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CAMERA OH LANGFITT
? I R S T , THANK YOU TO HOLMES COUNTY AGRICULTURAL 1GENT, W.R. StJLLIVAJf, FOR HIS WOHDSKFXJL M L P IH WUMffSW� 5?HE FAMILY WHICH WE SALUTES TODAY AND ?0fi GOISG WITH MB fO TKBIR FARM TO HELP ME OBTAIN THE STORY WHICH I AM N W GGIHa TO TELL. O
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PHIS I S THE STORY OF MRS.AM) MHS. CHARLES U, DONALD, OWNERS OF HILLSIDE PLANTATION, ASD THS2E F08R CHILDREN, WHO LIVE ON AE> FARM ij-90 ACRES SHOWN AS HILLSIDE PLANTATION, AND LOCATED ONE HILE SOUTH OF GOODMAN, M I S S I S S I P P I , ON HIGHWAY ,
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IN GOODMAN AND FARMSJ3
H I S FATHER ON THIS LAID WHICH HE OWNS TODAY* MRS, DONALD GREW UP IN PICEENS AND I S A GRADUATE SHI AND CHARLES MET THEY
OF HOLMES JUNIOR COLLSGii.
WHILE SHE WAS DATI1& A GOOD FRIEND OF H I S , MABRHD IN i9$& AND AFTER LIVING WITH
CHARLES FOLKS IN GOODMAN FOR TWO YEARS WHIL H I AM H I S FATHER FARMED TOGETHER, THEY BUILT THIS LOVELu
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HOME ON THE FARM AND MOVED OUT TO THE IAHD WHERE THEY WORK THE SOIL AND MAKE THEIR L I V I H J . GHABLBS
DID THE PLUMBING AND HIRING IH THEIR HOMB AND HELPED WITH THE CONSTRUCTION. SLIDE FABM-k HOUSS LOVELY WIFE DID THE PAINTIHCI. TOGETHER HE AND IT HAS MOST
CONVENIENCES AND I S CERTAINLY ADAPTED TO A FAMILY, CHARLES SERVED HIS COUNTRY DB1ING fHS
YEAHS 1 9 ^ 7 - 1 9 ^ 9 AND I f WAS $HB F & � * liAJL 4JE9EOL J
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RETURNED FROM SERVICE THAT HE MABRIBD HIS
3HARMING WIFE, THEY STARTED FARMING WITH 80 SLIDE
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IN GQTTGN, SOME CORN AND A FEW BEKF CATTLE, HAT WAS THEIR FARM PROGRAM FROM 19$B-19$Q* THE IG CHANGE HAS BEEN IN THE LIVESTOCK PROGRAM AND �LL TILL YOU ABOUT IT IN A MOMMNT, RONALD STILL RAISSS COTTON, CHARLES
HE HAS A $X AGBM
AND PLANTED 1*2 ACH1S THIS YEAR,
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%0 ACRES OF IT IS HANDLED ON THE SHARES BY FOBS LNNANT FAMILIES, THE AVERAGE YIHID IS A BALI
A HALF TO THE ACRE, CH&RLES DONALD STARTS CSONING EARLY AHD FOLLOWS A GOMPLETK PROGRAM SLIDE
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THE COTTON PRODUCING SEASON, HE P1EG�S TWO THIRDS OF HIS COTTON AND THIS YEAR TFSSD POST LMERGE CHEMICALS ON TEN ACRES, EACH
i&m m PUTS A COVER CROP OF V1TCH AND OATS OH HE TESTS
I ROW CROP LAND AND TURNS I T UNDER. I S SOIL AND FERTILIZES HEAVY,
THIS BBANGH I S
OF THIS YEAR�S CROP AND IT�S A GOOD ONI, FOLLOWING RECOMMENDED FARMING PRACTICES AND USING MODERN RESEARCH DEVH*@P3GGNTS I S A PRACTICAL PART T H I S FARMER'S COTTON PROGRAM. RIAS 6 5 AGBES IN CORN, CHARLES DONALD
HE PLANTS HYBRID SEED AND SB
3 I S YIELD AVERAGE I S 6 0 BUSHELS TO THE ACRE.
I T ALL IN HIS FARM PROGRAM AS YOU WILL SES
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OUR STORY UHF0LD8.
I E PHE-EMERCIED 3 0 A0IBS
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OP HIS CQRH AND SPRAYED 13? WITH 2 - ^ - D AFTER HE HAD PLOWED IT QUO! TO GET CONTROL OP COCELBBURS AHD AS YOU CAN SEE IH THIS PICTURE HE HAS QBTAHIK THAT GOUTROL VERY EFFECTIVELY, IN FACT, SOME
3F HIS CORN I S SO GLEAM IT HASN'T BEEF PLOWED SOT OHE TIMS. SLIDE FARMCORN * BURRS I P YOU WOBDER HOW BAD HIS COCKLE
PROBLEM WAS, TAKE A LOOK AT A FStf.. ROWS U COTTOH THAT HE DIDH*T (JST TO SPRAY WITH O I T � S VERY EASY TO SEE WHAT HB HAS OBTAIHED WITH THIS SGIE1TIPIC APPROACH TO FARMIHS, 3HARISS DONALD�S B1SF CAKLE PROGRAM, I MEgTIGHED IN THE
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AHD FOR OHE YEAR SOLD MITOFAGTTJRING MILK TO PET I L K COMPANY, CHARLES KADE THE OHAHdE TO A DABOT
OGHAM PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF THE PHYSICAL LAY OF I S LAHD, H? I S OUT BY THE HIGHWAY AND BY $HS TOO MUCH OP IT WAS IHACCESIBLK FOR
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B1EF CATTLE PROGRAM IH SBFFICIEHT SIZE TO SUPPCB ; i I S FAMILY. SLIDE HE GOT COMPLETELY OUT OF BEEF CATTLE I H THE WIJJTER OF ! $ � � � WHEN LUVEL
|>F SOSOIUSKO IHNAtKHTRATED THEIR ALL JERSEY MILK THEY WME HIEDIUG PRODUOraS AMD GHARLBS 3)0HALD SAYS HE SAW THAT HE GOULD PAY FOR A )>AIRY BARN HE WOULD mm I F HE SOLD FLUID
BY BECOMING OHE OP LUVEL *S PRODUCERS SO HE MABS
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CHANGE AND BECAME ONE OF LUVEL'S ALL iBODUCERS IN SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR, BY
WAY THIS I S A COW HE BOUQHT AS A YOUNG LAST YEAR AT ATTALA COUNTY'S DAIRY MONTH PROGRAM I N KOSCIUSKO. BAIKt BARN (WHICH CHARLES BUILT. IT I S COMPLETELY MODERN AND CONSISTS OF A THREE COW MILKING PARLOR J|1!D SANITARY PROCESSING ROOM* AND AS YOU CAN SEE XM [THIS FUTURE, THERE I S A BULK FEED ROOM ON THE PROMT WITH THE FEED ELEVATED TO THE DOOR ON THE ROOF WITH THE FEEDING FROM THE FLOOR LEVEL,, THA3 THIS I S THE MODERN DAIRY BARN
BIG FAN HAS HELPED TO INCREASE PRODUCTION TOO. SLIDiS COW IN B; HARLSS DONALD HAS 2 8 MILK COWS AND I S CURRENTLY CELKING 2 1 HEAD. SIX OF THEM ARE REGISTERED AND CHARLES SAXg
OF THEM ARE BRED ARTIFICIALLY.
HE HAS INCREASED THE SIZE OF HIS HERD THE CUU HAS BEKN ONLY FAIR BUT AS HE APPROACHES THE ;iMUM HERD SIZE HIS CULLING WILL BE CLOSER. I TO SLIDE FEEDII GROW TO kS HEAD, ALL REGISTERED. HE HE
JHS EVERY GOW*S MILK EVERY DAY AND KNOWS HIS PRODUCTION AVERAGE I S ABOVE ? t 2 0 0 POUNDS OF PER COW PER YEAH, HE FIGURES HE HAS INCREAS3
THE AVERAGE BY l # 0 O O POUNDS ALREADY AND EXPECTS AN 8*500 POUND AVERAGE BY NEXT YEAR. , t W�Qm-<-*OUHD AVERAGE EVENTUALLY* HE WANTS THE COWS HI
9BB BARN QET A 1 7 ^ DA3HY RATION CONSISTING OF MOM
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�ROWN GRAIN AND CONCEHTRATS WHICH I S MIXED FOR IM IN LEXINGTON. JOHN BATES SHOWN IN THIS FIOTW
S HIS REGULAR HELP IK THE DAIRY PROGRAM AND ONE FARM ENTERPRISE I*LI, MENTION .LATER. ONE
HIRD OP THE COWS HOW MILKING ARE FIRST OALF IFERS. CHARLES DONALD HAS 1 1 REPLACEMENT HSIFSI
HAS SAVED...THE BEST WILL GO INTO THE HERD.
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'SRMANBHT PASTURE FOR THB DAIRY PROGRAM CONSISTS DAILL3GS AND BERMUDA GRASS, WHITE DUTCH CLOfBB ORASS AND WILD WINTER PJSAS. AS CHARLES POINT*
OUT HERE TO COUNTY AGENT W*R. SULLIVAN AND SON, I:QY SULLIVAN, HE CLIPS HIS PASTURES FOR WEED (CONTROL AND ALSO TJSES CHEMICAL WEED CONTROL WHICH STARTED THIS YEAR AND L I E E S . HE ALSO LIMES AM TiMPORARY SRAZ3
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I 1 R T L I Z E S HIS FOUR PASTURE AEEAS.
CONSISTS OF 3 5 ACRES OF OATS IM THE WINTER AND 20 4 0 R B 8 OF MILLET IN THE StJMffiJU HE SAVES HALF THE
T S FOR COMBINING AND PUTS WP THE BEST AS HAT, H I S I S A NIGHT PASTURE AND WILL EIBNTUALLT BE SSD AS A MATERNITY PASTURE IN THE PROGRAM. EACH
CB&RLES DONALD PUTS UP ABOUT 3�OOO BALES OF SOTBBAN AND GRASS AND MILLET HAT WHICH SS I E E D S FREE CHOICE ANYTIME HIS CATTLE WILL EAT I f �
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I B T I L THIS YEAR HE S/iVKD SOYBEANS FOR 8KBB BUT IROBABLY WON*T DO THAT AGAIN FOR A WHILE, CHARLES
I A S JUST FINISH!� HAVIifG THIS X�0 f#N TRENCH
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DUG AND IS PUTTING UP SILAGE THIS SEAR FOR THE
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TIME, HE IS CUTTING G0RH FOR SILAGE AHD H IT CUSTOM HARVESTED WITH THIS FIELD FORAGJ JARVESTUU THE CHaRLBS DOHALD FAMILY HAS BBEff SHROLLED Iff THE BALANCED FARM AND HOME PROGRAM m THE EXTENSION SERVICE EVER 3IHCE IT STARTED I THE COUHTY AND HAVE WORKED CLOSELY WITH ASSGGIA3 OUMTY AGEHT, GEORGE RHOiE AND DAVID MITCHELL AH2 SOW WITH GEORGE MULLBNDGB1. THE BIG ACCOMPLISHED THE PROGRAM HAVE BEEN A CHANGE FROM ROW 2RGP0 TO MORE GRASSLAND FARMING AND THE CHAHGB '0 THE FLUID MILK PROGRAM. HARLES DOKALD RAISED FOR SEVERAL YEAHS ERESDER EGGS BUT THE
PROGRAM GOT SO BAD PRICBWISE THAT RATHER THAI? LVE HIS HOUSES EMFTXf AND HE HAS TWO OF THEM SLIDE BUILT HIMSELF,*.HE CHAHGED TO THE MISSISSIPPI CHICKS ,TED CQ**OP PROGRAM OF RAISIHG STARTED PULLK ;*QR THEIR EGG PROGRAM. HE HAS 2 t 0 0 0 CHICKS FIVE >A1S OLD IH ORE HOUSE AHD IN THE 0TH1R HE HAS k*(>QQ PULLETS SIX WEEK8 OLD. THEY ARK CARRIED T 8 WEEKS AHD THEN REPLACED AS THEY GO TO SOMEONE1 HOUSE, THEY VACCIHATE FOR NEWCASTLE* HfdHITIS AHD FOWL POX AHD MEDICATE WHEN PROGRAM IS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF AH MFO MAK AND THE GHICKEKS AHS EAHDLSD
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THE TRI-GOUNTY CO-OP I N P I C K E B S . DSSD DURING STRESS PERIODS.
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CHARLES DONALD WOULE
CiZKB TO GO BACK TO THE BBEEDER PROGRAM I S THS I T U A T I O N EVER IMPROVES ENOUGH TO WARRANT I T . COtTLD TELL YOU MUCH MORE ABOTW THIS FARHINO OORAH BUT WE'LL ASK CHARLES MORI ABOUT XT XH A
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RIGHT HOW I WART TO TELL YOU OF FROM ABOUT AK
. DONALD*S HOM&MAKBFG PROGRAM.
1 0 R 1 OP XEAH ROUND GARDEH COUMTIMG THE PATCHES . DONALD EACH 1TEAR P R E E E E 8 , COUHTIMG MEAT, iBOUT 1 , 8 0 0 POUNDS OP POOD AID PUTS I T I I THE I N ADDITION SHE CANS SOME JAMS SHE L I K E S TO COOK PC HER THEY RKMQGECBD THE KITCHSH
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/ERY MODERN KITCHEH.
StECSHTLY TO HAKE I T LARGSR ASD TO 0OHHECT I T TO A PAMILX ROOM. THOUGH SHE btSMS TO SWIM AMD
itBAD AMD WORK WITH FLOWERS, HOST OF HER TIME I S !?AKEN \3? WITH HSR POUR F I S E CHIIDREM. SHE SP&BD1 MAEIW
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A GREAT DEAL OP TIME AT HER SEWIHG KACHIH1
CLOTHES AMD REPAIRXH& CBOTBES FOR THE CHILDREH. JJHE ALSO MAKES MAHY OP HER O M CLOTHES AND MOST 01 W 1WR DRAPEBIBS AND CURTAINS. SHE L I K E S FLOWERS ANI
JJERUBBfflnr BUT I T ' S MOSTLY SHRUBBSRY RIGHT MOW j&CAUSE OF LITTLE HANDS. CAMERA OH W M I L Y MRS AND H S 3 . CHARLES
3>0NALD AND THEIR CHILDREN BELONG TO THE GQGDHAIf
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METHODIST CHURCH WHERE CHARLES IS A STSWARD A M ) MERE MRS, DONALD OCCASIONALLY HELPS OUT TEACHING SUNDAY SCHOOL, SHE WAS LEADER OP THE JUNIOR HOIR UNTIL THEIR YOUS&EST DAUGHTER, KELLY, WAS 3GRN. ALSO UNTIL EEELY WAS BORN SHE BELONGED TO A HOME DEMONSTRATION GLW Aim THE MAQHOLIA GJVJ0 LUB* THE BONALD*S ARE FARM BUREAU MEMBKRS."' 3HARLES IS A MEMEBR OP THE Bid BLACK FARMER'S �� 2LUB AMD THEM MISSISSIPPI MILK PRODUCERS AS3QCIA2?; IS ALSO AN A.S.C. GOMMUUITT 00MiITTEKi4AN, !CHEHE�S MUCH MORE TO TILL BUT BR9*8 HliAR IT flOM * AMD HRS. CHARLES DOHALD OP GOODMAU* WHAT KIND OP QUALITY WOULD YOU LIKE IN YOUR DAIRY HEHD? DO YOU PISEiL THi.T FARM HEGHHNIZATION GOULD BE A LIABILITY RATHER THAN AN ASSET? HOW? DO YOU HAVE ANY TIMMH? HAVE YOU DOME WHAT PLANS FOR ADDITION TO HOUSE? Y
