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AUDIO I WANT TO SAY I N THE VERY BEGINNING THAT I AM DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO THE MADISON COUNTY EXTENSION STAFF FOR THEIR VERY FINE HELP I N SELECTING I AM
CAMERA OH LANGFITT
THE FAMILY WHICH WE SALUTE TODAY,
E S P E C I A L L Y GRATEFUL TO COUNTY AGENT, BUDDY SMITH AMD ASSOCIATE HQMS DEMONSTRATION MRS. MARION QJJIOT AMD AS30CIATS COUifrY AGENT CHARLES B 0 0 J E FOR TH6-IR IIELP IN OBTAINING THE STORY WHICH I AM JfOw QGJM SLIDE ...FAHa-1 MAN & WOMAN TO 'JELL. T i i I 3 I B THE STORY OF U S , AND
M R 3 a FSRRJ MUliPHX * i O LIVE ABOUT FOUR MILES NORTHWEST OF GA1W01 Oil THE V/AY ROAD,, WHERE THEY OWN AND FARM ljlj.6 AGRLIS OF LAND. PERRY MURPHY
GREW UP OH A FARM ABOUT TWO MILES EAST OF CARTH-AGE AND MRS. MURPHY GREW UP I N THE SAME COMMUNITY. THEY LIVED I N THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY WERE
WENT TO THK SAME SCHOOL AND CHURGH.
MARRIED IN DECEMBER OF 192$ AND STARTED FARMING FOR THEMSELVES ON 7 0 ACRES OF LAND ADJOINING P E R R Y ' S HOME PLACE. POUR OR FIVE YEARS, TEKY FARMED THAT LAND FOR THEN SOLD I T AND WENT TO
Z B � REFGItHi^'IQN COMMUNITY OF LEAKE COUNTY WHERE THEY STAYED ANOTHER FIVE YEARS AND THEN BACK TO THi,IR ORIGINAL HOME COMMUNITY WHERE THEY FARMED UNTIL THEY BOUGHT THEIR FIRST LAND I N SLIDE FARM-2 HOUSE MADISON COUNTY I N 192j.6. 11 WAS X$$ AGRES AND
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IT DIDN�T HAVE THIS BBAUTIPDL AND MODERN FARM HOME IN WHICH THEY LIVE TODAY. THEY STARTED FARM LIFE IN MSSISOH GGUSTY IK AN OIiD RAMBLING HOUSE THAT HAD OPEN FIRE PLAGES AND WAS EASILY DISTINGUISHED BY ITS POUR CHIMNEYS ON THE OBfHER WALLS OF THE HOUSE. THEY LIVED IN THAT HOUSE UN* SLIDE FARM-, HOU UNTIL THEY FINISHED THIS NEW HOME AND-MOVED INTO IT IN OCTOBER OF 195?. AFTER THEY MOVED IN THE TORE DOWN THE OLD HOUSE. THEY RAISED TWO CHILDREN IN THAT OLD HOUSE....32 YEAR OLF CARL A M ) 29 TEAR OLD DORIS, BUT MRS. MURPHY IS NOW NEJOYING THE RICHLY DESERVED COMFORT AND CONVENIENCE OF THE MOST MODERN HOMEMAKING FACILITIES. BY THE WAY, THIS IS A VIEW OF THE BACK OF THE HOUSE. THE SUN PREVENTED MY GETTING
A GOOD PICTURE OF THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE, SO I MOVED AROUND BACK AND TOOK THIS ONE AND IT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL ANY WAY YOU LOOK AT IT. WHEN FERRY STRIDE FARM-lj. LAND MURPHY BOUGHT THIS MADISON COUNTY FARM LAND IT WAS GROWN UP TO BRIARS AND SAGE, HE HA.D TO PLAT BREAK IT IN PATCHES UNTIL HE FINALLY BROUGHT IT ALL INTO PRODUCTION. IT WAS ROUHG LAND. ONE
MAN TOLD HIM HE MIGHT MAKE A LIVING ON IT, BUT HE DOUBTED IT...THAT NOQNE ELSE EVER HAD. WELL, PERRY MURPHY HAS MADE A GOOD LIVING FROM IT AND
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THE STORY OP HOW HE HAS DONE I T I S A STORY OF FARMING SUCCESS. SLIDE PARM-5 COTTON LAND PERRY MURPHY STARTED OUT HE SAYS THE WHOLE TLk�
R A I S I N G COTTON AND GOSH.
ONLY MADE FIVE BALES OP COTTON THE YEAR HE BOUGHT I T . HIS AVERSE YIELD PER A05E THE PAST
P I V B YEAHS HAS BEES A 1AS& AND A QUARTER TO THE \CItE, TODAY HIS FASH IROQRAM I S GOTTON, GORM,
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S M L L GROT, PA8TURK3 Ar� GATTLB. THIS Yii� ' HE HA3 36 ACRES II COTTOS Am HS HAS HAD W
SLIPS FABM-6 GOTTOH
LIKE SO MANY OP US,
I&FLAlfi IT iiLL..,BUT HE HAS A GOOD
STAHD HOW, TH23 XEAE HE PR}>EMBBOBD FOR THE FIRST TIME A I� THINKS HL IS GOING TO LXKS IT FIHE, HE POISOHS REGULARLY FOR THRIPS AKD OH LATE SEASON OOMTROL MAKES APPLICATION ACCORDING TO INSECT COUNTY IN THE m ST HE HAS USED HIS
THREE TKNNAHT FAMILIES TO SHAREOROP HIS COTTOH BUT THI3 YEAR HE IS USING THEM ALL A3 DAY LABOH. HERE WE SEE PERRY AMD CHARLES BOOME, IS\TESTIGATII THE RESULTS OP THE PRE*SMERGB. PERRY MURPHY
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STARTED HIS LIVESTOCK PROGRAM IN 1950. WHEN HE CAi#i HERE i l E OHLY COW WAS A HILK COW. HE 'I STARTED OUT BY BUYING TEN HEAD OF REGISTERED POLLED HEREFORDS AND SINCE THEN HAS BOUGHT 2k MORE AND HAS RAISED THE REST OF HIS HERD OF l& REGISTERED COWS AMD 2$ GRADE COWS AND 1$ REGISTER
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HEIFERS. SLIPS FAHM�8 CATTLE
HE HAS DOHE IT BY SAVING HIS BEST
HEIFERS FOR HERD REPLACEMENT, HIS CATTLE ARE CARRIED ON A GRASSLAND PROGRAM, ONLY THE CALVES
GET SRAII. ALL OF THE CATTLE GET HAY FREE CHOISE IN THE] WIF�ER. PERRY FOLLOWS A COMMERGIA
CO.I AfJD OALF PROGRAM OM HIS GRADE STOCK BUT HE SELLS HIS REGISTERED STOCK TO OTHER BREEDERS. SLIDE PARM-9 BULL ITS GETS A 95^ GAL? CHOP AND HE CULLS HIS HERD . CLOSE, H ; USES ONLY REGISTERED POLLED HEREFORD I; BULLS. RE USUALLY HAS GOOD REGISTERED BULLS FOR SALE. HE SELLS EVER2THIMG TO BRiiDERS EXCEPT
THE CULLS WHICH GO TO MARKET, PERRY MURPHY HOPES TO EVENTUALLY HAVE A IO0U> OF 12$ REGISTERS! SLIDE BROOD COWS...HOT SO MUCH FOR THE HEOISTEATIOH PAPE2RS...BUT FOR THE QUALITY THAT COMES FROM GOOD BREEDING. PERRY SAYS A GOOD GOW IS JUS? AS EASY TO SEiP AS A SORRY OMK. HERE IS A SAMPLE OF THE QUALITY OF THE HEIFERS HE IS SAVIJfG FOR HIS HERD. HE CALFHOOD VACCIHATES AND THE HERD SLIDE FARM-11
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IS TE AHD BANGS TESTED. HE CREEP FEEDS ALL THE CALVES, BB STARTED IT THREE YEARS AGO AND LIKES
IT VERY MUCH. MUCH OF HIS IMPROVEMENT IM HIS LIVESTOCK PROGRAM HAS BEEN WITH THE CAPABLE HELP AHD ADVICE OF ASSOCIATE COUNTY AQEMT GHARLES BOONE, SINCE PERRY ENROLLED XX THE EXTENSION SERVICE BALANCED FARM AMD HOME PROGRAM FTtfR
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OHE OP THE BIG JOBS HAS BEEN BUILDING PERRY HAS INCREASE
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�IPROVED PERMANENT PASTURES.
TH& SCTS OP H I S HERD AS BE M S IMPROVED H I S GRAZING. PASTURE. BE HOW HAS 2 7 5 ACRxuS IN PERMANENT I T CONSISTS PRIMARILY OF BSRMDlJA GHASS HE SOD
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S S E D 3 0 i , 5 3 I2IT0 ABOUT A HUNDRED ACRES OF I T * HE iiLSO CLIPS HIS BA3TURKS I?OR WEED COKTROL LXFulS TWil'l REOTJLARLI, TESTS XX i ^ G T PERRY MURPHT MD
I l I S 3 0 I L iiHD PliK'rILISKS ALL H I � LAMD
i.CCORDIHG TO MEEDS Dt^BRlilffia) BY THOSE SOIL
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TESTS.
WHEN PERRY CAM I&KB BS HAD A SMALL TODAY HE I S COMPLETELY
TxUC^OR AND WQ>m MULES.
MECHAlflZKD AHD OEBRATBS THREE TRACTORS AHD 0W8S A COMBINE, BALER, SOD SEEDER AND MOST EVERYTHING E L S E HE HEEDS 5 0 CARRY ON H I S FARM PROGRAM.
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TEMPORARY WINTER GRAZING CONSISTS OP OATS AHD V E T Q H . , . A B O U T 1 0 0 ACHES OF I T . HE TAKES H I S
CATTLE OPP IN MARCH AM) COMBINES THE PART THAT D 0 E S 2 P T i&VB VETCH I H I T FOR GRAIM AMD CUTS THE RESiC FOR MX. HE.POTS UP ABOUT ^ , 0 0 0 BALES OP
HAY EACH YEAR AHD PEED3 I T FREE CHOICE DURISfG THi
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WINTER MONTHS.
WATER I S SUPPLIED POR THE L I V E -
STOCK FROM FIVE STOCK POHDS SIMILAR TO THIS OME. PERRY MURPHY FARMS ON THE COHTOUR AND HE TRIES
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TO GET H I S LAHD tMQ B E S T SUITED. LAW,
THE CROP FOR WHICH I T
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HE PUTS HIS ROW CROPS IN THE BOfTOJ
HE HAS Z$ ACHES IH GORN FOR FEED AHD PLAH! HE
GRAIN SORCiHUM BEHIMD 6 0 AOiiiuS OF THE GATS. WILL Cm
k-0 ACHES OF O S GATS M D TUTtH I r i BAGK HE MM& BBxiiJ fU'iISIMG t S L O FOR 3 AJUL OF H I S LAM
TO P M T l E f i f ,
Xt^i-RS �JOJ HB FEh&S liOSrJ OF Xi%
BUT 2 3 8 hCliklS xte BOUOifl1 LAST X^AR I S FENCED AND GROSS PLIfCiJ). SLIDE GARDEN Il� { S L GOOD FARM STORY, ASD THESE
SB AH SgOUUU? CKK� HOHL^iAKIWG- STORY TO aO WITH IT. MR. A>U) � S � P2RAY MURPHX HAKE .ABOUT AN
&CEB GP QARDEH C O I T U S THk, PATCHKS OF PEAS Al� SO FORTH...PART OF I T I S A YMR ROUIID SARDEH. SHE ALSO KEEPS 3 0 LAXIHG HEH-S AHD USED TO HAISS HER OtfM FRYERS BUT SHE KEPT BOOKS Off THE OPSRAfIC AND FOUND OUT SHE COULD BUY THEM GSEAP1B SO SHE SLIDE FARM-18 FREEZER Q U I T RAISIHG HER OWH, FROM HSR GARDBM AND THE
B E E F AND PORK SUPPLY SHE F I L L S HER FREEZER FOUR A YEAR. AS SHE POINTS COT HERE TO MRS.
MARIOH qUIKN, THE ASSOCIATE HOME DEMONSTRATION AGLMT WITH WHOM SHE WORKS CLOSELY, SEE FREEZES FOR A DAUGHTER IH MEMPHIS AHD THEIR SOU CARL AMD H I S WIFE WHO LIVE JUST UP THE ROAD F I L L THEIR FREEZER OUT OF HER GARDEN TOO, ALTOGETHER SHE
F R E E Z E S OVER 2 , 0 0 0 POUNDS OF POOD EACH YEAR HER-
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MRS. MURPHY ALSO PUTS tTP ABOUT 1 5 0 MARION QUINN SATS
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MRS. MURPHY HAS THE BEST LADY PEAS IN THE SLIDE FARM-20 KITCHEN COUNTRY. MRS. MURPHY IS A GOOD COOK AND SHE CERTAINLY LOVES TO DO BKR COOKING IN THIS VERY AHD VmY MODERN KITCHEIN. II P.A0T. HRS# SAYS SHE LIKES KEE KITCHSM BEBT OF ALL . THAT'S IN HER HEW HOME, MRS. MURPHY BELONGS TO SLIDE PARM-2J QUILT
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THAT CTETS TOGETHER DTOIW THERE ARE EIGHT
THE VfUJTER MONTHS AIID q t J I L T S , TO TBS LADIES TWffctBD THE V/INTSR MOJ3THS. ABOUT 1 5 QUILTS, AW
THEY QUILT ONLY DURZHC
LAST WIHTER THEY QUILTED
MR. AlTD MRS. MURPHY WILL TELL
YOU 1ITICKLY THAT THIS WHOLE COMMUNITY WORKS TOGETHER. I T ' S THE PIHEST CGMMUWITY THEY'VE
EVER KNOWN AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW A SOUL WHEN THEY
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MOVED HERE.
MRS, MURPHY I S WORKING RIGHT NOW ON SHE LOVES FLOWERS AND
LANDSCAPING HER YARD.
SHRUBBERY iMD THOROUGHLY ENJOYS WORKING OUT I N THOSE I H HER OWN YARD. WITH THE HELP OF MRS.
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QTJINNj MRS. MURPHY KEEPS COMPLETE HOMEMAKING RECORDS A D KNOWS AT ALL TIMES JUST HOW MUCH VALUE SHE I S GETTING PROM EACH HOMEMAKING P R A C T I C E WHICH SHE AD0FTS. PERRY MURPHY ALSO
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K E E P S ACCURATE RECORDS ON H I S FARM PROGRAM AND
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HE SEEKS THE ADVIGE OF H I S COUNTY AGRICULTURAL WORKERS AND TRIES TO FOLLOW THAT ADVICE. MR.
BQONE SAYS OF MR. MURPHY, THAT HE NEVER COMES I N THE OFFICE UNLESS HE WAITS SOME HELP AND THKK HE DOES H I S LEVEL BLST TO FOLLOW THE AOTIPE HE SEEKS. WHRR Kffl HELP OP MR. BQONE, THE
A S S O C I A T E OOTJKTY AGENT, PERRY MUHPHY M S IMPROVKI H I S If STORES AWD LIVESTOCK, STARTED TESTING H I S S O I L AW PRE-HMHROENCE WEED CONTROL. HE HAS
OTHER 71111103 YSS TO DO BIT? H I S PROGRAM I S SOOHD AND OWE WHICH WILL GONTimTK TO REAP PICE REWARDS FOP. THIS �OJ!DERFUL MADISQH COUHTY COUPLE. CAMERA OH FAMILY � AJ03 MRS. PERRY MTTRPHY BELONG TO THE THORHTOM CHAPEL HETHODIST CHURCH WHERE THEY ATTEND REG-OLAI THEY ARE FARM BUREAU MEMBERS AND PERRY I S AH A . S . C . COMMUNITY CCHHMITTEEMAN AND MEMBER OF TBS POLLED HEREFORD AHD HORHED HBREEORD ASSOCIATIOIS. THEY ARE FIRfi BELIEVERS I N THEIR COMMUNITY AND I � HELPING THEIR ?�IGIIBORS ALOISJ THE WAY. I O0OT
SO ON AT LENGTH TALKING ABOUT THIS WONDERFUL JOIJPLE BTJP I WANT YOU TO MEET THEM RIGHTNOW. .� !. HOW MUCH LAND CLEARING HAVE YOU DONE? HAVE YOU HAD OR DO YOU HAVE ANY DRAINAGE PROBLEMS? 3 , DO YOU PLAN TO CONTINUE TO RAISE COTTON?
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. WHAT HAS BEEH BEST PRACTICE YOU HAVE ADOPTED $. MRS, TELL US ABOUT CHILDREN & GRAHBCHILDREIT 6. WHAT DO YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT YOUR SEW HOME.
