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I WANT TO SAY FIRST, THAT I AM VERY GRATEFUL TO MONTGOMERY COUNTY'S AGRICULTURAL MEM. JOHN KILLEBREW, FOR HIS WONDERFUL HELP IN SELECTING THE FAMILY WHICH WE SALUTE TODAY AND FOR GOING WITH ME TO THEIR FAH4 TO HELP ME OBTAIN THE STORY WHICH I AM NOW GOING TO TELL. THIS IS THE STORY OF MR. AND MRS. GARL H. MR.
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MGWILLIAMS WHO LITE FOUR MILES EAST OF VINONA, MISSISSIPPI ON HIGHWAY 82, WHERE THEY FARM i . 3 j8 ACRES KNOW AS VALLEY ANGUS FARMS. MR, AND MRS. MCWILLIAMS HAVE FIVE CHILDREN, ONLY THS YOUNGEST IS STILL AT HOME...17 YEAR OLD JOE PRANK WH� IS A SENIOR AT KILMICHAEL HIGH SCHOOL THIS YE.AR. CARL MCWILLIAMS GREW UP TWO MILES
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EAST OF THEIR FBESENT HOME, ON 2^3 ACRES WHICH HE STILL OWNS AND OPERATES TODAY. HE WAS ONE 0 OP SEVEN CHILDREN...ALL OF THFJS STILL LIVING. THOUGH CARL MCWILLIAMS HAS FARMED ALL HIS LIFE HE DID, FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS DO SAWMILL WORK AND WORKED TIMBER, AS WELL AS FARM HIS LAND. MRS. MCWILLIAMS WAS, BEFORE HER MARRIAGE, MISS IRENE PATTERSON OF THE MILLIGAN SPRINGS GQMMUNI3 ABOUT THREE MILES SOUTH OF THEIRffiESRNT LAND. SHE SAYS SHE MET CARL ON A BLIND DATE. HER
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SISTER WAS DATING A FELLOW WHO DIDH�T OWN A CAR AND HE WAS A GOOD FRIEND CF CARL'S WHO DID OWN ONE. m TALKED CARL AND IREBF INTO DATING
SO HE WOULD HAVE TRANSPORTATION. THAT'S MHAT SLIDE PARM-3 HOUSE STARTED IT AND THEY WERE MARRIED IN 1927, IN PACT BOTH OP THOSE COUPLES EVENTIALLY MARRIED* CARL WAS FARMING THE HOME PLACE WHEN HK MARRIED THE NEXT YEAR HE RENTED A PLACE AND SHE F0LLOBIM YEAR HE BOUGHT 162+ ACRES AND HAS OWNED LAID EVER SINCE. THE ONLY THING ON THIS LAND WHERE THEY LIVE WHEN THEY BOUGHT IT WAS A WELL. CARL BUILT THEIR HOME IN 19^5 AND IAST YEAR HE COMPLETELY KEKODELED IT,. .TAKING OPP DORMER WINDOWS AND ADDING A BEDROOM UPSTAIRS, RE-WORKE THE HALLWAY DOWNSTAIRS AND ADDED SHEFTROCK AND DID SOME PAINTING, SLIDE FARM-^4. POTATO HOUSE CARL DID SAWMILL WORK PROM
1 L - TO 1955. THE LAST EIGHT YEARS OP IT HE 9|0 MANAGED AND BOUGHT TIMBER LAND FOR $R. E.H. SUMNERS AT STEWART. CARL MCWILLTJMS STARTED OUT FARMING RAISING COTTOH AND CCRH AND HAD A PEW JERSEY COWS PROM WHICH HI SOLD SOME ANUPACTURING MILK. IN 19I*5 HE BUILT THIS OTATO HOUSE AND RAISED POTATOTS IN I I . AND 946 L9U7. HE QUIT BECAUSE HE POUND OUT HE HAD
BUILT THE WRONG KIND OP HOUSE. HE THOUGH THE
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CONCRETE BLOCK CONSTRUCTION WOULD KEEP THE POTATOES WARM DOT INSTEAD I T SWEATED TOO MUCH AND THE POTATOES WOULDN'T K E E P . IN 19lj-9 GAEL
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MCWILLIAMS QUIT THE JERSEY CATTIE BUS IKES S AND STARTED RAISING A PEW HEREFGDS. , , BUT THAT ' S S T I L L NOT HIS PRESENT DAY PROGRAM WHICH WE'LL T E L L YOU iBOUT IN A FEW MINUTES. R A I S E S C O T T O N . . . . 3 5 ACRES OF I T . CARL STILL ALL BUT 1 2
ACRES OP DAY CROP I S HANDLED ON THE SHARES. HE BREA S AND ffiEfc RES THE LAND WITH MACHINERY SLIDE FARM�6 COTTON 1W WAGGI AND THEN THE ONE FAMILY ON THE PLAGE HANDLSS I T WITH MOLES, AND WALKING CULTIVATORS. LAST YKAB AND THIS YEAR CARL mE-QJERGED THE COTTON AND F I G U R E S I T REALLY PAYS OFF. HE FOLLOWS A
COMPLETE INSECT CONTROL PROGRAM BASED ON TOXAPBENE-DBT. H I S PRODUCTION AVERAGE I S A
BALE AND A HALF TO THE ACRE AND H E ' L L BEAT THAT THIS T I M E . TWO BALES. HE HAS 2 3 ACRES THAT WILL AVERAGE HE HAS PICKED 1 1 BALES OFF S I X
ACRES AND THERE'S ANOTHER BALE STILL IN THE SLIDE FARM-? CATTLE FIELD. IN 1 9 5 1 SON HUGH BOUGHT TWO ANGUS HEXFK* CARL S AYS HF SAW HE
FOR A I4.-H CLUB PROJECT.
WAS GOING TO NEED AN ANGUS BffLL SO HE JUST DECIDED TO GO INTO THE ANGUS BUSINESS HIMSELF OO. IN 1 9 ^ 2 HE WENT TO LEXINGTON, KENT�CKT
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AND BOUGHT 1$ REGISTERED ANGUS HEIFERS. AMONG THESE C0W3 ARE THE ONES HE BOUGHT FROM KENTUCKY AID ALSO ONE OF HUGH'S ORIGINAL l . H HEIFERS IS |STILL IN THE HERD. CARL MCWILLIAMS HAD SOME GRADE CATTIF, BUT GRADUALLY WORKED INTO AI
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FNTIRELY REGISTERED ANGUS HERD BY SAVING CALVES FROM THOSE FIFTEEN HEIFERS AND BY BUYING A FEW. CARL HAS 150 HEAD OP CATTLE....80 OF THEM BROOD COWS. HE CALFHOOD VACCINATES I D SELLS CALVES IN FACT HE DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH
TO BREEDERS.
TO MEET THE DEMAND. HE CULLS HIS COWS CLOSE AN ALL OF THEM ARE GOOD MILKERS. THE HERD IS TB AND BANGS TESTED AND RIGHT NOW GARL HAS 21 HEIFERS HE IS SAVING FOR HERD REPLACEMENT.
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BREEDING IN GARLfS HERD IS MOSTLY EILEENMERE. THIS HERD BULL IS EILIENMERE lltflST OUT OF FAMOUS 1100. HE IS OWNED BY CARL JOINTLY WITH DR. CHARLES HEATH OF WINQNA. CARL HAD HIS FIR39
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PRODUCTION SALE LAST MARCH AND PLANS M OTHER NEXT MARCE. THESE 12 YOUNG BULLS 20 MONTHS CF AGE AND UNDER ARE ALL FOR SALE. IN PACT, FOUR
OF THEM WILL GO IN THE JACKSON SALE OF THE MISSISSIPPI ANGUS BREEDERS ON DECEMBER 16TH. SLIDE PARM-11 CORN CARL MCWILLIAMS CARRIES SHE HERD MOSTLY ON GOCD GRAZING AND A LITTLE GRAIN IN THE COLDEST
VFJUPTTOR. fypfTRRWISTa THT3V &m HAY AND SftMH MTCAT.
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AND HULLS. CARL HAS 65 ACRES IN CORN. IT IS ALL HYBRID. HE AND JOE PRANK HAVE PICKED 3,000 BUSHELS SO PAR* IT USUALLY AJ3ERAGES 65
TO 70 BUSHELS BUT IS A LITTLE SHORT THIS YEAR.
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THKY HARVEST THE CORN MECHANICALLY WITH THIS ONE ROW COR! PICKER. THEY ARE COMPLETELY MECHANIZED, HAVING THREE TRACTORS AND ALL THE . MACHINERY THEY NEED INCLUDING A HAY BALER. THEY CONTROL NEEDS IN THE CORN WITH 2-M> 0BEMIC
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AL WEED CONTROL.
CARL CREEP FEEDS ALL THE
CALVES IN CREEP FEEDERS SIMILAR TO THIS ONE IN FRONT OF THE BARN. AS YOU CAN SEE CARL HAS AN ELEVATOR TO PUT HIS GRAIN IN THE BIN. THIS BARN HAS A CONCRETE FLOOR. PERMANENT PASTURE
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FABM-HtKEN IN PASTURE
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l�0 ACRES IN DALLIS, BERMUDA AND
FESCUE WITH WHITO DUTCH CLOVER. THERE ARE EIGHT PASTURE AREAS FOR GOOD GRAZING ROTATION. AS CARL, ON THE LEFT, POINTS OUT TO COUNTY AGEN JOHN KILLEBREW, IN THE MIDDLE, HE USES SOME CHEMICAL WEED CONTROL AND ALSO CLIPS HIS PASTURES TO KEEP THE WEEDS AT A MINIMUM. DEPEWDS ON FESCUE IN THE WINTER. CARL
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HE PUTS OUT VETCH AND RYE GRASS BUT HASN'T GOT
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TO IT THIS FALL. EACH YEAR CARL PUTS UP ABOUT �,000 BALES OF HAY...FESCUE AND SOME GRASS HAY.
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HE HAB kO ACRES IN LESPEDEZA HAY THIS YEAR.. CARL MCWILLIAMS USED A TRENCH SILO HE HAS FOR TWO YEARS. BUT THOUGH HE LIKED If, HE HASNf>T NEEDED IT SO HE ISN'T PILLING IT SIGHT NOW. HAY IS STORED IN EVERY AVAILABLE BUILDING INCLUDING AN OLD TENMANT HOUSE.
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DONE SOME LAM) CLEARING. THIS LAND HAS JUST RECENTLY BEFN CLEARED AND CAHL HAS PUT RY! GRASS OH IT. CARL HAS CLEARED MOST OP THE LAHD ON THE OLD HOME PLACE...80^ OP M A T IS IN CULTIVATION DOW! THERE. HE ALSO HAS AN OUT-
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STANDING TIMBER PROGRAM TO GO WITH THOSE PINE BLACK CATTLE AND COTTOH. HE HAS 233 ACRES IH MOSTLY PINE TIMBER WHICH HE THINS AND WEVDS AND SELECTIVELY HARVESTS M D PROTECTS FROM FIRE. HE HAS SET OUT ABOUT 10,000 PINE SEEDLINGS
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OVER THE YEARS. LAUD THAT WON'T PRODUCE A GOOD CROP GOES INTO TIMBER. CARL MCWILLIAMS
TRIES TO GET ALL LAND INTO WHAT IT IS BEST SUITED FOR. HIS LAND IS ALL FENCED AND CROSS
FENCED AND MOSTLY WITH CEDAR POSTS SINCE HI HAS QUITE A LOT OP CEDAR ON THE PLACE. MR, SLIDE FARM-19 AND MRS. MCWILLIAMS HAVE A YEAR ROUND GARDEN,... ABOUT A QUARTER ACRE OP IT. MRS, MCWILLIJM S DOES MOST OP THE GARDENING, PROM HER GARDEN
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AND OTHER SOURCES OP FARM POOD SUPPLY, MRS. MCWILLIAMS EACH YEAR PUTS ABOUT 2,000 P UNDS OF SLIDE FARM-20
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FAMILY FREEZER,
IT IS A 22 CUBIC
FOOT FREEZER AND SHEE KEEPS IT FULL MOST OF ,. . THE TIME. IN PACT MRS. MCWILLIiW S SAYS SHE
PUTS UP SOME POOD FOR A DAUGHTER IN MEMPHIS AND SOME FOR SON, HUGH TO TAKE BACK TO MXSSISSI SLIDE FARM-21
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STATE UNIVERSITY WHERE'S HE'S IN SCHOOL. BESID WHAT SHE FREEZES, SHE ALSO PUTS UP QUITE A LOT OP FOOD IN JARS, THIS YEAR SHE HAS CANNED ABOUT 75 PINTS OF PEAR PRESERVES, <0 PINTS OF STRAWBERRYffiESBBVES,20 fJWfS OP PIGS AND A NUMBER OP OTHER FOODS THE FAMILY LIKES CANNED
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MRS. MCWILLIAMS SAY:-. SHE DOESN'T
MIND COOKING AND THAT SHE STILL DOES SOME SEWING FOR HERSELF AND FOR HER HOME, SHE SAYS SHE SEWED FOR ALL THE CHILDREN WHEN THEY WERE LITTLE AT HOME BUT NOT SO MUCH SINCE THEY
HAVE GROWN U P I D HAVE HOMES OP THEIR C l l ffN SLIDE FARM-23 CHILDREN THE CHILDREN ARE DAUGHTERS ELIZABETH, MAHGARli AND VIRGINIA AND SONS HUGH AND JOE FRANK. HUGH IS A GRADUATE IN SEED TECHNOLOGY FROM MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY AND FOLLOWING TWO YEARS IN MILITARY SERVICE IS NOW BACK AT STATE WORKING- 01 EIS MASTER*S DEGREE. JOE FRANK IS
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A SENIOR AT KILMICHAEL HIGH SCHOOL.
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MCWILLIAMS COOPERATES WITH ALL COUNTY AGRIGULTU WORKERS AND ENDEAVORS TO APPLY RECOMMENDED FARM PRACTICES IH ALL TEAT HE DOES. HE WO-IKS ESPECIALLY CLOSK WITH COUNTY AGENT JOHN KILLSHREW, SHOWN HERE WITH CART., M D SON JOE
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ESAMK. MR. AMD MRS. CARL MCWILLIAMS BELONG TO THE KILMICHAEL BAPTIST CHURCH, LAST YEAR MRS. MCWILLIAMS TAUGHT A B.T.U. CLASS. THEY BELONGTO THE MONTGOMERY COUKTY FARM BUREAU AND GAML IS A MEMBER OP THE MISSISSIPPI CATTLEMEN'S ASSOCIATION AH I) BOTH THE AMERICAN MID MXSSISSXP AXmS ASSOCIATION. CARL ALSO WORKS WITH THE
MONTGOMERY COU1TY LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY ASSOCIATION. THIS IS A WONDERFUL FAMILY THAT
HAS MADE f>REAT ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND NOW IN THE TIME THAT REMAINS I U A H YOU TO MEET TH1H. L. WHAT HAS BEEN BIGGEST JOB? WHAT AREPLANS FOR FUTURE? WHAT HAS HELPED YOU MOST 4. MRS., WHERE ARE OTHER CHIIDRTW & WHAT THEY DOING? 5. WHAT HELPS MOST IN HOMEMAKING? 6. 7. DO YOU PLAN ANY CHANGES IN YOUR HOME? JOS FRANK* WHAT ARE PLANS FOR FUTURE?
