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VERY MUCJi INDEBTED TO H I . R.L* (BUDDY)
S M I T H , M4DIS0N COUNTY AGENT OT> TO MR, C . G . | BOOBS, ASSOCIATE AGENT IN MADISON COUNTY FOR Ttt THEIR VffiY GSEtf HELP IU SELBCTIiPE AND OBTAIMIHl
TH^ STORY OP THE FASM FAMILY WS SALUTE TODAY AS OUR "FARM FAMILY OF THE WEEK!." SLIDE FARE.1 HWSE THIS I S THE
STORY OF ME. AND MRS. W.B, JONES AMD THEIR THRE S Q I S , OF FLORA, M I S S I S S I P P I . M. AMD HR.S. JOFE
HAVE LIVED 0 1 THEIR 1176 ACRE FARM JUST NORTH OF FLORA SINCE 1 9 4 7 . IH FACT THIS I S MR. JONES
OLB HOME PLACE, THE PLACE WHERE HE GREff UP AS A BOY. HE MST MRS. JOlffiS, A TEXAS LASS, M I L E
ATTSNBIFG SCHOOL AT MISSISSIPPI STATE AND THEY WERE MRRIED IK DECHCBER OF 1 9 4 2 . f?.B. JOIES
MUTT FROM MISSISSIPPI STATE DIRECTLY IMTO THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY WHERE HE REMAINED UNTIL DECEMBER OF 1 9 4 6 . WHEN HE RETURNED FROM SSRVIC
HE AND MRS. JOMES CAME BACK TO MDISOS C0U2JTY AND B01MJWED ENOUGH MQNBY TO BUY OUT THE HEIRS TO THE OLB HOME PLACE AID THEY HAVE BADE THEIR L I F E HIRE EVER SINCE. W.B. JONES STARTED FARMI
FOR HIMSELF RAISING MOSTLY COTTON AMD CORN, DOING ALL THE WORK WITH TMHANTS AND MULES. 1 9 4 8 HE STARTED INTO THE BEEF CATTLE BUSINESS AS A PART OF HIS FASM PROGRAM AND WE'LL THLL YO IN
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yen; ABOUT HIS PRBSEST BISF CATTLE OF&RATION iif SLIDE PARH~2 DAIRY BARN A FEW MINUTES. IN 19S2 HE ADDED DAIRYING TO
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FARM PROGRAM. HE HIRED THE COHCREfE m R T OF THIS HODSHff DAIRY BARM BUILT AND DID THE HHISELF WITH LUMB� PROM HIS OtfiT LAID.
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FARM* PARLOR
I T I S A C0HPI1TELY M ^ ) ^ I DAIRY BARS AMD WAS TUB FIRST GLASS PIPE P I P M J I E MILKER USTALLEB H MISSISSIPPI. TIMS AND m I T HAMDLBS THSSE CCWS VW,
I T W.B, J O H ^ I S M I L H i G 44 HMD OF
CATTLE. ALL MILS G 0 � DI1JSCTLY FROM THE f<3irfS tJM>�R THROUGH THB PIPELINE AID I I T O MILK CANS I SLIDE |IH IHfi COOLER. THB FARM. I T I S NBVffi TOUCHED BY HAM) ON
AT MILK1IG TIME THE COWS A1S FBD
A 1 6 ^ DAISY RATION OP HOME GROWN GRAIN MIXM) WITH NSCBSSARY SUPPLEMi^f TO MAKE A GOOD DAIRY SLIDE FARtt-j WASH RO'CM RATION. IN THB OTHER HALF OF THEMILKIIG PARLOR
I S THB PROCESSING ROOM WHICH I S EQUIPPiS) WITH THE MOST MODEM F A C I L I T Y WHICH ARE KBJ>T S P O T L ^ S L Y CLEAN AND COMPLETELY SANITARY. ALL
HILK GOES DAILY TO CANTON TO THE MADISON COUNTY DAIRY. SLIDfi FARM-6 MILK COTS W.B. JON2S START� WITH 30 HEAD OF TODAY HE HAS 52 COWS AND
RY CATTLE IN 1 9 5 2 .
S B F L A C S i M T HSIFffiS AND I S WORKING TOWARD A HEAD HERD. HE GETS A 1 0 0 ^ CALF CROP AND ANY COW THAT DOSSN�T DROP A CALF.
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H I S HERD AYERAGBS 3 TO 4 GALLONS OF MILK PER DA1 AND HE I S CULLING EVERYTHING THAT PRODUCES LESS ffiAN 4 GALLONS, TH1 HERD I S BANGS TESTED AID
TB TESTED...A FEJf OF THEM ARE REGISTERED STOCK.
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HE SAFES HIS O N REPLACEMENT HEIFERS AHD W CALFHOOD VACCINATES ST1RY ONI. PARASITE COUTH�
I S MAI1XAINBD BT SFKAHNG AHP THE USE OP THE BACK-RUB LOCATED IK STRATEGIC PLACES. ALL
B A I R f CALVES A1B TAKEIf OFF THE COW THE SECOID D, M Y All) ARE THEI CARRIED 0 1 SUBSTITUTE KILK AHD IGRAIS. WiB� J O N ^ DOES SOME CREEP FEBDIIG. ! HOLSTEIM A L L / C I M S ARE BRED TO REGISTERED HOLSTBIF BULLSf ALL JERSEYS ARE BRED TO A JERSEY BUI-L WHICH I S REGISfERED. ff.B. JONES DOESM�T BREED HIS
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ANIMALS fO EEGIS TIRED BULLS JUST TO GET �APM& ON THEM BUT TO GET BETTER PRODUCTION A I D HE KEEPS ONLY BULLS WHICH HA?E PROVEN THEIR ABILIT TO SIRE HIGH PRODUCING COWS. THE DAIRY HERD
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GETS SILAGE SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS OUT OP THE XIX FOUR YEAR, W . 3 . JONES HAS 8MB. TRENCH SILOS. H T 3 1 OF THEJf HOLD IS� TONS EACH, ONE HOLDS 500 TONS AND THE OTHER HOLDS 600 TONS. BESIDES
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HAY BAR]*
GOOB PASTURE THE DAIRY HERB GETS HAY FREE CHOIC (ABOUT 8 MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR.
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DAIRY PASTURE
CONSISTS ALMOST ENTIRELY OF PERMANENT PASTURE
WHICH I S m RGBLY BERMUDA, WHITE BUTCH AND M I X I S GRASS, THE HAT I S MOSTLY SOYBMH HAY.
W . B . JONES PUT UP ABOUT 6000 BALES OF HAY THIS YEAR. BY THE WAY THE SILAGE CONSISTS OF SORGHO ONLY ON DRY YliU S DOES W.B. ALL THE CORN WAS J0M1S' BJMP PROGRAM
AST) OAT SILAGE.
JONESPUT UP CORN SILAGE. PULLED M I S YEAR. W.B.
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WAS, AS I SAID, STARTED Iff 1948 WITH MR. JOHES BUYDfG CATTLE AS HE COULD FIND THM WORTH THE MOHEY. TOMY HE HAS 250 HEAD WITH ! 2 g OP THM HE HOPES TO EVENTUALLY HAVE AFTER Ht
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GOOD B100D COWS,
2 0 0 GOOD BROOD COWS I I HIS BBS? HERD.
COIST I S PULLED THS BE^ 1 HE80 I S TURNED IITTO THE F I S I D S TO CLEAU UP M Y GRAIN AID ROUGHAGE THAT MIGHT BE LEFT. BESIDES PASTURE THE COWS GET
SOUS HAY AND SILAGE AFTER THE FIEIDS ARE CLEANS UP. SLIDE FARM-12 BULK THEY GET A LITTLE G1AIH, BUT NOT MUCH.
W . B . JONES FOLLOWS A COMMERCIAL COW AND CALF PROGRAM. ALL THE BROOD COWS ARE GRADE COWS BUT
THEY ARE BRED TO REGISTERED HERFORD BULLS TO BUILD MD MAINTAIN THE QUALITY HE DESIRES. SLIDE FARM-13 W . B , JONES GETS ABOUT A 90% CALF CROP AND ALL THE GOOD ONES ARE SOLD OFF THE COW AS MILK-FAT CALYES. THE POORER ONES ARE FED GRAIN THROUGH
THE WINTER, PUT 0 1 PASTURE IN THE SPRING AND THEN HAR1BTED ABOUT JUNE.
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ARE SOHE OF fHE CALVES THA? AHE BEIIG CARRIED THROUGH f H I WUTtiSU SLIDE FAHM-1 AS I SAID, W. B . H�
J O I E S HAD ALL HIS CORf PULLED fHIS YEAR.
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HAD ABOUT 300 ACRES OF CORI AID I T ' S ALL I F THE C R I B HOT HEADY TO BE USED AS ITS HEM)� THIS V 3 X ? R FOR fHE BBBP AID DAIRY HERDS. IN
ADDITION HIE JONES FAMILY RAISES A P i f MBffTTYPE HOGS FR FAMILY USE. |W.B. AS I SAID B t R L I l f i , THIS TBkR A HALF
JOHES ALSO RAISES SOME COTTOH.
|HE HAD 206 ACRES WHICH MDB A M L E AW I
THE TENKAirrS.
ifo THE ACHB. ALL eoTTOi U I D is wmm arm TO
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'IITTO-IHE CROP BEST S U I T � FOR I T .
MEITIOH AT � . B . JOKES PUTS OUT ABOUT 100 ACRES OF OATS, WHICH KB SBB SOME OF HERE, AID I T I S G M 2 E B BY THE DAIRY EMD AID THEI SOME I S CUT F FOR S I U S E AID SOME I S BARVESTED Fit GRAII, II
ADDITION TO OATS, SWEET SUDAI I S ALSO PROVIDE� FOR TEMPORARY GRAZIHG. 2 T d f B E * ? ! OILY HIT THE OF COURSE OF
HIGH SPOTS OF THIS FA1M PROGRAM.
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GREAT IMPORTANCE TO THE SUCCESS OF THE PROGRAM I S THE KEEPING OF ACCURATE RECORDS. PART OF
THE V(MK OF KEEPING THOSE RECORDS FALLS 0 1 THE SHOULDERS OF MRS, JOIES AfD I EXPECT SHEE CAF
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TELL YOU AS MUCH ABOUT THE FIKUTCIAL POSITION OP THBIR FAM OPERATI01 AS CA1 W.B. SLIPE SHE SPENDS
MUCH I F HSR TIME PHIPAKIHG FOOD FOR 1HB FAMILY*! HEEDS THROUGHOUT THE YEA1. FROM THEIR HALF ACS
GASDBT SHE CAIS ABOUT SO P U T S Of1 POOP AMD FREEZES ABOUT 25�O POUIBS, Em HOME I S
COMPLETELY MOBEI� ABB WAS RMODELED BY MR. J 0 1 S S TO GIY1R HSR E F O T POSSIBLB FACILITY TO
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HAKE HOUSMORIC AS EASY AS POSSIBLE,
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J M I K S H A I S ^ Tim CHICKBBTS OS THE WAM AS A 4-H CLUB PROJECT. HE SELLS I&GS TO HIS BESIDES A COMPLETELY
FROM HIS 3 5 H I T S ,
KLTCHaS AMD HOME LAUNDRY THE R%8t OF THF HOUSE I S BSaUtlR'LLY DSCOfiATBD AFB FURKISHED FOR COMFORTABLE FAMILY LITING. I T I S A HOME THAT
I S MJOYED BY EVERY MEMBER OF THE FAMILY* � E L L t tim DOESN'T PERMIT US TO GO IHTO AS MTCH
OF m i S WONDERFUL FARM PR0G1AM AS I*D LIKE TO, BUT HOW, WHILE I ' M TELLIIG YOU OF SOME (F THEIR COITRIMiTIOHS TO THEIR COMMUNITY M B STATS, I ' D CAMERA OH FAMILY L I K E YOU fO TAKE A LOOK AT THEM I D THEK WE*LL
TALK TO THJM A LITTLE IN A MINUTE. K E Y ARE MEMBERS OF THE FLOHA M P T I S T CHUSCH WHERE MR. JOHES I S A DEJiCOI AID SUBSTITUTE SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER AM) WHERB MRS. JOMBS HELPS I I ffiE
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MJRSSST.
MR. JOSS I S A m S O H , VICE PRBSID13JT
OF ME MSDISON COUITY FA1M BUHMJ t MMBSR OP BIS A . S . C . COUITTY COMiilTTEfi, DIRECTOR �= THE USB M E , HEMB&t OF BiE MDISOS C0UVT7
LIVESfOCK ASSOCIAflOI, MADISOI COUITIY IUIHY ASSOCIATION, Cfi&llBBR OF C01M.S^E, M�MBER OF Till BOARD 6P DIRKTORS AKD B S T ^ I ^ I D M T OF BBS FLORA G I S AID KILL COffiAHT, MRS. JOKES I S A
MBMBBE � ' K1B FLOM K V J U AID LOFES TO SM AMD WORK WIfM FLOTERS. SOH B A M ^ t M S BBBV A 4-fi ffil&E'S MORE TO
CLUB I!EMB�S FOR WO YEARS.
TELL BUI LET'S HEAK I T FROM THE FAMILY.
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