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July 1, 1960
CAMERA ON LANGFITT
I WANT TO SAY I I THE VERY BEGINNING THAT I AM WaSBVt GRATEFUL TO JASPER COUNTY AGRICULTURAL
A G E N T , W . C . JBFCOAT, FOR H I S VERY WONDERFUL HELP I I I SELECTING WE FAMILY WE SALUTE TODAY AND ffQR GOING WITH ME TO THBIR FARM TO HELP ME OBTAIN THE STORY I AM NOW OOIBO TO TELL. SLIDE FARM-1 MAILBOX T H I S I S THE
STORY OF MR. AI� I4RS. TOM R , GREEN AND T HEIR DsAUGHTER BOYGE AM SON GLEN, WHO LIVE ON AMD FARM
2 7 0 ACRES I N THE RAS COMMUNITY OF JASPER COUNTY.. . . . A B O U T 1 0 MILES EAST OF BAY SPRINGS, SLIDE FARM-2 FAMILY MISSIS3IPP
I N ADDITION TO THK LAND HE OWNS TOM GREEN ALSO R E N T S ANOTHER 1 3 0 hQlUB FROM H I S MOTHER WHO L I V k S
R I G H T NEXT DOOR IU TIIE HOUSE WHERb TOM WAS BB�H AMD RAIDED. TOM GREW UP HERE, WEMT TO SCHOOL AT
PEKAHTLY AMD MARRIED H I S CHAM ING W I F E , THE FORMER MISS HELEHEES1 RUFPIH OF fXHE STRIHGER C0MI4UNITY 021 AUGUST 2 1 S T , 1 9 ^ 3 . 'SOU GREEK HAS SLIDE,,., FARM-: HOUSE FARi-iED ALL H I S L I F E , THOUGH HE' M S D01E OFF TKE FARM WORK I N ADDITION DURING SOME OF THE YfiARS S I N C E HE MARRIED. THE F I R S T TWO YEARS OP MARRIED DURING
L I F E TOM FARMED LAlffi OWNED M H I S FATHER.
THOSE D A Y S . . . I S THE WAR YEARS WHEN THERE WAS A GREAT DEMAND...THEY RAISED STRINGBEAMS AND CORN AND CANNED I T FOR MARKET FROM MERIDIAN TO JACKSON, TOM RECALLS THAT THEY CANNED EIGHT TO TEN THOUSANI CANS A YEAR. THEY WERE M&RKEBED UNDER THE C . W .
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GREEN LABEL...THAT WAS HIS FASTER*S INITIALS. TOM'S aaOiWDPATHER BOUGHT THIS LAND IN 1866, THE FIRST YEAR AFTER THE, END OF THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES. HE HAD LIVED J3ERE Bi^FORK THE WAR WITH
BROTHERS BUT HE WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT GAME BACK AFTER THE WAR. TBERh WAS 200 ACRES AT THAT TIME
BUT OHLY 35 ACRES OF TEE ORIGINAL PURCHASE REHAIM IN THE FAMILY. -DM GREEN BOUGHT HIS FIRST 20
ACRES OF LAND FROM HIS FAHTER IN 19^5. HE BOUGHT 56 ACRES FROM A COUSIN IN 1950...ANOTHER 65 ACRES FROM HIS FAHTER IN 1952....THEN IN 1955 HE BOUGHT ALL THE REST OF EIS 2?0 ACRES EXCEPT i. WHICH HE j0 BOUGHT IN 1958* FROM I9k3 TO 19^6 TOM DID OIL HE WORKED FOR
FIELD WORK IN ADDITION TO FARMING.
ITS IN 1948 AND %9 AND AGAIN IN 1956 AMD �57 ,
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OM 1950 TO 1953 TOM WORKED FOR LEE HARRISON IN HE CHICKEN BUSINESS IN BAY SPRINGS AND IT WAS THAT HE STARTED HIS BROILER EHTPERHIISE WHICJ IS STILL A PART OF THE FARM PROGRAM. TOM BUILT
PHS ORIGINAL PART OF THIS HOME IN 191*4. HE CUT I LUMBEROPF THE PLACE...AND NOTICE THOSE CQNCBE1 SLOCKS IF YOU WILL.*.HE RENTED A BLOCK MACHIME ABE
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USE THE BLOCKS HIMSELF. SLIDE FARM-6 CATTLE
THOUGH TOM GEEEN STARTEE
3UT WITH VEGETABLES HB HAS ALWAYS HAD SOME CATTLE. .,.EVER SIICE HIS FATHER GAVE HIM A HEIFER CALF AS A BOY. WEEN HE MARRIED IN 1 l - HE HAD 5-6 9j3
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HEAD AMD WENT TO BUYING SOME HORE. TOM SAYS HI BIS BOUGHT HOST OF HIS CATTLE, HE FOLLOWS TWO TYPES OF PROGRAMS... * ABOUT HALF STEERS WHICH KB EITHER FEEDS OR GRAZES OUT, DEPENDING ON SIZE, SLIDE AND HIS BROOD COW HERD FROM WEIGH HE MMM SELLS
SIS CALVES MILK PAT. HE IS NOW CONCENTRATING ON BUILDING A GOOD BROOD COW HERD. TOM GREEN HAS 113 HEAD OF CATTLE*. �kX OF THEM BROOD COWS, HE CREEP FEEDS TEE CALVES AND SELLS THEM MILK FAT OFP THE COW. EACH FALL TOM BUYS 3�-�O HEAD OF STEERS. SLIDE FARM-8 CATTLE ON PART OF THEM HE GRAZES THEM THROUGH
THE YEAR AND FEEDS THEM OUT THE FOLLOWING WIHTSt AMD SELLS IN TEE SPRIHG, THE SMALLER ONES, THAT'S WHAT HE DOES WIT!
ON THE BIGGER ONES HK GRAZES
THEM INTO MAY AND SELLS OFF GRASS, TOM SAYS SB MAKES MORE MO1IEI OH THOSE HE CARRIES ON GRASS. TOM -SAYS THEY GAIHED NEARLY AS MUCH ON FESCUE AMD CLOVER AS THE OTHERS DID IN TICS FEED LOT. AS HE SLIDE FARM~9 CATTLE OH PASTURE HAS IMPROVED HIS PASTURE TOM HAS STEPPED UP HIS STEER PROGRAM. TOM USES THE CHICKEN FERTILIZER FROM HIS BROILER HOUSES TO BUILD HIS PASTURES AND IT M S SURE WORKED WONDERS. FOR THEM. HE ALSO
LIMES THE PASTURES AND PUTS A LITTLE NITROGEN OH THEM. SLIDE FARM-IG HE TESTS HIS SOIL AND FERTILIZES HEAVY.
TOM ALSO CLIPS HIS PASTURES FOR WEED CONTROL. HE HAS 190 ACRES IN PERMANENT PASTURE CONSISTING
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MOSTLY OP DSAZtZS, CARPET AND BERMUDA GRASS, liLSPEDEZA, WHITE DUTCH CLOVER AiJD FESCUE. THIS FESCUE LOOK GOOD, HE USES I? PRIMARILY
DURING THE WINTER MONTHS AND DOESN'T HEED TO POT OUT TEMPORARY GRAZIMJ. EACH YEAR TOM GREEN PUSS
UP ABOUT 1,000 BALES OP HAY FROM PASTURE GLXFPHK TOM NO LOliGER RAISES ROW CROPS. THE LAST YEAR SLIDE HE HAD A2JX MAS IN 1952, HE HAS NEVER 8AI8BD
CLEARED LATHT
COTTON. A LOT OP TOM�S LAMD WAS IH WOODS WHEN HE'STARTED. HE HAS CLEARED 120 OR SO ACRKS FOR
PASS ORE... ABOUT J. ACBES OP IT WAS D l f WITH A j0 Ofi POWER 3AW. HE IS STILL CLIARIMI AND WHE1I HE FINISHES THK k& ACKEa HE IS HOW WORKING OH KB FIGURES IT WILL GIVE RIM KMQTJGH PASTURE TO 1UGBM HIS HERD TO THE 100 BROOD COWS HE WOULD LIKE SLIDE EVENTUALLY TO HAVE, AS I SAID IH THE BHJINNlMGt TOM -OBBKV GOT IH THE POULTRY BUSINESS BACK IN 1950. T1IIS IS THE HOUSE HE STARTED WITH*...IT
HOLDS 4,000 BIRDS. AT THE TIME TOM WAS WCJRJCIBO FOR MR. HARRISON IN BAX SPRINGS AND MRS. GREEN UANTSD TO MAKE A LITTLE MONEY SO THEY PUT IN THIS BROILER HOUSE. IN PACT FROM 19^0 TO 1955, WHEN TWO HOUSES BURNED ONE NIGHT, THEY AND MR. HARRISO WORKED TOGETHER. HE PUT IH THE CHICKENS AW ALL
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TEE PEED AND OTHER NEEDS AT COST AND THEY S FLIT THE PROFIT. THE TWO HOUSES THAT BURNSD IN
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VfcRE A 400 FOOT HOUSE AllD A Z%
FOOT HOUSE...,
BOTH WKRK PULL OP CUIHKS THAT HAD JUST BE�H PUT'
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IM. AT THAT TIMK fXHB ONE HOUSE WAS ABOUT THE. LARGEST IH THE STATE, AFfER THE FIRE THEY WERE LEFT WITH TWO LITTLK HOUSES WITH AN 8,000 BIRD CAPACITY, THEN TOM WBHT BACK TO MASOWITE AW
WOBKED FOR TWO YBARS A H D THEM CAME BACK AND BUIM! THE BIG HOUSE TO GIVK HIM A TOTAL CAPACITY OF 19,000 BIRDS WEBS TBN WEBKS. HE WbifT ON COOTHAO
AND IS STILL ON IT. TOM FURNISHES Tim HOUSES*
SLIDE FARM*2,g CHICKENS
LIGHTS, WATER MID LABOR AND THE CONTRACTOR K/RKISHE.S THH GHXGKsMS* FEED# MEDICATION AHJD A MAN TO CHECK THK BIRDS REGULARLY. ZBtt GRSBHS
GJiT A GUARANTBE PLUS A ERKl-UDi*! FOR FEED GOilVERSIO: THEY ?LAN TO STAY WITH WHAT THKY PRKSLOTLY HAVE. TOM SAYS CATTLE, POULTRY 4MB TIMBER GO WELL
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TOGETHER.
HE HAS 80 ACIiKS IN GOOD FIUK TIMBER
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ftlilCH HE THINS AMD WEEDS AMD PROTECTS FROM PIR1, TWO YKARS AGO HE GIRDLED IB ACRES...LAST YMAR 29 ACRES AND HE PLAMS TO GIRDLK SOME MORE THIS YEAR. m WILL HARVEST IT SELECTIVELY WHEN IT IS RisADY*
THERE WERE J O BUILDINGS WHKlf TOM STARTED. HE J BUILT A BARN FROM HIS TIMB&R AND THE LUMBER FHOM THL FIRST POULTRY HOUSE CAME OFF THE LAI�. LAKD IS mSOm HIS
AMD GROSS FENCED, WATER FOR CAlPTIJ.
IS SUPPLIED FliOM A RUHl^NG C R E ^ AHD THHiSii STOCK
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P0HD3 II PASTURES THE GREEK DOESN'T RUN THROUGH. SLIDE .ffARK-17 TOM GREEM WORKS CLOSELY VX H HIS COUNTY AGENT . MR. W�C. JEFCOAT ON THE HIGHT. BB SKiKS ADVIGB OK AGRICULTURE AND IMPROVED FARMING- OPERATIONS AND TRIES TO PUT THAT ADVICE TO PRACTICAL USE IH EIS OWN FARM PROGRAM. MRS. GREilN AMD DAUGHTER
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~"TWO MEN
BOYCE CARRY OUT AN EXCELLENT POOD PRiiSIiBVATION PROGRAM. THEY HAVE THREE QUARTERS OF AI ACRE OR
MORE OF GARDEN, SOME OP IT YEAR ROUND...AND PROM MSD THEIR MEAT SUPPLX THEY FREE..L ABOUT 2*^00 POUNDS OP POOD EACH YEAR. LET ME HASTEN TO SAX,
THAT TOM'S MOTHER, J21S. C.W, GREEN HAS A BIG HAM) IN Tim POOD PRESERVATION AND THEY DO If TOGETHER. SLIDE
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MRS, GR1E1J SAYS tk YEAR OLD BOYBE DOES ALL THE C00KI1IG...0R MOST OP IT ANXWAT... .AND W&K8 MOBT AHYTHIIG SIJE WAHTS TO. ...A 2GGHTY OAPABLB LADY I'D SAY. SHE AMD HER HOTHEIi BOTH
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BEW MOST OP THEIR OWN CLOTHES AJID MRS. MAKES SOME OF THE CURTAINS AMD DRAPERIhS. THEY ALSO LIKE FLOWERS AND HAVE A BEAUTIFUL YARD TO , t
SHOW FOR IT. MRS. TOM GREEN SAYS SHE IAD ALWAYS
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TO BE A BEAUTICIAN, SO PIllALLY, AFTER GLEN rfAS BORN SHE EimOLLED IN TIE HATPIELD BEAlTr IN LAUREL AMD GRADUATED POUR YEARS AGO. THEIR HOUSE ORIGIHALLY HAD A B E K , BREBZEWAY AND JARAGE WHICH WSRS ADDED 18 1949 BUT AFTER BER
BEAUTY SHOP
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GRADUATION'FROM BEAUTY SCHOOL MRS. GRJiEN REBUILT. THAT GARAGE INTO A BEAUTY SHOP WHICH SHL HAS ESSM OPERATING SlSm 1956. SEE TAKES CUSTOMERS BY SLIDE FARM-22 AUTY SHOP
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RADIUS.
AND LABIBS CROM FROM A
15 TO 20 MILE
SHI., I I S ONE CHAIR AMD TWO DRYSRS AMD
THOROUGHLY ENJOYS BEING A BEAUTICIAN ESPSOJMMT WITH QBR aiOP RIGlfr AT HOME. 3Y Tim UAXi GLEH
SiiYS TEI3 HIS CHAIR MHJSRE HE WATCHES THE GOINGS ON. HE'S KIGHT m&RS OLD AI� WILL BE IN THE BOTH OF THESE YOUMGSTERS
SLIPS , FARK*23 _ , _. " BOY & GIRL" "
SH3EJ3 GRADE I^XT YEAR, ARE TALENTED.
BOYCE HAS BEEN A 4�H CLUB ]�4BER
POUR YEARS ASD WAS VICE PRLSI13BHT OP THE BAY SPRINGS CLUB LAST YEAR, T H I S JBM. . SHE I S A NIHTH GRADER
SHE PLAYS CLARIHET IN THL SCHOOL
BAUD, I S CHURCH PIANIST AMD I S AN ACCOMPLISHED ACCORDMr ?L/iYiiR. SHE I S ALSO TAKING TWIRLING .
AM) -WILL BE AN ALTERNATE M/iJORKTTE AT BiiY SPRIH0S HIGH H1XT tSm* SLIDE FARK-2ij. BOY & GIRL GLEN I S ALSO TAKINGPIANO LES30HS
THESK TWG YOUNG PEOPLE ALSO LOVE TEE OUT OF DOORS. BOTH LOVK TO RIDE. GLEN SAYS THAT'S HIS
HORSE HE*3 ON AND BOYCE SiiYS SHE'S ON HER DADDY�S H O R S E . . . T H A T THE COLT I S HERS. GLKH HAS MMliD HIi
HORSE STAR, AND BOYCK HAS NAMED THE COLT LADY*
CAMERA OH FAMILY
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AND M S . TOM GREEN AND THEIR CHILDREN gUJUH-
W$r�m� THIS MULLBERRY METHODIST CHUHCH IN THE COMMUNITY. WHSIE TOM I S AN ASSISTANT SUNDAY SGHOOl-
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E � HB INTERMEDIATE GLASS, AMD BOYCK IS PIANIST. MRS. &EEE& IS A MEMBER OP THE RAS COMMUNITY HOME DEMONSTRATION CLUB A , . BOTH N., SHE AMD TOM ARE ACTIVE ON THIS COUNTY i . H ADVISORS |~ COUNCIL. TOM IS PRESIDENT OP THE COUNCIL AND MRS. URKEN IS SECRETARY. IT IS THEIR HOPE TO CQIWIKUIi OH TliikUl PRESENT PROGRAM, IMPROVING IT AC THEY GO ALONG. HOW, IN THK TIME THAT ItLMSIMS I mm YOU TO MEET THE TOM GRHEN FAMILY FBDM THE
RAS GOHHDNZTY OP JASPER COUNTY, 1 . TOM, WHAT HAS BisKI THE KEY TO SUCCESS IN YOUH LIVESTOCK ISOGHtAilf � . YOU SAY CATTLE* POULTHY AMD TIMBKR GO MEM, TOGETHER,...IS WHAT WAY? 3 . MM* GHEEN, WHAT DO YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT YUUR HOI-IK? k� 'WHAT AHI; YOUK MOPLS FOR THE ClilLDRiil? 5'. BOYGE WHAT DO YOU WAMT TO DO APTBR HIGH SOHUOl 6, DO YOU HAVL: ANY SPECIAL CHORES OTHER THAN COOKING?
7. 8. 9. GLEfi, DO YOU HAVE AMY CHOKES? WHAT DC YOU LIKi. HOST ABOUT TW& FARMt TOM, WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU QX9& A YOUHG FARMER STARTING 0 9 f t 10* M S . GRiiEU, WHAT ADVICE TO A YOUNG FAR.. WIFE
