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WELL, IT I S FRIDAY, AND TIME ONCE AGAIN TO SALUTE A FARM FAMILY MAKING A REAL CONTRIBUTE TO FARMING IN THEIR COUNTY AND HKLPING TO BETTER AGRICULTURE IN M I S S I S S I P P I . TODAYfS
FAMILY WAS SELECTED FOR US BY THE! R NEIGHBORS. OUR FAMILY WAS SELECTED BY TEE NOR1IS COMMUNIT' CLUB OF SCOTT COUNTY. THE FAMILY WE SALUTE
LIVES IN SMITH COUNTY, BUT THE FOLJ5S OF THIS COMMUNITY FEEL SO KEENLY ABOUT THIS WONDERFUL FAMILY THAf THEY WANTED US TO SELECT THEM AS OUR FARM FAMILY OF THE WEEK. CERTAINLY �E
CAN�T BEGIN TO PAY THEM SO PINE A COMPLIMENT AS THEY HAVE BEEN PAID BY THEIR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS WHO REGARD THEM SO HIGHLY AS TO URGE US TO GIVE THEM THIS HONOR AND JUSTLY SLIDE FARB-1 MAIL BOX DESERVED RECOGNITION. THIS MAIL BOX BY THE
S I D E OF THE ROAD SERVED TO GIVE US OUR FIRST INTRODUCTION TO THE FARM AND HOME OF MR. AND MRS. O.T. GILBERT WHO LIVE JUST ACROSS THE SCOTT COUNTY LINE IN SMITH COUNTY, SOUTH OF FOREST, M I S S I S S I P P I . SLIPS FARM-2 HOUSE OUR NEXT VIEW I S OF THIS
BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY HOME WHERE MR. AND MRS. GILBERT LIVE. IN 1 9 5 0 . T I S BEAUTIFUL HOME WAS BUILT
MR. AND MRS. O.T. GILBERT'S OTHER
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HOME BUHNED TO THE GROUND IN 1935 WITH EASILY ANYTHING SAVED FROM I T . MR. AMD W S . GILBERT
BUILT A TEMPORARY MOUSE JUST BELOW THIS SIGHT, DID IT Iff ONE WEEK, MOTJSD IN AND LIVED IN IT N T I L THE m i HOME WAS FINISHED AID MOVER INTO 5 YEARS LATER ON THANKSGIVING DAY 1 9 5 0 . WHEN
. AND MRS. GILBERT AND BIEIR FAMILY MOVED TO THHR TEMPORARY HOME IT D I M ' T iWEN HAVE HDOWS ON ONE SIDE, BUT THEY FINISHED IT UP S THEY WQTT ALONG, UNTIL KiEY EVENTUALLY HAD i COMFORTABLE LITTLE HOME. TEEI1 SON, TOMMY
LIVES IN THE LITTLE HOUSE TODAY AND FARMS fflTH HIS FATHER. SLIDE FARM-. CHICK. MR, AND MRS. GILBERT ARE
PRINCIPALLY IN THE EGG PRODUCING BUSINESS. OWEVER, THEY HAVEN'T ALWAYS BEEN. IT'S
IPRETTY MUCH & STOEY OF MRS. GILBERT'S EGG �10JECT TURNING INTO THE FARI ENTERPRISE. HEN Ml?, M B M S , O.T, GILBERT STARTED OUT !2 YEARS AGO THEY STARTED ON 60 ACRES. FORTY
CRES WAS GIVEN O.T. BY HIS FATHER AND 20 MORE Y AN AUNT. MR. AND MRS. O.T, GILBERT MOVED
0 THIS 60 ACRES A YEAR AFTER THEY IfERE MARRIEt
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ND STARTED FARMING WITH A PAIR OF MULES AND wo MILK COWS. THEY ROW-CROPPED UNTIL ABOUT
8 YEARS AGO WHEN THEY WENT ENTIRELY TO CHICKQK
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ATTLE AND GRASS.
ACTUALLY MRS. GILBERT HAS SHE
N THE CHICKEN BUSIHESS BEFORE THAT TIME.
STARTED OUT ABOUT FIVE YEARS EARLIER WITH 265 CHICKS WHICH SHE BROODED Iff A HOUSE HEATED BY AN OIL DRUM COVERED WITH CLAY AND FIRED WITH MRS. GILBERT EVMTUALLY HAD THRE6 OF EHSSE OIL DRUM BURNERS WHICH BROODED 2 , 0 0 0 SLIPE PARMG FOUNT I C F S D UP BY PEDDLES WHO CAME TO HER DOOR. F COURSE THE POULTRY BUSIHESS HAS CHANGED k GREAT DML IN THE LAST FIPTESf YiilARS, FOR M E N ELBCTRICOT CAME TO THE GILBERT FARM I S AGO, THEY STARTS) OUT TO MAKE THEIR OULTRY ENTERPRISE ALL-S.ECTRIC AND TODAY I T S JUST THAT. ELECTRICITY DOES EVERYTHING I T THIS AUTOMATIC DRINKING i t i l C K S . ME EGGS MRS. GILBERT PRODUCED WERE
AN POSSIBLY 1 0 .
OUNTAII I S ONLY ONE OF MANY WAYS IN WHICH IT S USED, SLIDE PARM�5 IN PLACE OF OIL DRUM BROODERS, THESE
fGDBRN UPRIGHT BATMIES HANDLE THE BROODING >P THE CHICKS.OP COURSE IT WASN'T A QUieK CHANG ?R0M WOOD TO BATTERIES. INTO THE PICTURE FIRST. ELECTRIC HOVERS CAME IT WAS ABOUT THE
1MB ELECTRICITY CAME INTO TUB PICTURE THAT , T . GILBERT JOINED HIS WIFE IN THE POULTRY USINESS. O.T. SAYS THAT IN THBm YEARS MRS.
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GILBERT MADE MORE MONEY WITH HER EGG PRODUCTIO] THAN HE MADE HOW.CROPrilfG AND SAW-MILLING, AND SLIDE EG& ROOM POULTRY BUSINESS AND MAKE IT A HEAL FAMILY ENTERPRISE ON THE GILBERT FARM . AS PRODUCTIGJ THEN AND THERE HE DECIDED TO GET INTO THE
INCREASED, EGGS WERE DELIVERED TO STORES IN HATTIESBUUG, BUT AS THEY EXPANDED THEIR PRODUCTION THEY OUTGHM THE HATTIESBURG MARKET AND SWITCHED TO JACKSON WHERE ALL THBIK EGGS AI MHKETED TODAY IN NORTH JACKSON JITNEY JUNGLE SLIDE FARH* 7 iKgSTOKES, O.T. GILBERT HANDLES ONE EGG OPERATION EVERY
% EGG'CAft'
WHILE MRS. GILBiiRT I S HANDLING ANOTHER, EGG
PACKAGED I S CANDLED BEFOHE IT IS PUT m CRATE OH A CARTON, THE GILBERTS
EITHER IN A
SELL 4 GRADES OF EGGS. AND CHACKED EGGS IN BULK.
TBEY SELL PULLET EGGS THEY PACKAGE TWO MILE
GRADES...NUMBER ONE AND MEDIUM GRADES. MR. GILBERT I S CANDLING, MRS. GILBERT I S SLIDE FARM�8 EGG WASHER
WASHING EGGS ELECTRICALLY IN THIS MODERN MACHB WHERE THE DIRTIEST EGG COMES OUT SPOTLESSLY CLEAN READY TO GO INTO THE PACKAGE. WE STOPPEI
SLIDE
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fiGG WASHI5?
THE MACHINE TO TRY TO SHOW YOU THE DIFFERENCE, THE DIRTY EGGS GO INTO THE MACHINE ON THE RIGHT. AS THEY ROLL ALONG THEY ARE TURNED AND
WASHED AID COME OUT CLEAN ON THE LEFT.
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EGG CASTORS
H I E GILBERT EGGS ARE PUT IN T W DIFFERENT CARTONS. THE LARGE GRADE ONE EGGS ARE PACKED THE
I I THE BLUE AND SOHTE GILBERT CARTON.
M E D I U M . . . A N D THB SIZE I S THE ONLY DIFFERENCE., , . . ,AR� PACKMEB IN A YELLOW CARTON. THE
QUALITY OF THE TWO EGG GRADES I S IDENTICAL. MR. AND BKS* GILBERT RAISE ABOUT 6 , 0 0 0 LAYERS SACK YEAR. THEY HAVE 3 , 0 0 0 I I THREE OP THEIR THREE OTHER HOUSiSS ARE THEY TRY TO
HOUSES RIGHT NOW,
B E I I G REAMED FOR AS OTHER 3 # 0 0 0 .
PRODUCE HOST OP THEIR EGGS IK IKE SUMMBS AHD FALL. GILBERT EGGS GET A PRMIUM OF 10 TO 12 HALF THE LAYIIG FROM THE ORIGIHAI
CENTS ABOVE MRKBT PRICE.
FLOCK I S REPLACED EACH YEAR.
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IAMD & CATTLE
6 0 ACRES OF LA1TO ME GILBERTS NOW OWF, DEBT F 1 E B , 1700 ACRES OF LAID. FOR THE FIRST 1$
YEARS MS. GILBERT ROff.CROPPED AID SAff-MILLED. IK THE 1 9 3 0 f s HE HAD ABOUT 520 ACRES OP DEBT RIDDEH LAN8...HIS WAS 2 YEARS BSIIHD WITH TAXJSS AHD IHTERBST ON THE FEDERAL LAHD BAHK PAYMMTS WASN'T ABLE TO PAY A�Y ON THE PRINCIPAL. THAT WHED SO�-CROPrifG FOR O . T . GILBERT. mm AND HE
TRADED BRIDGE LUMBER OFF HIS LAND FOR A
COMBINE AND A TRACTOR AID STARTED RAISING GRASS A I D HAY CROPS FOR SEED. THE FIRST YEAR O.T.
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GILBERT SOLD
WQ OR THREE THOUSAND DOLIARS
IfORTH OF SEED AND BY SELLING SEED HE CAUGHT UP WITH ALL HIS BACK TAXES AID PAYMENTS ON THE MORTGAGE AND TWO YEARS LATER PAID THE DEBT OFF WITH SEED AND POULTRY. SLIDE FARH-12 PROK THEN ON 0 . T.
GILBERT SAYS HE BOUGHT MORE CQJfS AND M01E CHICKENS TO PAY FOR MORE LAND TO HANDLE MORE COWS AND MORE CHICKENS. T DAY O.T. GILBERT
HAS ABOUT 450 HEAD OP QUALITY GRADE BEEF CATTLE, 103 HEAD ARE THESE PELDER CALVES WE THERE ARE 3 9 BABY CALVES AND THE CATTLE DON'T GET
SEE IN THE LOT*
ABOUT 290 BROOD COWS, ANY GRAII.
TI1EY GROW ON PASTURE AND OATS
BALED WITH THE GRAIN ON, AND THE NECESSARY MINERALS, ALL THE CATTLE ARE BRED TO REGISTER] MR. GILBERT HAS 6 HERD BULLS
HEREFORD BULLS.
JLL
ON THIS FARM.
THERE ARE ABOUT 1200 ACRES IN $00 ACRES OF IT
PASTUHE ON THE GILBERT FARM.
I S IMPROVED PASTURE, ABOUT 200 ACRES OF FAIR PASTURE WITH SOME IMPROVEMENT AND THE REST I S I S IN GOOD YOUNG PINE TIMBER. SLIDE FAR1�U HAY MR. GILBERT PUT HE HIS
UP ABOUT 3*000 BALES OF HAY TLIS YEAR. USUALLY PUTS UP 5 TO 10 THOUSANP B LES. HAY I S LARGELY OAT M Y I D
J0HSSON GRASS.
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ALL THE IMPROVED PASTU !E 0 1 THE 0 . T , GILBERT FARM I S PERMANENT PASTURE CONSISTING OF LESPEDEZA, WHITE BUTCH, DALLIS G M S S , CARPET, BERMUDA, M H A I , RED CLOVER, WILD WINTER PEAS. SUPPLEMENTAL WINTER AMD SPRING GRAZING IS PROVIDED BY USING A PASTURE RENOVATOR AND DRILLING RYE GIISS AID OATS INTO THE PERMANENT SOD, ABOUT 300 ACRES I S SOWED IV THIS WAY ALL PASTURE I S GRAZED
FOR WIITER GRAZING.
UNTIL SPRIMG AND HUES THB CATTLE ARE PUT ON ABOUT HALF WE LAND AMD THE OTHER I S ALLW ED TO GROW AND IS STRIPPED FOR SEED AND COMBINE! AND WHAT RJMAINS I S PUT UP FOR HAY. THE
PASTURE LAID I S SHIFTS) YEAR BY YEAR UNDMi A BALLAICEB ROTATION SYSTEM. SLIDE FARH�16 O.T. GILBERT HAS BESIDES SUPPLY3
BSTWEM | 0 AND 40 FARM PONDS,
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WATER FOR THE CATTLE THESE PONDS ALSO PROVIDE A SOURCE OF WATER FOR IRRIGATION WHICH I S CARRIED OF IN RATHSR IA RGE SCALE ON THE GILBERT FARM. BY THE WAY, O . T . GILBERT HAS
CLEARED OVER A HUNDRED ACRES OF LAND FROM SCRUB TIMBER GROWTH AND MADE GOOD BkSTURfi FOR HIS STOCK. SOME COMERCIAL FERTILIZER I S
PUT ON THE GILBERT LAND, BUT VERY LITTLE.
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ALL THE FERTILIZER FROM THE CHICKEN. HOUSES GOES ON THE LAUD. HR, GILBMT AND SON, T M Y OM
ESTIMATED THAT M01E THAN 300 LOADS VENT OUT ON THE LAND EVERT YEAR, SLIDE PARfj-18 IRRIGATION P I P E MR. GILBERT AND
TOMMY STARTED IRRIGATING THEIR U STXJ1E IAMB LATS THIS IAST FALL, AND USED I T PRIMARILY TO BRING UP THE CROPS ALREADY I F THE GROUND. THEY IRRIGATED ABOUT A HUNDRED ACRES, SOME OF I T fWICE. THE OATS AND RYfi THAT SfERfi DRILLED THE
INTO THfi PERMANENT SOD WEitt; IRRIGATED.
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G I L B E R T ' S IIAVB ENOUGH IRRIGATION P I P E TO LAY TWO LINES A QUARTER MILE BACK. THEY CAN
IRRIGATE 15 ACRES WITHOUT MOVING THE PUMP. WATER I S RUN FROM THE PONDS AS NEEDED, INTO A BKAINAGE CANAL AND PUMPED ONTO THE UND FROM THE CANAL. MECHANIZED. THE GILBERT'S ARE COMPLETELY
THEY HAVE 3 COMBINES, A PASTURE
C L I P P S * , 3 TRACTORS, MOWING MACHINE, PJUCB, HAY BALERS, SE�3)ER, PASTURE RENOVATO1?, C (TULTIPACKER AND ABOUT EVERYTHING ELSE YOU SLIDE
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CAN THINK OF.
TIMBER I S ANOTHER IMPORTANT O . T . GILBERT HAS
CROP ON THE GILBERT FARM.
ABOUT SOO ACRES IN YOUNG PINE WIICH I S T M M B PLUS MOTHER 200 ACRES HE IIASN�T BEEN AltLfi TC GET INTO TO MANAGE YET. ., . ,-, ,, .-, �
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i E L L , WE'VE OMLY HIT THE VERY HIGH SPOTS OF T H . O.T. GILBERT,PARK.STORY FOR THERE'S MUCH MORE THA3T �E COULD POSSIBLE TELL IN HIE TIME WE HAVE. NOW, I ' D LIKE TO TAKE YOU INSIDE MRS. GILBERT
THAT BEAUTUUL HOME FOP, A MOMENT.
WAITED ALMOST I S YEARS FROM TUB TIME SHE LOST 1ER HOME UNTIL SHE GOT THIS LOVELY 0113 M B ONE HAS OILY TO WALK THROUGH I T TO REALIZE I T HAS SURELY Bffii W01TH THE WAIT. 40DJSHH AM) COflFORTABLE IN EVERY WAY. IT I S ' TMIS \
OVELY KITCIIM HAS EVEHY MODEM COSVESIMCE, SLIDE FAKM��22 KUOM THIS BEAUTIFUL PANSLED LIVIMG ROOM I S ME
AL TO ANYTHHTG A�Y CITY HOUSEWIFE EVER HAD, MS, GILBERT DIDH*T HAVE THIS LOVELY HOME I CAI
*HILE KAISDfG MOST OF HER CHILBRE� f WT
L L IMAGINE THAT THE 3 GIRLS M B % BOYS AID GRANDCHILDREN THOROUGHLY MJOY I T �OW. SLIDE FAjjM-23
ChURCli
] 0 t , AMD MRS. GILBERT ASS MEMBERS OF CA^i HE1K0DIST CIRiRCH LOCATED ABOUT A MILE M B A iALF DOWN THE ROAD. MR. GILBERT HAS BEM AK
�FFICER I I THIS CiiURCH FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS ;OTII MR AND I R S . GILBERT HAVL TAUGHT SUNDAY CHOOL IN THEIR CHUHCH. MRS. GILBERT I S A
PAST PRESIDMT OF THE WOMBBPS SOCIETY OF CHRISTIAN SERVICE. BESIDES THEIR G1EAT
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INTEREST IK THBIR CHUHCH, MRS, GILBERT I S A WmWm OF TWO HOME DEMONSTRATION C L U B S . , . ,
THE SCOTT COUNTY CLUB AND THE SMITH COUNTY CLUB. MR, AM) M S , O.T. GILBERT ARE ACTIVE
I N THE KORRIS COMMUNITY CLUB MERE MRS. GILBERT HAS ACTED AS SECRETA1Y EVERY YEAH A I D MR, GILBERT I S WW PRESIDENT OP THE CLUB. OH, THERE* S SO MUCH TO TELL ABOUT THIS PINE FAHf FAMILY, BUT RIGHT NOW I JUST WAIT YOU TO MEET THEM IN PEitSON,
