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CAMERA OH LANGFITT
I WANT TO SAY 1ST THE VERY BB&INMING THAT I AM DiilEPLY GRATEFUL TO YAZOO COUNTY AGENT, WALTER WHITE M B TO ASSOCIATE COUNTY AGENT, PHED MONTGOMERY FOR THisIR TMY ffONDBRFUL HELP I I THE FAMILY WHICH W SALUTE TODAY AND ESPECIALLY TO FRED MONTGOMERY FOR GOING � I T i TO THIS E&MILY'S FAfiM LAST MOIMY fO HELP ME OBTAIN THE STORY WHICH I AM HOff GOING TO T E L L , B U S I S TEE STOYR OF MR. AID MRS, JACK
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UJTORliM AMD THEIR WO SHALL CIIILPRSN, DONNIE J A C K I E , WHO LIVE IN THE SCOTLAND COMMUNITY ABOUT TEN MILffi E4ST OP BENTONIA I N YAZOO COUNfi YOU CAM SEE, THIS I S A YOUNG FAMILY* I
T H I N E TODAY*S STORY I S GRAPHIC PROOF THAT A YOUNG COUPLE CAN STILL GO OUT ON THE LAND AND MK& A GOOD LIVING FROM I T . JACK LAJTORUM WAS BORN ON A FARM NEAR HOLLY BLUFF AND LIVED THERE UNTIL HE WAS IN THE EIGHTH GRADE WHEN H I S FAMIL* dOVED TO SATART2A. MRS, UNDRUM GREW UP ON A
RARM NEAR BMTONIA AND SHE AID JACK MET WHEN IHEY BOTH ATTENDED SCHOOL AT SATAITIA, FOR ONE YEAR AFTSJ GRADUATION FROM HIGH SCHOOL JACK LANDRUM RESTED 1 2 0 ACRES OF LAND AND FARMED I T , fHEN JUST MWORE HE WENT INTO THE
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A I R FOHCB HE MMRI1D HIS CHARMIIG WIFE.
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WERE HURRIED Ml NOVKfBS* 3 0 f 1950 AND JACK IHTO SEI?\rICE On DECEMBER 4 OP THAT SAME YEAR. JACK FIGURED HE WOULD ojLTHER HAVE A WIPE WHM HE LEFT THAI A G11L FRIEffD. MRS. LANBRUM JOTSM
JACK AFTER HE FINISHED HIS M S I C TMIWIHG AM) WAS WITH HIM MOST OF fiiS TIME HE WAS DISCHARGED
CAMBRA OIT FAMILY
P B C S t B M OP 19S4� WHM JACK CAME OUT OF SERVICE HE WORKED FOR TOE FAHMER*S BlUIPMENT COMPANY I I YAZOO C I T f MOST OF THE TIME UNTIL HE AMD FIRS. LANDMJM BOUGHT THEIR FRSSMT 90 ACRE
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HAD ALWAYS MASTED TO FARM AMD WITH THE HELP OF THE FARBflSRS H(MB ADMIHISTtATIOJf HE GOT TEE OPPORTUNITY TO START I I A SM&LL WAY W W QBE OF THE ORIGINAL FARM SECURITY ABMIFISFMTIOIF HOMESTEADS WAS PUT UP FOR SALE. JACK HADE
A D BOUGHT THE FARM JM JANUARY OF
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3L9S6 BUT I T TOOK SIX WEEKS TO GET THE H0USB I K SHAPE SO THST WOULDN'T WWISZE TO BE&TH AND THEY MO?� TO THEIR LAKB. OF COURSE, MR. J
JANB MRS. JACK LAITDRUM N1SD MORE LAND BUT IT�S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIHB AHY ADJOIIING IAHD OR LAND CLOSE MOUGH BY TO BE PRACTICAL FOR T H E I ! PROGRAM, SO MM ARE DOUG THMR BEST OFF
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M A T THEY HAVE....AM) THEIR BEST HAS BEEN MICHfl G 0 0 0 f AS YOU WILL SEE, YOU CAN'T 1BALLY
APPRECIATE WHAT THEY HAVE DONE WITH THSIR HOHE UNLESS YOU SEE WHAT THEY STARTED WITH, BUT WE DON'T HATE A PICTURE OF 1HE ORIGINAL HOUSE, SO SLIDE FARM* I � L L TRY TO EXPIAIN WHAT IT WAS LIKE WHISS THEY STARTED. TO BBRDf W I B i , THffiE WAS ONLY CUPBOAI
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S I O I N G THAT YOU COULD THROW A CAT THROUGH IN SOUS PLACID. THEIR WASN'T A GOOD WIMBOtf IH THE
H O C J S & . . . H & K Y OP THM WERE EITHER BOARDED UP OH COVERED Vim TIH....MOST OF THE FLIMSY PARTITION
IMG WAS BROKEir fflROUGH BEWEM THE R O O I � , . . , THERE WSRS HO FIKISHBD FLOORS AKI) NO MOD�M P L U 1 B I K G . . . S O M E OF IHfi WIHBOff OPENINGS DIO�*T HAVE PHAMES. I TILL YOU THJ^B THINGS miU
YOU ARE LOOEffiG AT TUB HOUSE BECAUSE I THIHK YOU'LL BE AMAZEB A LITTLE LATER ffllM WE SEE SOME OF THE H S I D E OF THIS LITTLE HOME. JACK
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IANDRMf STARTED OUT I I THE VEHY BEGI$JTI�G TO DO THI1TGS RIGHT. ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS HE
DID MAS TO GET A SOIL MAP 0 1 THE F A M AM) BEGIN TO WORK A DEFINITE SOIL PLAN ACCORDING TO THE EST CAPABILITIES <F THE LAND. THE ONLY REALLY
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fflEIR DECISION TO PURCHASE M S FARM. FIRST AID FOREMOST THEY MM Wkt 0 1 THIS'SMALL ACREAGE
DAIRYING WOULD BE THEIR BEST MEANS OF MAKING A LIYLIHOOB, JACK HAD BEES' A !0W*CR0P FARMER
ON 1HB LAIfT) HE ffiSNTBD HIS PIHST TEAR OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL, AID HE KSM FULL WELL THAT 90 ACRBS tfflULDH�T BE ENOUGH fO laKiS AN ADEQUATE LIYING FOR HIS FAMILY. WMli HE BOUGHT THE FARM HB ALS( HE HAD
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COWS IN PASTURE
PURCHASED ALL, THE MIRY WmmMSt,
3S0UGH OTHER E�UIPMMT TO FARM M SMALL P U C B , JACK LA!O)RUM*S FIRST M I R Y H U B CONSISTED OF 1 7 HEAD HE BOUGHT FROM AIOTH� SMALL FARM I S CflHMUNIXr WHICH WAS BEI3TG SOLD OUT. ALL
OF HIS CfWS ARE lOLSTfilF AID JH?S�Y AID ALL OF HAVE COME F10M JUST TWO HERDS IN IHB'mX
ALL OP THJS HMB I S GRADE THOUGH 6 OF THE JERSEYS ARE FULL BLOODED ANIMALS. TODAY
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JACIC LAM)RUM�S DAIRY E H � TOTALS 3 5 HEAD..,29 CCLK COWS, FOUR HEIFERS, OWB CALF AND A BULL. OF COURSE, IN ONLY TWO YEARS HE HASH*? YET STARTED
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A COW THAT HE HAS RAISED.
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AS CULLED HIS HERD CLOSE AID BOUGHT OTHER ANIMALS TO IMPROYE I T . PmMMBMT GRAZING FOR
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ME HERD CONSISTS OF 2$ ACRES OF BERMUDA GEASS
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WHITE DUTCH AN� CRIMSON CLOVER,
TEMPORAET
GSAZBIG CONSISTS OF 1 0 ACRES OF RYE GRASS FOR WINTER GRAZING, FIVE ACESS OF SORGHUM FOR G-RAZING M I C H IIS FOLLOWS WITH OATS FOR GMZIKG. SLIDE FAHH�9 KIDS & CAW JACIC PLANS TO CONSTRUCT A 2 0 0 TOW TRENCH SILO B L I S SUMMER AMD FILL I T WI3H SGHSHUM AND COHH SILAGB TO ADD TO HIS FEEDING PROGRAM, MOT ONLY M MR. AND MB* JACK LANDHUM LOVE FA.RHINC, BUT SO TOO DO 6 YEAR OLD BONNIE AND LITTLE SISTER, 3 YEAR OLD JACKIB. FEED THE CALF. SLIDE FARM-10 BARN ONE OP BONNIE*S JOBS I S TO
I B S LAND1UMS ARE MILKING 2 0
COWS IN THEIR MILKUfG PARLOR NIGHT AID M0RNIIG. YOU WILL NOTICE TSS I I C L I I E D WALKWAY AT THE M� OF THE B A R N . . . . T H S COWS ENTER I S E BARI UP THAT INCLIFS AND GO F U S T INTO A READY ROOM
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I THEIR LEGS AND FUNKS ARE WASHED BEFORE M?m THE HLKING PARLOS. WHEN" THEY COME
OUT OF THE MILKING PARLOS THS COWS MALIC DOWN IJFOfHSi INCLHfB BACK TO-GROUND LEVEL. SLIBE C W I I BARI 0NC1 I N
M E BARN THB COWS ARB READY TO HAVE THEIR WASHED AID DRIED BEFORE MILKING. MILKING DONE WITH A P I P E LINE MILS1R. THE BARN
HANDLES WO CCMS AT A TIME WITH TWO MILKERS I N OPERATION, SLIDE FARM* 13 COW IN BARJf EkCU COW�S MILK I S WEIGHED OHCE A
OTTH AM) RECORDS ASE KEPI OS EACH CCW'S
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PRODUCTION,
THE AVERAGE HERD PRODUCTION WHEN ABOUT 4 | 0 0 0 POUNDS GP
JACK LANDHUM STARTED WAS MILK PER COW PER YEAR. 7 , 2 0 0 POUNDS.
LAST YEAR IT WAS UP TO
1HIS TRMENBOUS INCREASE I F
PRODUCTION HAS BEEN BROUGHT ABOUT BY C A R ^ J L ULLING, IMPROVED FEEDING AMD MANAGEMENT. JACK
SAYS A LOT OF IT HAS DEPENDED ON HIS LEARNING
M I L K ROOM
ABOUT HIS COWS AND HIBIR VARIOUS TEKPEREMENTS. THIS IS A COW TO CAN OPB&TIGN. THE MILK GOES
on THE COW'S UDDER DIRECTLY INTO TEE MILK CAI I N THE COOLER ABO IS MSTEE TOUCHED BY HUM&N iDS. THIS Emi) I S TB AID BANGS TEST1D. IN
THE NEAR FUTURE JACK PLANS TO CHANGE OVSl TO A R T I F I C I A L BREEDING AND WILL ALSO SWITCH OVER fO A BULK TAMK OPERATION THIS SUMMER. ALL
i s PICKER UP MILY AID COBS TO MDISOI
: UHTY DAIRIES IN CANTON. LAST YIAR JACK MJILT
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[PHIS POLE TYPE Li�FING SHBB WHICH ALSO HAS GRAH T01AGB SPACS AT ONE fflD, IT HAS A CONCRETE
LOOH AND HAS BEST A GREAT ASSET TO THIS DAIRY PROGRAM. EACH TEAR JACK RAISES ABOUT 20 ACRES HE PLANTS HYBRID FUNK G-710
) P CORN F<M GRAIN.
1ND IT AVERAGES ABOUT 60 BUSHELS TO THE ACRE, 3UILDING THIS MM S L I D E ,_,Fi AND CLEARING ABOUT 20 ACRES IN THE POLE BAR!
IAVE BEST JACK'S BIGGEST JOBS*
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I S P10NX OF THB GRAIN BINS, JACfC USES HIS TRACTC TO GRIND AID HIX HIS FEM), HIS FEED RATION
I N THE SUHHER 1 I S I THERE I S AMPLE GRA2IIG I S ONI ?WM) OF FEED TO FOUR POUNDS OF MILR. EACH COK I I TEE
I S FBP ACCORDING TO HKR PROmiCTIOI.
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TO TIIE BILKING PARLOR TO THE FEU)
B I N . JACk LANDRUM ANJ3 HIS WIPB HANDLE THIS ifHOLi PROGRAM ffiMSELVES. I R S . LA1DHUM HSLPS OUT IN WAl'ER FOR
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TEE BAM I F JACK I S S&MING IATE.
HIE DAZRT HERD IS SUPPLIES PECK THREE SfOClPONDS S I M I U R TO THIS OIE. HB AID A NEIGHBOR SPLIT
TWO POFBS AFD THE? ARE USED BY BOTH FARMERS. JACK CLIPS MIS PASTURES FOR WEED CONTROL AND P U N S TO DO SOlffi CHEMICAL ifBBD CONTROL THIS mR. HE TESTS HIS SOIL M B F E R T I L I Z E ACCORDU HE HAS LIMED AID JACK
0 SEEDS IN SO FAR AS HE CAN.
PUT BASIC SLAG 0 1 ALL HIS PASTURE L M D . LSO M I S E S SOME COTTON.
HIS ALLOTMENT I S 17
ACRES OF WHICH 12 WILL GO IH THE SOIL BAHX AMD WILL PLANT THE OTHER FIVE. 0 1 IiIS COTTON HE
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FOLLOWS A CLOSE INSECT CONTROL PROGRAM AND PL4HS TO FOLLOW 'HIE MID SOUTH COTTON INSECT CONTROL PROGRAh THIS TMR. SLIDE FARM-I THE LANDRUMS ALSO HAVE A
S M L L ORCHARD TO SUPPLEMENT THE FAMILY FOOD SUPPLY. I f IS AH ORCHARD OP 12 TUBES A M THEY WHILE WE WERE AT THE PAHS
TAKE GOO?) CARS OP I T .
THE 0THSR MY ASSOCIATE COUNTY AGMT, FRED MONTGOMERY HELPED JACK TO DO SOME PMJNING AND TRIMMING. JACK WORKS VMY CLOSE WITH THE FRO?I THE
YAZOO COUNTY AGRICULTURAL AGENCIES*
ORCHARD, AN ACRE AND A HALF GARDEN AID THE
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IC3AT SUPPLY MRS, LAN9RUM CARRIES OUT AN SXCELLE1 FOOD m ESERVATION PROGR4M. EACH YEAR SHE PUTS IT
FREEZES ABOUT 2 t 5 0 G pfJJIBS OF POOD I D I S THE FAMILY F E ^ Z E R ,
LAST YHAR ALONE THEY IN ADDITION
KILLED FOUR CALVES AND TWO HOGS. SLIDE CANNED FOOT MS.
LANDRUM ALSO CANS I I JARS ABOUT 50 QUARTS MRS.
OF PICKLES, PRESMVES AND SO FORTH.
IANDRUM*S KITCHEN I S ONE OF THE FINEST I ' V E FROM THE STANDPOINT OF CQNVBNIENCS AND STEP SAVING. SLIDE FARM-22 3 I S COMPLETELY MODEST WITH
RUNNING WATER AND THE AR1AIGEMMT, AS YOU CAN S B S , I S TERRIFIC, ONE WALL OF THE KITCHEN
1GUSES THE RSPRIGKRATOR, FOOD FREEZES, AND WASHER AMP DRY�* ON THE OTHERSIDE,
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TO HUE SIHK, IS HIE STOVE AND O OF TILS KITCHEN IS WE DINETTE.
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IN THE HEAR MRS.
�TJTURE THEY WANT TO PUT IN A SNACK M R .
JOTRUM LOVES TO COOK ASP DOES MOST OF HER WORK I S HER SPACIOUS H f C C T T . BY THE WAY SHE
) I D MOST OF THE PAHTIIG IN BIS HOUSE AMD SOME � ' F THB CARPENTRY WHICH SHK LEARBBD FROM HER 'ATHKR. THEY Jk%M RUN TO DO SOME MORI CABINET 'ORJC A JOT PUT SLIDING DOORS IN AH. THB CLOSETS* I R S . LAIDHUM SAYS SHE HOPES TO BUILD A NEW HOUSE ONE OP THESE BAYS, SHE I S A VERY BUSY
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"flUUG LADY. SHE BOSS ALL THE SEOTG FOR THE BTQUNGSTERS AND HERSELF AID BIAKSS MOST OP JACK'S SHIRTS, SHE HAS MDE ALL HER CURTAINS AND flME
OHAPES AND ALSO LOVBS TO CtOCHET MM
I N ADMTION TO CARRYING ON THE FASH CAMERA OH FAMILY ;PROGRAM, JACK I S ENROLLED IN THE G . I . ON FARM TRAINING- P10GEAM Ml) ATTENDS CUSSES ONE \FTSRFOOT EVERY WEM TO GET TEE L A T ^ T FAiSi [^FORMATION WHICH HE TRIES TO APPLY TO HIS OWN ' A M PROGRAM. MRS AND MRS. IANDRUM ARE ALSO
SNROLLBB IN THE EXTENSION SERVICE BALANCED FARM HOME PROG38AM. TiiEY ARE MEMBERS OF THE
BAPTIST CHURCH IN THE C01MUNIIY AM) FACK I S SUNDAY SCHOOL SUPERIHBSNDEHT* MS* �
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lAW'WUM IS SOLOIST I I THEIR CHURCH MB ALSO HELJ IN THE PRIMARY DEPARTMENT. TAZQO COUNTY FARM
BURJSUJ
TIii5Y BELONG fy THE
AND JACK SERVES O HIE M HE 3S
GOUIfY AGRICULTURAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
ALSO A MSfBER OP I k E MDISOJI COUNTY DAIRY ASSOCIATION, A It-GIOHAIRE AFD JAYCEE. I I FACT,
JACK lAMBHUM WAS JUST R2C3NTLY BADffiD.YAZOG COUNTY�S OUfSTAIUIIG YOUNG F&Wm OF THE Y m i MUES
I N A JAYCSs SPOFSOHSD STATWI1E CONTEST.
I ASKBD MRS. IAIDHUM I F SHE B1LOIGBD f 0 AFY CRGANI2ATI0NS SHfi SAID, I ' M JUST A HOUSEWIFE WITH MI HMDS PULL, FAMILY Am, ffilS 18 A WONDERFUL Y0UH&
OF HIICESSITY I ' V E OILY TOUCH�) THE
TEELR
HIGH POINTS OP
FAM AMD HOME PROGKAif.
I COULD ALSO TELL YOU THEIR MET WOSTM M S INCREASED SOME 750^ IN TWO YEARS AND THAT DOfiSN' V M TAKE INTO ACCOUNT IKE WORK THI3f HAVE DONE O THEIR HOME. � Y E S . . . ' S I S I S GRAPHIC PROOF M THAT I T ' S STILL POSSIBLE FOR YOUNG FOLKS TO MAKE FASHING A SUCCESSFUL WAY OF L I F E . NOW,
b ' f ' S TAIK TO THEM A BIT IN THE TIME THAT REMAINS
