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I WANT TO SAY I N THE VERY BEGINNING THAT I AM DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO MR. PRANK BUCHANAN, THE COUNT? AGENT OP ATTALA COUNTY AND TO ASSISTANT COUNTY A G E N T , GEORGE WADE, FOR THEIR WONDERFUL H E L P I N SELECTING THE FAMILY WHICH WS SALUTE TODAY AND FOR GOING WITH ME TO T H I S FAMILY'S FARM TO H E L P ME OHTAIN THE STORY WEIGH I A NOW GOING TO M TELL. T H I S I S THE STORY OF MR. AND MRS. H . E .
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J E N K I N S AND THEIR TWO SONS, HAL AND DAN, W O L I V E ON AND FARM k$3 ACRES NEAR S A L L I S , MISSISSIPPI, m . H . E . JENKINS, OR EPHRAIM,AS
HE I S KNOWN I N THE COMMUNITY, I S ALSO THE P R I N C I P A L OP THE SALLIS SCHOOL AS WELL AS A REALLY TOP NOTCH FARMER. EPHRAIM JENKINS AND H I S
FAMILY LIVE ON LAND ON WHICH EPHRAIM GREW UP AS A BOY. I N PACT HE HELPED H I S FATHER CLEAR UP HE BOUGHT
T H I S LAND ON WHICH HE FARMS TODAY. SLIDE PARM-2 HOUSE
H I S FIRST LAND IN 1 9 3 9 WHEN HE BOUGHT 1 1 1 ACRES FROM H I S FATHER. HE LATER BOUGHT ANOTHER 1 0 0 .
ACRES TO MAKE UP THE 2 1 1 ACRES I N THE HOME P U C L THEN IN 1 9 5 7 WHEN THE HIGH SCHOOL WAS CLOSED AT S A L L I S AND THF VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE TEACHER, MR. B . M . KEA, MOVED TO RAYMOND, M I S S I S S I P P I , MR. J E N K I N S BOUGHT 2 0 0 ACRES FROM HIM AND LATER ADDED ANOTHER k3 TO BRING H I S TOTAL LAND HOLDUPS TODAY TO i | 5 3 ACRES. EPHRAIM JENKINS FINISHED HIGH
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SCHOOL AT SALLIS AND GRADUATED PROM MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE IB 1937 WITH A BACHELOR OP ARTS DEGREE,, HE ACTUALLY STARTED TEACHING SCHOOL BEPCRE HI FINISHED COLLEGE AND HAS BEW TEACHING FOR 27 YEARS. HE HAS BEEN PRINCIPAL AT SALLIS FCB 13 YEARS. MRS. JENKINS WAS MISS NINA CAIN OF THE
BOYETTE COMMUNITY NEAR SALLIS BEFCRE HER MABRIAGI SHE AND EPHRAIM MET AT COMMUNITY MEETINGS AS SLIDE FARM-; HOTS] CHILDREN. THEY HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER ALL THEIR LIVES. MRS. JENKINS ATTENDED DRAUGHN BUSINESS SCHOOL IN MEMPHIS AND THEY WERE MARRIED IN 1938
SHORTLY AFTER EPHRAIM FINISHED GOLLEGE. UNTIL THEY CAME BACK TO SALLIS EPHRAIM TAUGHT AT MACON AND IN OTHER AREAS AMD DURING ALL THAT TIME TH1Y GAME HOME AND FARMED ON WEMENBS I D OP COURSE DEPENDED MUCH M � E ON OTHER LABOR TO KEEP THE FARM OK RATING. THEY CAMS BACK TO THEIR LAND TO LIVE IN 19lj.8. THIS IS THE LOVELY HOME IN WHICH THEY LIVE TCDAY. EPHRAIM JENKINS STARTED OUT SLIDE LAND BREAKING FARMING RAISING COTTON WITH MULES. HE STILL STILL RAISES COTTON BUT HE HAS ADDED TRACTOR FARMING TO MULE FARMING. HE USES BOTH. HHERE THE FAILING USED TO BE HANDLED BY SHARECROPPERS IT IS NOW HANDLED 1ARTLY ON THE SHARES AND R. RTL3 WITH DAY LABOR. TODAY THEY BREAK THE GROUND M D
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PLANT WITH TRACTOR S AND THEN CULTIVATE WITH MULES EXCEPT ON THE DAY CROP WHICH I S HANDLED WITH SLIDE FARM-5 MACHINERY MACHINERY. THE OTHER DAY WHEN I VISITED THE ,
JENKINS PARK THE TRACTOR I S JUST SAW WAS BREAKING G R O U N D , . . . T H I S TRACTOR WAS ROWING I T U P . , . . T H E MULE DRAW RIG WAS PUTTING DOWN FERTILIZER AND A THIRD TRACT� WAS COVERING THE FERTILIZER. WITH THIS METHOD EPHRAIM JENKINS I S ABLE TO GET 7 0 TO 7 5 ACRES OF GROUND READY TO PLANT IN SIX
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DAYS WITH ONE TRIP ACROSS.
MR, JENKINS HASFLANS
FOR 80 ACRES OF COTTON THIS YEAR M D HE WILL PRE-EMERGE ABOUT 7 5 $ OF I T . LAST YEAR WAS THE
F I R S T TIME HE PRE-EMERGED AND H I LIKES I T . . . PIGU8ES IT I S WILL WORTH THE COST Ml D TIME INVOLVED. BPHRAIM SAYS TO THINGS ARE ESSENTIAL
TO SUCCESSFUL PBI-EMERGING...PROBSR APPLICATION AND AMPLE MOISTURE, BEHIND I T . HE FOLLOWS A
COMPLETE INSIST CONTROL PROGRAM STARTING WITH THRIPS. HE SAYS ONE THING HE HAS LEARNED I S TO
START EARLY...TH^T HE USED TO LET THRIPS EAT UP H I S COTTON. HS USES A SPRAY AND HIS AVERAGE QUARTER TO A BALI
YILELD RANGES FROM A BALE I D A IDA THIRD AVERAGE.
EPHRAIM JENKINS TESTS HIS
S O I L AND FOLLOWS FERTILIZATION RECOMMENDATIONS, SLIDE FARM*? CATTLE HE FIRST ADDED CATTLE TO HIS mRM PROGRAM IN 1 9 5 6 WHEN HE BOUGHT MR. BM. K1A*S CATTLE WITH HIS
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LAND.
HE REOALLS THAT MR. KEA ENCOURAGED HIM TO HE SAYS
PUT H I S LAND INTO PASTURE FOR CATTLE.
H I S FIRST VENTURE INTO L I N S T O C K WAS MOSTLY DUE TO ENCOURAGEMENT TO DO SO BY AGRICULTURAL WGRKSR2 SLIDE PARM-8 CATTLE I N THE COUNTY. HE SAYS NOW H I LIKES I T . 1PHRAIM
J E N K I N S STARTED LIVESTOCK WITH l � - 2 G
HEAD...THIN
HE BOUGHT l � HEAD OUT OF OKLAHOMA AND THEN BOUGH3 AT SALES AND SAVED REHA CEMENT HEIFERS TO BUILD H I S PRESENT HERD OF 2 l � COWS AND CALVES. HE HAS
II4.O BROOD COWS AND GETS ABOUT A 9 0 PERCENT CALF SLIDE PARM-9 CALVES CROP. HE FOLLOWS A COMMERCIAL COW AND CALF CALVESMILK-FAT
PROGRAM SELLING THI BULK OF H I S O F F THE COW. HOWEVER,
LAST FALL HE HAD 3 7 HEAD
THAT WERE A LITTLE LIGHT SO HEX HAS FED THEM THROUGH THE WINTER. T H I S I S THE FIRST TIME HE
HAS TRIED I T BUT THINKS NOW THAT HE I S PIKED UP FOR I T HE MAY CONTINUE THIS H A C T I C E . EACH YEAH
EPHRAIM JENKINS CULLS FIVE OR S I X COWS AND KEEPS SLIDE FARM^-10 THAT MANY GOOD HEIFERS TO REPLACE THEM. THREE REGISTERED HORNED HEREFORD BULLS. HS HAS HE HAS
WANTED TO BUILD HIS HERD TO THE POINT W ERE HE CAN SELL 1 0 0 CALVES A YEAR AND HAS REACHED THAT P O I N T SO I S CONTENT WITH H I S IKESENT PROGRAM, HE RUNS H I S CATTLE IN TWO HERDS. COWS ARE REGISTERED. A FEW OF THE
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BALES A YEAR.
1PHRAIM JENKINS HAS CLEARED ABOUT
6 0 TO 7 0 ACRES OP LAHD WITH A DOZER SINCE HE STARTED FARMING, HE HAS WORKED CLOSELY WITH
MR. C . S . \rANDERPGRD, WORK UNIT CONSERVATIONIST OF TEE SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE IN ATTALA
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WITH THE ADVICE AMD SUPERVISION CF ME,
VANDERFORD HE HAS BUILT � DITCHES AND V DITCH1S AND HAS HAD THIS CREEK DREDGED AND STRAIGHTENED OUT FOR BETTER DRAINAGE, BY THE MAY HE ALSO
PLANTS ABOUT � 0 ACRES OF CORN TO FEED BOTH COWS
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J E N K I N S HAS SOME BEAUTIFUL PINE TIMBER THOUGH NOT VERY MUCH. AS ANOTHER CROP. HOT ENOUGHT TO SAY HE MANAGES I T THE JENKINS FAMILY KEEPS A YOU CAN SEE
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FEW HOGS JUST FOR THEIR O N U S E . W HERE WHAT THEY DO WITH I T .
MEAT
THEY SMOKE AND CURE
T H E I R OWN PORK INCLUDING HAMS, BACONS SIDE AND SAUSAGE, THEY CARRY THEIR BEEF TO THE LOCKER
AND T H I S LIVE AT HOME FAKILY PASTUERIZES I T S OWK M I L K AND THEY MAKE THEIR O N BUTTER. W THEY RAISE FROM THE
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ENOUGH TRUCK CROP FOR THEIR OWN U S E .
MEAT SUPPLY AND GARDEN MRS, JENKINS FACH YEAR F R E E Z E S ABOUT 2 , 0 0 0 POUNDS OF FOOD FOR THE F A M I L Y ' S NEEDS. GARDEN, THEY KEEP ABOUT AN ACRE OF
BESIDES itHAT SHE PUTS I N THE FREEZER,
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SHE ALSO CANS ANOTHER J $ O QUARTS OP POOD IN J A R S . . . . M O S T L Y I T CONSISTS OP SURPLUS PROM THE FREEZER. I P THEf GAN*T PRODUCE I T AND PRESERVE MRS. JENKINS IS .
I T THEY PROBABLY DON�T NEED I T .
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I N EXCELLENT COOK AMI) HAS A LOVELY KITCHEN I N WHICH TO DO HSR COOKING. I M O � FOR ONE THING -
SHK GAI BAKK THE BEST TASTING CAKE I HAVE EVER PATEN. I T JUST MELTS I N YOUR MOUTH. MRS.
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J E N K I N S ALSO LOVES FLOWERS AND LOVES TO WORK IH HER YARD. MR, HENRY J . SMITH EXTENSION SERVICE
ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURIST H 1 L E D TO DO THE LANDSCAPIHG AS A COgKUNITY DEMONSTRATION. MR.
AND MRS. JENKINS BUILT TH1IR LOVELY HOME ABOUT 1 0 YEARS AGO. UNTIL THM1 TIKE THE? LIVED IN THE MRS. JENKINS
T E A C H E R ' S HOUSE AT SALLIS SCHOOL.
SAYS THEY DIDN'T REALLY F1EL LIKE THEY WERE HOKE TO STAY UNTIL THEY MOVED INTO THEIR ONN
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THEIR TWO SONS, HAL WHO I S 1 1 AND DAN WHO
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C O H O R T AND. HEALTHFUL L I V I N G .
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MEMBER AND I S STARTING HIS SECOND YEAR.
GEORGE WADE, THE ASSISTANT COUNTY AGENT I S H E L P I N G HIM TO GET OFF TO A GOOD START IN l|.-H CLUB WORK AND DAN I S JUST WAITING FOR THE DAY WHEN HE*S OLD 1N0UGHT TO J O I N . SXXSKS HAL HAS
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I NUMBER OF l_H CLUB PROJECTS INCLUDING BSEP, |ENTOMOLOGY, GARDEN, HOMI5 GROUNDS BEAUT IPU GAT I OS, SWINE AND SAFETY. HE HAD AN ANGUS STKER AT THE SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI LIVESTOCK SHOW IN FOREST THIS YEAR, MR.AND MRS, H.E. JENKINS BELONG TO
OH FAMILY
THE SALLIS METHODIST CHURCH.
EPHRAIM IS
CHAIRMAN OF THIS BOARDO OP STEWARDS AND CHAIRMAN OF TH^ BUILDING EROG-RAM NCM CURRENT IN THE CHURCH. MRS, JENKINS TEACHES THE INTERMEDIATE SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS AND IS VICE PRESIDENT OP THS WOMEN�S SOCIETY OF GHRISTIAN SERVICE. MRS. JENKINS ALSO BELONGS TO THE 20TH CENTURY CLUB AMD IS PITH DISTRICT CHAHMAN OP CONSERVATION IN THE MISSISSIPPI FEDERATION OP WOMEN'S CLUBS. THEY BELONG- TO THE FARM BUREAU AND EPHRAIH IS A MMBER OP THE M B 3I3SIPPI SDUCATION ASSOCIATION I COULD TELL MUCH MORE iSBOUT THIS PINE FAMILY BUT IN THE TIME THAT REMAINS I WANT YOU TO MEI?E THEM. 1. 2. 3. k� DO YOU PLAN ANY KAJOR CHANGES? WHAT ARE YOUR HOPES FOR THE FUTURE? DO YOU PUT OUT ANY TEMPORARY GRAZING? MRS, JENKINS, "WHAT DO YOU ENJOY MOST ABOUT YOUR HOME? 5. WHAT ARE YOUR HOPES FOR T I FUTURE? fR
