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I TODAY'S FARM FAMILY WAS SELECTED KMXSS WITH |THE VERY FINE COOPERATION OF MR. OWENS OF ATALLA JMILLS OF KOSCIUSKO. OUR FAMILY FOR TODAY IS A
BIG FEEDER OF MAGNOLIA FEEDS AND I T WAS IN THIS WAY THAT MR. OWENS ACQUAINTED ME WITH THE FAMILY AND THE STORY OF THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THIS
I S THE STORY OF TWO FAMILIES....TWO BROTHERS WHO jCARRY ON THEIR FARMING OPERATION ON A PARTNERSHIP I jBASIS. IT I S THE STORY OF MR. AND MS. WILLIE I ROBERTS ON AND DAUGHTER GLORIA LEE AND HJS.AND M R S . HERBERT A . ROBERTSON AND DAUGHTER JANAYNE, A N D , I N A WAY, I T ' S TEE STORY OF THE MOTHER OF JTHESE TWO YOUNG MEN, MRS. MINNIE ROBERTSON, WHO ' JOWNS THE LAND THEY WORK AND LIVES WITH THE BOYS. SLIDE FARM-2 HOUSE THE ROBERTSON'S LIVE SOUTH AND EAST OF SALLIS, MISSISSIPPI. WILLIE LIVES IN THIS LOVELY LITTLE
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SOME ON THE FARM AND HERBERT LIVES I N SALLIS WHERE HE CARRIES ON ONE PHASE OF THE FARM P R O G R A M . . . A PHASE WHICH WE WILL TELL YOU ABOUT LATER I N OUR STORY. THE LAND THESE BOYS FARM I S
THE OLD HOSE P L A C E . . . T H E PLACE WHERE THEY GREW
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THE PRINCIPAL FARM ENTERPRISE OF THE THEIR PRESENT THERE'S QUITE A ONE OF
ROBERTSONS I S TURKEY RAISING. FLOCK CONSISTS OF 6 7 0 0 BIRDS,
STORY BEHIND THE ROBERTSON TURKEY FARM.
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iTHE OTHER BROTHERS WENT TO CALIFORNIA WHERE HE
i JMET AND MARRIED A GIRL WHOSE FATHER WAS IN THE TURKEY BUSINESS. THIS BROTHER BECAME INTERESTED IN TURKEY RAISING AND WENT INTO BUSINESS FOR HIMSELF. HE SENT FOR ANOTHER BROTHER AND WILLIE WHO WENT TO CALIFORNIA AND HELPED TO RAISE TURKEYS. WILLIE WENT TO CALIFORNIA IN 1948 AND
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jBESIDES HELPING THE BROTHERS WITH THEIR FLOCK HE JSTARTED HIS OWN FLOCK AND RAISED TURKEYS IN CALIFORNIA IN 1948 AND 1949. WHILE IN CALIFORNIA H E MET MV MARRIED HIS CHARMING WIFE. IN 1951 WILLIE CAME HOME TO FARM AS A COTTON FARMER, THE
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jONLY KIND OF FARMING THIS LAND HAD EVER KNOWNo N 1952, WILLIE ADDED A HUNDRED TURKEYS TO HIS 'ARM PROGRAM. IN 1953 HE STEPPED IT UP TO 2700
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ROTHER HERBERT JOINED HIM IN THE TURKEY USINESS. IN 1954 WILLIE AND HERBERT ROBERTSON
NCREASED THEIR FLOCK TO 5700 BIRDS AND THEN THIS ANOTHER INCREASE UP TO 6700. HERBERT AND
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| ILL IE ROBERTSON BROOD ALL THEIR POULTS WITH f BUTANE GAS AND ONE OF THE BROTHERS IS ALWXXS ON
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S T R I C T PROGRAM OF SANITATION IN THEIR TWO BROODER HOUSES. THEY ORDER THEIR EGGS FROM THE BROTHERS
t f f CALIFORNIA AND HAVE THEM HATCHED IN MISSISSIPPI
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jTHEY ARE PUT IN THE HOUSES WHEN ONE DAY OLD. AID KEPT THERE FOR EIGHT WEEKS.
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THE TEMPERATURE I S
JMAINTAINED AT 95 D �REES THE FIRST WEEK AND THEN DROPIED FIVE DEGREES EACH WEEK UNTIL THE FIFTH WEEK WHEN THE BROODER I S TURNED OFF AND THE BIRDS ARE RAISED IN A NORML TEMPERATURE. I F SEEMS
THAT YOUNG POULTS HAVE TO BE TAUGHT TO EAT AND JDRINK, SO THE ROBERTSONS PLCE BRIGHT COLORED GARBLES IN THE DRINKING WATER AND FEED TROUGHS
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TO GET THEM STARTED. NO ONE IS ALLOWED IN THE
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;BROODER HOUSES UNLESS THE ROBERTSONS KNOW WHERE H E HAS BEEN AND WHO HE IS. THE ROBERTSONS RAISE
THEIR TURKEYS IN THREE DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS, THE OLDEST GROUP I S NOW 6 WEEKS OLD, THE NEXT ROUP I S ALMOST FIVE WEEKS AND THE THIRD GROUP I S WEEKS OLD. THE POULTS ARE VACCINATED FOR
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CHOLERA AT 5 WEEKS AND FOWL POX WHEN MOVED TO THE RANGE AT 8 WEEKS. A STRICT PROGRAM OF FLY CONTROL I S PRACTICED. THEY ARE DE-SNOOTED AT BNE DAY OF
AGE TO CONTROL ERESYPLILIS, THE WINGS ARE NOTCHED AT FIVE WEEKS. THIS I S A PROCESS WHEREBY THE
READER IN THEOUTSIDE JOINT I S CUT TO KEEP THE BIRDS FROM FLYING, AND THEY ARE DE-BEAKED WHEN
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jlAULED TO RANGE WHICH CONSISTS OF A FIVE ACRE PEN WITH ALL THE BIRDS PLACED I N ONE PEN,
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THE RANGE I S CHANGED EVERY THREE WEEKS AND THE RANGE USED I S NOT USED AGAIN FOR TWO YEARS AS A D I S E A S E CONTROL MEASURE. SLIDE FARM-10 WATER PUMP THE ROBERTSONS HAVE
1 7 AUTOMATIC WATERERS ON THE RANGE AND THE WATER I S SUPPLIED FROM A SHALLOW WELL WHICH HERBERT AND W I L L I E ROBERTSON DUG I N THE RANGE AREA. THEY HAV,
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5 3 FEEDERS ON THE RANGE AND THE BIRDS'START GETTING WHOLE OATS AND PELLETS AT 6 WEKS OF AGE. P R I O R TO THIS THEY ARE FED ONLY PELLETS AND A FEW GROUND OATS. WHILE ON THE RABGE THEY GET OATS,
RANGE FEEDERS
J R I C E , PELLETS, MILO AND ALFALFA OR OAT HAY. THE RANGE I S LOCATED I N PINE TIMBER FOR PROTECTION AN SHADE. F I R E LANES ARE CUT AROUND EACH TEN ACRES ALL UNDERGROWTH I S CLEARED AWAY
FOR PROTECTION.
WHICH I S GOOD FOR THE TURKEYS AND GOOD FOR THE TIMBER, 1 6 WEEKS. THE TOMS AND THE HENS ARE SEPERATED AT THE HENS ARE MARKETED AT ABOUT 2 3
[FEEKS WEIGHING 1 5 - 1 6 POUNDS AND THE TOMS ARE MARKETED AT 2 5 WEEKS WEIGHING FROM 2 5 - 2 8 POUNDS, J U S T LIKE ANY OTHER FARM ENTERPRISE, THE TURKEY B U S I N E S S HAS GOOD YEARS AND BAD YEARS.
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fROBERTSONS HAVE BUILT THEIR O N SELF FEEDER WHICH W OPERATES OFF THE TRACTOR POWER TAKE-OFF. THEY
CAN PULL IT TO THE RANGE AND PIACE THE FEED IN TH BUNKS AS THEY DRIVE ALONG WITH THE TRACTOR DRIVER
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TURNING ON AND CUTTING OFF THE FEED FLOW AS HE D E S I R E S WITHOUT STOPPING. SLIDE FARM-13 OAT FIELD OATS FOR FEED, THE ROBERTSONS RAISE
TOTAL OAT ACREAGE I S ABOUT 5 0
ACRES WITH 3 5 ACRES FOR COMBINING AND 1 5 ACRES TO BE PUT UP AS OAT HAY. THE ROBERTSON OAT CROP
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MADE 55 BUSHELS TO THE ACRE IAST YEAR AND LOOKS EVEN BETTER THIS YEAR. PRACTICALLY ALL OF THE ROBERTSON FARM PROGRAM I S MECHANICALLY HANDLED. |THE SEE? FEEDER BUILT TO HAUL FEED TO TURKEYS
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|LS ALSO USED TO HAUL OATS FROM THE COMBINE TO ;THE GRAIN B I N AND I S UNLOADED SIMPLY BY ENGAGING THE TRACTOR POWER TAKE-OFF, OPENING A TRAP DOOR AND RUNNING THE OATS OUT INTO AN AUGER TYPE ELEVATOR THAT PUTS THEM IN THESE TWO MODERN STEEL BINS. AS SOON AS THE OATS ARE HARVESTED THE
LAND WILL BE SEEDED TO MILO FOR FURTHER NEEDED FEED* SLIDE FARM-16 COMMERCIAL FEED OF COURSE WILLIE AND HERBERT ROBERTSON
ALSO FEED COMMERCIALLY PROCESSED TURKEY FEED TO THEIR FLOCK. THEIR FEEDING AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAj THESE MEN ALSO
|IS ONE <F THE FINEST I ' V E SEEN. SLIDE FARM-17 CORN FIELD
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HAVE A FEW HOGS AND CATTLE, SO CORN IS RAISED TO FEED TEEM. YEAR.. THEY HAVE 30 ACRES IN CORN THIS
AS I SAID EARLIER, WILLIE ROBERTSON CAME A T ONE TIME
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HE RAISED AS MUCH AS 70 ACRES OF CTTON AT A TIME,
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AND THEY STILL RAISE COTTON, THOUGH NOT NEARLY SO MUCH. A COTTON ACREAGE THIS YEAR I S 3 8 ACRES.
EXPERIMENT STATION RECOMMENDATIONS ARE OLLOfED WHETHER IT BE TURKEYS, LIVESTOCK OR
ROPS.
WILLIE AND HERBERT ROBERTSON CERTAINLY BESIDES
) O N f T HAVE ALL THEIR EGGS I N ONE BASKET.
ffiE THINGS ALREADY MENTIONED, THEY ALSO RAISE SLIDE FARM-19 TRUCK CROPS JFRUCK CROPS FOR THE COMMERCIAL MARKET. THEY HAVE
F I V E ACRES OF WATERMELONS, AND AN ACRE OF ^ANTELOFBE. WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS THEY HAVE FORME]
A WATERMELON ASSOCIATION I N THE COMMUNITY AND ALL TOLD THE FARMERS I N THE AREA MARKET 1 2 5 ACRES ^)F WATERMELONS THROUGH THIS ASSOCIATION.. . .THE PURPOSE BEING TO GET A BETTER MARKET AND A BETTER PRICE. SLIDE FARM-20 POST) THE WATERMELONS ARE STRATEGICALLY LOCATE!
N A FIELD JUST BELOW THIS POND AND THE POND I S USED TO IRRIGATE THEM BY A CONTROLLED FLOODING YSTEM AS NEEDED, THE ROBERTSONS HAVE 2 5 ACRES 01
PASTURE, 7 ACRES OF I T IMPROVED AND THE REST M T I V E GRASSES. THEY HAVE FOUR DAIRY ANIMALS FOR
MILK AND BUTTER, 4 HOGS FOR CURING FOR FOOD AND A BEEF FOR THE DEEP FREEZE. 40 ACRES OF THE 2 0 0
^ S IN FINE PINE TIMBER WHICH ALSO PRODUCES A CROP. SLIDE FARM-21 LAYING HOUSE" 2fOW I T I S COMMON KNOWLEDGE THET RAISING TURKEYS i N D CHICKENS ON THE FAME FARM ONLY CREATES MANY HEADACHES, BUT THE ROBERTSON BROTHERS WANTED TO
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PRODUCE HATCHING EGGS, SO HERBERT AND WILLIE ROBERTSON CONSTRUCTED A LAYING HOUSE JUST BACK
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!0F HERBERT'S HOME IN SALLIS. P E 490 LAYING HENS. S LIDE FARM�22 DEEP Ffi
IN THIS HOUSE THEY
FOOD I S IMPORTANT TO THESE
TWO FAMILIES AND THEY TRY TO RAISE EVERYTHING THEY NEED. MUCH OF IT GOES INTO THIS DEEP FREEZE
INCLUDING FRUIT, VEGETABLES, POULTRY AND BEEF. S N IN THIS WAY A CONSTANT SUPPLY OF FRESH, HOJE AD JGROWN FOODS ARE ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO BOTH FAMILIES JWELL, THERE'S MORE TO THE STORY, AND IN A MOMENT, WE'LL HEAR MORE OF IT FROM THESE FINE FARM FOLKS, CAMERA ON FAMILY
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BUT IN THE MEANTIME, YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THEM WHILE I TELL OF SOME OF THEIR COMMUNITY ACTIVITIE BOTH FAMILIES BELONG TO A METHODIST PROTESTANT CHURCH LOCATED THREE MILES FROM THE FARM. HERBEK IS A STEWARD IN THE CHURCH. THE BOYS MOTHER IS
SECRETARY-TREASURER OF THE CHURCH. HERBERT TAUGHT AN ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS AT SALLIS METHODIST CHURCH FOR TWO YEAES. WILLIE IS A TRUSTEE OF THE SALLIS CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLo HERBERT IS POSTMASTER IN SALLIS. THEY ARE BOTH FARM BUREAU MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF THE M.P.I.A. BOTH FAMILIES BELONG TO THE SALLIS COMMUNITY
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REVIVAL WHICH WAS PARTICIPATED IN BY THE POUR LOCAL CHURCHES...BAPTIST, METHODIST, LUTHERAN AND METHODIST PROTESTANT. THE FOUR PREACHERS
CONDUCTED THE REVIVAL FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY. WELL, THAT'S ENOUGH OF MY TALKING, LET'S HEAR SOME MORE OF THIS STORY FROM THE ROBERTSONS.
