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I WANT TO SAY Iff THE VERY BEGINNING THAT I AM DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO MS, B.H, BIXGN, THE C0U1ITY AGRICULTURAL ABBNT OF LBASKE COUNTY AM) TO ASSOCIATE COUNTY AGENT, I E LOCKE, FOR THEIR
VWLY FINK HELP IN SELECTING THE FAMILY WHICH E SALUTE TOMY ANB ESPStlfcLLY TO EARL LOCKE OH GOING WITH ME TO THIS FAIM TO HELP ME OBTAIN THE STORY WHICH I AH NOW GOING TO TELL, SLIDE FARM-2 H0U3F THIS I S THE STORY OF MR* AND M S . W.C. (BILLY) i c f U I L AND THEIR WO SOW WiO LIVE IS THE FRBS TRADE COMMUNITY OF LHtKE COUNTY, ABOUT 1 1 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CARTHAGE, M I S S I S S I P P I . ACTUfiiLY,
OILY ONE SOIT I S AT HOME I 0 W . . . 2 4 YEAR OHI BILLY QALL I S D,T THE W I T � ) STATES ABMY, STATIOIH* F JAPAU. BILLY MCPHAIL GHM UP ON THIS AID
I ADJOINING FASH MlWiE HIS FATHER STILL LIVES, ILLY PCPHAIL TODAY FABMS 1 0 8 ^ ACR3SS OF HIS OWH D AND RMTS SOME ADDITIOHAL C08N LAND. BILLY 1 SLIDE FARH-1 liOUSE ?ATHER BiUGHT THE ORIGINAL 80 ACRES OF~1HIS ?ARM 40 YEARS AGO AND UTm DFAXHPl. SOLD I T TO BILLY'S
BILLY*S G8AIDFATHSR IN TURN, SOLD
�T TO A COUSBJ OP BILLY'S M B BILLY BOUGHT IT ROM HIM IN ABOUT 1 9 4 7 . MRS, ifGPHAIL ALSO GRIKF SHE AND
[IP IN THE S T A N B I ^ PINE CflttlUNITY.
p I L L Y WENT TO SCHOOL TOGETHER AT STANDING PINE j
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IJCHOOL AS CHILDRS*.
THEY WERE CHILDHOOD
AND WERE, .IN.FACT MARRIED I I 1933
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WIRE BOTH 16 YEARS m AGE.
MRS,
PHAIL WAS THIS BAUGHTJ^ OP MR, ED F R E O T , WELL O N IN LBAKE COUNTY* W mm THEY WSJE MARRIED
LLY WAS LIVING ON A FARM ABOUT A MILS AND A LP EAST, WHICH HE RESTED, AND 0 1 WHICH UE ORKBD WAGE HANDS WHILE HE L0GG1D P � A L I V I N G ILLY COHTIMJM) LOGGING UNTIL UM WBST INTO US SERVICE OP HIS COUNTRY IK 1 9 4 2 . SHORTLY
A P T M HE CAME OUT OP SERVICE I I 1946 BILLY WAS : INJURED I F AM AUTO ACCIBMT AND WAS UMABLE TO ORK POR ABOUT A YEAR. AS HE FROM H
R I S INJURY HB BOUGHT HIS FIRST 80 ACRES OF LAND F A C T , HE HAD TO WAIT F(R SHE CROP TO BE BWQBE HE COULD TAKE OVER, TORE mm ME OLD HOUSE MB HB WEST TO BUILT THE
f R O I T FOUR ROOMS OF THIS 1HBIR HtE5�ffT HOI�, VX THE BEGINNING FARMING POR MR. AND MRS. BILLY IICPHAIL WAS MOSTLY COTTON AND CORN WITH SAHRE
C OPPERS HANDLING THE COTTON. C
ABOUT A YEAR AFTI
CAMS HME MR. AND MRS. KPHAIL BORROWM) A SLIDE FARMMILK HOUSE
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PROM MS.
BCHIAIL f S FATHM ANB 1ATM BOUGHT
ABOUT A YEAR AFTER THE? CAMB HERE TO THEII
I R S T RIAL HOME, THEY HAD ACCUMULATE� A FSSf
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ffilCH THEY MILKED BT HAND A!� IfSUE SENDING THEIR O L K TO PHILADELPHIA FOR MANUFACTURING PURPOSES. ffiEY CONTINUED TO SELL MANUFACTURING MILK UNTIL HffiY SWITCHED OVER TO THEIR PRESENT GHADg "A11 )AIRY PROGRAM IK 1 9 S 2 . IV WAS I I THAT YEAR THAT
THEY BUILT THIS MTLKHTG PARLOR AND DELIVERED SLIPS FARIM LK PROM 1 1 C(MS WHICH THEY WERE MILHMG. ODAY THBIK T(f AL HERD CONSISTS (F 2 8 HILK COWSf H E I F B S S , 10 CALVES AF� TWO BULLS AID THEY ARE
thY
SLIDE PARH��g
MILKING
26 cows MIGHT
AHB MORNING*
THE
IOST OF THE M I M L S I I THIS DAHY HEED ARE 1JEGISTERED AND ALL BUT OIE ARE JERSEYS. IS TB TESTED AFP BABG3 P R B i ,
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BILLY ICPHAII
MUCH OF THE CREDIT FOR HIS DAIRY SUCCESS TO HIS FATHER. BILLY'S FATHER I S A COW TRADER
AND COMMUNITY VBTER1SARLAH ASD BILLY SAYS HE HAS BEES OF TREMI3TD0US HELP IH GETTISG HIM SOME GOOD COWS AHI> DOING HIS VETERINARY FORK. SLIDE FA ^ 1 , BILLI
t ULLS HIS HERD VERY CLOSE TO GET RID J F ALL THE P O O I PRODUCERS AND BELIEVE ME THE HAY HE HAS JELLED UP HIS HERD AVERAGE IN MILK PRODUCTION HOWS THAT I T I S PAYH& OFF. BILLY CALFHOOD
ACCINATfiS AID SAVES MOST OF H I S BEST HEIPRRS SLIDE FARM-7 OM H I S HIGHEST PROUUCIHG COWS FOR HERD EPLACEME�T, ASSOCIATE COUNTY AGENT EARL LOCKE
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b3*CGURAGED BILLY TO EXHIBIT SOMB OF HIS ANIMLS XM SURROUNDING HAIRY SHOWS AND LAST YEAR THIS AND HIS BULL WERE GRANB CHAMPION Af THE BOUNTY SHOW, BILLY ALSO GOT BLUB RIBBONS ON
YTHING HE MTERED IN THE STATS MIHY SHOW . I T ICOSCIUSI0, HIS MAJOR EMPHASIS HAS BEEN 0 1 HE HAS ALMYS
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BftBfc.8 BULL
OOD BREEDING AND GOOD FE3>ING .
USfi� A RBGISTEHEI) H1KD SIRE Iff HIS M0GRAM AMD ' ! BEEN ABLE TO B U M ) UP HIS H1RD TO TOP AHBSALS. THE MILKIHG I S DOSE I F A
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I N S I D E BARN
1I0DERH THO COW MILKIHG PAELOR WITH A P I P E I N E MILKER, BY THE WAY I MGHT MMtim HERE
iAf BILLY STILL RAISES SOME COTTON OF THE SHARES. HE DOES IT MOSTLY BSCAUSS I f I S ABOUT
HE ONLY WAY HE I S ABLE TO KEEP LABOR ON THE FAH t O HELP WITH THE QTHffi PHASES OF HIS FtOGBAM*
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N ADDITION TO THE ONE TMNANT WHO LIVES ON THE !AEM� A YOUNG NEPHSg, MICKEY CHAFT, HELPS WITH I BAIRY PROGHAM AND HE I S THS YOUNG GESTLEMAS OU WILL SBE WORKING IN THE DAIRY BARN, AS EACH O COMES INTO THE BAR� SHI I S BfflElIATELY FED W RATION OF CMJSHM) CCRJT, SOYBEAN MEAL, WHEAT RAID ANB RICE BRAN, OAT HAY, SALT AND MINISML 1 1 1 CRUSHED AND MIXED TOGETHER TO MAKE ABOUT A a : . 7 PERCENT MIRY RATION, EACH COW�S UDDER ANB
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FAMMLl
COW IN BAM
ARE WASHED AID D1IED BH^ORE THE MILKM I S TTACHED, WHEN BILLY ICPHAIL IMBAIKH) OH HIS
GRADE "A" M I 1 Y PHOGMM HIS AYKIAGE PRODUCTIOH HAS ABOUT 4 f 0 0 0 P0UHBS OF MILK PER C0� PER YE4R.
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TOMY HIS HERD AVWAGE I S ABOUT 8 t 5 O O POUIBS OF
cow
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I T HAS BEm MORE THAI TEE MILK IS mvm
DOUBLED I I ABOUT SIX YMRS,
FAR3M.
IN MRS
BY HUMH 1 A I B S ,
IT GOBS DIRECTLY FROM
EHE CCM*S UDDER THROUGH A SANITARY PIPELME IFTO H I E MUM COOLER. 1 1 HIE PROCESSING ROOM WHME I T
SLIPS COO]
I S KEPT COOLED UNTIL I f I S PICKED UP MCH DAY A I D BROUGHT TO JACKS OH TO THE PBT MILK CCMPANT* S A I I T A T I O H I S TEE KEY TO J1AHY A SUCCESSFUL MIRY PROGEAM AND BELIEVE ME I T PLAYS A V S Y IMPORTANT ' A I T IS THIS ONE, IM ADDITION TO WSM HATIOI
sum
IF
ffilCH I MMTIO�1D A WHILE AGO, BILLY ALSO PUTS HAP MOUSSES H TEE RATION TOO. HMIE WE
SEE HIM SHOWING THE FEE� TO ASSOCIATE COUNTY AGENT EAHL LOCKE. 1ST ADDITION TO THE FEED THE ;O�S GET WEILS Tl^Y ARE BEING MILKED, BICH THEY ARE FED CRUSHED CORN, BAL� OATS ALT AM) MilASSSS IN PEED BUMS D 0 � I IN mE PASTURE. OF COURSE THIS I S FED ONLY DURIIG
THE If H T M MONTHS AIB ALL COWS GET I T WHETHER ARE HZLKIKG OH IQT* ALL CALV�S GIT
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IGHf AND MORNING.
BELIEVE ME I
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THIS I S
i\JS EXCELLENT FEEDING PROGRAM AM) THE CONDITION )F BILLY HCFHAIL'S HERB BEARS W? THAT BELIEF*
SLIPS laSTUiHS
PASTURE FOR THE MIRY HERD I S SUPPLIES 6 2 ACRES OF BAHAIA GRASS, BMMJDA GRASS I B Z I I DUTCH CLOVER AW CHIMSOH CLOV�R, ALL OF t
TiB PERimiEIT PASTU1E LAM) I S BfPlOVED, MIJfBSALPASTUHE LAKD. PASTURE LAIB I S MOKES IHTO
MO ARIAS FOR GRAZING ROTATION. ,AL PASTURES ARE UMBD AND CLIPPED FOR W E ^ CONTROL,
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I S SUPPLIED I S THE WINTER M � SOHE OF IT I S
PRIFG FROM 27 ACRES OF OAfS.
<rRAZED DOWN COMPLETaY AMD SOME OF IT I S GRAZED ' )FLY UNTIL MICH WlffiM THE CATTLE M E TAKSf CFF ii'D IT I S L&TBR CUT FOR HAY, TEMPORARY SU1MH? BILL
-RAZING I S SUPPLIH) BY I S ACR$S OF MILLET. UTS UP ABOUT 2 , 0 0 0 BALES OF HIS 0TO HAY M D OME MORE BESIDES, HE DOES SMB CUSTOM WORK
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J B I F ANYOKE WANTS TO PAY HIM in HAY IISTEUD OF IOIBY HE TAKK I T , WO MUCH HAY* HE DOESN'T THINK HE CAN GBf
BILLY SAYS THBIR*S, NO MAY ON HIS HE HAS ABOUT 4 5
TO PUT UP TOO IIUCH F E S ) .
I N CORN EACH YEAR WHICH YIELDS ABOUT SO TO THE ACRE. OMB TOO. , HE F ^ ) S IT ALL AMD BUYS � .' "
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ALL CATTLE GET HAY FREE CHOICE I I THE WINTER AM I F GRAZING I S SHORT. WATER FOR THE LIVESTOCK
I S SUPPLIED FROM B U S STOCKPOHD AND A STREAM THAT FLOWS THE YEAR AROUND. SLIDE FARM*] BILLY MCPHAIL ALSO
SIAS A LITTLE PINE TIMBER.. .ABOUT SIX ACRES OF 12 HE HAS TAKEI THE HARDWOOD OUT OF I T AND USES IT PRIMARILY FOR SHELTER FOR U S CATTLE. SEVERAL SHELTER BELTS AROUm THE FARM. THE WMMl HE HAS MOST OF
I F THE HOUSE AID A TEMANT HOUSE CAME HE ALSO CUTS HIS OW� FENCI
ROM BILLY'S TBfBER.
OSTS AND HIS LAID I S FENCED AND CROSS FENCED. 5ILLY HCHIAIL�S LAND I S TERRACED AND HE FARMS OH M E CONTOUR, I ' V E ONLY HIT SEE HIGH SPOTS OF
JILLY MCHIAIL'S FARM STORY...HE HAS A SOIL PLAN ON THE FARM...HE I S ENROLLED IN THE BALANCED 'ARM AMD HOME PROGRAM OP THE EXTENSION SERVICE A M HAS BEM FOR TWO YEARS AND UMBER THAT PROGRA
HE HAS IMPROVED HIS BREEDING AID FEEDING AID ]!AS STARTED TESTING HIS SOIL AID HAS INCREASED I S PBBM&iTMT AND TEMPORARY GRAZIIiG A R E A S . . . A W N AND ON I COULD GO...BUT I F I DID, YOU SCOULBN* SLIDE CANNED FOOD HEAR AT ALL ABOUT THE FINE HO1EMAKING PROGRAM MRS. HCFHAIL CARRIES O N . . . . S O LET'S GO TO I T . FROM H M HALF ACME GARDEN MRS.
PHAIL FREEZES ABOUT 1200 POLWDS OF FOOD
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A�D POTS IT I I HER HOMfi FREEZER*
IN
ADDITION SHE CANS 150 TO 200 QUARTS OF FOOD IN JARS. HERE WE SEE 8 YBAS OLD GARY MARCUS TRYING
TO TALK HIS MOTHER INTO ONE OF HIS FA�O "'IT� ]<"OODS FOR LAST H0NQAY NIGHT�S SUPPS?. SLIDE FARM2J MRS,
LIKES TO COOK AND RELIES VERY HEAVILY OS I N HER KlfCHEN. IN FACT, UNTIL A
KlfGHJ
OR SO AGO, HER ONLY MEANS OF EMTING HAS WITH ELECTRICITY. M. AND I R S , BCFHAIL SAY ELfcCTMIC
TOAT MR. O L ^ FICHOLS0N OF THE CMtML ?mm
ASSOCIATION OF CARfllAGE WAS A GREAT HELP 1
TO THEM W WIRING THETR HOUSE W B THEY ADDED HW I � O MORE ROOMS ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO, THEY SAY
W NOT ONLY HELPED TO WIRE HIE HOUSE BUT THE BAH SLIDE FARM-22 I'OO, ONE OP* THE HOSTS IN HER KITCHHf I S WIICII YOU SEE HERE, W� NO
BLIiCTRIC PASTimiZm
SILK I S BRINK UNTIL IT I S PASTEURIZED BVM THOUC THEY KNOT* THEIR HERD I S A CLEAN HJ30), MS, MR, AND
MCPHAIL HOPE TO AD!) ANOTHER ROOM M B A THEY DON�T ENOW JUST mW BUT IT-�S- A THIS I S A
�AST OF THEIR PLANS FO1 THE FUTURE,' SLIDE , FABfa.2 O I D S F U L LIVE AT HONE FAMILY*
THEY ARE QUICK
0 SAY 'THAT IT HASN'T BEM AN fiASY LIPS ALL THE [AY BUT TE'lf him IT AND HAVE GREAT HOPES FOR
. 1 FUTURE, BiGUGH S O I , BILLY 1OT&LL I S IN
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JAPAN SERVING HIS COUNTRY HE'S RIGHT THERE AT IONS IN SPIRIT EVERY MINUTE OF EVERY OAT. AM)
CHOUGH WE COULDN'T GIST A PIC1URE OF HIM, I DO fAHT YOU TO NOTICE HIS PICTURE ON THE COFFEE FABLE. BEFORE HE WESf INTO SERYIC i BILLY KENDAL
3IAB COJIPLETED TWO Yfi&RS OF COLLEGE AT BBCATUR ONE YEAR AT MISSISSIPPI SOUfHBSN. HE P U N S
F I N I S H SCHOOL M M HE I S DISCHARGED NEXT AND WU MAYBE TEACH FOR A WHILE, BUT
CS THAT BEFORE TOO LONG HE WANTS TO COME JACK TO THE FARM. CAMERA 0 1 FAMILY MR. AWD MRS, MCPHAIL WANT
EHBIR CHILDREN TO FARM I F THEY SAJO: TO BUT OILU EP KEY WANT TO. MOST OF ALL THEY WANT THffl TO MRS. MCPHAIL WROTE TO
IAVE A GOOD EDUCATION.
1 AFTER I VISITED THEIR FARM THB OTHER DAY AND H . E HAD THIS TO SAY IS HER LETTER. NEI2HER BILL
NOR I FINISHED SCHOOL BECAUSE WB HARRIED SO TOUIG, I GUMSS flUffS W!Y I ' M SO PH0UO OF BILLY
ffiSMLL GOING 0 1 TO FINISH COLLEGE, . . J U S T HOPING ]?OTH OP MY BOYS WILL DO THAT. HR. AND MIS. STAT DING
J I C P i U I L AND GARY MARCUS ATTOT fHE
PIME BAPTIST CHURCH AND THE SEOCKALO PRIMITIVE J3APTIST CHURCH. MRS, MCPH&IL ttSLPS WIBi THE THEY
VACATION BIBLfi SCHOOL DURING THESlflfMER.
BELONG TO THE FARM BUREAU AND BILLY I S A DK BCTf
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W THE LEAKE COUNTY FA1M BUREAU.
HE IS ALSO MU
CHAXRHAH OF THE ASC COMMUNITY COMMITTEE,
AND M S , 1CPIIAIL ARE QUICK TO SAY THEY BEPEND TERY MUCH ON 1HEIR COC1TY AGRICULTUSAL WOSKERS MEIR LEHDING ABE8CIBS AND HIBY'VE BAB A LOf
WONDERFUL HELP FROM EVERT0NE*. �ALL OP HIM
� � � � , . : � � : ' . :
1 H B Y f l E �RWV IPO.
CF AND GRSATLY IND1SBTEO
I COULD CrO ON AT CONSIDERABLE LENGTH TALUS
IBOUT EVEE MORE ACCOHPLISBNENTS9 BUT RIOIT I 0 � S rIALK TO HR� AID HSS. MCHIAIL,
