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8Y_. Howard Langfltt
VIDEO CAM1RA OH LANGFITT
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I WANT TO SAY I N THE VERY BEGINNING THAT I AM DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO MR, ROBERT BARKER, THE RANKIN COUNTY AGRICULTURAL AGENT, FOR H I S VERY F I N E HELP I N SELECTING THE FAMILY WHICH WE SALUTE TODAY. THIS I S THE STORY OF MR. AND MS.
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TROY L . KING AND THEIR THREE SONS AND A DAUGHTER WHO LIVE 0 N 1 D FARM 21+0 ACRES OF LAND I N THE REHOBETH COMMUNITY OF RANKIN COUNTY. FARM I S LOCATED EIGHT M I I E S ON HIGHWAY 2*3. THEIR
HORTH OF PELAHATCHIE
SO YOU WILL KNCW THE FAMILY,
L E F T TO RIGHT IN OUR PICTURE ARE l^XYEiR OLD G L E N . . . I ? YEii* OLD DERWIN, MR. TROY KING, YEAR OLD JOJm, FIVE
MRS. KING AND l l | YEAR OLD-ELTON.
TROY KING WAS BORN AND iRAISED ON T H I S IAND HE FAfMS TODAY. H I WENT THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL � T
P I S G A H , THE SAME PLACE H I S CHILDREN ARE GOING TO SCHOOL TDDAY. HE ATTENDED JONES JUNIOR
COLLEGE AT BLLISVILLE FOR TWO YEARS AND THEN AFTER SERVING I N THE UNITED STATES ARMY FROM 1 9 1 * 1 ' TO 191*6 HE WENT TO M I S S I S S I P P I STATE
U N I V E R S I T Y WHERE HE GRADUATED WITH A DEGREE I N AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION, I N THE FALL SEMESTER OF 191*7. FOB TWO AND A HALF YEARS HE WAS THE
VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE TEACHER AT WALNUT GROVE BUT BECAUSE H I S HEALTH DICTATED THAT HE SHOULD
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BE OUT OP DOORS BORE HE GAME BACK TO THE FARM SLIDE FARM?2 HOUSE IN JULY OF 1950 AND THAT'S WHERE HE'S BEEN EVER SINCE. TEOY KINS SAYS HE WAS BORN IN A
SLAVERY DAY SPLIT LOG HOUSE AND WAS ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN, HE GREW UP ON A COTTON FARM WHERE HORSEPOWER WAS SUPPLIED BY MULES, IT WASN'T TILL HE STARTED FARMING FOB HIMSELF THAT HE FARMED WITH A TRACTOR, SLIDE FARM-BOUSE THB HOUSE
WASN'T ON THE LAND WHEN TBOY BOUGHT IT. THERE WAS A 2k BY 26 FOOT FOUR ROOM TENANT HOUSE
AND THEY LIVED IN IT FOR A YEAR WHILE THEY STARTED BUILDING TBISHGUSE IN WHICH THEY LIVE TODAY. THE FIRST TWO YEARS THEY LIVED IN, IT THERE a s ONLY SUB-FLOORING DOWN. TROY SAYS THEY PUT IN A PIEC1 OF LUMBER WHENEVER THEY GOULD FIND ONE AND WHENEVER THEY COULD GET IT. THEY PUT IN A MODERN BATHROOM JUST THIS YEAR TROY SAWED THE TIMBER FOR THE HOUSE G? F THE LANE AND DID THE WIRING HIMSELF. MRS. TROY KING WAS MISS ESTELLI SLADE OF SAND HILL BEFORE THEIR MARRIAGE IN 191*2. THEY ATTENDED SCHOOL TOGETHE AT PISGAH. SLIDE CATTLE SHE WAS lALEDICTORIAN OF THE CLASS
AND TROY WAS SALUTATORIAN, WHILE TROY KING GRFW UP RAISING COTTON, CORN AND PEAS.,,TROY SAYS BLACK EEAS DURING THE DEPRESSION...WHEN HE
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BOUGHT THE 1 6 0 ACRE HOME PTJ. CE IN 1 9 5 0 HE BOUGHT 3 5 HEAD OP BEEF CATTLE MITH I T I D THEM FOLLOWING A COMMERCIAL COW AND CALF PROGRAM UNTIL HE SOU) OUT OP BEEF I I 1 9 5 3 . HE KEPT
ALSO CONTINUED TO RAISE COTTON UNTIL THE SOIL BANK CAME INTO BEING IK 1 9 5 7 ^HEN HE Q U I T , IN
1 9 5 1 TROY KINO STARTED A DAIRY PROGRAM WITH 8
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GRADE JERSEY COWS.
ASHE GREW INTO THE DAIRY HE SAYS LIMITED
PROGRAM HE GAVE UP THE B E E F . PASTURE MD
LOW PRICES AT THE TIME DROVE HIM H I DIDN�T THOY SAYS
OUT OF BEEF HIODUGTION IN 1 9 5 3 .
HAVE BSTUR1 FOR BOTH BEEF AND DAIRY.
HE COULD SEE THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH L M D TO MME A PROPITABB5 BEEF UNIT ON I T . TROY KING
HAS BOUGHT A FEW DAIRY M IMflLS EVERY YEAR UNTIL
FAHM-6 OSffLE
LAST YEAR.
TODAY H I S DAIRY HERD TOTALS 8 0 TROY HAS 5 ?
FEMALES AND T H R U HERD BULLS.
MILK COWS AND AT THE W I S E S T TIME I S MILKING 1$ HEAD. UNTIL THE F � � L OF 1 9 5 6 THE HERD WAS
ALL JERSEY BUT AT THAT TIME THOY ADDED ABOUT kQ$ HOISTEIN TO GET MORE QUANTITY. SLIDE FARM-? BARS R I G H T OUT ON A FLUID MILK PROGRAM. TROY STARTIE HE AND H I S THE
B R O T H E R - I N - L A W BUILT THIS BARN TOGETHER,
B R O T K E R r l N - L A W OWNED THE LAND WHERE I T SETS AT THAT TIME BUT THEY BOTH MILKED IN THE BARN
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PARM-8 COWS IN BARN
AVERAGE WAS ABOUT 5 , 0 0 0 POUNDS OP MILK PER COW PER YEAR. TODAY I T I S ABOUT 8 t � 0 G POUNDS*., ,
BROUGHT ABOUT BY IMPROVED FEEDING, BETTER
BREEDING M D THE ADDITIOH OP THS H0I8 TEINS, TO f H l HERD, TROY SAYS FOR A WHILE HE MIXED UP J1RSESY BUT
THE BRTIDING OP H I S HOLSTEINS MB
I T WASN'T SATISFACTORY SO HOW HS�LL GO BACK TO THE PURE L I N E S . AS A RESULT HE*S SOT SAVING THE COWS 1 1 H I S HERD
ANY H I I P E R S RIGHT NOW,
R I G H T HOW THAT ARE THE BEST PRODUCERS ARE COWS HE SAVED AS H1IPSRS AND PLANS TO 0 0 BACK TO
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THAT ftQGRAM.
HE 0ALFHOOD VACCINATES AND THE TROY KING USES THRE
HERD I S TB AND BANGS F R 1 E ,
PORTABLE MILKERS IN THE BARN AND H&S BEEN BULK TANK SINCE THS PALL OP 1 9 5 7 . HS WAS ONE OP THE
F I R S T FIVE BULK TAIK PRODUCERS IN R M K I N COUNTY AND ONE OP TH1 FIRST THREE ON MOSBY'S ROUTE. H I LIKES BULK TANK. I T SAVES LABOR AND HAS
REDUCED H I S BACTERIA COUNT AND ALLOWS MORE E F F I C I E N T COOLING OP THE MILK. MQSBY PICKS UP
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FARM-10 GRAIN BIN
H I S MILK EVERY OTHER DIY.
ALL T H 1 COWS GET TROY FEEDS A I 6 g
GRAIN VHETHER MILKING OR DRY.
R A T I O N UNTIL HE BEGINS TO FEED HEAVY OH CORN
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SILAGE.
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HAY QUALITY I S L<% HE STEPS AS LONG
THE FEfDING UP TO AN 1 8 $ PROTEIN PEED.
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AS HE HAS OATS FOR THE CATTLE TO GRAZE HE STAYS ON A 1 6 $ RATION. TROY KING WEIGHS THE PEED
AND FEEDS EVERY COW ACCORDING TO HER PRODUCTION* NORMALLY THE MILL MIXES CONCENTRATES AND MINERALS WITH GRAIN FURNISHED BY TROY BUT THIS YEAR WITH A SHORT GRAIN CROP HE BUYING A
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COMPLETE PEED.
PERMANENT BkSTURE CONSISTS OP
1 2 0 ACR??S IN DALLIS AND BERMUDA GRASS, GARBST GRASS AND A LITTLE WHITE DUTCH CLOVgR...THOUGH NOT VEM MUCH WHITE DUTGH BECAUSE I T WILL FLAVOR MILK. TROY KINO USES BASIC SLAG OB H I S
PASTURES AND CLIPS VHSM TWI0F A YEAR FOR WEED CONTROL. WHEN I V I S I T E D THE TROY KING FARM
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MONDAY TROY WAS WAITING FOR WEATHER TO PUT I N MORE OATS. HE HAD THEM AND THE FERTILIZER TO
GO WITH THEM ON THE TRUCK WAITING FOR A GOOD PLANTING DAY. TEMPORARY WINTER GRAZING CONSISTS HE HAD ? � ACRES LAST SOME
OP OATS I D RYS GRASS. SLIDE FARM-llj. OAT FIELD
WINTER AND WANTS 1 0 0 ACRES THIS WINTER. OF I T I S GRAZED ALL THE WAY DOWN.
HE COMBINES
ENOUGH FCR SEED, CUTS ABOUT 2 0 ACRES FOR HAY AND GRAZES THE REST DOWN. HE USUALLY PLANTS
M I L L E T FOR SUMMER GRAZING BUT THE DRY WEATHER
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MADE IT SO LAT1 HE DIDN'T PUT ANY OUT THIS
SLIDE PARM-li CORN FIELD
SUMMER.
TROY USUALLY HAS CORN FOR GRAIN BUT MOST ALL HIS CORN HAS
NOT VERY MUCH THIS YEAR.
HAD TO GO IN THE SILO. TROY USES ONLY CORN SILAGE. HE HAS USED SILAGE SINCE 1956. THE FIRST THREE YEARS HE HAD A BUNK SILO BUT SPQILAC SLIDE FARM-16 TRENCH SILO WAS SO GREAT THAT LAST YEAR HE BUILT THIS CONCRETE TRENCH. THE 1959 CROP WEST IN IT AND TROY LIKTiS IT MUCH BITTER THAN THE OLD BUNKER, TROY FEEDS SILAGE IN TROUGHS DURING THE WINTER MONTHS OR, AS HE DID THIS SUMMER, WHEN PASTURES DRIED UP, XKOTDCXtJOl TROY AND HIS BROTfflSR, WHO LIVES CLOSE BY, OWN THE SILAGI CUTTER TOGETHER AND PUT UP SILAGE TOGETHER. SLIDE FARM-1 HAY IH BARN THEY DO A LITTLE
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CUSTOM WORK.
EACH YEAR TROY PUTS UP AT LEAST
2000 BALES OF HAY INCLUDING OAT HAYf JOHNSON GRASS fflD TJESPIDSZA AMD WHAT m STURE CLIPPINGS ARE AVAILABLE. RESTORES HAY IN AN OLD MULE BARN AND IN OTHER STORAGE ARIAS ON THE FARM. TROY IS A COMPLETELY MECHANIZED FARMER AND HAS TWO TRACTORS AND NEEDED EQUIPMENT FOR BOTH ROW
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CHOP AND GRASSLAND FARMING. WATER FOR LIVESTOG IS SUPPLIED FROM STOCK PONDS. BY THE WAY, TROY USES THESE TWO REGISTERED JERSEY BULLS � D HAS A YOUNG REGISTERED HOLSTEIN BULL HE WILL SOON
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B E USING IH HIS BREEDING PROGRAM. SLIDE FARM-19 TIMBER
THOUGH TROY
KING NEEDS ALL HIS LAUD FOR PASTURE � D THINKS HE WILL EVOTUALLY CLEAR 'THIS TIMBER LAND, RIGHT NOW HE IS SAVING IT AND HELPING TO MANAGE IT BECAUSE HE FEEIE IT IS PART OP A WELL ROUNDED EDUCATION FOR HIS CHILDREN. THERE�S
ONLY 15 ACRES OP IT BUT IT IS THINNED AND SLIDE PARM-20 TIMBER WEEDED AND GOOD TIMBER STAND IMPROVBWNT P1ACTI CES ART? CARRIED OUT. 1? YEAR OLD DRRVIN
HAS AN ACRE OF IT AS AN FFA PROJECT WHICH HE HAS GIRDLED WITH THE HELP OP HIS VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE TEACHER. ALL THE KING W D IS
FENCED AND CROSS FENCED. FENCING EVERY YEAR, SLICE PARM-21 GARDEN
TROY DOES SOME*
THIS IS TRULY A LIVE AT
HOME FAMILY AND EVERY MEMBER OF THE FAMILY HAS HIS JOB TO DO AS A PART OP THE FARM AND HOM1 PROGRAM. MRS. KING DOES THE GARDENING IN THIS THE KINGS ALSO
H A L F ACRE YEAR- ROU1D GARDEN.
KILL THEIR OWN MEAT, BOTH BEEF AND PORK AND MRS SLIDE FARM-22 FREEZER. KING ALSO PUTS ABOUT l�0 CHICKENS IN THE FREEZER BESIDES THIS 20 CUBIC FOOT FAMILY FREEZER AT THEIR HOME THE KINGS HAVE TWO LOCKERS IN T01N. EACH YEAR MRS, KING FREEZES ABOUT 21+.00 THEY ALWAYS HAVE WHAT THEY NEED BESIDES WHAT IS
POUNDS OF POOD.
TO KEEP THE F M I L Y WELL FED.
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FARM�23 CANNED FOOD
F R O Z E N , MRS. KING ALSO PUTS UP MSm
JAMS AND
J E L L I E S AND PICKLES AND OTHER POODS THAT LBSD THEMSELVES BEST TO CANNING, I N J A R S , THOUGH S H S � S NOT OLD ENOUGH TO COOK AND CAN YET, YEAR OLD JOAN HAS A REAL INTEREST IN HER SLIDE. PARH-21}. SlWlNG M O T E L ' S HOMSMAKING PROGRAM. MRS, KING ALSO flYE
DOES SOME OP HSR OWN SEWING AND DOES MOST OP T H E SEWING FOR DAUGHTER J 0 A N . MRS. KING USED
TO WORK IN THE DAIRY PROGRAM BUT WHEN THIS: H I R E D A TENANT IN 1 9 ^ 8 SHE QUIT THAT AND DEVOTEE ALL HSR T I M ! TO HFR HOME AND HER FAMILY'S H8H390, CAMERA OH FAMILY M R . AND MRS, TROY KING BELONG TO TH1 RKHOBETH B A P T I S T CHURCH IN THE COMMUNITY WHERE TROY I S A DEACON AND WHERE PQff THE PAST THREE OR POUR YEARS HE HAS TAUGHT THE MEN'S BIBLE CLASS. UNDSRTAND HB'LL T � E OVER TH1 INTERMEDIATE MRS. KING TEACHES I H I
BOYS CLASS NEXT SUNDAY, THE BEGINNERS I D SUNDAY SCHOOL.
PRIMARY DEPARTMENT OF THE
THEY BELONG TO THE RASJKIN
COUNTY FARM BUREAU AND THS M I S S I S S I P P I MILK PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION. DER�IN AND ELTON ARE DERWIN PLAYS BASKET GL1N I S IN
BOTH FPA MEMBERSIN SCHOOL BALL I D
SLTOI LOVES BASEBALL.
L I T T L E LEAOBE BASEBALL NO�.
T H I S I S A WONDERFUL
R A S K I N COUNTY FAMILY THAT'S DOING A GOOD J O B .
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IN THE TIME THAT RIMAINS I WANT YOU TO MEET THBM. . . WHAT SHAPE WAS YOUR LAND IN �BSW YOU START1D1 WHAT HAS HELPED YOU MOST IN DEVELOPING YOUR PRESENT PROGRAM? . 1L WHAT ARE YOUR HOPES PORT HI FOTURE? MRS. KING, WHAT ARE YOUR HOPES FOR THE
CHILEREIC? ' HOW HAS HOM1MAKING CHAHGED FOR YOU SINCE .
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DERWIN, W A T . O YOU WANT TO DO AFTER HIGH D SCHOOB? ,
t. WHAT ARE YOUR PPA PROJECTS? 0. ELTOK, WHAT ARE YOUR FPA PROJECTS? 9. WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO BESIDES DOEE HUHT? 10. Qhm, WHAT ARE YOUR JOBS AT HOME?
11. . JOAN, WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO?
