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I WANT TO SAY IN THE VERY BEGINNING THAT I AM DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO COUNTY AGENT GEORGE BARRY OF SHARKEY COUNTY, AND FORMER SHARKEY COUNTY AGENT L.N. GARRISON, WHO I S NOW COU2JTY AGENT IN LEFLORE COUNTY, FOR TKEIR VERY WONDERFUL HELP IN SELECTING THE FAMILY WHICH WE SALUTE TODAY, AND PARTICULARLY TO GEORGE BARRY FOR GOING WITH ME TO THIS FARM TO OBTAIN THE STORY WHICH I AM NOW GOING TO TELL. A THREE WAY STORY. THIS I S REALLY
I T I S THE STORY OF A FATHER
AND TWO SONS WHO AR3 CARRYING OUT AN OUTSTANDINI DELTA FARM PROGRAM. SLIDE FAHM-1 HOUSE THIS I S THE STORY OF MR.
AND MRS. J . B . DUNAWAY WHO WERE BORN AND RAISED IN WALTHALL COUNTY AND LIVED IN THE ENO27 COMMUNITY OF THAT COUNTY UNTIL THEY MOVED TO THE DELTA IN 1 9 1 7 � THEY MOVED TO THE DEKTA
I N WASHINGTON COUNTY^ NEAR TRALAKE, WHERE THEY LIVED UNTIL THEY MOVED TO SHARKSY COUNTY H SLIDE FAEM-2 HOUSE 1922, THIS IS ALSO THE STORY OF CARL DUNAWAY,
WHO WtS 14 YEARS OLD MEN HIS FOLXS L^FT FIVE WALTHALL COUNTY. AFTER KgM� YEARS FARMING NEAR TRALAKE, THE DUNAWAY FAMILY MOVED TO THE CYNTHIANNA PLANTATION, ABOUT A MILE WEST OF THE PRESENT LOCATION AND LIVED THEIR FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS MIEN THEY BOUGHT THE WALNUT RIDGE
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'LANTATION IfllERE THEY NOW LIVE.
CARL DUNAWAY
MARRIED A LOVELY ANGUILLA GIRL AFTER HE CAME TO THIS COMMUNITY AS A YOUNG HUT OF 2 2 . HE WAS
M&R3IED IN 1940 AND HE AND HIS LOVELY WIFE HAVE ONE DAUGHTER LINDA WHO IS ELEVEN YEARS OLD. CARL WENT TO SCHOOL IN KANSAS CITY TO AN AUTOMOTIVE AND ELECTRIC SCHOOL IN 1 9 2 3 TO 1 9 2 5 . THE YEARS
HE CAME BACK HOME MEN HIS FA THE]
BOUGHT WALNUT RIDGE PLANTATION, THEN WENT TO OKLAHOMA FOR TifO YEARS FOLLOWING THE FLOOD OF 1 9 2 7 AID CAME BACK TO THE FARM AND HAS BEEN" THEHE EVER SINCE. SLIDE FARM-3 HOUSE CARL MANAGES THE MECHANIZED BROTHER PAT, THE
PART OF THE FARM PROGRAM.
OTHER SON IN THIS FATHER SON PARTNERSHIP, WAS TEN YEARS OLD WHEN HIS FOLKS LEFT WALTHALL COUNTY, UPON HIS GRADUATION FROM MILLSAPS HE PLAYED PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL FOR FOUR YEARS AND THEN" CAME HOME AND HAS BEEN THERE EVER SINCE. I N FACT PAT AND HIS FATHER WERE THE ONLY ONES WHO STAYED ON THE FARM DURING THE FLOOD OF 1927. CARL HAD LEFT ON APRIL 10 A>�> THE LEVEE
BROKE ON APRIL 21 AND HE COULDN'T GET BACK SO HE WENT OS TO OICLAHfiMB, THE HIGHEST POINT OF
LAND AT WALNUT RIDGE PLANTATION WAS 3 FEET UNDER WATER DURING THE 1 9 2 / FLOOD BUT PAT AND
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H I S FATHER STAYED ON AND THAT YEAR, AS FAST AS THE WATER WOULD GO OFF 3HS LAND THEY WOULD THROW COTTONSEED ON I T AND THEY HIDE 8 0 BALES OF COTTON THE YEAR OF THE GREAT FLOOD ON 1 2 5 ACRES. TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT THIS HOME M E R E �.
AND MRS. PAT DUNAWAY L I V E , ABOUT IT LATER. 1948. SLIDE FARM-; COTTON
I WANT TO TELL YOU
PAT MARRIED H I S LOYELY WIFE IN CARL
SHE HAD GROWN UP I N FLORIDA.
DUNAWAY RECALLS THAT COTTON WAS KING IN THOSE EARLY DAYS. THEY DID ALL THEIR FARMING WITH j
MULES AND TIIS OSLY THUG THEY RAISED BESIDES COTTON WAS ENOUGH FEED FOR THE MULES.
BUT , HE
ALSO RECALLS I T TOOK ALMOST 50% OF THEIR EEFflR T TO FEED THE MJLES. WALNUT RIDGE PLANTATION IN ADDITION J . B , j |
C O N S I S T S OF 3 1 2 ACRES.
DUNAWAY AND H I S TWO SONS OWN ANOTHER 5 1 2 ACRES OF LAND IN SHARKEY COUNTY AND FARM A TOTAL OF S L I DiS . . . FA3M.5 COTTON 1 2 5 0 ACRES. COTTON I S S T I L L KING, THOUGH I T IS
NOT THE ONLY CROP RAISED AT WALNUT R I . J G E . THE DUNAWAY1 S HAVE
TODA"X
3 3 7 ACRES IN COTTON AND
M E R E THEY ONCE RAISED ABOUT 1 5 0 ACRES AND BAD 8 OR 10 TENNANTS SHARECROPPING I T , THEY HIRE
ONLY DAY LABOR NOW, THOUGH THEY HAVE 1 4 FAMILIES L I V I N G ON THE LAND NOW. FOR TEN YEARS NOW THE
DUNAWAY�S HAVE GIVEN THEIR TENNANTS A BONUS AT
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THE END OF EACH CROP YEAR.
THE BONUS I S BASED
ON PRODUCTION AND AMOUNTS TO J30UT THE SAME AS THE TEMAST WOULD HAVE MADE ON HIS SHARE OF THE CROP AS A SHARECROPPER. UNDER THIS PLAN EVERY
T3NNANT FORKS HARD TO MAKE THE BEST POSSIBLE CROP THEREBY INCREASING HIS YEARLY BONUS. SLIDE FARM-6 COTTON IN
THE 1930 �S THE DUNAWAY FAMILY BEGAN TO CHANGS. FROM MULES TO MECHANIZATION. AS THE MULES VGULI
DIE THEY WOULD REPLACE THEM WITH TRACTORS, AND TODAY THEY ARE COMPLETELY MECHANIZED. MOST OF THEIR COTTON I S PLANTED IN CHECK ROWS FOR CROSS PLOWING AS CARL AND COUNTY AGENT GEORGE BARRY POINT OUT HERE. THEY USUALLY PUT A COVER CROP
ON THE COTTON LAND AND THEN ROJ&TE I T FROM COTT( TO PASTURE, SMALL GRAIN AND SOYBEANS* DO SOME SUMMER FALLOWING AND BACK TO COTTON. SLIDE FARM. 7 J.B.
DUNAWAY AND SONS CARL AND PAT PLANT 4 VARIETIES OF COTTON. THIS PARTICULAR FIELD I S IT I S
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1 8 ACRES OF DIXIE KING, A NEW COTTON. PURPLE TAG BREEDER SEED.
IT IS PLANTED IN THE
DRILL AND ALL THE SEED WILL BE SAVED FOR NEXT YEAR'S PLANTING. THIS WAY THEY WILL HAVE FIRST
YEA" FROM BREEDER SEED FOR NEXT YEAR'S CROP. OTHER VARIETIES BEING GROWN THIS YEAR ARE STONEVILLE 3 2 0 2 , ANOTHER NEW VARIETY, D.P.&L.15
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AND D . P . & L. FOX. SLIDE PARK. 8 AMONIA TANK AMONIA
THE DUNAWAY'S USE ANHYDROUS
AND AMONIUM NITRATE AS A FERTILIZER.
THEY TBST ALL SOIL AND FERTILIZE ACCORDING TO S O I L NEEDS. SCHEDULE, THEY ALSO POISON ON A REGULAR SCHEI 50?! OF THEIR CROP I S PICKED E
MECHANICALLY WITH TWO TWO ROW COTTON PICIERS. THEY TRY TO PLAN THEIR PROGRAM TO 3E THROUGH SLIDE FARM-9 HJ1IP BY NOVEMBER 15TH. IRRIGATION PLAYS A VERY
IMPORTANT PART IN THE COTTON, GRAIN AND PASTURE PROGRAM AT WALNUT RIDGE PLANTATION. WATER IS SUPPLIED FROM THIS 125 FOOT WELL THAT PUMPS 2 , 0 0 0 GALLONS PER MINUTE. ALL IRRIGATED COTTON I S PLANTED IN THE DRILL M B THEY USE FLOOD TYPE IRRIGATION. THEY TRY TO KEEP A PERFECT STAND 02
IRRIGATED COTTON WITH A STALK EVERY SEVEN INCHES LAST YEAR THEY IRRIGATED 100 ACRES AND WILL IRRIGATE 175 THIS YEAR. SLIDE FARM-10 DITCH LAST YEAR THE IRRIGATE!
COTTON MADE TWO BALES WHERE THE REST MADE A BALI THEY FIGURE IT TOOK A TEAR'S EXPERIENCE TO LEARI HOW TO IRRIGATE AND LAST WINTER THEY SPENT THS5I TIME LAND LEVELING TO DO A BETTER JOB THIS YEAR, THE IRRIGATION DITCH WILL BE CUT DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THIS TURN ROW WITH SIPHON IRRIGATION ; INTO THE FURROWS. THEY ALSO GET FURROW DRAINAGlj WHEN J . B . DUNAWAY
ON THEIR WELL LEVELED LAND.
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AND HIS,FAMILY CAME TO THIS LAND IT WAS �0RN OUT AND RUN DOM. IN 1925 THEIR FIVE ACRE , THEIR
COTTON AVERAGE M S 235 POUNDS OF LINT.
LATEST FIVE YEAR AVERAGE �AS 585 POUNDS OF LINT LAST YEAR THEIR AVERAGE 7AS 965 POUNDS OF LINT COTTON PER ACRE. MIRACI� THEY HAVE ACHIEVED THIS
OF PRODUCTION THROUGH USE OF COVER COTTON I S NO!
CROPS, LAND ROTATION AND LEGUMES.
THE WHOLE STORY AT WALNUT RIDGE PLANTATION. SLIDE FARM-11 IfllEAT THIS YEAR J . B . BUNAWAY AND SONS CARL AND PAT HAVE 400 ACRES IN SMALL GRAIN. . . . OATS AND WHEAT. THEY PLANT ATLAS- 66 VARIETY MEAT AND I ! THEIR OATS
MAKES ABOUT 30 BUSHELS TO THE ACRE, AVERAGE ABOUT 60 B SHSLS.
THEY COMBINE ALL OF
THE OATS AND MEAT AND SAVE THE GRAIN FOR SEED. THEY DO GRAZE THE OATS SOIC DURING THE WINTER MONTHS. IN ADDITION THEY PLANT ABOUT 60 ACRES
I N CORN, ALL OF milCH THEY IRRIGATE AND iffilCH YIELDS ABOUT 100 BUSHELS TO THE ACRE. SOME OATi
ARE PUT IN BEHIND COTTON AND SOME ARE FOLLOWED SLIDE FARM*.12 SOYBEANS WITH CORN AND SOYBEANS. THE DUMMY'S PLANT AND THEY AVERAGE THEY
THE LEE VARIETY OF SOYBEANS
ABOUT 25 BUSHELS TO THE ACRE PRODUCTION.
DID SOME IRRIGATING LAST YEAR AND THE IRRIGATED BEANS MADE 30 BUSHELS. THEY PLAN TO IRRIGATE
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MORE BEANS THIS YEAR, SLIDE FAR!'!-13 STORAGE
THE DUNAWAY FAMILY HAS
AMPLE STORAGE ON THE LAND FOR THEIR SMALL GRAIN AND SOYBEANS. THIS KIND OF FARM STORAGE WILL ALL
HHHDLE 2 0 , 0 0 0 BUSHELS CF GR$XN EACH YEAR,
C O R F , OATS AND BEANS PRODUCED ON THE FARM ARE SOLD ON HIE MARKET EXCEPT FOR WHAT I S SAVED FCR SEED. SLIDE FARM-14 PASTURE IN 1952 J . B . DUNAWAY AND SONS CARL
AND PAT STARTED A COMMERCIAL COW AND CALF PROGRAM, BUT AFTER TWO YEARS THEY CHANGED OVER TO A FEEDER PROGRAM AND NOW FEED OUT ABOUT 1 3 5 HEAD OF CATTLE EACH YEAR. THEY BUY FEEDER
CATTLE AND CARRY THEM ALMOST ENTIRELY ON GRAZING. THEY DO NOT DO ANY FATTENING. WITH
PASTURES LIKE THIS YOU CAN SEE HOW THEY DO I T . THEY DON'T HAVE ANY CATTLE ON THEPPIACS RIGHT NOW BUT WILL GET BACK IN AGAIN IN THE FALL. I T WAS SHORTLY AFTER WORLD WAR TWO THAT THE SLIDE FARM-15 MACHINE SHED DUNAWAY PROGRAM BECAME COMPLETELY MECHANIZED. TODAY THEY HAVE TEN TRACTORS, ONE OF THEM DIESE] OPERATED, TWO SELF PROPELLED COMBINES, TWO COTTON PICKERS AND ALL OTHER NECESSARY FARM EQUIPMENT TO CARRY ON THEIR TYPE OF FARM PROGRA] AND LIKE MOST GOOD FARMERS THEY RECOGNIZE THE NEED FOR SHELTER FOR THIS VALUABLE EQUIPMENT, ALTHOUGH THEY COULDN'T BEGIN TO PROVIDE SHELTER
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FOR EVERYTHING THEY HAVE. SLIDE FARM-16 FARMSHOP
NOW, I SAID CARL
WAS IN CHARGE OF ALL THE MECHANICAL OPERATION. I SHOULD SAY TOO, THAT PAT I S IN CHARGE OF ALL THE LABOR SUPPLY, AND MR. J . B . DUNAWAY SORT OF R I D E S THE TURN ROWS AND SUPERVISES THE WHOLE OPERATION. CARL HAS A COMPLETE FARM SHOP WHERE
HE DOES ALL THE MECHANICAL WORK EXCEPT MAJOR OVERHAUL JOBS. HE FEELS, AND RIGHTLY SO, THAT
T H I S SHOP I S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PARTS OF THE PR<�RAM. I COULD GO ON AND ON AND PROBABLY NEVER TELL YOU ALL OF THIS FINE PROGRAM... OF T H E I R 2 0 0 ACRES IN TIMBER... OF THEIR VENTURE INTO THE HOG BUSINESS AND MANY OTHER I N T E R E S T S T H I N G S , BUT I WOULDN'T HAVE ANYTIME FOR THE SLIDE GARDEN HOMEMAKING PART OF THE STORY, SO LET ME TELL SOME OF I T BRIEFLY, EVERY TENNANT HOUSE HAS A
GARDEN AND IN ADDITION THESE THIEd FAMILIES HAVE ABOUT TWO ACHES IN GARDEN THE YEAR ROUND. SLIDE FARM-18 FREEZER FROM I T THEY FREEZE AND CAN JUST ABOUT EVERYTHI THE THREE FAMILIES CAN POSSIBLY NEED, PLUS THE MEAT THEY FREEZE FROM THEIR LIVESTOCK PROGRAM. THEY ALSO HAVE AN EXCEPTIONAL VINYARD EVERY ONE OF THE
THAT I S LOADED WITH GRAPES.
T H R E 3 DUNAWAY LADIES HAS A COMPLETELY MODERN SLIDE FA5M-19 KITCHEN. TLIS I S HRS. PAT DUEAMY'S KITCHEN
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AND THE OTHER KITCHENS ARE SIMILAR IN THE MODEM FACILITIES THEY EACH HAVE,
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IAR KITCHEN I S ALMOST A MIRACIE MBIT YOU CONS ID] SLIDE FARM-20 HOUSE THAT WHEN THE LOVELY BIG HOUSE IT IS IN WAS
ALMOST TO FALL DOWN COMPLETELY DELAPIDATED IN 1953. I T WAS SO BAD THAT IT REQUIRED A NEW
ROOF, NEW FLOORS, M W WALLS AND JUST ABOUT E" EVERYTHING ELSE. I T IS ONE OF THE OLD LANDMARK
I N THE COMMUNITY AND I S A REAL BEAUTY N W THAT O
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I T HAS BEEN RESTORED BY THE DUNAWAYK.
MR. AND
MRS. CARL DUNAWAY BUILT THEIR LOVELY HOME IN 1941. CAMERA. ON FAMILY ALL THE FAMILY LIVES ON WALNUT RIDGE PAT DUNAWAY AND MR. J . B . DUNAWAY
PLANTATION.
ALSO OPERATE AN IMPLEMENT BUSINESS ACROSS THE ROAD FROM CARL'S HOUSE. CARL HAS NOT INTEREST HE I S COMPLETELY MRO AND MRi
I N THE IMPLEMENT BUSINESS.
TIED UP IN THE PLANTATION BUSINESS.
J . B . DUNAWAY HAVE PRETTY MUCH RETIRED FROM PUBLIC LIFE THESE LATER YEARS, BUT CARL AND PAT ARE VERY ACTIVE IN THE AFFAIRS OF THEIR COMMUNITY. ALL THE DUNAWAY'S ARE ACTIVE IN
CHURCH WORK, ESPECIALLY MR. AND MRS. CARL DUNAWAY. CARL I S SHARKBY-ISSAQUENA COUNTY
BAPTIST TRAINING UNION DIRECTOR, DEACON AND BROTHERHOOD PRESIDBN? OF THE ANGUILLA BAPTIST
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CHURCH, A PAST SUNDAY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT AND I S NOW ASSISTANT SUNDAY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT A] CHURCH CLERK. MRS. CARL DUNAWAY I S SHARKEY-
ISSAQUENA COUNTY ff.M.U? ASSOCIATION YOUTH DIRECTOR AND IS THIS YEAR ON THE FACULTY OF THE JUNIOR G.A. CAMP AT CAMP GARAYWA. NEXT YEA3
SHE WILL BE GIRLS AUXILLIARY COUNSELOR IN SHARKEY AND ISSAQUSNA COUNTIES. SHE I S ALSO
A SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER IN THE BEGINNERS C U S S AND WAS FOR 16 YEARS SECRETARY-TREASURER OF THE BAPTIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY. DAUGHTER LINDA
WILL BE IN THE SEVENTH GRADE THIS FALL AND THIS YEAR WON SUPERIOR RATING IN HYMN PLAYING IN THE D I S T R I C T MUSIC FESTIVAL AT LELAND. CARL
DUNAlfAY I S ALSO A PAST PRESIDENT OF THE SHARKEY COUNTY FARM BUREAU, M S ON AND SHRINER, ROSSRMN , ANGUILIA POLIO CHAIRMAN AND PAST PRESIDENT OF THE ANGUILLA P . T . A . PAT DUNAJtfflT IS AN A . S . C .
COMMITTSEMAN, DIRECTCR OF ROTARY, FARM BUREAU DIRECTOR, COMMANDER OF THE AMERICAN LEGION POST AT ANGUILLA AND MRS. PAT DUNAWAY I S VICE PRESIDENT OF THE ANGUILLA GARDEN CLUB AND VERY ACTIBE IN ITS AFFAIRS. HOWEVER, RIGHT NOW SHE
I S SOMEWHAT HANDICAPPED IN THAT SHE STEPPED OFF A CURB A FEW WEEKS AGO AND BROKE BOTH HER
ANKLES. .. .. .. � �,� .�>.�/.,.-/-. .
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I COULD GO ON TALKING ABOUT THIS WONDERFUL FAMILY AND OF THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS BUT RIGHT M O NOW I WANT YOU TO MEET THEM* QUESTIONS.. . 1 ,
E&f^jtaiL/US MORE ABOUT/ fHEF^OOD ANipfOW
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YOlTjfNB YOUR DAD PUT I N : THAT'. ..COTTON^, 2. CARL, ARE THERE ANY HANDICAPS TO A THREE FAMILY FARM PROGRAM? 3. DO YOU HAVE ANY MAJOR CHANGES PLANNED FOR THE FUTURE? 4o MRS. J . B e DUNAMY, TELL ME ABOUT THE OTHER CHILDRE, WHERE THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING. 5. MRS. CARL DUNAWAY, WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE I S A FARM WIFE'S GREATEST CONTRIBUTION TO THE OVERALL FARM PROGRAM? 6. MRS. PAT DUNAMY, TELL US MORE ABOUT WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR HOME AID WHAT SHAPE IT WAS IN mm 7. YOU STARTED.
MR. J . B . RUNAWAY, WHAT HAS BEEN THE SREUX GREATEST CHANGE SINCE YOU STARTED FARMING?
