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CAMERA OH LANGFITT
I W T T O SAY IN THIS VERY BEGINNING THAT I AH DES�LY GRATEFUL TO SMITH COUNTY AGRICULTURAL AGENT, TRUITT BUFKUT, FOR H I S VERY WONDERFUL I IHELP I N SELECTING THE FAMILY WHICH WE SALUTE TODAY AND POi? GOING WITH ME TO THEIR FARM TO
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JHELP ME TO OBTAIN THIS STOHY.
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JSTORY OF MS. AND M S . CLIFFORD B , HOUGH AND DAUGHTER SHERRY. M l . AND M S * CLIFFORD HOUGH
L I F E ABOUT FIVE AND A HALF MILES EAST OF MAGEEE M I S S I S S I P P I , JUST SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 20 WHERE THE? OWN 1 0 0 ACRES OF LAND AND RENT AND FARM MOTHER 7 5 ACRES FOR CLIFFORD'S MOTHER. SLIDE FARM-! HOUSE CLIFFORD HOUGH
I S OME OF SEVEN BOYS AND WAS i ORN ON A FARM JUST ABOUT TWO MILES AWAY FROM HIS PRESENT FARM iiOlE. CLIFFORD AMD HIS LOVELY WIFE BUILT THIS HOME I N 1 9 5 5 . UNTIL THAT TIME THEY^? LIVED IN THIS ^OME WITH CLIFFORD'S MOTHER. SLIDE FARMHOU THIS I S THE HOME
[WHERE CLIFFORD LIVED FROM THE TIME HE WAS 1 7 ^ N T I L HE MOVED INTO HIS NEW HOME IN 1 9 5 5 . I T I S JUST ACROSS THE ROAD FROM THEIR P R E S E T HOME AND CLIFFORD'S MOTHER STILL LIVES THERE. CLIPFOH b * S FATHER PASSED AWAY I N 1 9 3 6 AND CLIFFORD AND ^ L L OF HIS BROTHERS BUT ONE PUT THEMSELVES THROUGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE AND KEPT THE FARM
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AT ONE TIME CLIFFORD'S M02HER IAD
S I X BOYS IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY A t ONE IME, THE BOYS TOOK TURNS FARMING WHILE OTHERS WHEN CLIFFORD HOUGH
WXRT ON TO COLLEGE, SLIDE FARM-A HOUSE
FINALLY GiUDUATED FROM MISSISSIPPI STATE COLLEGE I N 1 9 5 2 HE CAME BACK HOME, BOUGHT 1 0 0 ACRES OF LAND FROM HIS MOTHER AND STARTED HIS PRESENT FARM PROGRAM,
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SHORTLY AFTER HE STARTED FARMING
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WITH HIM AND DOiBLE DATE TWO NURSES WHO WERE I N TRAINING AT BAPTIST HOSPITAL, THIS WAS
C L I F F O R D ' S F U S T MEETING WITH HIS LOVELY WIFE AND THEY WERE MARRIED IN SEPTEMBER OF 1 9 5 4 , MRS, HOUGH I S A REGISTERED NURSE BUT ONLY WORKED A f HER TRAINING FOR NINE MONTHS AFTER THEY WERE MARRIED. HOME FOR HER ONE BIG JOB I S TO KEEP THIS L0VEL1 HUSBAND AND QAUGHTBR SHERRY,
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CLIFFORD BUILT THE HOUSE WlfH THE HELP OF A CARPENTER AND ABOUT HALF THE WOOD IN IT CAME FROM CLIFFORDS O N TIMBER LAND, W THIS B THE
JSTORY OF TWO YOUNG MISSISSIPPI FARM PEOPLE AND JTHE LIFE THEY ARE CARVING FOR THEMSELVES FROM OUR MISSISSIPPI SOIL, I THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
ARE HARDLY MORE THAN BEGUN BUT THEY ARE A GRAPHIC EXAMPLE OF WHAT CAN BE DONE BY TWO YOUNG
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PEOPLE WHO WANT TO MAKE THEIR LIFE AND THEIR LIVING ON THE FARM. CLIFFORD STARTED RIGHT OUT
KITH A PROGRAM BASED ON PRODUCTION OF HATCHING
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CHICKEN HOUSE
EGGS AND RAISING BEEF CATTLE AND THAT I S THE PROGRAM HE IS CARRYING OUT TODAY. THIS I S THE
|STORY (F THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THIS YOUNG COUPLE tlAS ALREADY MADE. IN THE VERY BEGINNING CLIFFOB
^CORKED OUT A CONTRACT WITH A BUSINESS IN MAGEE, M I S S I S S I P P I , TO PRODUCE HATCHING EGGS FOR THEM. FROM THEM HE BOUGHT 1,800 CHICKS, BUILT A HOUSE FOR HIS PULLETS AW
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TWO LAYING HOUSES AND GOT
STARTED INTO BUSINESS. HE BOYS DAY OLD CHICKS, CARRIES THEM IN THE BROODER HOUSE UNTIL TH1Y COME INTO PRODUCTION AT ABOUT 6 MONTHS CP AGE
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CHICKENS
AND THEN MOVES THEM OVER TO THE I& YING HOUSE
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WHERE THEY ARE KEPT UNTIL THEY BEGIN TO GO OUT OF PRODUCTION. HE BUYS HIS CHICKS IN MAY EACH
YEAR AND SELLS THEM IN AUGUST OF THE FOLLOWING YEAR WITH HIS NEW HATCH, BOUGHT IN MAY READY TO fco BACK INTO THE DRYING HOUSES. HE BUYS NICHOLS THEY
V - 1 2 LAYERS AND USES VANTRESS COCKRELLS.
M V E WATER CONSTANTLY AVAILABLE FEOM AUTOMATIC KATERERS AND CLIFFORD AND MRS. HOUGH KEEP THE 'ESD HOPPERS FULL. CLIFFORD USES COMMUNITY
YPE NESTS AND THE EGGS ARE GATHE8J3D TWICE A MY
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CLIFFORD I S VERY PARTICULAR ABOUT HIS POULTRY PROGRAM AND NO OMB I S ALLOWED I I THE HOUSES, HE FEELS THIS I S THE SAFEST WAY TO EBaP DISEASE OUT OF HIS FLOCK. mmS
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OLD CLIFFORD USES NICARBIZAN AND THEN
'AFfER THAT HE MEDICATES ONLY AS THE NEED ARISES, ALL CHICKENS ARE VACCINATED FOR FOUL ?�Xt j B R B W H I T I S AW) NEWCASTLE. CLIFFORD USES CHICK
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jSTARTED THE FIRST SIX WEEKS THBH CHANGES TO CHOWING MASH AND AT 20 WEEKS 1HEY GO OH BREEDER MASH M D PELLETS AND THREE TO FOUR POUNDS (F QktS PER DAY. HE PRODUCES OILY HATCHING EGGS
AMD ABOUT 80 PERCENT OF HIS HSODUCTION I S ACCEPTED...DURING PEAK PRODUCTION IT IS EVEN
HIGHER.
ALL EGGS NOT MEETING HATCHING EGG TO BE
STANDARDS ARE SOLD ON THE LOCAL MARKET,
HATCHING EGG QUALITY ALL EGGS MUST WEIGH BETWEES 2 2 AND 2 7 OUNCES* BE SMOOTH WITHOUT RIDGES AND GOOD UNIFORM S I Z E , SHAPE AND COLOR,
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I S WEIGHED AND DRY CLEANED.
CLIFFORD HOUGH
DELIVERS THE EGGS TWICE A WEEK WHEN HE GOES TO P I C K UP H I S FEED,
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HE GETS ALL H I S FEED AND
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WHERE HE MARKSTS HIS EGGS. UNTIL THE EGGS ARE DELIVERED THEY ARE KEPT IN A LARGE WALK* IN
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COOLER, SLIDE FARIL10 DOG & CHICKEN
ONE OF CLIFFORD'S REAL HELPS IN HIS
POULTRY PROGRAM I S THIS DOG WHICH I S TRAINED TO ROUNDUP CHICKENS, HE HANDLES THEM JUST LIKE HE
A TRAINED CATTLE DOG WOULD HANDLE CATTLE .
I HATCHES THEM LIKE A QUARTS* HORSE HATCHES A CALF JHE IS CUTTING OUT, CLIFPOHD HOPES TO INCREASE | HIS PRODUCTION TO 2#5O0 LAYERS IN A YEAR OR TWC
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!|FIFFORD HOUGH'S FAHI PROGRAM I S 0TH3R HALF OF cL THE MARKET WILL PERMIT. THE BEEF CATTLB
D I D WAS TO GO OUT TO KING RANCH AND GET HIM A SANTA GERTRUDIS BULL FOR HIS BREEDING PROGRAM, CLIFFORD SAYS HE ESPECIALLY WANTED A SANTA GERTSUDIS BULL BECAUSE HIS CALVES ARE SMALLER
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AND CALVING I S EASIER AND AS BUSY AS HE I S K I M ^IS LAYING PROGRAM HE DOESN'T HAVE TO SPEND ANY
ADDITIONAL TIME ���ITH HIS COFFS AT CALVING TIME, TODAY HE HAS 60 HEAD OF CATTLE AND STILL USES IHE SANTA GGSTRUDIS CROSS, HE FOLLOWS A COMMEBC
COW AND CALF PROGRAM AND SILLS ALL BUT ABOUT TE5 OF HIS BEST STEERS MILK FAT OFF THE COW, 'H HE
THESE TW AND BOYS TIN TO GO WITH THEM ANT THEM FOR ABOUT 9 0 TO 1 2 0 M Y S ON SILAGE ,
CRUSHED CORN AID COTTONSEED MEAL,
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FEEDS ALL CALVES IN THE WINTERTIME BUT IK THE SUMMER THEY GET ONLY GRAZING, CLIFFlRD HAS 40 HE SAVES THE HERD
BROOD COWS AND 20 HEIFERS COMING ON. H I S BEST HEIFERS FOR HERD REPLACEMENT.
I S TB AND BANGS TESTED AID HE USES BACKHUBS FOR
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jPARASITE CONTROL.
I I THE HffiD ARE 8 ANGUS C � S
|AND HEIFERS, ALL REGISTERED AND A REGISTERED ANGUS BULL. CLIFFORD P U N S TO EXPAND HIS
^REGISTERED ANGUS PROGRAM BUT HE ALSO PLANS TO CONTINUE HIS PRESENT COMMERCIAL COF AND CALF SLIDE
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PERH4NENT G1AZING FOR THE CATTLE I S
S U P P L I E D FROM 60 ACRES OF PERMANENT GRAZING M I C CONSISTS PRIMARILY OF BAHAIA AND BEMJDA GRASS, CRIMSON CLOVER, LESFS3BZA AND WILD WINTER PE4S, TEMPORARY GRAZING CONSISTS OF 3 0 ACRES I N OATS WHICH ARE GRAZED UNTIL MARTH AND THISN CARRIED OS TO BE COMBINED. SOIFFITIMBS CLIFFORD USES MILLET DURING THE WINTER MONTHS
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I F TEMPORARY GRAZING I S SHORT THE CATTLE GET HAY, COTTONSEED HEAL, SALT AND SILAGE. ABOUT
SEVER ACRES 01? SORGHUM I S PUT IN THIS 1 5 0 TON [TRENCH SILO EACH YEAR. LAST YEAR CLIFFORD STARTED COVERING THE SILAGE WITH A POLYETHYLINE
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I MENTIONED THAT CLIFFORD HOUGH USES CRIMSON
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CLOVER FOR GRAZING, WHICH WAS
THIS I S CRIMSON CLOVER
PUT IN FOLLOWING THE HARVEST OF THE CLIFFORD ALSO PUTS OUT
SORGHUM FOR SILAGE.
ABOUT 10 TO 20 ACRES OF CORN, DEPENDING ON THE [AMOUNT OP WINTER GRAZING HE EXPECTS TO HAVE, | IT AVERAGES ABOUT 4 5 BUSHELS TO THE ACRE AND HE JFEEDS IT ALL ON HIE FARM, CLIFFORD PUTS UP ABOU
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1 2 0 0 BALES OF HAY EACH YEAR, MOSTLY NATIVE GRASS HAY. CLIFFORD ALSO BUILT THIS RAY 3ARN HE ALSO HAD 7 ACRES
iSINCE HE STARTED FARMING.
!0F COTTON 1HIS YEAR, BUT HE JUST BREAKS THE GROUND AND PREPARES BUS SEEDBED FOR IT AND THEN THE TMNANT HANDLES I T THE REST OP THE WAY. MADE SIX BALES THIS YEAR. CLIFFORD ALSO I S HE SAYS HE IS IN IT
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RAISING SOME HOGS THIS YEAR,
AND OUT OF THE. HOG BUSINESS DEPENDING ON THE OUTLOOK. HE HAS TWO REGISTERED DUROC SOWS AND THEY ARE
SAS 19 SHOATS FROM THEIR LITTERS.
PASTURED COMPLETELY SEPERATE FROM THE CATTLE.
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LIFFORD ALSO HAS ABOUT 40 ACRES IN TIMBER WHICB E THINS AND SELHJTIVELY HARVESTS. jAND HARDWOOD MIXED. YEAR WITH 2 - 4 - 5 - f . I T 35 PINE
HE DID SOME WEEDING THIS HE USED TO CUT HIS O N FENCI W
POSTS BUT HAS DECIDED I T I S MCRE PRACTICAL FOR
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HIM TO BUY CREOSOTE TREATED POSTS ABB APPLY HIS LABOR 3LSEHHERE, HE I S A COMPLETELY MECHANIZED
FARMER AND HAS ADEQUATE EQUIPMENT TO HANDLE ALL H I S PROGRAM, H I TESTS HIS SOIL AND FERTILIZES ALL OF HIS CHICKEN HOUSE ALL BUT HIS PASTUB
ACCORDING TO NEEDS,
JFERTILIZER GOES 0 1 HIS LAND.
LAID I S TERRACED AND HE FARMS OH BIE CONTOUR. I AM SURE THAT I I VARIOUS OF THE PICTURES I HAVI iSHOWN YOU HAVE NOTICED MANY PECAN TREES. CLIFFC
JHAS 12 ACRES IN PECANS BUT HE SAYS IT I S A VERY UNCERTAIN CROPj SLIDE FREEZER HOWEVER, FROM THEIR ORCHARD AND
iPECAN GROVE AND A QUARTER ACHE GARDEN MRS. SOUGH BACH YEAR FREEZES ABOUT 1,400 POUNDS OF
POOR FOR THE FAMILY'S NEEDS. ..INCLUDING BEEF r CHICKENS, VEGETABLES, FRUIT AND SLIDE FAg%2 FOOD ffiCANS, IN
ADDITION SHE ALSO PUTS UP ABOUT 17S QUARTS OF POOD IN JARS..,,SUCH THINGS AS TOMTOES, PICKLES 'RESERVES, PEACHES AND SO FORTH, MRS. HOUGH
HAS A VERY WELL BALANCED FOOD M ESERVATION PROGRAM WHICH ASSURES PLENTY OF FOOD FOR THE FAMILY'S NEEDS THE YEAR A ROUND. S LIDE FARM* 22 KITCHEN HER HOME, SHE
tHROUGHOUT I S A flHISG OF REAL BEAUTY,
jSPEWDS MUCH OF HER- TIME IN HER KITCHEN AND SAYS HER ELECTRIC STOVE I S THE BEST THING SHE HAS, SH;.? REALLY THINKS I T I S TOPS. THEIR HOME
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CONSISTS OF SEVEN ROOI4S AND A 1A KGE BASEMENT. MRS. HOUGH JUST GOT A NEK" SEWING MCHINE Aim IS
LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING HUGH MORE SEWING FOE
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E E S DAUGHTER, SEYM AM) A HALF IIOffTH OLD SHERRY. MR* AHD MRS, HOUGH LOST THEIR FIRST DAUGHTER |WHE1J SHE HAS BORN PREMATURELY. NEEDLESS TO SAY
jSHERRY I S THE APPLE OF THEIR EYE AM) TAKES MUCH |OF THEIR TB1S AND ATTENTION. YOU CAN FIND THE
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!LO�IJfG CARE THEY GIVE TO HER IN PRACTICALLY jEVERY ROOM OF THE HOUSE. THIS COMBINATION HIGH
CHAIR AHD TABLE MAS BUILT FOR HER BY HER DADDY.
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THERE ARE SO MANY BSAUTICUL THINGS ABOUT THIS LOVELY HOME I COULD SHOW YOU THAT I T WOULD TAKE HORE TIME THAS WE HAVE. I COULD SHOW YOU THE
LIVING ROOM
BEAUTIFUL BEDROOM SUITE m D E FROM CHERRY WOOD SfflICK CLIFFORD CUf OFF THE FARM AND CARRIED TO A FRIEND IN THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE AND I COULD SHOW YOU MANY OTHER THINGS, BUT I THINK THIS VIEtf OF THEIR LOVELY LIVING ROOM WILL GIVE YOU CAMERA OF FAMILY AN IDEA. MR, AND ! � S . CLIFFORD HOUGH ARE VERY THEY ARE MEMBERS OF
ACTIVE IN THEIR CHURCH.
THECONCORB BAPTIST CHURCH IN THE COMMUNITY AND SIRS. HOUGH I S ASSISTANT LADIES SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER, PRESIDENT OF HER SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS AND PRESIDENT OF THE ADULT B . T . U . CLIFFORD I S
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CHURCH TREASURER AID A SUNDAY SCHOOL TE4CHM e
BOTH m THEM SERVE ON mm
CHUBCH. mmSES
COMMITTIE^ m THEIR
MRS. HOUGH IS A MEMBER OF THE M S S I S S I F CLIFFORD I S A MEMBER OF
ASSOCIATIOlf.
JHE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SMI1H COUFTY FARM WMEkV AUD A MMBE1 OP THE SIMPSON COUHTY POULfRY ASSOCIATION. THIS, TO MB, I S A STORY
OF REAL ACCOMPLISHMENT AID UNLIMITED HORIZONS AHEAD. WE NEED MAFY MORE YOUNG COUPLES OF THIS I SINCERELY
CALIBER OS OUR MISSISSIPPI FARMS.
;HOPB THEI1 ACCOMPLISH^ TS WILL ENCOURAGE OTHERS WHO MIGHT WISH TO ME TILIERS OF 8 0 1 SOIL*
