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S L I C E OF EPS HAILBOOC
TO ME
a sos VERY msavmxm ISHAT
I AM
s e s n a r Qrnwm* m �BS AQa2cni,TURA
STAFF OF WASHI1�TOH COUNTY N R THEIR VHW I N SKLEGfJHS Tiffi FAMILY WHICH WE AHD FOR' SOIWG WOT W TO THIE FARM TO OTOAIK T S i STORY I � 8 HOW aOIHG TO TELL. THIS
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I S O S STORY OF MR. AHD MRS. W , J . (BILL) IRELAM3 f W 2 B TWO CHILDREN, ELLEM AMD BILL, WHO LIVE f SIX MILES MORTH OP C K S a V Z U � � MiaSISSlFFl
RIGHT AT THE BlIT-RAWCE TO OWHWIIiLbi AIR POKOK MSE# BILL XRSLAHD MOVED 9 0 THIS &A� felfffl HIS OIO
FOLKS FROM 0REMVILLE, WHiiH HK U*8 WO � ^ ^ ME) HAS LIVED R1RM EVER SIHCL, BILL WEiTJ 9 0
SCHOOL AT MISSISSIPPI SfATE AMD THEM FROM WflSHE ^ 0 fHE SERVICE OP HIS COUNTRY* HP I I QRBEMVIttS, 1�S. IRELAHD GREW
SKI *XD BILL ATniHDKD SCHOOL
S'OG^HEIi AND SHE LATKR ATfKSliD 2KE UKCVKR3ITY SLIDE OP AL/.BAKA.TI&l' WERE i^iRRIBD IH 1 9 ^ ? . THBIB
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WAS BUILT
BY fHKM IN 19$U 5BSRK AI� TWO ACRES OP IM THBIR YAHO AHD WHILE BILL HAS FDR fHE BEAUTY rmM
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MRS, IRELAND USES 1BE MOMiY FROM THE SALE OP
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FE0AN3 FOR PIH HOHBY. H � I BOTH ACHIBVE � HIRPOSE BECAUSE &�* ONE OP SHE MOST YARDS I'VE SHiH, AMD I'M 80RB ^HE HUT CROP DOES
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USUALLY PROVIDE SOME PIN HONEST, A BROTHER Aim A SISTER.
BILL IRELAND HAf
HIS MOTHER BOUGHT THE
P/iHT Op' THE E8ATB AND BILL BOUGHT HIS BROTHERS PART AifD RENTS WHAT HIS
FARM-
OWHS.
BE FARMS A TOTAL OF ?1|O ACRES,
I M^TIOSED THE FOLKS WHO HELPED ME OBTAIN THIS S T O R Y . . . HERB THKY ARK. LEFT TO RIGHT, COOTITX
AOEHT JOHN PULCHEH, BILL IHELAND, ASSOCIATE OOUNTy AGBHT O.A. VAUBSSRPQKD AMD AS3ISTA8T OOtlNTI AfflBMT JAMES HE�HS� B I L L *mim 'iHEY ARE A GROUP WHOSE ACVIG1 GREAT ffiiLP TO
TO FOLLOW AHD HS I S A
�THEM I3f CARRTflMB OUT 3SSIR OBJECTIVES, A& YOU WII
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S I 1 raOM Ota STOEY,
H
T i S EARLY DA3TS OF THIS THST
FARM OBSRATXOir GOTTON WAS THE MAIH CftOF. R A I S � JUST EHOOSH WMD THE SHARECROPPERS.
TO CARE FOR O S MOLES OF
THE MOST COTTON EVER PLAHTBD
OH .THE PLAOE WAS 5 0 0 ACHES DtJRIHO HIS 1*9081*8
LireriME.
F4gM6
COTTON FIELD
mms THERE
IS
a?i ACHKS OP.COTTOH,
THIS
I T I S ALL B & P . L . SMOOTH LEAF WHICH BILL PLAHT3 BECAUSE tS I S BI5TTBR FOR �ACHINB TICMMQ.
XBAR BILL I S PRE-@fBRGIHO ALL HIS COf^ON FOB YHB F I R S T TIME AND kO ACRES OF I T I S PLANTED SKIP-HOW ALL OF TEE FIRST PLAfTINQ OF COTTON WAS HILLBUT THE TO ACHES HE HAD TO RB-PL/NT WAS BRILLBD, B I L L ' S FIRST PLAHTIJJO WAS APRIL X 9 ? H . . . WAS TWO WBiaCS LATER AHD 1'Iffi
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LAST WAS HAY 1 7 2 H . H I S AVERAGE YI&LD I S 8 0 0 POUNDS OP LINT COTTOH PER ACRE. OVER TWO BALES. SOME OF I T GOES
BILL IRJ.LAMD FOLLOWS A COUPLET! A LOT OF HIS COTTON I S
IH3BOT CONTROL PROGRAM. SLIDE FARM*7 COTTON PICKERS HAQmm
PICKED WITH HIS WO MECSAfflCAL PICKERS
BUT SOME OF T� I S PICKED BY BAUD BY TliE PEOPLE L E F T OK � ! B PLACL WHO -USED TO BE TKHUANTS A1JD PICKED OM 3KABEB III DkYB OOIIE BX. Hi^ HASH'T USED
FLAKE OULTIVTiTIGIf SHE PAS1' SWO XB/iHS BUS DOES PLAN TO GO BACK TO I T 2 H I 3 ^K/iR. THIS YEAH BILL
PLAMS TO USL LAY BY CHEMICAL ON HALF HIS CHOP. SLIDE PARM-8 HACHIMK SHE!} F E R T I L I Z E S MM* ffi R � / CHOPS. USIHG A1JHYDROIFS AtfOHXA OH ALL
BILL HAS A COMPLETK FARM WORKSHOP
WHERE MJL BUf M&JOR I1EPAIR AMD OVERHAUL I S DQKB* HE ^HIES TO SKEP HIS VALUABLE PARK MACH IMLRY UHB22 S H E L T � VfHEU I T I S MOT IH USE. BILL IRLLAHD HAS SLIDE FARM $$ ACBES IH OATS WHICH HE WILL HAVE CUSTOM C0MB2H1D* ICRE YIELD. THE BEST. THEY AVERAGE flUT ABOUT 7 0 BUSHELS PER BE FEEDS WHAT HORSES HE HAS hUD SELLS LAST YEAR HE HAD SOYBEANS AMD MAY PUT
wQME BEHIMD OATS TJilS YEAR I F HE GETS THE OATS SLIDE FARMED O F F I I TIME. BILL IRiSLAHD HAS D01IE CONSIDERABLE I T CGJJSISTJ BS ��
DRAINAGE DITCH
AHOUMT OF DRAISAOE WORK OM H I S LAND . OF DRAG htm
DRAIIIAGE, AM) W AMD V DITCHES. ALSO
WOHKS OH DRAIUAOE SO>SE MOST EVKRY YEAR.
YMAR BE HAS HEEIt WOEKIHG TO F I T HIS ROW
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THE SOIL GONSBRVATIQH SKRVIGK LAXED GUT A DRAIHAGE PROGRAM IN 19�2 AM) B I L L HAS HBx^H WORKING ON I T EVBR SINCE TRYIMG TO QBT THE ROW P A 2 M N WHERE BACH ROW WILL DRAIlf
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B I L L IRELAUD STAHTS) HIS LIVESTOCK PROQRAM IH 1 9 5 0 WITH 20 HEAD OF BLACK ANGUS AHB ALL HIS BROOD STOCK OH THE PLACE TOBAY HAS COM FRQH THAT ^GIHMINO, THE HERD I S ALL GRADE EXCE1
FOB THE BULLS WHICH ARE RBGISTiaRED, BC?T BELIEVE
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THERE I S SOUS REAL GOOD GRADE STOCK IK TODAY BK HAS 8 0 BROOD COWS RKAD. HE FOLLOWS A
B I L L IRELAND'S HERD,
AW A TOTAL HbRD OF ^ 0
CO*UR<XAL COW AMD CALF PROGRAM SELLING HIS CALV1 SLIDE FARM-3
GATTI
H : L K FAT OFF THB COW*
HE COLLS $HB
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IT I S HIS
K I 3 O M REPLACEMENT HEIFERS, W
HOPE TO EVEOTUALLY GROW INTO A HURD OF 160 TO BROOD COWS, HE HAS OHE STOCK POND IH TIM
PASTURES BUT PREFERS SHALLOW WELLS WHICH HE USES MOSTLY HE CALFHOOD VAGCIKAfES AND THE HBRD I S BILL IRELAND I S PARTICMAR ABOUT THIS BRUSH PROVIDES FOR !
SLJGDB
SHELTEH
BAUCIS TESTED.
SDMUKR SHELT^l FOR HIS CATTLE, SHELTER I S TYPICAL OF kfifAT m
COMFORT OF HIS HB8D. HE SPRAYS THE HERD ABOOT
SL3331 FARH-1S CATCH1 PEN
TWO TO THREE WEEKS, HIS HAS ONE GATGH FEN WITH RUNNING WATER AKD LIWSOTRIOITY AVAILABLE AT 2KB SIGHT. I OMSS BILL IRELAMD HAS THE BEST
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PASTtJHE PROGRAM I ' V E SEEN THIS �EAR� ACHES IN F1SRMAHHNT PASTURE. PAST!
HE E S
320
HIS SUMMER PASTURE J HSS WISTH
I S PRIMARILY PBSOUE AMD DALLIS GRASS.
PASTURE IS MOSTLY HISaiJE AND OP COURSE, THERE I S PLBHCT OP CL0V1RIH ALL fSEPASTIBES. HE I S B20Hf
HOW TRYIMG T0 GBT COASTAL BB2WUDA i s S T A B L I ^ � * B I L L S/^S HK HAS 6$ AGUES PLANTED BUT I S HAVING A STRTJCrOLB 013TOH0 IT OOIBG* KB HOPES CTAfi I T
AMP RESCUE WILI, PIHALLX K H I 3 MAJOR GRAZIIJG*
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FARM** CLIFF:
B I L L HAS TWO SBCHETS TO PASTIBi, OTCCKSS. Kb C L I P S HIS PASTURES FOH WEi-.D COIITHOL, FERTILISES THEM HEAVY \4X7B SOLID ESKPILtZhR MID IffiViSR (JHAZES THEM* THI3 KAR HE I S TAKIlfO Df 40
OP JSW 0R0W� FOH AnDITIOSAL PASTURE ARSA. BESIDES HIS OWH F U B PASTIRE PROOfiAM BILL IRELAIffi
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WORKS CLOSELY WITH T ^ WASHINGTOH COUHTY CO.-ORDIM ATIIfCI COUNCIL ZS TESTIHO THE PRACTICES WrHICH ARE BEIHG RBGOMMSSDED TO OTHER FARI1EES BX THESE ..GRICULTURAL WORKiRS. I S OH TMO ACRES. HRfXUQEBR 1B8V� THIS PASTURE DKM0H3TRATI0H
IT I S A WEED CONTROL AND SSI ARE TtEBE PLOTS...OHE
? 1 2 l ^ I L I 2 E D WTEH AMOHIUM RITRATK, ONt WITH 1 F E R T I L I Z E R AHD A CHECK PLOT. THE GRASS i s
BERMUDA. ^.WHAT I S BEIHG TESTED I S APPLIGATI01? OF F E R T I L I S A T I O N AND VIEBD OOlifROL AT THE PHGtBR TZMB AS I S RECOMMENDED TO mmR FARMERS Iff THE
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TiffiY ARL USIHG B I L L ' S TEST TO SEE I P WHAT THEY M B SAYINB 13 RIGHT. I I THE TgST THIS BLOT HAS
6 0 0 FQUHDS OP 1 2 - 1 2 - X 2 A!� IT*S CERTAINLY FAR SUPERIOR TO THE NO FERTILIZER CHECK PLOT,.,,BUT
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T H I S FLOT H S U 300 POOHDS OP AM0JU11M NITRATE MMM IT BY A CKK>DI1AYS....IN FACT, 1 B0H�T �?0W IS
ro�n 7 s i g n
I P WEY lfILL K A B K TO M W f f i i a COASTAL I f O SO THICK, AND TALL# ASSOCIATE WOMB
AQEWS, QJk*
FARM*.
VAIO)BBPOHD, mim
XM9EI0MBS'SB&; DIPF1RK1IGB K O T B H
T I C PLOT WITH AK03HM 3TFKATE AflP THFi CHECK PLOT WISH 9Q PEmiLJZ&TlQ�* AS y o u CAH SEE THESE AEE
HO WEEDS EIT1QSR AND flffiHE WiatE SOtfc; III AN AREA WBBRE ClffiHCIAL
HEJJ>
COfflfffiOL WAS HOT APPLIED.
HOWEVER, BILL IRELAHD FE1L3 # M D HE*S POSSIBLY R I G H T , 'IHAT OOOD FERTILISATION WIDL CAUSE THE GRASS TO CHOKE OUT A LOT CP THE WKIsDS AUXMAY,
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I COTJJJDlfty BSJB? TO TELL ALL OHIS BSBKX PARK SSCK I I I THE TIME WS HAVE SO LET�S M0�B ALOifO I I THE We TiW? REMAINS TO THE HO�MAKIIIO STORY. THE
IRBL&RDS'HAVE ABOUT AK EIGISH OP Air ACRE OP FIffi GARBEM. FROM IT AHD OTHM PARTS OF THE FARM F00� TIIKY
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SUPPLY THEY F R E ^ E ALL THAT*� AVAILABLE,
F R ^ K B ABOUT ^ 0 FIMTS EACH OF BUTTKRBBAIIS, PEAS, SQUASH, GORff #OKRA A�P WHAT HAVE YOU, TMf kISO
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A LOT OF
reoo
IH JARS,..SUCH THINGS AS
.
BEANS, P M R S , FIQ JRESERVE3 AH- 30 POHfH,
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THOUOH MRS* IRELAMD I S BLESSED WITH A GOOD COOK SHE LIKES VERY H0G.H TO COOK TOO AHD DOES MOST OF f f f i COOKING }?OR SPEOJAL 0 C 0 A 3 I 0 H 3 . . .AH* SPECIAL BOOKING FOR EHTERTAINIHG. SHE SAYS SHE E'SHJCIALE
3 I K E S TO COOK WHEH SHE Q&% JUST CO Df AHD COOK V I E T SHE WANTS TO, SHK 3AYS 1ER 0O0K 1#.MIE WHO
JIAS WH2X WITH }ER A Z E M I S SBE PH1ST OHE Sffi: HAS HAD WHO CAN BAKE. SLIDE, M I S . XRKLAHD ALSO L I K i S , . EI&HP A.�
f o SEM a n d .does mm% �f t h a s e w i n g FOR /i HALF XE&fi OLD DAUGHTER ELLEII,
SHE ALSO MAKES
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A I P CIETAINS AND SLIP GOVEK,
AMD DUST RUFFLES,
SHE MAKES ELLKI�S DAtJCE COSTtJH
Si* ffBB WAY, BBLiW K I M HAD A MffCE RECITilL J0S 1 PARM-26 GIHL & BOS A te:EK OR SO AGO. ELLEN AMD FOUR A III. A HALF TfiAH
OLD BILL M*SO LIJQ3 TO EIDE HORSEBACK A � DO QUITE A LOT OP IT Oil THJ23B CWH OBJITLE MAHK* ELLEH ALSO
HAS A CLUB CALF OUT OF HER FAHTBR*S ffiSRD. THIS I S HER FIRST S 1 * I TO H&?K A GAL- AMD SH1*S EHJOYING IT A GREAT D H L , SLIDE FAMILY III YARD I THIMK MOST OP ALL
THE IRELAND PAMILX LHJO5TS TS1IR BEAUTIFUL XMiD THET HAVE m..XR BAKIffiGUS GKILL AMD OIK'DOOH TiiBLE. FRONT tilffliS I*V1 SEIM HQI-SS WITH BEAUTIFUL
AW ifEGLECT/M) BACK YARDS BUT HRS.
I S A .BEAUIT PROM AMX P2RBCTION*
L I K E S FLWLRS BUT SHE 3PBSDS SHE MOST OP HER TIME WITH BEB CHILDKEif .HBLPIHG TlfiSM TO I>0 TUB
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L I K E AMD WAHT TO DO. CAMERA OH FAMILY
KB. AID MRS. W . J ,
IRELAND BELOHB TO THE OREEHVILLL FIRST B/.PTIST CHURCH WHERE BILL I S CHAIRMAN OP THE BOARD OF DEACOHS AND StJPERXHTEHDSS11? OF THE INTERMEDIATE DEPARTMENT IN SUNDAY SCHOOL* MRS. IRELAND AQOT1 IN THK
I N TEE PRBttRY DEPARTMBHT AMD B W.M.TJ,
SJffi I S A PAST PRBSIDEHT OF TJffl COLOIOAL
OAHDEI CLIJB �� QRSEMVUUE, AH ASSOCIATE MEUSBR OF THi JUNIOR AUKILLIARY OP ORBEHVUiE. ALSO SECRETARY OF TM A SHE I S mm
SCHOOIi P*f�A, AND HAS
nom M f E mm OH R
SIMCE SUB HAS HAD A
romms^m
BXLI
I I I SCHOOL.
DTTRISS 'HISCOHI1O YEAR SHIb WILL BE
SSCHBfAHY OP THE GHBSWILLl P . T . A , COfJUSIL. I S I MEMBER OP IKS FARM BUREAU ASD Tm
MISSZ..-3IP2
CATTIEMEH'S AS30CIATIOH..�BY WE MAY MRS. IBELAM I S A MEMBER OF m GO��BELLES, TM, AVKlLhXMS OF
ns.OAniBRBaRs aomm; cowrry
/SSOCIATIOH.
BILL BELONGS TO THE
LIVESTOCK ASSOOIATXOB, I S A ME^BR OP
tm
4*H ADVISORY OOIWCIL AM) I S A LEOIOHAIRE.
T H I S I S A WOHDBRPm. STOJY OF A FIHE FAMILY AHD SOU IH THii TIME � A T Ki-MAIMS I WAST YOU TO l ^ H ? THEK, SO HS!� IS FOKREST HOX, ?O VISIT WITH MR. AW MS. PEOORAM. 1# 2* IH13LAID DDRIII0 1-HE BbMAlMDER OF 'TIB
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BILL, WHAT ARIS XQtm HOPES FOR THE FUTURE! WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU OIVE A YOUH&
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TODAY?
3 . WHAT HAS HELPED YOU MOST IN YOUR CATTLE PROGRAM?
4# MRS, IREIAI�, W A HAVE YOU FOtWD MOST HT DIFFICULT III �mmm TO M M LIFE i.FTER
mnm
5, 6# 7. &�
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PARK
HOW DO YOtJ � W
ELLEN, HH/-I DO TOU LIKE TO DO MOSS? BILL, DO WO W � B ASJT'PBSPS? Iffi. VAWDEKPORP, WILL YOU STOtfc MM WH#.T THIS
FAMILY m m i S TO YOtT M D THE EXTEHSIOH STAFF I I I ' YOTO WORK? OH TAPS T1AT�S ALL THE TJMK WE HAVE: TODAY 1 JtTST MAKT TO SAY AG<,I.W H W EftPPY WE ARE TO SALUTE YOU, O if, AMD MRS. tf*2, IRELAMB, AS TOi>AY*S FARM FAMII
OF DISTIHCTIOM IH MISSISSIPPI
T H I S 2 3 O TAPE W BY P0HHE3T
THK QTJESTXOHS WHICH WILL BE ASKED LIVE
