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IFELL, I T ' S TIME OICE AGAIN FOR OUR WEEKLY SALUTE ;T0 A FARM FAMILY DOUG A REALLY' GUIS 111? DING JOB OP FARMING IN THEIR COMMUNITY AND IN SO DOING, MAKING A RICH CONTRIBUTION TO THE BETTERMENT OF TODAY'S FAMILY WAS
AGRICULTURE IN M I S S I S S I P P I .
FOR US BY MS. O.O. SWORDS, COUNTY AGRICULTURAL AGENT IN JEFFERSON DA VIS COUNTY,
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H I I S I S A FATHER-SON STORY, TEE STORY OF MR. I !&NB MRS. T . J . LAIRD AND MR, AND M S . JOB KOTETH
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jLAIRD AND IHBIR FINE FAMILY OF TWO GIRLS AIB TWO BOYS. THIS I S THE LOVELY OLD HOME OF MR. AND MRS
; T . J . LAIRD, FATHER AND MOTHER OF JOE KENNETH. MR. T . J . LAIRD WAS RAISED 0 1 THIS VERY FARM AND GREW UP IN THIS HOME IN WHICH HE STILL LIVES TODAY, MRS, T . J . LAIRD GREW UP JUST T O MILES W
DOWN THE ROAD AND SHE AND J8R, LAIRD ATTENDED SCHOOL TOGETHER ABOUT A QUARTER MILE FROM THIS FARM WHICH I S LOCATED IN THE BASSFIELD COMMUNITY, MR. AND MRS. T . J , LAIRD RAISED A FINE FAMILY OF I NINE CHILDREN ON THIS F A R M . . . , 6 BOYS AND 3 GIRLS AND OUR STORY COULD WELL BE THEIR O N STORY OF W THE YEARS OF HARD WORK, HAPPINESS AND TEARS AND FARMING SUCCESS, BUT WE HAVE CHOSEN TODAY TO LOOK TO THE STORY OF THE LATER YSARS DURING WHICH J . T . LAI*?D AID SON, JOE KENNETH HAVE FARMED
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|MR* AID MRS. JOE KENNETH LAIRD MB
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|FAMILY HAVE BUILT THEIR LOVELY H0JH8 ON A LITTLE !KNOLL JUST ACROSS THE 10AD FROM THE OLD FAMILY HOME. JOE KE8NSTH I S A GRADUATE OF MSSFIELD
HIGH SCHOOL WHERE HE WAS OUTSTANDING IN FFA WORK, HAVING SERVED AS STATE FFA PRESIDENT ONE YEAR. HIS WIFE IS ALSO A FAHM GIRL WHO GREW JOE KEMEffi MARRIED JOE KENMETH AND HIS
jUP IN JEFF-DAVIS COUNTY. �WHILE HE WAS IN SERVICE,
FATHER WENT INTO MRTIERSHIP IM H E I R FAHIING OPERATION WHEN JOE KEMETH CAME OUT OF SERVICE IN 1 9 4 6 . FAMING HAS CHANGED CONSIDERABLY OVER THERE WAS A M Y MR. T . J , LAIRD �
THE YEARS FOR THE LAIRD*S,
M E N KING COTTON REIGNSD SUPRfME.
GREW UP ON LAND THAT PRODUCED NOTHING BUT CORN AS COTTON. TODAY ALL THAT IS CHANGED. A SCARCITY
OP LABOR CAUSED THE LAIRD'S TO GIVE UP COTTON PRODUCTION ON A LARGE SCALE AND SHIFT TO SMALL
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GRAII� AND CATTLE.
TODAY THEY OPERATE A GRADE
A DAIRY, BY THE FIRST ONE TO BE STARTED IN JEFFDAVIS COUNTY WHEN THEY WENT INTO DAIRYING I N [l948. HOfEVER, JOE KENNETH AND HIS FAfiER DIDN'T WHEN THE
START THEIR PARTNERSHIP WITH DAIRTING.
STARTED THEY RAISED CORN, COTTON, TRUCK CROPS AND BEEF CATTLE. BUT IN 1 9 4 8 , THEY;GAVE I T ALL UP
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iEXCEPT THE COM PRODUCTION, AND THEY DOI*T PLAN |TO RAISE AMY CORN THIS YEAR.
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SINCE 1948
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JHAVE BUILT THEIR HERD TO 105 HEAD, AM) ARE MILKING 43 AYRESHIRE AND JERSEY COWS NOW. SLIDE FARM-i MILK EQUSK THEIR DAIRY I S OPERATED TO OF A GRADE A M I R Y .
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ALL REQUIREMENTS
FOR SEVERAL YEARS JOE
KMETH PICKED UP THE MILK ALONG THE ROUTE AND DELIVERED IT TO THE PUNT IN ADDITION TO HIS SLIDE FARM, MILKING BaRLOR OTHER DAIRY WORK. 12 CGSCS A8E MILKED AT A TIME
I N STRICT SANITATION, USING DOUBLE MILKERS WITH H I S MILKING PARLOR I I ONE M D OF THE OVERALL SLIDE FARti�6 t CANS H U E PLANT. I I S I B B THE PROCBSSING ROOM EVERYTHIJ
I S SPOTLESSLY CLEAN AND MJLK CMS ARE STERILIZED AND PROPERLY DRAINED BETWEEN MILKINGS. ALL
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MILKING EQUIPMENT I S CLE&NED AND STERILIZED IMMEDIATELY AFTER MILKING# AID ALL MILK GOES IMMEDIATELY INTO THIS MRG1 ELECTRIC COOLING TANK. ANY EXCESS MILK IS STORED IN ANOTHER
WALK IN FREEZER AND CO0LER AT THE HOUSE.
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f . J , AND JOE KENNETH LAIRD HATE 3� HEAD OF BREO REPLACEMENT HEIFERS. THEY SAVE THEIR BETTER
|CALVES FOR HERD REPLAeEtfEFT AS THEY CONTINUE TO i BUILD THEIR HERD.
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COMPLETELY REGISTERED ATRESHIRE DAI RY HERD. 3 3 HEAD OF YOUNG CALVES ARE COMIIG ON FOR FUTURE
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IHJ3RD REPLACEMENT.
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RIGHT NOW THE fi IRD'S HAVE
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JABOUT 3 0 HEAD OF REGISTERED AYRBSRIRE CATTLE.
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|ALL COWS ARE BRED TO REGISTERED AYRSHIRE BULLS, T H I S I S ONE OF THE YOUNG HERD BULLS. THE LAIRD'S
HAVE THREE HERD BULLS I K SERVICE AT THE W ESENT TIME. THEY FIGURE AT THE PRESENT RATE THEY WILL HU T , J .
IBE MILKING 7 5 HEAD BY NEXT WINTER.
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I L A I I D ^OES THE MILKING IN THE EVENING AND JOE
JIOSNNETH DOES I T IN THE MORNING BEFORE HE GOES iOFF TO RUN A NEK BUSINESS HE STARTED LAST YEAR, SLIDE PASTURE A BUSINESS WE'LL TELL YOU MORE ABOUT IN A MINUTE. JOE KENNETH AID HIS FATHER HAVE 34 OF THETR 1 7 5 ACRES IN PERMANENT PASTURE, CONSISTING MOSTLY Of |WHITE DUTCH, RAHAI, LESPEDE2A, DALLIS GRASS AND SLIDE
OATS
BERMUDA,
THEIR TEMPORARY GRA2ING CONSISTS OF THEY GRAZE THEIR
OATS, MILLET AND ALICE CLOVER,
OATS UNTIL HARCH THEM CARRY THEM ON FOR HAY AND GRAIN, FROM THEIR OATS THEY HARVEST ABOUT 10
CRfiS FOR GRAIN AMD PUT THE REST UP AS OAT HAY WITH THE GRAIN ON, OF HAY EACH YEAR, THEY BALE ABOUT 2 , 0 0 0 BALES ALL THEIR LAND I S TERRACED,
PLANTED ON THE CONTOUR AID FERTILIZED ACCORDING TO EXPERIMENT STATION RECOMMENDATIONS.
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L A I R D ' S FEED A 16% DAIRY RATION THE YEAR ROUND AN, L s U P P L i a t E N T I T WITH HAY AND GRAZING. ALL CATTLE G E T GRAIN REGARDLESS OF AGE.-- 'J �';.�< v.- �' -V:." � �
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THERE WAS A M Y WHEN JOB KENNETH AND HIS FATHER HAD TO HAUL THEIR GRAIN TO TOM TO HATE IT MIXED I BUT NOT ANY MORE. ! JOE KENNETH SET OUT TO DO HE WENT INTO
SOMETHING ABOUT THAT FARM PROBLEM.
THE FEED MILLING BUSINESS F(R HIMSELF AND BOUtHT THIS PORTABIB FES) MIXER AID GRINDER THAT HE CAN SEND TO ANY FAfflf IN TH1 AREA TO MIX HIE FARMER'S PEED RIGHT OUT OF HIS WN BINS. JLIDE FARMCLOSJSUP MIXER THERE *S
NO MORE WAITING IN TOffN ALL DAY FOR JEM^DAVIS CC COUNTY FARMERS TO GET THEIR FEED MILLED. JOE >
K U N E f f i CAN BACK HIS MIXER UP TO THE BIN AND HAS THE MEN TO DO THE COMPLETE JOB WITHOUT A FASM^R HA VUG TO LIFT HIS HAND TO HELP. I T I S SAVING
TIME AND MONEY FOR JOE KSNNETH AND HIS FATHER AND F O 1 MANY OTHER FARMERS IN THE COUNTY, SLIDE FARJCl F1BI) STORE JOE .
KI2INBTH AND T. J . LAIRS MAKE ALL THEIR LIVING FROH THEIR FARM, JOS KENNETH JUST BOUGHT THIS MILL
I N FRENTISS LAST YEAR, AID UP TO NOW HAS TOT EVERYTHING BACK INTO THE BUSINESS TO HELP TO BUILD IT TO SERVE ALL FARMERS IN THE AREA. ;TH1 BUSINESS I S LOCATED IN PRENTISS AND AFTER THE MILKING EACH MORNING JOE IENNETH GOBS TO THE MILL WHILE HIS FATHER TENDS THE FARM.
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H I S FROTABLE EQUIPMENT JOE KENNETH MIXES A SOMPLBTE FEED, MOLASSES AND ALL. THIS I S JUST WAY IN WHICH JOE KiiNfifH LAI1D I S HBLPINP
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TO BUILD BETTER FARMING IN SOUTH M I S S I S S I P P I , M C K 0 1 THE F�RM MR. T . J , LAIRD KEEPS UP WITH ;THE CATTLE THIS YEAR. SLIDB FARH*16 FOND IT SOITA M I E S HIM FEEL JfATSRIS OF COURSE
H E ' S STILL I I THE HARNESS.
MIGHTY IMPORTANT TO AFT CATTLE PROGRAM AND SEVERAL LARGE STOCKPOIDS AW TO THE SUPPLY FROM T. J . AND JOB
THE AUTOMATIC PUMP AT THE HOUSE. SLIDE PARM�17
KQWETH LAIRD ARS COMPLETELY MECHANIZED AND HAVE THE NECESSARY EQUIPMENT TO HANDLE E i E I E FARM iPROGRAM.
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Y0UIG KEMiSTEi I S REACHING THE AGE
WHERE HE'LL TAKE OVER MUCH OF HIS FATHJ^'S �GifC 0 1 THE FARM. ONE OTHER CEOP WHICH USUALLY ADDS HOlfEVM
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TO THE FARM INCOME I S THE TUNG ORCHARD.
AS THESE TREES INDICATE AND AS WE ALL WILL KNOW THERE'LL BE NO TUNG CROP THIS YEAR. A WHILE A60
f g MENTIONED THE WALK IN FREEZER WHERE THE LAIRD�;
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PUT THEIR SURPLUS MILK.
THIS I S THE FREEZER
SffilCH ALSO ACCOMODATES FROZEN FRUITS, VEGETABLES AND MEATS FROM THE LARID FARM PROGRAM. THE
L A I R D ' S DRESS THEIR O N CALVES AND PUT THEM IN W FREEZER WHEN THEY NEED THEM. IT WAS BUILT ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO. MRS. JOE KENNETH LAIRD AND MRS. T . J . LAIRD BOTH KEEP BUSY IN THEIR SLIDE
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HOME, THIS SCENE IS IN 1HE LOVELY HOME OF THE
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YOUNGER MRS. .IAIRB.
KENNETH AND REBECCA ARE COOKING AND SEWING
A N J 0 O T G I T TO THE FULLEST.
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FOK THEIR FAMILIES TAKE UP MUCH OF THEIR TIME. CAMERA OH FAMILY
JOE
wsamm DOES MOST
OF THE COMMUNITY WORK FOR
PAST PRESIDENT OF
THE LAIRD FAMILIES.
,HE IS
THE STATE PURSUED MIRY CATTLE ASSOCIATION, PRESIDENT OF THE JEFF-DAVIS COUITY DAIRY ASSOCIATION, VICE ffiESIDMT OP THE STATE AYRBSHI! CLUB LAST YEAR, MEKBER OF THIS BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE BASSFIELD CO-OP. THSL LAIRD'S ARE MM
JBUREAU M01BERS, AID LIFELONG MMB11S OF THE. ,.
IBBTHEL BAPTIST CHURCH mmE
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T�J. LAIRD
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! TEACHES THE ATOLT SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS AND IS CLERK OP THE CHURCH,, WELL, WE'VE OHLY HIT THE
HIGH POINTS OF THIS FINE FARM FAMILY STORY. THERE*S MUCH MORE OF IT TO TELL* BUT LET'S MEET THEM AND HEAR SOME MORE OF I T FROM THEM, AS THEY HAVE LIVED IT FROM DAY TO M Y .
