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I WANT TO SAY IN THE VEBY BEGINNING THAT I AM VERY GRATEFUL TO COUNTY AG13NT B # H f DIXON AMD ASSOCIATE COUNTY AGENT B , L . LOCKE OF LPAEE COUNTY FOR THEIR VERY WONDERFUL HELP IN SELECTS THE FAMILY WE SALUTE TODAY AID IN GOING WITH ME TO THE FAHM TO OBtABT TIIEIR STOKY, THIS I S
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THE STORY OF ML. AND MRS. C , 0 , HMAHDS WHO L I V E ON A 136 ACRE FARM 1 1 MILES NO1THEAST OF CARTHAGE IN THE BARNES COMSfUNITY. MR. AND MRS. EIMA8BS ATTEHDSD SCHOOL TOGETHE1 IK THB BA^TS COMMUNITY AND WEBB MARRIED 4 1 YEARS AGO WHEN MRS. �WARDS WAS 16 AND HR. ED�ARBS WAS 1 9 . MHS. HIMARBS WAS THE MUGHfSK ( F A , T , ROBggfS
Ai^D GBSS UP IN THE 3AHNSS COMIUNITY OF LWLKE SPUNTY. O.D. BDWARDS HAS BOEN IN ALABAMA AID WHM HIS FAJIILY |
L I V I D JIIERE UNTIL HB WAS 1 3 �
MOVfiD TO MISSISSIPPI FROM ALABAM C,B� EDWARDS DROVB A PAIK OF MULES ALL THE WAY AND IT TOOK TWO WEEK TO M.m THR � R I P , WHM C D . EDWARDS
H A R R I S ) HE WAS RIOTING 20 ACRES OF i,AND WHICH HE CONTINUED TO DO FOR I WO YEARS AMD THEN HE AND HIS BRIDE BOUGHT SO ACRES OF TIIEIR PRESENT
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1 3 6 ACRES AN� HAVE ADDED TO IX A LITTLE AT A TIME AS THEY COULD GET THE LAND. ON THAT
ORIGINAL 50 ACRES THEY STARTED OUT WITH ONE
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MULE AND ONE C d AND 2 0 ACRES OF LAND IN CULTIVATION SLIDE KARJ*�3 COTTOJT ON THAT 20 ACRES THEY RAISES
COTTON, CORN AND OATS, AND CUT THE OATS IflTH A CRADIE. I S THOSE EARLY BAYS FARMING MAS IN PACT THE GULLIES HASHED
J U S T PATCH FARMING.
THROUGH THE FARM PREVMTED JBVHT MIVING ACROSS THE FIELDS, OR WORKING A MULE ACROSS MM FSR THAT MATTER, I I THOSE EARLY YEARS 6 ACHES OF
COTTON YIELDED ABOUT TWO BALK OP COTTON. TODAY 1 6 . 4 ACRES OF COTTON AVERAGES BETTER THAN A BALE AWD A QUARTER TO THE ACRE, ALL
CROP AND PASTURE LAND I S SOIL TESTED AND F E R T I L I Z E D ACCORDING TO NEEDS. THE COTTON I S
POISONED ON A REGULAR SCHEDULE 1 0 OR 1 2 TIMES SLIDE MULE A SEASON. TODAY INSTEAD OF ONE MULE AND ONE
COW THERE ARE TWO MULES AND 4 5 H M D OF CATTJGB. ALL GROUND BREAKING I S DONE WITH A TRACTOR BUT CULTIVATING I S DONE WITH MULES. T0MY C D ,
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EDWARDS FOLLOWS A BALANCED FARM AND HOME PROGRiSJf AND ALL H I S LAND I S PLANTED TO THE CROP FOR WHICH I T I S BEST SUITED. MR, AND M S .
BDWA8DS PARTICIPATE I S THE COUNTY BALANCED FARM AND HOME PROGRAM AND WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH ASSOCIATE COUNTY AGENT E . L . LOCKE IS DEVELOPING A WILL ROUNDED FARM PROGRAM.
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HO LONGER I S FARMING ON THE C D . EDWARDS FARM E PATCH FARMING THAT IT STAHBD OUT TO BE. 1AN9 TEAT WAS WOPJf OUT AND ERODED AWAY HAS CLEARS) AND BUILT UP, TERRACED AND FARMED ON T THE CONTOUR UNTIL TODAY I S I S A VERY PRODUCTI?! 3 6 ACRES OF LAND.
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SINCE C D . jfETTARDS BOUGH?
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FARM IN 1922 HE HAS FILLED IN THE GULLIM*
STOPPED TEE EROSION AND CLEARED OVER 100 ACRES 4JF SCRUB BRUSH AND TIMBS8. I MENTIGIffiD A
^OMSNT AGO TMT C D . EDWARDS HAS 45 HEAD (F LIVESTOCK. SLIDE FARE.6 CORN FIELD LIVESTOCK REQUIRE FEED AND SO MR. HE HAS 25 ACRES IK
EDWARDS STILL RAISES CORN.
CORN ASH IT AVERAGES ABOUT 60 BUSHELS TO THE ACRE. HE FEEDS ALL THAT HE NEEDS AMD SELLS IN ADDITION HE EAS 30 ACRES IN COMISm
S i SURPLUS.
OATS, ALL OF TOIQi I S GRAZED AND THEN R CUT FOR HAY.
HE COMBINES ABOUT 10 ACRES AND HIS
(JUTS BAY I I THE DOUGH STAGE FROM 12 ACRES. (HATS AVERAGE ABOUT 50 BUSHELS TO THE ACRE. ALL HOME GROifN GRAINS ARE MIXED FOR FEED FOR SLIDE CATTLE THE HJBID OF MIRY CATTLE.
THE GRAIN IS MIXED
i t l T H SUPPLEMENT OT MAKE ABOUT AN 18$ DAISY RATION, VERY EARLY MR. EDWARD! ADDED 10 THAT
ORIGINAL ONE COM HERD AMD STARTING BACK IN 1 9 2 3 THEY SEPERATED THEIR M I L K M D
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TO KOSCISMO.
MB CRfiAM fAS 1AKM TO
TOWN ONCE A W8EK M D THE MEN IN IHfi COMMUNITY 00K TURNS TAKING THE CREAM TO TOWI, IK 1927
HEY SWITCHED TO GRADE �C" DAIRYING WITH FIVE OWS AM) THEY'VE B1SN GPEHAfBTG A GHADE "C� BYER SIIC1S, SLIDE
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M � AM) MRS. C.D # EDWARDS
HAVE 14 MILK C<MS ASB USUALLY MILK 10 TO 12 AT A TBQ3. RIGHT NOV THEY ARE ONLY H L K B f e 6,
1'IVE OP THE CfflfS ARE KB^ISTIRED AID THE MIIM IS PI&KtfB UP M I L Y FOR DttLIVSSY TO KOSCIUSKO, is SLIDE FAI IT I1AS BSas FOR THE PAST 2 5 YEARS. THB H�D
I S TB M B BANGS TESTED AID ALLC CO�S ARE BRED
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JERSEY BULLS,
C.D. EDWARDS HAS
I^LMAYS MIFTAIH1D A RE&IST2RED BULL TO IMPEOVB H|IS REED QUALITY, SLIDE FAKILIO ME HAS ABOUT 3 0 HEAD OF
KEIFJ3RS, SOME OF WHICH WILL BE SAVED FOR HERD B E P U C M E N T . ALL CALVES AMI CALFHOOD VACCIHATEB AMD 0�LY B1E BEST ARE SAVED TO ADI) TO THE HERD, A|LL SURPLUS HEIFERS ARE SOLD OH THE E H I I , I L E HERD I S LULLED CLOSELY AID ALL OLD COWS A O LOW PRODUCERS ARE DISPOSED OF, C D . EDWARDS
SLIPE MILK CANS
HOPES TO INCREASE HIS HERD SIZE GHLY SLIGHTLY SJO THAT HE WILL BE MILKING I S COWS ALL THE I TIME, MR. BDMARDS HANDLES HIS DAIRY PROGRAM
ACLL BY HIMSELF MICH I S A REAL TIBUTE TO HIS
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I L L I N G N E S S TO PUT I N LONG HOURS A I D LOTS OF HARD WORK, VERY DAY. FOUR (BANS OF MILK GO TO MARIE T C.TU EDWARDS HAS 60 ACRES IN
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ERMANENT GRAZING, WHICH CONSISTS PRIMARILY OF t H I T B DUTCH CLOVER, RALLIS GRASS, BAHAI* CRIMSON CLOVER AND BERMUDA. ALL THE 6 0
OF PERMANENT PASTURE I S HIGHLY IMPROVED, BY T&E KAY THIS I S COUNTY AGENT DIXON, MR. AND ASSOCIATE AGENT LOCKE INSPECITNG THE PASTER!
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ALL PASTURE LANDIS LIMED HEAVILY IN, FACT TUB
A C C O R D E D TO SOIL TEST ANALYSIS,
TRUCE WAS PUTTING OUT LIMB THE DAY I VISITED 4 l i E FARtf THIS WEEK* FOR HAY MR? EDWARDS PUTS
iJiP ABOUT 1 2 0 0 BALES OF OATS AND SERCIA HAY* IfAIER SUPPLY FOR, THE LIVESTOCK I S FROM 2 FARM |>ONDS AND A DEEP WELL AT THE BUILDINGS* SLIDE XUHB C�B*
EDWAHBS HAS 8 ACRES IN GOOD YOUNG PINE WHICH liE K i H S REGULARLY MB PROTECTS AGAINST F I R E * H S PLANS PRIMARILY A PROTECTION JOB ON H I S TIMBER EXCEPT FOE SOME SEEDLING PLANTING I N A P W THIN SPOTS, SUfCB HE CAME TO S U S FARM
1DU EDWARDS HAS BUILT ALL THE BUILDINGS 0 1 THE 1ASD FROM TIMBER FROM THE 1ABB* SLIDE MRS, I3]�"ARDS
I E E P S , A FLOCK OF CHICKENS EACH YEAR FOR EGGS AND MEAT FOR THE FAMILY^
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SHE SELLS ANY SURPLUS
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ISGGS BURING SEASONS OF HEAVIEST PRODUCTION, a i E KEEPS AN-AVERAGE OF SO PULLETS BUT RIGHT 1QW HAS 7 5 , MR. AMD MRS. EDWARDS ARE STRICTLY THEY PR0BUCE NEARLY THEY HAVE ABOUT A QUARfl I I TRUCK
A LIVE AT HOMB FAMILY.
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ALL THE POOD THEY USB.
GARDEN
J.CRE GARDEN AFD THREE OR FOUR Amm PATCHES.
ALL THEIR VEGETABLES �0 INTO THE THEY %
FREEZER, THEIR LOCKER OR TO THE CHILDREN.
USUALLY HAISE ABOUT WO ACRES OF WTERMELONS ]m DIDN1 T IIAVE AS mm THIS YEATJ AS USUAL.
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iMRS. SWAR9S F I Z Z E S ABOUT 1000 PfflUI^S OF iom mm rmn AND CANS ABOUT 350 JARS <F THBT
J E L L I E S , FRUITS, PICKBLS, mESEEVES ETC, IIAVE M fmm
ORCHARD OF APPLE, PEACH, FIG AND PECAN
M I C H PROVIDE FHUIT FOR TliE FAMILY MR. AHD MRS. MMA8DS STARTED
FOOD PROGRAM, SLIDE KITCHEN
(HJT I I A TISffiAHT SIIACK AND LIVED IN I T FOR TWO
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STARTED ANOTHER HOUSE AID OP I T DECIDED THEY DB>NT
i.FTER BUILDING ONE Ml) i
IT SO THEY TORE I T DOWN AND BUILT WB3M HOME. IT IS COMPLETELY MODSSN THROUGH
U S T YIMK THEY COMPLETELY SEFINISIIJiB THE OUTSIDE. THEY HAVE HAD ELECTRICITY F10M THE ASSOCIATION OF CAITHAGE
((ENTRAL ELECTRIC pmm IINCE 1 9 4 8 .
SOME OF .THHR GREATEST JOY THBSB
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liAYS COPIES FROM THEIR GRANDCHILDREN.
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HOUSTON I S LIVING IN NORTH CAROLIHA, "AUGHTBR iaUISE LIVES IN.FERRIDAY, LOUISIANA, DAUGHTER
DffiL LIVES I I PADUCAH, KENTUCKY, NOSIAN I S IN ifLAGSTAFP, ARIZONA AND FAXTOM LIVE ABOUT 3 / 4 A MILE UP THE BOAB AND FAPJIS LIKE HIS DAD. VEEY HAVE 9 GMSfDCHXLDR^, 4 GIRLS AND 5 BOYS, EDHAKDS R � AND MRS. MMM. ARE MEMBERS OF WS BIG SPRINGS PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH WHERE 3HBY A T T W B REGULARLY. MRS. EDWARDS I S A MEMBER OF
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JHE BARNES COMMUNITY HOME DEMONSTRATION CLUB* MR. AND MRS. EDWARDS BELONG TO THE LIMSE COUNTY TAPM BUREAU AND THE COUNTY M I H Y ASSOCIATION, :EKEY ARE MEMBERS OF THE BARNES P . T . A . AND MR, jflWASBS I S A PAST TRUSTEE OF ME BAHNES SCHOOL, I S HIE STORY- OP A HASD WORKING FAHH "AM.TLY THAT HAS DEVOTED THE YEARS TO IMPROVING H E I R LAND AND RAISING A FAMILY THAT IfOULD BE C3BDIT TO THUS COMMUNITY AND STATE. YE SUCCEBDED WELL IN BOTH VENTURES.
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PROUD TO SALUTE MR, AID MSS, C D . EDWARDS AS t o M Y f S SFD TELEVISIT FARM FAMILY OF THE WEEK, I , I WANT YOU TO MEET THEM.
