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CAMHtA ON IANGFITT
WELL, I T ' S TIME ONCE AGAIN FOR OUt WEEKLY SALUTE TO A PABK FAMILY DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB IN TliEIR FARMING OPERATION AND MAKING A REAL CONTRIBUTION TO IHEIR COMMUNITY AND TO AGRICULTURE IN M I S S I S S I P P I . THE FAMILY WE
SALUTE TODAY WAS SELECTED XJIHXXXXX WITH THE COOPERATION OF C . E . ESTESS, HINDS COUNTY 4 - h CLUB AGENT. THE STOSY I A ABOUT TO TELL I S M
REALLY ONLY ONE THIRD OF A THK8B FAMILY STOSY. I T � S PART OF A STORY OF A FATHER, HIS SON, AND H I S SON-IN-.IAV.... THREE FAMILIES THAT TOGETHER OMB 2 , 0 0 0 ACRES OF HINDS COUNTY AND WARREN COUNTY LAND, SLIDE FARM,! HODS! BUT TODAY'S STORY I S
PRIMARILY THE STORY OF THE S O I . . . � J E S R Y A . THE WISE CGMIfUNITY NEA1 UTICA, MISSISSIPPI. JERRY GREW UP IN THIS SAME HE'S BEEN A
YARD, BUT IN A DIFFERENT BOUSE.
FARM BOY ALL HIS L I F E . � � THAT I S UP UNTIL HE F I N I S H E D COLLEGE AT MISSISSIPPI STATE IN 1 9 3 9 WITH A DBG1EE IN AGRONOMY. UPON GRADUATI
JERRY FIGURED A MAN WITH A COLLEGE DEGREE OUGHT TO GET INTO SOME HIGH PAYING FIELD, SO HE STARTED KORKIIG WITH THE AGRICULTURAL BXPBRIMMT STATION AND WORKED THERE UNTIL HE
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WAS CALXED INTO SERVICE I I 1942*
LPOS RETURN
FROM BUS SERVICE IN 1 9 4 5 JMRY WMT TO ARIZONA WHERE HE WOMBD AT BIE UNIVERSITY CHEMICAL UBS. LAID. FINALLY IN 1 9 4 6 , JESSY CAME BACK TO THE HIS FATHER WAS GETTING TO THE AGE WHERE
HE NEEDED HELP TO KES* THE PLACE UP AND JBBHY CAME MCK, AID BESIDES THAT JERRY MM THE
LAND WOULD FSB HIS ONE BAY AND I P HE WAS GOING TO EAYE ANYTHING HE WAITED TO HAVE .1ST AS NE4R LUCE HIS FATHER HAD KEPT I T AS POSSIBLE... ,SO
JIB HAS
SLIPS FARI1-2
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NOT TO LET I T KUN DOWN,
WSLL� JMRY CAME BACK TO THE FARM IN A MD Y E A R . . , , E V E R Y T H I N G HIS PLANTED GOT HASHED AWAY BE PLANTED CGfM THREE TIMB AMD DIDN'T GET M M R , . � .ONLY GOT ABOUT TWO BALSS 0^ COTTON OFF 3 0 ACRES...COMPLETELY LOST ANOTHER 25 ACRES. J B R R Y f S NOT A QUITTEH, BUT KE MM I F HE
WANTED TO GET ON HIS FEET AND BE ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY OPERATE TH4T FARM H I HAD TO GO BACK TO THE WORK HE X H K8M AND EARN ENOUGH TO MAKE ANOTHER START,,,,� AND BESIDES THAT HE HAD A WIFE TO SUPPOHT.,, # S O JESSY WENT TO INDIANOLA AID WORKED FOR A COMME�CIAL COMPANY DOING SOIL ANALYSIS WORK AND STAYED THERE UNTIL HE WAS ABLE TO RBTUHN TO THE FARM IN
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1 9 4 9 TO REMAIN PERMANENTLY,
UP UNTIL THIS KilS
YBAt JESSY HAS FARMED FOR HIS PATH�?.
YEAS JERRY I S FARMING 40 ACRES OF HIS WH AND FARMING 0 1 A THIRD SHARE WITH HIS FATHffi AID BROTHER*IN*LAW, MURRAY CUBD, JBHRY IS FARMING
9 0 0 ACRES BY HIMSELF M S HELPING W TH SOME OF TIH OTHER LAID I � THE FAMILY H H f � JER1Y
SLIDE FARM.3
HEHHE� SOON P0UM- THAI THE MAJORITY OF HIS LAMD WAS Si ITED ONLY TO PASTURE AMD BAY CROPS M B LIVESTOCK AID TBfBM A D H I HAS 1 2 5 HEAD N OF HIGH GRADE BE�1 GRAZING THE LAHD, � � . 1 0 0 H M D OF FULL GR0W1 HEIFERS AID COWS AID 2 5
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SLIDE FARM-4
HE4D OF CALVES�
JERRY BRBiSS ALL HIS COWS TO
cows
REGISTERED HERffORD BULLS TO MAIHTAM HMD QUALITY AID SAVES HIS QWM 1EPLACIMEIT STOCK* IESE ARE SOME OF THE REPLACEMMT HBIFERS.
SLIDE I M S SQUEEZE
L I K E ALL GOOD LIV^TOCK FARMERS JERRY HERRM KEEPS A CONSTANT CHECK O MIS HERD FOR DISEASE M AMD PARASITE COITROL AND M S THE BEST POSSIBIE F A C I L I T I E S TO DO THE WORK. BESIDES CATTLE,
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FERRY FEEDS OMLY ENOUGH HOSS TO KEEP THE FAMIL' RDER WELL~FILLEB. OR A GOOD M a i TYPE. ALL HOGS A1E CROSS-BRED
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FA CRIB
JEBRY HAD 20 ACRES IN COM THIS YEAR AID I T A V E R T E D 5 0 - 6 5 BUSHELS TO THE ACRE AID THAT MAS A SHORT CROP DUB TO THE DROUGHT, BMSm JERRY
SUPPLEMENTS HIS PASTURE PROGRAM WITH I2GHT
COHN AND OATS FOR HIS CATTLE AND HOGS.
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FARK*8
FEED GRINDER
NEXT TO THE CRIB IS THIS XXSKX1XMIEXX1SKKIS1 FEED GRINDER THAT I S USED TO GRIND AND MIX THfi GRAIN. BESIDES v PASTURE A M GRAIN, THE JERRY PUT UP HIS HAY I S
FAI HAY
OTHER IMPORTANT CROP I S HAY, ABOUT 2 t 0 0 0 BALES THIS YEAR.
PRINCIPALLY OATS PUT UP WITH THE GRAIN O I T , M LESPEDEZA AND CLOYER, BESIDES OATS FOR HAY,
ANOTHER 6 ACRES WAS COMBINED AND 12 ACRES OF RYE GRASS AID WILD WINTER PEAS WAS COMBINED FOR SEED. I S ACRES OF HYGERI AND PEAS WAS IMPORTANT TO ANY FARM JERRY HEKBEff HAS
LOST TO THE DROUGHT,
LIVESTOCK PROGRAM I S WATER,
TWO LARGE STOCK PONDS AND WHAT EE CALLS SOMi OF THE BEST SPRING BRANCHES IN THIS COUNTRY RGNKING THROUGH HIS LAND
f
AND THEY SUPPLY A
CONSTANT SUPPLY OF FSSSH WATER FOE THE STOCK, SLIDE PASTURE JBKRY HmRM HAS ABOUT 700 ACRES OF PASTURE
CONSISTING MOSTLY OF BERMUDA, DALLIS GRASS, CARPET, LBSPEDEZA, WILD WINT13* PSAS AND HE
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S T R I P PLANTS OATS INTO HIS PESMAMfT PASTURE FOR WINTER GRAZING. MOST OF THE UKD AROUND
UTICA HIS HILLY TIMBER LAND, ONLY THE BOTTOMS ARE SUITABLE TO ROW*CROPPINGf BUT MUCH OF THE LAND WAS WASTE BECAUSE I T NEEDED CLMRING, J 1 R S Y HES1EI M S TAKM STEPS TO GET THAT LAND CLEASED, THIS M I D WB SEE SERE I S SOME THAT
J E R H f HAS CLEARED WITfl HIS BUSH-HOG. � � LEAVING YOIMG PIIJSS TO G ROW FOR TIMBER CROP, JiiRRY HE
HAS CLEARED ABOUT 7S ACRES IN S i l S WAY.
SAYS MUCH MORE ES1DS TO BE DONE, BUT HE I S M01KIIG AT IT ALOIG AS HIS OTHER FARMING WILL
SLIDE
PAS TURK DRtAM
L I T HIM, THE S T I I P PLAITIHG JffilY HAS DONE IIAS BEES WITH THIS PASTURE DRBAM. IT IS OWFEB BY
POUR UMBERS OP ME FAMILY AND JSRRY SAYS I S ONE OF HIS MOST IMPORTANT PIECES OP EQUIPMENT, I T PERMITS HIM TO GIT SPRING GRAZING EARLIER AND ALLOWS GSA2I�G IN VET WEATHS? BECAUSE XBERE WAS NEVER AFY HEED TO BREAK TOE SOD, I N ADDITION JERIY SAYS I T BUILD E I S PASTURES BY THE FERTILIZES HE PUTS IN WITH THE <&TS. HE81EN LISTED TH1EE PIECES OP EQUIPKENT SPRJ3ADER AS BEING HIS MOST IMPORTANT, THE MSTURE DREA
ONE, THIS FERTILIZER SPREADER HE LISTED AS
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ANOTHER FOR IT HELPS TO BUILD THE SOIL, AHD SLIDE FARM**! BUSH THIS BUSH-HOG OR PAS TUBE CLIPPH* HE LISTS AS THE THIRD, JERRY SAYS HE USED IT TO CLEAR ALL JERKY SAYS IT
THE SCHJB GROWTH FROM HIS LAID,
I S I � T AIYTHMG MM HE IS DGIHG, BUT THIS PIECE OF MODERN EQUIPMENT MAKES LAM) CLSklllfG PRACTICAL. M
I T USH) TO BE THAT I T WAS TOO
D I F F I C U L T JOB TO KEEP THE LAUD CLSAHED TO MAKE I T PRACTICAL. S L I D E . FAfflfrlJ
AUTO Si
JERKY HAS ALL THE MOMRF
1 Q U I P M M T TO mm THIS FARHf BESIDES 1KB M C E H E 1 Y WE HAVE MMTIOUH) H� HAS A COMBINE, TWO TRACTORS WITH ALL THIS M1CESSARY ATTACHEHM! A
nmim
IIACEIMB AID THIS PICKUP TRUCK AND
TRUCK TO SAVE ON TRAHSPO1TATIOI COSTS. SLIDE 5 0 0 OF THE 700 ACRES IN PASTURE I S ALSO IN TIMBER. JERRY HERRM I S GRADUALLY THIMIKG
OUT H I S TXMBBR TO GJST I T I � T 0 A WILL MANAGED FAffll CROP. THE TIMBER I S HARVESTED SBL1CTIVEL' AS Tlffi LAND I S CLEARED
ABOUT BVERY TM Y�4RS ?
FOR PASTURE, ONLY SCRUB TIMBER I S CLEARED AHD SHALL PIFES ARE LEFT FOR FUTURE GSOifKI. TRMXIMG VAT NOT
ALL THE TIMBER OK THE HEEHEM LAID GOES TO THE MILL. JE1I?Y HARVESTS HIS (MM FENCE POSTS. ARE HARDWOODS THAT DON'T WEED THAT; I T GET
SOME OF mm
TO BE TREATED, BUT THE
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I T IN THIS TREATING VAT. L 4 I B I S FENCED,
ALL OF THE
ANOTHER THING THAT 1>ISTI�GUIS]
ES JESSY HESRM AS A PAHM LEADER IN HIS SIMM
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COMMUNITY I S HIS EFFORT fO CQHTIOL DHAINAGE 0 � HIS LAND. THAT FIRST DISASTROUS YEAR OP
WASHED OUT CROPS fAUGHT JERRY HSRRM 1HE NEED FOR ADBQUATB DRAINAGE, AID TODAY HE I S WOHIIIG ALOKG TO ST^AI6HT�3T OUT HIS DITCHES SO THEY WILL CARRY HE&FY KAIIFALL � I T H I F THEIR BANKS IISTBAD OF SPILLUG I T OUT ON HIE CROP LAHD. HE I S DOING ALL Mil WORK WITH HIS JERRY
THACTOR AMB SCRAPER, A1B DOZBR BLADE,
HERRQ? TAKES SOIL SAMPLES FROM HIS LAID ATO HAS IT A1ALYZBD TO GET ^VERY ACRE I I THE CHOP I T IS BEST SUITED FOR*-. �HE FOLLOWS EXPERIMEHT STATICS* RfiCOMMMMTIQHS AND THIS YEAR INTENDS TO SUB*SOIL. SLIDE T U H P HWSB JSRSY RWMM I S A WISE FARMS*
WKM I T COMES TO PHOTBCTOG B I S INVESTMMT. ME FOLLOWS THE B.BST ELECTRICAL HECOMIESMTIONS AST) HAS LOCATED HIS WATER PUMP AWAY FROM HIS OTHER BUILDINGS, DI1ECT FROM THE HIGHLIIE OF THE CAPHAL aSCTHIC PO�M ASSOC IATIO� WHICH S � t � � S H I � f SO I F FIRE EVER STRIKES HE WILL STILL HAVE WATER ASD THIS POF�� TO PUMP IT TO FIGHT THE FIRE*
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MR. AND MRS. JERRY HERRBI HATE ABOUT A HALF ACRE OP GARDEN .FROM WHICH THEY CAN OVER A
HUNDRED QUARTS OP FRUITS AND VBGBTAEI�S AID FREEZE MORE THAN 500 POUNDS BESIDES, EVERY
YEAR THEY BUTCHER AT LEAST ONE BEBF AN D THREE HOGS, THEY HAVE A HALF DOZES PEACH TRIES AND ME
8 BEARING PECAN TREES SUCH AS THESE*
JERRY HERKEN HOME I S MODERN IN EVERY RESPECT, BESIDES A BEEP FREEZE, RUNNIIG WATER AID MODERN PLUMBING, MRS. H1RREN HAS THIS BBfLUTIH BIECTRIC IRONER TO ADD TO HB1 OTHER LABOR S A V I I G BlUIPMMT. BY USIHG SUCH EQUIPMENT AS
T H I S MRS. HERR� HAS MORE TIME FOR IER WO BOYS AS� OIE DAUGHTER, AGES 7�S a n d 2. THESE
ODERN CONVENIENCES AIS 0 GIVER HER TIME TO BE ACTIVE IN THE AFFAIRS OF HER COMMUNITY. MRS,
HGRRENf I S LEADER OF THE UTICA BOYS 4-H CLUB, SECRETARY OF THE WISE HOME DEMONSTRATION CLUB, AND PRESIDENT OF THE UTICA P . T � A . . MR* HBR'!EN
HAS TIME TO TEACH THE YOUNG PEOPLES CMSS AT THE GRIFFIN MEMORIAL CHRISTIE THEY ATTEM) REGUIA RLY, CHURCH MERE
JERRY I S ALSO A F ELDER S
I N HIS CHURCH, PRESIDENT OF THE UTICA FARM BUREAU, C1MIR1AF OF THE UTICA ASC CGHHUNITT COMMITTEE AND HAS SERVED AS � i \... :. v . ._...
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COMMITTEE AND MAS SERVED AS TRUSTED OH THE UTICA SCHOOL BOARD AID I S A FORMER SOIL CONSERVATION DISTRICT COMMISSIONS. SOW, AS
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FAXJ5-22 EOUSJ |
I SAID, THE WHOLE STORY I S A STORY �F HIRES
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F A M I L I E S , BUT I GUESS HOSf OF ALL It
IS
PR-OBABLY 1 8 1 STORY OP A FATHER AND MOTHER WHO
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LOVED THE LAID AID HAVE W0RKH3 HARD M B FAIBIPULLT TO LEkVE I f AS A UEMIUGE f 0 i
THIS SMALL, BUT B'QMPORTABLE IEW MME I S THE HOME OF JESSY*S AW FATHER I D
OUR STORY WOULD!1 T BE COMPLETE WITHOUT LEAST SAYING THE ACCQMPLISHMMTS OP THE LBRMS .REPLBCf TO GREAT DS&REE THE
.ICCOMPLISffiEMTS OF A PIHffi MOTHEE ASD FAIRER* CAMERA (M MHGFITT ARE P1OUD AM) HAPPY TO HAVE K I M IV TUB S STUDIO WITH MR. AID M S . JERRY HERREN AFD HILBREH, AID RIGHT FOW I WAIT Y0U TO MEET EEMA ALL.,�.FOLBS THAT I M Am IHOEED PROUD
HAPPY TO CONGRATULATE AS THE �RFD TELEVISE
"FARM FAMILY OF THE WEWi,n
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