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WANT TO SAY IN THE VERY BEGINNING THJ?T I AM DJEEPLY GRATEFUL TO THE JEFF-BAVIS COUNTY EXTENSION STAFF FOR THEIR WONDERFUL HELP IN SELECTING THE X3E3SRX FARM FAMILY I AM ABOUT TO SALUTE. I AM ESPECIALLY GRATEFUL TO COUNTY
AGENT FRANKLIN HUGHES, ASSOCIATE COUNTY AGENT R.L, CAVES AND ASSOCIATE HOME DEMONSTRATION AGENT, MISS BONITA SPENCE. THIS FAMILY IS ENROLLED IN THE BALANCED FARM AND HOME PROGRAM OP M E EXTENSION SERVICE AND MISS SPENCE AND MR, CAM CAVES WENT WITH ME TO THE FARM TO HELP ME OBTAIN THE STORY I AM NOW GOING TO TELL. THIS IS THE FARM-1 FAMILY STORY OF MR. AND MRS. CLYDE HATTON AND THEIR TWO DAUGHTERS, TEN YEAR OLD BETH AND FIVE YEAR OLD DONIA SUE, WHO OWN 76 ACRES OF LAND IN THE F.BRNEZER COMMJNITY OF JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY. THEIR FARM IS LOCATED FOUR MIIES SOUTH OF BASSFIELD ON NEW HIGHWAY 35. IN ADDITION TO THE 76 ACRES WHICH THEY OWN, THE HATTONS ALSO RENT ANOTHER 100 ACRES OF LAND IN THE COMMUNITY. CLYDE HATTON WAS RAISED ON THIS SAME LAND HE FARMS TODAY. IT IS B RT OF THE OLD HOME PLACE. HE IS ONE OP TEN GHILDREN, HAVING THREE BROTHERS AND SIX SISTERS. CLYDE FINISHED SCHOOL AT BASSFIEID. MRS. HATTON GREW UP IN LAWRENCE COUNT
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NEAR OARVALE. HER NAME BEFORE HER MARRIAGE WAS MISS MINION SMITH. SHE AND CLYDE HATTON MET*
THROUGH ONE OP CLYDE'S COUSINS WHO BROUGHT HIM SLIDE FARM-2 HOUSE TO SEE HER. THEY WERE MARRIED IN 19^9. WHEN CLYDE HATTON FINISHED SCHOOL HI WENT TO FARMING AND HAS IN FACT FARMED ALL HIS LIFE. FOR EIGHT
YEARS HE WORKED m R T TIME IN THE COUNTY A.S.C. OFFICE BUT HE SERVER MISSED MAKING A.CROP DURING ALL THAT TIME. CLYDE BOUGHT HIS FIRST LAND IN I9I4-O. HE BOUGHT l. A0RES AND HIS MOTHER LATER j3 GAVE HIM 33 ACRES WHICH MAKES UP HIS PRESENT 76 ACRES OF LAND. SLIDE FARM~3 HOUSE IT WAS IN 1951 THAT MR. AND
MRS. CLYDE HATTON MOVED TO THEIR LAND. THE FIRST TWO YFARS OF MARRIED LIFE TI!FY LIVED IN A HOUSE ON AN UNCLE'S PLACE. CLYDE CUT 11,000 FEET
OF LUMBER OUT OF HIS OWN WOODS AND BUILT THE HOUSE HIMSELF. HE BOUGHT THS WINDOWS BUT OTHER
THAN THAT HE DID ALL THE EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR FINISHING. HE IVENB BUILT THE KITCHEN CABINETS. CLYDE FARMED WITH HIS FATHER WHO WAS IN BAD HEALTH AND AFTER HIS DEATH HE STAYED ON AND FARME SLIDE FARM-k PASTURE LAND FOR HIS MOTHER UNTIL HE MARRIED. HF RAISED COTTON AND CORN USING TENNANT LABOR. IN FACT
HI DID ALL FARMING WITH A MULE UNTIL HE GOT HIS FIRST TRACTOR FOURTEEN YEARS AGO. BEFORE THE
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GOVERNMENT COTTOH PROGRAM STARTED CLYDE PUT ALL H I S LAND IN COTTOH AID RAISED A LITTLE CORN OK H I S MOTHER'S PLACE. HE S T I L L RAISES ABOUT NINE ACRES OF COTTOH. BALE TO THE A C R E . SLIDE FARMCATTLE H I S AVERAGE YIELD I S ABOUT A CLYDE HATTQN STARTED H I S YEARS AGO
LIVESTOCK PROGRAM � I T H OHE COW....TW)
HE BOUGHT BIGHT COWS AND EIGHT CALVES SOT OTHER THAN THAT H I HAS GROWS TO A HERD OF 1 $ BROOD COWS BY SAVING B T I F E R S . IN FACT HE SOLD SEVEN
HEAD HE HAD RAISED BECAUSE HE RAN OUT OF PEED T H I S 1AST WINTER. I P A COW DOESN'T BRIKG A GOOD HE SOLD Ik CALVES
CALF CLYDE DOESN'T KEEP HER. LAST YEAR.
HE CALFHOOD VACCINATES AND THE HERD CLYDE FOLLOWS A COM&ERCI
I S TB AND BANGS TESTED.
COV AND CALF PROGRAM AND SELLS HIS CALVES MILK SLIDE FARM-6 BULL FAT OFF THE COW. HE USES A REGISTERED HEREFORD THIS I S THE SECOND
BULL IN H I S BREEDING PROGRAM.
ONE HE HAS OWNED AND H I HAS HAD HIM TWO YEARS, I T I S CLYDE'S HOPE TO BUILD H I S HERD BACK TO 20 HEAD OF BROOD COWS AND TRY TO MAINTAIN THAT LEVEL THAT WOULD BE ABOUT THE MAXIMUM WITH THE LAND HE SLIDE FARMPASTURE LAND HAS. PERMANENT B S T U R E CONSISTS OF 2 2 ACRES OF
BAHAIA GRASS AND LESPBDEZA WITH CRIMSON CLOVER. CLYDE TESTS H I S S O I L AND F E R T I L I Z E S ACCORDING TO S O I L TEST RECOMMENDATIONS. H I LIMES AND
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F E R T I L I Z E S ALL H I S B STURE LAND.
TEMPORARY
WINTER GRAZING CONSISTS OF 8 ACRES OF RYE GRASS. THREE ACRES ( F I T I S SOD SEEDED INTO PERMANENT PASTURE. CLYDE HATTON CLIPS H I S B. STURES FOR ALL OF CLYDE'S LAID I S TERRACED. H I HAS ALSO
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WEED CONTROL.
HE DID THE TERRACING HIMSELF,
CLEARED OUT SOME CORNERS FOR MORE BASTURB AREA. CLYDE DOES ALL HIS WORK HIMSELF. I F THE FAMILY IN
C A N ' T HANDLE I T THEY DON*T TRY TO DO I T .
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THE m STURES CLYDE USES BACKRUBS FOR m R A S I T E AND INSECT CONTROL, HE ALSO XESQU& DUSTS H I S IN THE
CATTffi FOR L I C E AMD OTHER m R A S I T E S .
BACKGROUND YOU MAY SEE ONE OF H I S CREEP FEEDERS. I T ' S VERYS IMPLB WT VERY EFFECTIVE CONSTRUCTION THE BACK
AND CLYDE CREEP FEEDS ALL H I S CALVES.
RUBS AND CREEP FEEDERS ARE LOCATED I N SHADE WHERE CATTLE ARE LIKELY TO CONGREGATE AND ALSO SLIDE FARM-10 POND NEAR V 4 1 R , WATER FOR THE LIVESTOCK I S SUPPLIED I N THE TWO /
FROM THIS STOCKPOND AND ONE OTHER.
YEARS THAT CLYDE HAS WORKED WITH ASSOCIATE
COUNTY AGENT R . L . CAVES OK.THE BALANCED FARM AND HOME PROGRAM HE HAS IMPROVED H I S BLSTURES, EXPANDED H I S ROW CROP PROGRAM AND IMPROVED THE EQUIPMENT AND F A C I L I T I E S WITH WHICH HE CARRIES ON H I S FARMING PROGRAM. CLYDE HATTON ALSO RASSSIS
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PLOWED LAND
WATERMELONS.
HE SUB SOILS THE WATERMELON L A I D .
HE PLANTS POUR VARIETIES OP SEED...BLACKSTONfe, CHARLESTON GREY* DARLINGTON AND CONGO. HE ALSO
PUTS OUT ABOUT A HALF ACRE OP SK2KH1 CANTELOUPE I N ADDITION TO THE' 1 0 ACRES OP WATERMELONS. CLYI MOST ALL H I S L I F E . # . WHEN HE WAS FARMING WITH H I S FATHER BEPCRE X3OGR2KSX3 HE MARRIED. �/ �. mSMSX. HE ALSO PUTS OUT AN ACRE OP CUCUMBER SLIDE FARM-12 TRACT CR PICKLES. CLYDE PLANTS HIS WATERMELON SEED WITH HE TRUCKS H I S OWN MELLONS
TRACTOR AND PLANTER.
TO MARKET M D MARKETS THEM ALL OVER SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. CLYDE ALSO PLANTS 5 0 ACRES IN HE PLANTS HYBR3
CORN, MOST OP I T ON RENTED LAND.
EED AND I T YIELDS ABOUT 5 0 BUSHELS TO THE ACRE. LAST YEAR CLYDE BOUGHT A MECHANICAL PICKER M D SOW PICKS ALL H I S CORN MECAHNICALLY. SLIDE PARM-1: TIMBEr CLYDE
HATTON ALS HAS 31]. ACRES IN T I M B E R . . .MOSTLY P I N E . BE THINS AND WEEDS I T AND SELECTIVELY HARVESTS �TTTH H I S OWN PWER SAW. THEY ALSO LIKE A P I RE IB
f HE PIREPIA C^ SO HE USES THE POWER SAW TO GUT F I R E WOOD TOO. : FENCED. SLIDE PARM-] CLYDE'S LAND I S FENCED AND CROSS
AS A RULE HE CUTS H I S OWN POSTS PROM HE I S IN TEE PROCESS RIGHT NOW
I I S WOODLAND,
BUILD:
) P BUILDING A MACHINERY STORAGE SHED FQ3 H I S 7ALUKBLF, EQUIPMENT. HFRE TOO # HE I S USING H I S
OWN TIMBER FOR LUMBER AND DOING THE BUILDIHG-. ,,
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FARM-1 TKUG
HIMSELF,
IN 1 9 5 7 CLYDE BOUWET A TRUCK.
HE
BOUGHT I T WHEN HE QUIT WORKING FOR THE S . S . Q . OFFICE. HE HAULS H I S O M PRODUCE AND ALSO DOES IN FACT HE FINDS
SOME HAULING FOR NEIGHBORS.
A MARKET AND SELLS H I S NEIGHBOR S CORN FOR THEM FOR THE TRUCKING B I L L . CLYDE HATTON DOES T H I S
WORK I N H I S SPARE TIME TO SUPPLEMENT THE FAMILY
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FARM INCOME. FAMILY.
T H I S I S STRACTLY A LIVE AT HOME
FROM THEIR QUARTER ACRE OF GARDEN AND
THE OTHER TRUCK PATCHES AND THE FAMILY MEAT S U P P L Y MRS. HATTON BACH YEAR FREEZES ABOUT 1OOO POUNDS OF FOOD FOR THE FAMILY�S HEEDS, IN
A D D I T I O N TO BEEF THEY BUY A FEW HOGS IN LATE
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SUMMER TO HAVE FOR MEAT.
IN ADDITION TO WHAT I S
F R O Z E N , MRS. HATTON ALSO CANS ABOUT 1 0 0 QUARTS OF FOOD IN J A R S . SINCE ENROLLING I N THE BALANCEI
FARM AND HOME PROGRAM AND WORKING WITH MISS S P E N C E MRS. HATTON HAS IMPROVED E M FREEZING M D CANNING PROGRAM AND FOOD PLAN AND HAS RE-PAINTEI TWO ROOMS MD STARTED KEEPING A RECORD OF HOUSE MRS. HATTON SAYS SHE COOKS
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KITCHEN
HOLD EXPENSES.
BECAUSE SHE HAS TO...ALTHOUGH SHE ADMITS SHE D G S N ' T MIND TOO MUCH. IN HER KITCHEN SHE HAS
MANY MODERN CONVENIENCES TO MAKE FOOD PKBPERATIOU
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MORE ENJOYABLF THAN I T ONCE WAS, SLIDE FARM-19 SKWING-
MRS. HATTON
ALSO DOES ALL THE SEWING FOR HER YOUNGSTERS .AND POR HERSEIP . THIS I S DAUGHTER BETH LOOKING OH. THE
HER MOTHER I S TEACHING HER TO SEW TOO, SLIDP" PARM-20 WHOLE FAMILY LOVES FLW7B8 TO BEAUTIFY THEIR LAWN . MOST OF THE LANDSCAPING.
AND HAVE WORKED HARD MRS. HATTON HAS DQHE SHE SAYS SHE CARRIED MRS.
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HATTON AND MISS SPENCE DO CONSIDERABLE PLANNING TOGETHER FOR FURTHER IMPROVEMENT OP MRS. HATTON�� HOMEMAKING PROGRAM. THEX" HOPE TO FURTHER IMPROVI RE-PAIBT THE MR. AND
THE HOUSE AWD ADD A GARAG1 AW
E N T I R E H O U S E . . . . JUST TO MENTION A FEW. MRS. CAMERA OH FAMILY
HATTON AND DAUGHTERS ATTBND THE EBEMZER MRS. HATTON BELONGS TO THE
B A P T I S T CHURCH.
1BSN5ZERHOME DEMONSTRATION CLUB AND CLYDE I S A MASON. BETH I S I N HER PIRST YEAR OP 4 - H CLUB BASSFIELD. SHE
WORK AND I S IN THE JUNIOR CLUB �
I S TAKING SEWING AS HER 1*-H CLUB PROJEGT.
YOUNG
DONNA SUE I S LOOKING FORWARD TO THE DAY WHEN SHE �AH BE A 1+.-H CLUB MHffiER TOO. CLYDF SAYS HE BY THE WAY,
L I K E S TO PISH WHEN TIME PSRMITS.
BETH PLAYS THE PIANO AND WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE -tt CLUB TALENT SHOW NEXT WE1K. NOW, I WANT YOU
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TO MBET T H I S F I S E FAMILY AND HERR SOME MORE OP T H E I R HOIES AMD DREAMS FOR SEE FUTURE. 1. CLYDE, mkf FARMING? 2, DO YOU FLAW ANY MAJOR CHANGES I I YOUR TYE1 OF FARM PROGRAM? 3, k. WHAT I S YOUR GREATEST MBM HAS HELfED YOU MOST IN YOUR
MRS. HATTON, WHAT DO YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT YOUR HOME?
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WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE MOST TO HATE ADDED TO YOUR HOME?
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WHAT ARK YOUR UQMS
FOR THE FUTURE? WHO I S YOUR
BETH, WHAT GRADE ARE YOU I I ? TEACHER?
8. 9.
BETH, DO YOU HAVE CERTAIN CHORES TO DO? DONNA SUE, WHAT GRADE ARE YOU...WHO YOUR TEACHER? IS
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DO YOU HAVE AHY EPTS? HOW MAHY DAYS OP SCHOOL HAVE YOU MISSED T H I S YKARf
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