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Farm Panlly of the Week Howard Langfltt
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DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO SMITH COUNTY AGIICULTURAT AGENT, TRUIT BUFHIT, FOR HIS VERY WONDERFUL HELP IN SELECTING THE FAMILY WHICH WE SALUTE TODAY AND FOR GOING WITH MB TO THH R HOME TO HELP ME OBTAIN THB STORY WHICH I AM W W GOING O TO TELL. SLIDE FAMILY THIS I S THE STORY OF MR. AID MRS.
J , K . MAYFIELD AND THEIR THREE CHILDlfiN, DIOH, JOHNNY MB MARY MARGARET, WHO LIVE 3 i MILfiS
WEST OF TAYLOHVILLE, MISSISSIPPI ON THE MIZE TO TAYLORSVILLE HIGHWAY. THIS I S THE STORY OF A YOUNG COUPLE M i TOOK 1 1 2 5 ACRES OP LAND WHICH MOST PEOPLE FIGURED WASJPT WORTH TRYING T\ DO ANYTHING WITH, AND BY HARD WORK AND SACRIf ICJ HAVE BUILT A REALLY TOP QUALITY FARM OPERATION. I T IS THE STORY OF A CHARMING LADY, WHO THROUGH NECESSITY I S W0EJDJG 40 HOURS A W ^ K IN TAYLORSVILLE TO HELP MKE THEIR DREAMS COME TRUE. THE M i l GOAL OF THE MAYFIELD FAMILY
RIGHT NOW I S TO HASTEN THE ARRIVAL OF THAT DAY WHEN MRS, MAYFIELD CAN STAY AT EOME AND DEVOTE HER TIME AND EFFORTS COMPLETELY TO Km FAMILY. HOME AND
THROUGH KNOX MAYFIELD WAS BOHN NEAR
G I U 9 S R , M I S S I S S I P P I , WHEtf HE WAS 9 MONTHS OLD H I S FAMILY MOVED TO NEW MEXICO WHERE HE GR3T UP WENT THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE AID INTO
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WHILE KNOX WAS ATTENDING HIGH SCHOOL HE MET THE VERY C H A S M S YOUNG LAW WHO I S N W MRS, KNOX O MAYIIELD. THEY WENT THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL AMD OH
TO COLLEGE TOGETHER AID WERE MARRIED I I JULY OF 1 9 4 3 , WHILE Mm WAS I I SERVICE. WHM KNOX CAM
OUT OF THE U . S . A l l FORCE IN DECEMBER OF I f 4 5 THEY WENT TO WINTS0N, NEW MEXICO WHERE JQTOX MANAGED A HEREFORD RANCH FOR FOUR YEARS. THEN
HE BOUGHT 420 ACRES UAH DEMING, NEW MEXICO, WHERE FOR F0U1 MORE YMRS THEY RAISED 100 ACRES OP IRRIGATED CROPS ASB BEEF CATTIE. THEIR
COTTON P10BUCTI0N RUI ABOUT 1 6 1 BALES ON 90 SLIDE FARH.I ACRES. IN JULY OF 1952 THBY CAME TO SMITH W&
COUNTY TO VISIT A BROTHER OF INOX MAYFIEB3 ,
MAYFIELD SAYS INOX PROMISED HE WOULDN�T BUY AST LAND WHILE THEY VERB HME BUT THSY_ WENT HOME WITH THE DEED TO 1779 AC1ES. OPEN LAND. NONE OF IT m$ LATER
IT WAS CUT 0?ER TIMBER JAM*
KNOX SOLD OFF 604 ACS1S AND THEY CLEARED THE 3 0 0 ACRES THAT I S OPEN. THIS VIEW FROM THE H0U5
BACK TO THE FARM BUILDINGS IN THE FAR DISTANCE WAS CLEARED BY THEM. KfOX HAD HIS OffN DOZER IN FACT FOR
AND DID THE CLEARING fITH I T .
SEVERAL YBARS HE DIB CUSTOM CLEARING I I THE ARM. SLIDE FARM-fr 9 THERE WASN'T A BUILDING ON THE PIACE AT IN FACT THEY HAD TO FLATTEN DOWN A
THAT TIME.
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H I L L TO MAKE A PLACE OH WHICH TO BUILD THEIR LOVELY HOME. THEY LIVED IN TAYLORSVILLE FOR A
YEAR WHILE THEY WERE CLEARING AID BUILDUP. THERE FASJPT EVEN ANY FANG ING AROUND THE P U C E , NOW ALL THE LAND I S FENCES AM) CROSS-f fiBCED.
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KNGX MAYFIELD STARTED FARMING IN SMITH COUNTY M I S I N G HEREFORD CATTLE AND GHAIN AND RAISED BEEF CATTLE UNTIL AUGUST OF 1957 WfflBN HE HADE A COMPLETE CHA1&E. KNOX AND MIS BROTHER HAD
3 0 0 HEAD OF GRADE CATTLE INCLUDING SOMB BRAHMA *2 THEY HAD BOUGHT, MQ1 SAYS t KUCI TO TEEM S01101
f HE HE SAYS HE CQULDN T GET tLOSE TO THEM AND WOUND
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DOWN WITH A RIFLE AND HAVING A IN AUGUST
NBSRO COME IN AND BUTCHER THEM OUT.
OF 1957 KNOX DECIDED THAT PAY CHECKS WERE TOO FAR BE WEEN AND H I NEEDED A MORB STEADY AND CERTAIN SOURCE OF CASH INCOME. THOUGH HS HADN'1
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HAD ANY EXPERIENCE DAIRYING HE DECIDED IT LOOS� BETTER FOR HIE LONG PULL SO HE MADE THE SWITCH.
I E WENT TO NORTHER ILLINOIS AND BOUGHT 4 6 10LSTEIN HEIFERS AND A BULL, WIKT TO WORE! AND
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BUILT ONE OF THE MOST MODERN MILKING PARLGRS I � � E SEEN, AND STARTED SELLING GRADE A MILK TO TEE B0RD1N COMPANY. KNOX HAD S I M THIS TYPE
BARN AM) AFTER TALIING TO FOLKS HE DECIDED I I
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MORB HOLSTBIN HUFERS AID HOW HAS A MILKING HER
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OF 5 5 HEAD....INCLUDING 19 ROISTERED CfflfS, 8 HEIFERS AW) A RE'.'ISTERED BULL. 4 7 HEAD K W R FCir. HE IS MILKJNG
HOWEVER, KNOX HAS 33
REPLACEMENT HEIFERS HE HAS RAISED AND HOPES TO BUILD HIS HMD 1 0 75 HEAD OF MILK COWS WITH AT LMST 60 MILKING ALL THE flME. SLIDE FARM-8 CALVES TB AND BANGS FREE. THE HERD I S
UNTIL THE CALVES ARE
COMPLETELY OFF MILK THEY ARE KEPT IN INDIVIDUAL HURSS PENS, THEN THEY GO ON DRY FEi3) UNTIL THEY i I E SIX MONTHS OF AGE BH?01E THEY GO ON PASTU!ES4 UP TO NOW, INOX HAS BOUGHT MOST OF HIS QAIHY COWS BUT NOW HAS REACHED THS POINT W ERE F U f U l S GROWTH CAN COMB FROM SAVING HIS BIST HIS
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HEIFERS FOR HERD REPLACEMENT.
ASI SAID, EVERY
5HIU6 ON THE PIACE IS HOLSTEINX AND HS USES A REGISTERED HOLSTBIN BULL IN THE BREEDING PROGRAJ ANYONE CONTEMPLATING GOING INTO THE DAIRY BUSINESS OR MAKING A CHANGE OUGHT TO SEE THIS SLIDE FARM-IO MILKING PARLOR OF KNOX MAYFIELD'S. Ti!E COWS
COME ONTO THIS BIG CONCRETE APR�N FROM THE P A S I U R E , WHERE WBY WIIT THEIR TURN IN THE BARN. KNOX AND ONE TENNANT FAMILY HANDLE THE MR. AND J U S , VIRGIL STRINGER
B N T I R 1 OPERATION.
L I V E IN A NICE LITTLE HOME NEAR THE FARM BUILDINGS AND WHEN KNOX I S AWAY OR BUSY AT
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SOMETHING ELSE MRS� STRINGER ESLPS WI2H TUB SLIDE PARM-ll MILKING. WQm. OTHfilBflSE KNOX AID VIRGIL DO THE
THIS MODERN MILKING FARLOK I S THE P I P E MOST
LIJTE T�PE AND HOLBS S I X COWS A f A TIME.
OP T l i l G I L ' S CfflfS ARE PISST TBAH H E I P M S AND EYES SO HE AVERAGES POUR GALLONS A M Y PEE COW DORIHG THE BEST SEASON. SLIDE RIGHT JTO� I T I S H I S YEAR ROHM)
RUSHING ABOUT THtJBE GALLONS,
I S ABOUT 1 0 , 0 0 0 PQUFDS OF MILK PER COW. S I N C E mOX WAS BUSY KITH ME THE OTHM EVmiM
M R S . STRIFGER WAS I F HELPING IflTH THE M I L O T G . T H I S SIX CO� B A M K H I L 1 THERBiS C0�S ARE B S I F G MILKED THHBiS MOIE ARE BEAIHG READIiSD F 0 1 MILKING. TEE HUB! GOES PROM COW TO CAIT THROIKJH I T I S MYm TOUCRU
A SANITARY PIPBLHJ2 SYSTEM. SLIDE FARM-13
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BY HUMAN HANDS.
OSCE THE MILKING I S DONE ASB
TH1 MILK I S I N THE COOL� WAITING TO BE PICKED E
DP I S I S AUTOMATIC SYSTM TAKES OVER ANB
COMPLETELY �ASHES AND S T M I L I Z E S THE WHOLE S Y S T E M . . . A REAL LABOR S A � ^ I N THIS DAIRY OPERATION. KNOX mkYFIWUD BUYS A COMPLETE
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COMMERCIAL DAI1Y RATION FOR H I S COSTS I N THE BAEB I T I S A 1 6 ^ RATION AND KNOX FIGU11S KB CAN MJY I K E GRAIN CHEAPER THAN HE COULD PRODUCE I T .
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CRY COWS GST SILAGE MS M Y A�D A LITTLE CORN MIXTURE I N A GICWND KNOX HAS W O
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S I L O S . , , O N E HOLDS 200 TONS AND BIS OTHER I S O . HE PILLS THE 200 TON SILO WITH SART S05GHUM EVBHY YEAR AND PUTS THE SURPLUS IN THE OTHER ONE THOUGH HB B08SH�T COMPLETELY PILL I T . IB
PROTECTS HIS SILAGE WITH A POLYKTH1LIIE COVER
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SILAGE SAVES.
KNQX FBESS THE
SILAGE AT HIGHT IK mJSKS STAITING E4RLY IX ITOVMBBR MB CONTIlUHiTG UOTIL THE 6SAZHG I S COU�TY AGENT T W I T BUPHXIT
RE4RY I F THE SFSIHG*
SHOWN HERS �ITH KSTQX CAM VOUCH FOR TEE QUALITY OF THIS SILAGE. A f B H AFTER HE CAME 1SRB MC3SX
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BUILT TI1IS COIBIMTIOF HAY BARN AID LOAFING SHED. HE CUTS ABOUT 20 ACRES OF OATS FOR HAY
A I D 9 U f ALOSG WITH PASTURE CLIPPIFGS ACCOUNTS FOR THE 2 # S 0 0 BALES <F HAY HE PUTS UP BACH YSAR� IN ADDITION THIS YEAR EE BOUGHT ABOUT 600 BALES OP ALFALFA HAY, HE FEEDS HAY FRBfi CHOICE BU1ISE PEBMNMT PASTURE CONSISTS
THE WINTER MONTHS.
OF 200 ACRES IN M L L I S IN THE BOTTOMS AND BAHAII BhlBM FARM>18 PASTURE ON THE HILLS ALONG WITH BERMUDA G1ASS AID WHITE OUTCH AND CRIMSON CLOVER. HE CLIPS HIS PASTURE! HE FERTILIZES
FOR WEED CONTROL AND LIMES Tfi9t,
HEAVY AID BUYS QUITE A LOT OF CHICKEN DROPPINGS TO PUT ON HIS IAN!?. BY THE WAY, THIS IS VIRGIL
STRINGER AND A VERY VALUABLE LIVESTOCK BOG KEPT ON THE FARM. THEY ARE I I THE 2 5 ACHES OF OATS
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HJT GUT FOR TEMPORARY WINTER GRAZING.
KHOX
6EAZSS tHBM TILL MARCH AMD THEN IITKATES THEM AND COfS SOME FOR HAY ANB SAVES ENOUGH SEED FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR'S NEED P11M TUB R I S T .
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US HAS 10 STOCK WATERING POf DS AND THIS 30 ACRE LAKE. IT IS USED PRIMARILY FOR IRRIGATION.
PROM IT BNOX CAJT IHtlGATB HIS m STUHBS AID CROP UHD, HE USES IRRIGATION PRIMARILY TO GET
OATS Aim SORGHUM UP M5LY. FLOW TO GET THE MtM
H8 USES CHAVITY
DOWH A DITCH TO THE POIMT
WMME IIE NEEDS I T AID T&m PUMPS IT OUT AID PUTS I T OH fHELAOT WITH A SPIINKLM SYSTEM.
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HE MAW.GES I T JUST LIKE AHY OTHER CROP. HE" ���� T H U S AJfD WEEDS AID SELECTIVELY HARVESTS. TIMBI
STAID IMPR0VEBB8T IS PRACTICED THROUGHOUT HIS P U B TIMBER. H AmiTim HE HAS .PUT OUT 1 6 f 0 0 0 KHOX TRIES KB HAS A
FUSE SEEDLINGS FOR RffGRBSTATIOlT.
TO KEEP HIS ROUGHEST LAND IN T I M E R .
S O I L PLAF OF HIS FARM A$B I S WORKING C0NSTANTL1 ON THAT PLAN. AS I SAID H THE BBGINFING MRS, TO M l , BLAINB
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BmYFISLD I S Wmmm
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SBCRETASY
BlkTOK, M A M G ^ OF SOUTHED' PINE ELECTRIC POWER ASSOCIATION TO HELP SUP-'LEHENT ME FAMILY IFC01E. S I B SAYS m i l IS POSSIBLE ONLY BECAUSE
HER MOTHER, MRS. H . C , JONES, WHO LIVES IN
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TAYLORSVILLE, I S HELPING TO KEEP UP HBR EOUSJB WOHK A M PRSSS8V1 HER FOOD AND LOOK AFTJ^ T I B CHILDREN. THOUGH I TOOK THIS PICTURE OF U S ,
MAYFIfiLD AX HER FHSEgfiS, SHE SAYS HER HOWES GjgfS
Tm CREDIT
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WOMAN AT STOFE
TBSf liAYE A HALF ACRE S ^ S O M L GARDEN AND FROM I X mm MIAGE TO KEEP M l FRSKZSR PRBTfl WELL
FILUBD AID BOY OILY THE SfAPLES HEADED ffl THE FAMILY. HiOUGH SHS MOMS FORTY HOURS A WEEK,
W� MAXFiaD F I I D S TIME TO COOK IK HER LOVfiLY K l f C H f i f AID LOVJ3S DOUG I T . SME SEEING FOR THE CHILDBSN, HSE MOTHffi BOSS AS I SAID m a L I f i l
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�fflJS MAYFISLD FAMILY I S TOHKISG TO HASTEN THE M l WHEN mS, MAYFIELD CAH RjBTUfiK TO BEING A FULL MAT01
TBfiB iiOMiSMAlOa^ THOUGl I�M SUES BJA1M
WILL LiiSB A GOOD SGGRETAHY W S SME UOi^S. MM MRS. MAYFIELD AHD MUGHfER, DB02T BOTH PLAY ME PIANO Affl) MRS. MAYFIELD I S CHURCH PIA3TIST AT THEIH CHURCH, MM TAYLORSVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH. KSfOX I S A B�&COK IK THE CHURCH AID ItikCUBS YOUMG ADULTS C U S S IN SUNDAY SCHOOL. MIS. TM
MAYFIELD I S ALSO COUNTY Y.W.A. LMDBR OF THE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION AM) I S ACIIVfi IN TflB W.H.U.
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OF COURSfi, THE C H I L B R � , 12 YEAR OLD DEON, 9 YEAR OLD JOHMITY AUD 2 YE41 OLD MASY MARGARET A1E MIGHT N0� t ANXIOUSLY LOOKING FOWARD TO j
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WEKT THURSDAY AID THE RESULTS OF SAI1AS V I S I l o DEOtf I S A 4~H CLUB MEMMR AND HER PROJECTS ARE C L O K I I I C . A H I ) FOODS, THE GA�S. S I S I S ALSO A MEMBER CF ,
JCHMY IS A CUB SCOUT, LITTLE L^GUE
BALL PMY1H ASD MMEEE OF ME RQXAL AJIBASSASK3KS 3EQ$ I S W ME SEVSNfH GRADE AND JfflNIY IN 2KE 4 1 1 GSADE. SCHOOL BAND. DISOI Am 0 PMYS C U I U H S I I I KB
MARY MARGARET, UP TO THIS F O O T , THE
J U S T 22WWS WE ATTMflCM SHE GETS, CAMERA ON FAMILY
M Y F I E L D FAMILY BELONGS TO THIS SMITH COUHTT MM BU1S4U AHD'XHE P*T,A, . OF TMM IAYL03SVILLB KEOX I S A HE80BER OF I f i l MISSISSIPPI HIS
SCHOOL.
MILK PRODUCES ASSOCMTIOI AID MAS UEM F I R S T STEP I I THB MASQIIC LODGE. I S A MSmm
MRS, H&YFIBB)
OF TIE TAYXORSYILLfi MUSIC CLUB*
SECRETARY OF THE SMITH COUNTY RED CROSS AND STATS WORKER 127 THE P , T , A . . THIS I S A WOHDESFUL FAMILY THAT I S .3&KIVG A M L AD�ITIOM TO THIS 1HEIR CHOSE! STATE, � I B I HOSE PAHH FAMILIES timm BS BRIGIiT,
LIKE THIS mm. FUTURE WOULD f,
I WAIT YOU TO MEET T H M .
