET THEM.
