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I WANT TO S S IN THE VERY BEGINNING THAT I AM AT DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO MADISON COUNTY AGRICULTURAL AGENT, BUDDY SMIIH AND ASSOCIATE COUNTY AGE8T GILBERT BOONE FOR THEIR VERY ffOSDSRFUL HELP I3f SELECTING THE FAMILY WHICH WE SALUTE TODAY AND FOE GOI3SG WITH ME TO THIS FAM TO HELP ME OBTAII THE STORY WiffCH I AM H W GOIIG TO TELL. O THIS
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FARM-1 MAILBOX
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STO1Y OF MR. AID MRS. E.A. fQUBHOUGH WHO
L I F E ON A 200 AC1E FA1M THREE MILES W ^ T OF CANTON, MISSISSIPPI ON HIGHWAY 2 2 , ON THIS FAR1
MR. KIMBROUGH CARRIES OUT A GOOD PR0G1AM OF COTTON, CORN, A CQffflEtCIAL BEi^1 CATTLE HERD AND GOOD PASTURE PROGRAM. MR. KIMBROUGIi GREW UP
I N THE LIBMTY CHAPEL CGfflfUNITY OF ATTAU COUNTY WHERE HE LIVED ON A FARM UNTIL HE WAS 18 YE4RS
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M S . KBfflROUGH ALSO GREW UP ON A FARM.
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SHB WAS RAISM) HEIR CARTHAGE, IN THE FOREST GROVE COMMUNITY OF LBUKE COUNTY. THEY MET IN
THE DELTA WHffil MRS, KIMBROUGH WAS STAYING WITfi A SISTER AKD GOING TO SCHOOL IN GREENVILLE. MR. KAY WAS, AT THAT TIME, MANAGING A DELTA PLANTATION NS4R LBLAND, M I S S I S S I P P I . WHEN M.
KIMBROUGH & S R ATTAU COUNTY AT 18 YMRS OF AGE HE WENT TO THE DELTA WHERE HE M4NAGED VARIOUS PLANTATIONS FROM 1916 UNTIL HE MOVED TO HIS
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FARMHODS
2 0 0 ACRE HDISON COUNTY FARM IN KAY OF 19SO AND MOVED ONTO IT IN JANUARY OP 1 9 5 1 . ^EKIS I S THE
HOUSE THEY MOVED INTO, THOUGH THEY HAVE BUILT A Mm PORCH OF THE FRONT AHD RB-FHTISHS) THE HOUS I I S I B E AND OUT. FOE 20 YMRS MR. KKB10UGH IN 1946
WORKED AT 0BLTA AHD PINE LAHD C0m�AHY.' HE BOUGHT A PLAITATIOH ADJOINING HIS LAND AT WINTERVILLE.
HIS MB1M1R FARMED I T AND MR. AND ?ffiS.
MR, KAY SOLD I T AFTER TfiRIB YEARS. SLIDE FARM-4
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B2MBR0UGH RBCAU THAT THEIR PRESENT FARM LAND WJ ONLY I I FAIR SHAPE WHEN THEY MOVED HERE. MICH
OF I T HAD GRCfTN UP TO SAG! GRASS AND PBRSISMON S P R O U T S . . . O N L Y ABOUT 70 OF THE 200 ACRES WAS BEING FARMED. IT HAD FMCING OF A SORT BUT
MR. KIMBROUGM HAS RE-FENG� ALL BUT FORTY ACRES OF I T SINCE THEY MOVED EME. MR. KIMBR0UGH SAYS
HE HAS BEfiN A COTTON FARMER ALL OF HIS DAYS AND SLIPS Mm & CATTLE I T WAS ONLY NATURAL TEAT I I S PRINCIPLE CROP M M HE CAME EME WAS 90 ACRES OF COTTON. I RECALL THAT HE TOLD BUDDY SMITH AND GILBERT BOONS HERB THAT COTTON WAS ABOUT A THING OF THE PAST NOW, AT LEAST FOR HIM, THOUGH HE LIKES COTTON AND STILL RAISES I T . THIS YBAR HE HAD
2 1 ACRES WHICH WAS HANDLED ON THE SHARES BY TWO TMNANT FAMILIES. HE SAYS BESIDES THE FACT
THAT HE L I I E S COTTON I T I S THE BEST WAY HE KNOW'
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TO KEH> THE NECESSABY LABOR ON THE P U C E TO CARRY O THE REST OF THE FARM PROGRAM. M THAT
F I R S T YEAR IN MADISON COUNTY MR. KIMBROUGH RAISED A LITTLE CORN AID OATS AH D BOUGHT ABOUT SLIDE FARM-6 CATTLE^ I S HEAD OF BEEF CATTLE AM B E I F PROGRAM, STARTED HIS PRESENT
HOWEVER, HIS MOST EXPANSION 1%
THE BB�F PROGRAM HAS BEM BURISG THE PAST TWO YEA1S. MR. KAY TRIES TO KEEP ABOUT 30 TO 40
BROOD COWS...ALL OF THEM HEHEFORDS M B ABOUT HALF OF THM REGISTERED. OFF AND OF OVER THE
YEARS MR. KJMBROUGH HAS SOLD SOME COWS AND BOXTGI SLIDE FARMCALY EBTTER QUALITY. HE FOLLOWS A C0M1SCIAL COW
AND CALF PROGRAM A�D SELLS MOST OF HIS CALVES MILK PAT OFF THE COW. HE C E E ^ FEEDS ALL HIS
CALVES ASTD DOES SAVE A FEW OF THE LATE CALVES TO FEED THOUGH THE WIHTER MONTIS AND SELL IN THI SPRING. HE GETS ABOUT 1 0 0 $ CALF CROP Am CALF
HOOD VACCINATES EVERYTHING.
I F A COW DOESN'T THE HERD IS
PRODUCE A CALF HE GETS RID OF HER. SLIDE FARM-8 CATTLE
TB AND BANGS F ' ^ E AND MR. OMBROUGH I S JUST NOW STARTING TO SAVE SOME OF HIS BETTER HEIFERS FOR HERD REPLACEMENT. MR. KAY HAS USED REGISTERED
HORNED HEREFORD BULLS SINCE THE DAY HE STARTED AND HAS TWO REGISTERED HEREFORD BULLS IJT HIS HERD AT THB PRESENT TIME. HE FIGURES HIS HERD
I S JUST A LITTLE BELOW ITS MAXIMUM RIGHT NOW.
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HE FIGURES THAT MAXIMU ITILL BE REACHED WHEN HE HAS ABOUT 5 5 OS 60 HEAD �F BROOD COWS. FOR
PERMANENT PASTURE ME. KAY HAS 7 5 ACRES IN BERMUDA, DALLIS, WHITE DUICH CLGTER AND CRIMSON AND RED CLOVER. SLIDE FARM-9 PASTURE HE LIMES HIS MSTURES. IN
FACT HE TESTS HIS SOIL AID FERTILIZES BOTH PASTURE AID ROW CROPS ACCORDING TO SOIL N1EDS. THERE ARE FOUR SEPERATE PASTURE AREAS AMD GRAZI1 I S ROTATES FOR MXBfUM RETURNS. TEMPORARY SOME OF I f
|irOTBR GRAZIH6 I S 40 ACRES I I OATS.
I S GRAZED ALL THE WAY DOWH AID THIN PUT IN ROW fcROP IN THE SPRIHG, ABOUT 1 5 ACRES I S HARVESTS BACH
|pOR SEED AND IBS ACRES I S CUT FOR M Y .
YEAR MR. fOMBROUGH PUTS UP ABOUT 1500 BALES OF
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|OAT AND GRASS HAY WHICH HE FEEDS TO THE HERD | FREE CHOICE DURING THE WINTER MONTHS. SLIDE TR�&Cfl SILO HOJflTER
THE GREATEST SOURCE OF WINTER FEED I S SILAGE. MR. KAY PUTS OUT 40 ACRES IN CORN AND CUTS 15 ICRSS OF I T FOR SILAGE. STARTING ABOUT DEB. 1 5
HE F13BS SILAGE DAILY UNTIL ABOUT MARCH FIRST 0 1 UNTIL THE GRAZING COMES I N . THE COWS ALSO
SET SOME CRUSHED CORN DURING THE WINTER MONTHS, KE FIGURES HIS CORN YIELD AT ABOUT 40 BUSHELS SLIDE FARM-11 TO THE ACRE. THE ONLY TIMBER ON THE PLACE I S
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T H I S LITTLE PINE SHELTER.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY
U A T IT IS. IT�S mm WINTER QUARTERS FOR MR.
KIMBROUGH'S LIVESTOCK. ALSO, APPROPRIATELY LOCATED IN THIS SAME SHELTERBELI, I S THE CATCH SLIDE FARM.12 CATCH PHJ & BACKRUBS P E N . . , O N E OF TWO ON THE FARM, AID ALSO THIS I S THE LOCATION OF BACKRUBS USHB FOR PARASITE AND INSECT CONTROL. BESIDES USING THE MCKBUBS,
MS.. KAY ALSO SPRAYS HIS CATTLE TWICE A YBAR. S P E C I A L I S T S RECOMMEND THAT MCKMJ1S BE LOCATED WHE1E CATTLE CONGREGATE. SLIDE PARM-1 STOCK FOND [THERE I S SHADE AND WATER. THIS I S USUALLY WHERE THIS STOOC POND I S
A HUNDRED YARDS OF THE TIMBER SHELTER TO THE ADVISABILITY OF MK1NG THAT THE JPROPEK LOCATION FOR THE BACKRUBS. MR. KIMBROUGB HE
HAS FOUR STOCKPONDS SIMILAR TO THIS ONE. SLIDE FARM-1 GRAIN
ALSO MAINTAINS HIS O N ON FARM STORAGE FOR HIS W RAIN AND GRINDS HIS GRAIN WITH HIS OWN MILL. TER PULLING HIS CORN MR. KIMBROUGH TURNS H I S TTLE IN THE STAIXFIELDS TO CLEAN UP ANY GRAIN f HAY BE LEFT. m W1EN MR AND MRS. KIMBROUGH
TO MADISON COUNTY IN 19S1 THERE WERE
SLIDE MACHI SHED
CTICALLY NO BUILDINGS EXCEPT THE HOUSE, N 19S2 HE CONSTRUCTED THIS SHELTER FOR HIS ALUABLE FASH MACHINERY. HE I S COMPLETELY
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MECHANIZED IN HIS FARM OPERATION AM) HAS TWO
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f*�r�;M, MACH1JTJBKT Mil
TRACTORS AND ALL THE NECESSARY PUNTING AND ULTIVATIFG BQUIPMMT. HIS ALSO HAS A CORN
PIC1CER, PASTURE CLIPPER AND OTHER NEEDED EQUIPMENT FOE BOTH GRASSLAND AMD ROW CROP FARMING, YOU WILL NOTE THAT MS. KAY COVERS
H I S MACHINERY THAT �ON�T GO UNDER BiE SHED SO I I WILL GET COMPLETE PROTECTION FROM THE WEATHER.
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MRS, KEMBROUGH ALSO CARRIE OUT AN EXCELLENT BOHEMKIIG PROGRAM AND FROM HER SEASONAL GAHDM AND THE FAIIILY MEAT SUPPLY SHI FREEZES ABOUT 8 5 0 POUNDS OP FOOD EACH YEAR FOR HER AND MR. KAY. THEY ALSO GIVE A BEIF TO THEIR DAUGHTER,
U S S . 1 � B . WINTER AT CARROLLTON AND MEIR SON,
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SMMETT JUNIOR WHO I S ON THE FACULTY AT MISSISSII STATE UNIVERSITY. URS. KIHBROUGH ALSO PUTS UP
ABOUT 100 QUARTS OF FOOD IN JARS f BESIDES THE FRUIT AND VEGETABLES THEY GIVE TO 1SE CHILDREN, ML. AND MRS. B . A . UMBROUGH HAVE BEEN ENROLLED I N THE EXTENSION SERVICE BALANCED FARM AID HOME
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PROGRAM SINCE 1954 AND HAVE R1CIEVED VERY FINE 5ELP FROM MR. BOONS AND ASSOCIATE 10ME BEMONSTSJ TION AGENT, MRS. UASION QUINN IN THE FARMING ANI HOMEMAUNG PSOGRAM, MRS. KIJI1R0UGH LOVES TO OOK AND I S A GOOD ONE. SHE PARTICULARLY QTJOYS
THEIR RURAL ELECTRICITY WHICH HAS HELPED TO MAW
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HOMEMKIIG SO MUCH EASIER, TOE ADVANTAGE OF WDMIM
SHE ALSO HAS ALL HATER AS COOTMIHTT
THE TURN OP A FAUCBT H H � KXTCHJ3I. SHE LOVES HER HOME AMD HER BOMEHAmG AMD I S ABOUT AS JOLLY A PERSON AS I ' V E MET. SHE ALSO LIK�S l
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SHE MAKES HER OWN DRAPHIES AW SHE DOES SOME SESfUG FOR B� T&E 1AY,
4HS BLASKiTS.
AID SOME FOR HER GSftlTOCHILBlES.
Kmmmjm*s HAVE FOUR GHANBCHILDKEN
TB3BYfRE THE APPLE OF 1HEIR BYE. SLIDE FARM-22 PICTURES
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MR. A l l MRS,
HAVE HAISBD A WONBEHFUL SOI AH) DAUGHTER. I AM SOR1Y THAT THEY CAM*T BE WIT! US TOMY, BUT HME I S A PICTURE OF EACH. DAUBT1R I S A HOUSBUFE ASD TEACHER I I THE CARROLLTOH SCHOOL. EMMETT JUNIOR I S TEACHING THEIK
AGRICULTURAL EKGINEMING AT MISSI S I P P I STATE. MR. AND MRS, KLMBKOUGH RAISED THEIR C H I L M M ANI THEM WELL AND THEY ARE A CREDIT TO OUF STATE. CAMERA ON FAMILY MR. AN� MRS. KIM8RGUGB BELONG TO THB
F I R S T METHODIST C1URCH OF CAITON WH^tE MR* KBCBHOUGIi IS A STKRARD, MMBER OF M E CHOIR, AND VICE PR1SIDSNT OF HIS SUNMY SCHOOL CLASS AND WHSIE MRS. K2MM0UGH IS ACTIVE IN THE f f . S . C . S . AND I S A CIRCLE CW&lfflAM IN THE WOMEN'S ACTIVITY OF HER CHURCH. MR. EAY I S ALSO
R E S I D M T OF THE MADISON COUNTY FARM BUREAU
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i OF THE MADISON COUNTY LIVESTOCK ASSOCIATION, IS AH A . S . C . CBMMUNITY AND A M&S0N. M S . UMBROUGH IS CORRESPONDING HER
SECRETARY OF THI CANTON WGMHPS CLUB.
FAVORITE PASSTINEI5 L I S T M I I K TO HSE H I - F I AND MR. m Y LOYES TO HUNT BIRDS. COUHTY AGMT BUBDY SMITH TILLS ME THAT TH3^E AEB F(EKS WHO ARE ALWAYS I M B Y .AMD WILLDTG TO LEND A HELBING HAND TO THE COUNTY AGIICUI.TURAL
WORKMS
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CALL� UPON TO DO SO.
THEY
H E FOLK TBAT PEOPLE JUST LOOK TO A�D DEPEND 01 FOR HELP, AND IEADSRSHIP IN THE COUNTY. I AM
PROUD TO SALUTE M . AID MRS, B.A. KBffilOUGH OF MADISON COUITY AS TODAY'S FA^! FAMILY OP THE ON �RFB TELEVISIT." NOW, I WANT* IN THE
I 1SEAIIING TO HAVE YOU MEET THM #
