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TODAY'S FAMILY WAS SEIECTED AS OUR "RFD TELEVISIT FARM FAMILY OF THE WEEK WITH THE VERY FINE COOPERATION OF MR. PAT MCG0WA&, COUNTY AGENT OF YAZOO COUNTY. THE FAMILY TO BE SALUTED TODAY
HAYE A LONG HISTORY OF OUTSTANDING FARM ACCOMPLISHMENT AND COMMUNITY COOPERATION IN YAZOp SLIDE FARM-1 MAIL BOX COUNTY, THIS MAIL BOX BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD
!SERVES AS AN OFFICIAL INTRODUCTION TO MR. AND i ! MS. A . N . NICHOLS AND THEIR THREE SONS AND FOUR I
JDAUGHTERS* HOWEVER, FOLKS BETTER KNOW THEM AB2Z | AS MR. AND MRS. NORWOOD NICHOLS OF THE BENTON COMMUNITY IN Y1ZZ0 COUNTY. 1R. NORWOOD NICHOLS WAS BORN IN MADISON COUNTY AND MOVED TO THE
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BENTON COMMUNITY WHEN HE WAS ONLY FIVE YEAIS OLD. MRS. NICHOLS WAS BORN AND RAISED ON THIS VERY THEIR LOVELY H01E I S
LAND WHICH THEY NOW OWN.
LOCATED JUST UP THE ROAD FROM THE LINWOOD STORE. I T ' S A BEAUTIFUL AND COMFORTABLE HOME AND SHOWS THE LOVING CARE WHICH MRS. NICHOLS HAS GIVEN TO |IT. TODAY NORWOOD NICHOLS AND HIS SONS O N W
2 , 8 0 0 ACRES OF LAND AND RENT AN ADDITIONAL l 6 0 0 o NORWOOD NICHOLS STARTED INTO BUSINESS WITH HIS I FATHER-IN-LAW AT THE END OF WORLD WAR I , WITH
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HE SOLD HIS
INTEREST IN THE STORE FOR ENOUGH TO MAKE A DOWN-
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-PAYMENT ON 1 , 0 0 0 ACRES OF LAND AND THUS HE GOT H I S FIRST START AS A LANDOWNER, NORWOOD NICHOLS
HAS ALWAYS BEEN PRINCIPALLY A COTTON AND LIVESTOC SLIDE PARMG COTTON FLOHING T1 FARMER. LAND. HOWEVER, COTTON I S KING ON THE NICHOLS I T ALWAYS HAS BEEN AND PROBABLY ALWAYS MR. NORWOOD NICHOLS AND NORWOOD J R . ,
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BETTER KNOWN AS "SONNY BOY* AND CHARESS DO MUCH OF THEIR FARMING TOGETHER* "SONNY BOY" OWNS
5 0 0 ACRES OF HIS O N LAND AND RENTS ANOTHER 5 0 0 , W |BUT BY AND LARGE THEY WORK TOGETHER ON EVERYTHING
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;S0 THIS I S RIGHTFULLY THE STORY OF MR. AND MRS. NORWOOD NICHOLS AND FAMILY. HAVE 1 , 0 6 6 ACRES OF COTTON. ALL TOGETHER THEY THEY PREFER DO MOST
OF THEIR COTTON FARMING WIDE TENNANT LABOR, MOST OF WHOM HAVE SPENT THEIR ENTIRE LIVES AT LINWOOD PLANTATION, SLIDE FARM-4 COTTON GHOPHSRS ONLY 2 5 $ OF THEIR COTTON ACREAGE IS THERE ARE 60 FAMILIES ON
MECHANICALLY HANDLED. THE M ND. EQUIPMENT.
THE TENNANTS O N MOST OF THEIR OWN W MR. NORWOOD NICHOLS FURNISHES THE LAN
AND ONE FOURTH OF EVERYTHING AND RECEIVES ONE FOURTH OF THE CROP AT THE END OF THE YEAR. THE
PRESSURE PUMP YOU SAW ATTACHED TO THE CULTIVATOR I S USED TO SPRAY THE YOUNG COTTON AND I T I S SPRAYED EVERYTIME I T I S CULTIVATED TO CONTROL INSECTS,, MR. NORWOOD SAYS THIS METHOD HAS CUT HI IN ADDITION, WITH
SPRAYING BILL IN HALF,
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THE HELP OF CODNTY AGENT, PAT MCGOWAN, A CONSTANT CHECK I S KEPT FOR INSECT INFESTATION. HERE WE
S E E MR. MCGOWAN AND CHARLES NORWOOD CHECKING FOR THRIPS. S LIDE FARM.6 SPRAY SLIDE NORWOOD NICHOLS AND HIS SONS HAVE ALSO
DEVELOPED A METHOD OF SPRAYING COTTON FOR INSECT CONTROL WHEN I T GETS RANK AND HAVE ELIMINATED TB% NEED FOR AREAL INSECT CONTROL MEASURES. THEY USE T H I S MULE DRAWN SLIDE WITH ADJUSTABIE NOZZLE HOLDER THAT CAN BE RAISED TO ANY HEIGHT, DEPENDIN iON THE HEIGHT OF THEPLANT. AND WITH IT THEY CAN ISPRAY THEIR COTTON THROUGH ALL STAGES OF GR0W1H. I T TAKES CARE OF TWO ROWS AT A TIME. BESIDES
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I N S E C T CONTROL, FERTILIZATION PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE I N THE CROP PROGRAM AT LINWOOD PLANTATION. THEY FERTILIZE WITH 6 2 PERCENT PHOSPHATE, 6 0 PERCENT POTASH AND LIQUID NITROGEN. THESE TWO
L I Q U I D NITROBEN TANKS ASSURE AN AMPLE SUPPLY AT ALL TIMES, WITH THIS KIND OF A PROGRAM MR.
NORWOOD NICHOLS AND THE BOYS AVERAGE A BALE AND A HALF TO THE ACRE ON THEIR COTTON. IN 1 9 5 3
MR. NICHOLS WON THE NORTH EAST HILLS FIVE ACRE COTTON CONTEST. CHARIES WAS THIRD I N THE SAME THEY FOLLOW ALL RECOMMEND-
D I S T R I C T LAST YEAR.
A T I O N S OF THE EXPERIMENT STATIONS, NOT ONLY ON COTTON , BUT ON ALL CROPS AND THEIR LIVESTOCK.
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THEIR COTTON I S GINNED RIGHT AT HOME IN THIS NEW AND COMPLETELY MODERN GIN, IT I S OWNED BY
| STOCKHOLDERS IN THE COMMUNITY MB LAST FALL I G I N N E D 4 , 4 9 O BALES IN ITS FIRST YEAR OF OPERATION, SLIDE FARM. 9 COkN I N ADDITION TO COTTON, NORWOOD NICHOLS, CHARLES AND SONNY BOY RAISE ABOUT 5 0 0 ACRES OF CORN* BESIDES FEEDING ALL THEY NEED IN THEIR FARM PROGRAM THEY SELL ABOUT 2 , 5 0 0 BUSHELS EACH YEAR. SLIDE FARM-10
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DON'T LET ME MISLEAD YOU ABOUT MECHANIZATION ON THIS FARM. THOSE 60 FAMILIES CERTAINLY CAN'T
AND DON'T HANDLE EVERYTHING ABOU THIS IARGE FARM PROGRAM. MR. NORWOOD AND THE BOYS OWN PASfURE
9 TRACTORS, 2 COMBINES, A COTTON PICKER,
C L I P P E R , MOWER, HAY BALERS AND ABOUT EVERYTHING ELSE THEY COULD POSSIBLY NEED FOR A MECHANIZED FARM PROGRAMe PASTURES ARE CLIPPED REGULARLY LINWOOD PLANTATION HAS A
FOR WEED CONTROL. SLIDE FARM-11 FAKM WORKSHOP
COMPLETELY EQUIPPED FARM SHOP FOR MAINTENANCE OF THEIR EQUIPMENT. MR. AARON MILLER, SEEN HERE
WORKING ON A TRACTOR I S THE MECHANIC, AND HAS BEEN FOR THE PAST 1 2 YEARS. BESIDES THE 6 0
FAMILIES THAT LIVE AT LINWOOD, MR. NICHOLS AND THE BOYS REGULAR TRACTOR DRIVERS AND OTHER DAY LABOR AS NEEDED. SLIDE FARH-12 CATTLE MR. NORWOOD NICHOLS MD HIS
SONS ARE ALSO LIVESTOCK PRODUCERS
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MR. NICHOLS HAS OWNED AS MA23Y AS 600 HEAD OF CATTLE AT A I B f E , HE I S NOW REBUILDING HIS
j COW AND CALF HERD AND GETTING BACK INTO HEAVY LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION. RIGHT NOW MR. NORWOOD AND
THE BOYS HAVE 170 BROOD COWS AND i 5 0 CALVES. THEIR PROGRAM HAS BEEN PRIMARILY A COW AND CALF PROGRAM, HOWEVER, THEY ARE NOW IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGING OVER TO A FEEDING PROGRAM FOR HEAVIER WEIGHT AT MARKETING, DEPENDING OF COURSE ON THE QUALITY OF THEIR CALF CROP... .FEEDING ONLY THOSE THAT HAVE PROMISE OF JUSTIFIABLE RETURNS. SLIDE FARM-13 BULL NORWOOD NICHOLS AND HIS SONS CARRY A HERD OF GRADE CATTLE, BUT LIKE MOST SUCCESSFUL LIVESTOCK PRODUCERS THEY BREED THEM TO REGISTERED HEREFORD BULLS. THEIR PASTURE PROGRAM CONSISTS OF 800
ACRES OF PERMEMENT PASTURE, CONSISTING MOSTLY OF LESPEDEZA, BERMUDA AND WHITE DUTCH. 8 0 ACRES IN OATS FOR GRAIN. SLIDE FARM-14 CATTIE GAP THEY HAVE
MR. NICHOLS AND HIS
SONS BUILD THEIR O N CATTLE GAPS, PUT THEM WHERE W NEEDED AND BUILD DIRT UP TO THEM, THUS MAKING IT EASY TO MOVE OR REPLACE THEM. THEY SAVE THEIR
O N FENCE POSTS AND PUT OUT SEVERAL HUNDRED EACH W YEAR. YOU CAN SEE JUST A FEW OF THEM IN THE ALL THE LIVESTOCK AREA I S FENCED LARGE PONDS SUCH AS THIS ONE
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IPLEASURE BY WAY OP BOATING AND FISHING. JPRACTICALLY ALL OF MR. AND MBS. NICHOLS CHILDREN jLIVE NEARBY AND THIS POND PROVIDES A BEAUTIFUL (RECREATION AREA FOR THE CHILDREN AND 1 2 GRAND CHILDREN. I TOLD YOU EARLIER THAT MR. NORWOOD THE FIRST WORLD WAR AND
NICHOLS CAME BACK FROM
WENT INTO THE MERCHANTILE BUSINESS WITH H I S SLIDE FARM-16 STORE
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THE MERCANTILE BUSINESS AND HE AND MR. UPTON
SLIDE FARM-17 HOUNDS JOHNSON OWN LINWOOD STORE TOGETHER. MR. NORWOOD'
F I R S T LOVE I N HOBBIES I S HIS PACK OF FOX HOUNDS. HE HAS A PACK OF TWELVE AND THERE'S NOTHING HE ffOULD RATHER DO THAN GET OUT ON A HILL AND LISTEK TO THEM RUN. MR. NORWOOD NICHOLS I S PAST
PRESIDENT OF THE M I S S I S S I P P I FOX HUNTERS ASSOCIATION AND A DIRECTOR Q? THE NATIONAL SLIDE FARM-18 TROPHIES ASSOCIATION, BESIDES RUNNING HIS DOGS, HE LIKES
TO SHOW THEM AND HE HAS WON MANY TROPHIES AND LOVING CUPS AND RIBBONS FOR THEIR EXCELLENCE. THESE ARE ONLY A FEW OF THE MANY TO BE FOUND I N MR. AND J R S . NICHOLS LOVELY HOME. LAST YEAR
MR. NICHOLS EXHIBITED A NATIONAL CHAMPION. LET ME GIVE YOU ONE BRIEF GLIMPSE INSIDE THE BEAUTIFUL NICHOLS HOME. MRS. NICHOLS LOVES HER
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SOME AND HER FAMILY, SHE IS VERY TALENTED AS A FLOWER ARRANGER AND IS IN MUCH DEMAND FOR ARRANGEMENTS FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS� IN ADDITION IT IS HER RESPONSIBILITY TO CARE FOR THE ACRE GARDEN WHICH PROVIDES FRESH VEGETABLES FOR THE FAMILY NEEDS*
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I AM VERY SORRY SHE IS ILL AND
UNABLE TO BE WITH US TODAY FOR I'D LIKE YOU TO
(THIS CHARMING LADY, MRS AND MRS. NORWOOD
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^ I C H O L S AND THEIR CHILDREN ARE MEMBERS OP THE iBLACKJACK BAPTIST CHURCH, JUST A MILE CR SO UP TH j JROAD FROM THEIR HOME. CHURCH I N Y1Z00 COUNTY, I T I S THE OLDEST BAPTIST MR, NICHOLS I S A DEACON HE HAS BEEN A DEACON
AND CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, FOR MANY YEARS. CAMERA ON FAMILY
FOR THIRTY YEARS MR, NICHOLS
WAS SUPERINTENDENT OF THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. MR. NICHOLS I S A MASON, ROTARIAN, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE YAZOO CITY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, VICE PRESIDEN OF THE COUNTY FARM BUREAU, RED CROSS WORKER, MEMBER OF THE LIVESTOCK ASSOCIATION, THE GINNERS A S S O C I A T I O N , A COMMISSIONER OF A SMALL WATERSHED A S S O C I A T I O N NOW BEING FORMED, CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. SONNY BOY I S A BOTH
DIRECTOR OF THE YAZOO COUNTY FARM BUREAU,
!HE AND CHARIE S ARE MASONS AND MEMBERS OF THE BENTON FARMER'S CLUB. ALL THE NICHOLS CHILDREN
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A R E GRADUATES OP BENTON HIGH SCHOOL AND ALL WENT ON TO COLLEGE EXCEPT "SONNY BOY" WHO WAS CALLED INTO SERVE UPON GRADUATION PROM HIGH SCHOOL* A L L THE BOYS AND MOST OF THE GIRLS WERE 4SH CLUB MEMBERS WHILE GRCWING U P , MR, NORWOOD NICHOLS I S A GRADUATE OP M I S S I S S I P P I STATE COLLEGE AND MRS, NICHOLS I S A GRADUATE OF BLUE MOUNTAIN AND SEVERN OTHER SCHOOLS,
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J THERE*S SO MUCH TO TELL ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY !MINDED FARM FAMILY, BUT BEFORE WE RUN COMPLETELY OUT OF TIME I WANT YOU TO MEET MR. NICHOLS AND CHARIES AND SONNY BOY.
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