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CAMERA ON LANGFITT
I WANT, FIRST, TO THANK MR, GEORGE MULLSND0RE* D0UNTY AGENT OF PIKE COUNTY FOR HIS VERY WONDERF IELP I F SELECTING TUB FAMILY WE SALUTE TODAY AH) GOING WITH ME TO THE FARM TO OBTAIN THE ST0RT.
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FARlf�l i I L BOX
TIIIS I S TiiE STORY OF BfR, M D MRS. HUGH MO LIVE FIVE MILES EfcST OF SUMMITT, MISSISSIPPI P I K E COUNTY. ffllS M4IL BOX WAS OUR FIRST
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HIE FENCE RIGHT NEAR THE m i L BOX WAS A SIGN ffilCH IMMEDIATiSLY GAWS US AN INDICATION OF THE im OF FARMER WE WOULD FIND AND OF THE INTEREST,
HE HAS IN FARMING IN HIS COMMUNITY AND THIS iTATE, LAT3R WE KESE TO FIND OUT THAT NOT
)NLY I S HUGH NORMAN A SOIL CONSERVATION DISTRICT! ;(HifISSIONERS BUT IS ALSO CHAIRHAN OF HIS SOIL CONSERVATION DISTRICT, SLIDE FARM-3 H0U5TJAND LAWS HUGH NORMAN M S BORN ON AND HAS
PHIS FARM FIVE MIL*3S MST OF SIMUT
IVED HERE ALL HIS LIFE, THE FARM WAS HOMESTEAD GREAT 3D BY HUGH NOKM&N�S/GRANBFAIHM IN 1842 AM) THE 'ARM HAS NEVER BEEN OUT OF THE NORMAN FAMILY. HUGH NORMAN HELPED TO BUILD EVERY BUILDING ON
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?HIS FARM,
AS A BOY HE HELPED TO CUT THE LOGS
ROM TIMBER ON THE PLACE, HAUL THEM TO THE MILL, IE HELPED TO SAW THfcM INTO LUMBER, HAUL THEM M C K AND THffl BUILD THE BUILDINGS. THE OR1GINAI
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H0MESTBAD WAS l t 0 0 0 ACRES.* I T I S STILL IN THE FAMILY. SLIDE FARM-. CLOSE UP OF HOUSE UP CONSISTS OF 1S7 ACRMS,
ALL BUT 300 ACRES OF HUGH NORMAN'S FARM
HUGH NORMAN WENT TO IT
SCHOOL AT L . S . U . AND STUDIED HORTICULTURE.
MAS NATURAL THAT HE WOULD BfiCAUSE HIS FATHER WAS A URGE SCALE TRUCK FARMER. HUGH CAME OUT OF HE FOLLOWS) HE
L . S . U , AID WENT RIGHT TO FARMING.
RIGHT ALONG IN HIS FATHER'S FOOTSTEPS.
RECALLS THAT AT ONE TIME THEY HAD AS MANY 92 ACRES IN TRUCK AID KEPT AS HANY AS 25 TO 30 HAND I N THE FISLD* THEY RAISED BVERYTHIHG THAT �0ULB THEY HAB AS
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MUCH AS SO ACRES OF CR0WBBR PMS I I THE FIELD AT A TIME AID TOOK TWO CHOPS OF PBfcS AND TWO HOPS OP TURNIPS OF THE LAID MCtt TOUR. HUGH OMkM FOLLOWED A TSUCK CROP PIOGHAM FOR 25 JTBfltRS AID FINALLY QUIT I I 1945 BECAUSE 0? A LACK OP LABOR. HUGH NORMAS WAS FIRST HARHISD IN WHIM I
1 9 2 7 AM AGAIN IN 1 9 4 2 f 14 YEARS AGO,
ASKED HOW HE MET HIS LOVELY WIFE SHE TOLD MB THA1 SHE HAD A SISTER ATTENDING SOUTHWEST JUNIOR OLLBGE AID SHE WANTED TO GO SEE HER PLAY BASKETBALL. IN INQUIRING AROUND FOR A �*AY TO
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I KNOW A FELLOW WHO
JOBS TO EVERY GAME AND YOU CAN GO WlTd HIM."
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HE INQUIRED FURTHER, GOT THE SIDE AID IIAS BEEN GOING PLACES WITH HIM EVER SINCE, HUGH
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NORMAN HAS ONE SON, PETE, HHO LIVBS IK THIS HOUS 0 1 THE FAKM AMD FARMED I I PARTNERSHIP WITH HIS FATHEB UNTIL TIIIS PAST JUNE WEN HE GAVE UP 'ARMING TO TFOHK AS A FIELD REPRESENTATIVE OF THE MISSISSIPPI FARM BUREAU FEDEMTIO^. THOUGH TOGH I0H1AH GAVE UP TRUCK CROPPING IN 1947 HE ROT STARTED I I SOMETHING ELSE BACK IN 1944*
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THAT SOMETHING ELSE WAS MIRYING,
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THIS TIMS THAT HUGH I c m m i ' S FATH^*S HEALTH BEGAN TO PAIL AND ALMOST AT THE SAME TIME UBOK BEGAN TO LEAVE THE ARS4. HUGH NORMS PICKED
DAIRYING BECAUSE HE KVBff HE COULD TAKE A PSf AND DO THE WORK HI^ELT^, H I SAYS HE DIDN*f
C O OF ANYTHING ELSE IN THAT PART OF THE NW :OUNTRY T!ttT IIS COULD USE TO SUPPORT HIS FAMILY LHJ EDUCATE HIS CHILBREN. IT ACTUALLY STARTED
SON PETE BOUGHT A REGISTERED JERSEY HEIFER [N 1944 AS A 4*H CLUB PROJECT. THE NEXT YEAR
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�BTE WANTED ANOTHER KEGISTERED HEIFER AND OIS GQSfiS IAD TOLD HIM HE�D BUY ONE FOR EYESY REGISTERED HEIFER THAT PETE BOUGHT. THEY DID THAT FOR 3
nARS AND DECIDED THEY DIDN'T WANT ANYTHING MOHE 0 DO WIBi REGISTERED CATTLE.
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THEY FOUND THAT GOOD HIGH PRODUCHG GHADE CMS fOULB DO A BETTER JOB. THEY DECIDED THAT, NOfC, YOU MAY ASK WHY THEY
THE ANSWER I S SIMPLE*
JUST COULDN'T F i l l ENOUGH HIGH PRODUCING REGISTERED ANIMALS TO GET WM JOB DOES. TOO
MUCH iSMPHASIS WAS BEING FLAG� 0 1 PAPERS AMD NOT ESOUGH OH PRODUCTION IT HAS TOO HIGH A PRICE WITH 'JMAT
TO PAY JUST FOR PAFEKS 0 1 AN AHBIAL.
DECISION M&DS, HUGH NQRJEH Alii) SOH, PETE BB&AH TO SAVE THE HEIFER CALVES FROM TfiBIl HIGHSST
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PROBUCDfG C<M3t BOUGHT SOME km
BR0WI SWISS CO�S>
BBGAI TO CROSS BS1BD AND HAVE WOUND UP WITH
THEIS PRESENT HMD OF 33 HKAD, 16 OF TBSf CROSS BRJEDS. THEY HAVE CONSISTENTLY USED
ARTIFICIAL B1EEDIIG OH THBIH UEGISTEHED CATTLE AND A REGISTERED JERSEY BULL 0 1 THEIR GHADB COWS SREY BAVE 17 MILK C0JC8 AMD ARE NOW SILKING 11 ftMD. THEY HATB CAR1IED 0 1 A GMDE "A" MIRY SINCE THE VERY BfiGIMIHG, HiHi COWS ARE
fcLL CULLED CLOSELY AND TlflffiS I S NOT AM OLD COff IS BIB HERB. THE HERD I S TB AID BAIGS FREE
1NB THERE HAS KiWBR BEEN ANY BANGS 0� THE PLACE, IUG11 MQBMAli BELONGED TO THE FIRST MIRY HERD EHPROV&fHrT ASSOCIATION IN PIKE COUHTY AND WHILE US KEPT RECORDS HE WAS PRODUCING MILK CHEAPER
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THAN ANYONE ELSE IN PIKE COUNTY,
HE NOW PLANS EVERY
TO GO OH THE WEIGH-A-DAY-A-MONTH PROGRAM.
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YJ3AR HUGH HOSMAN PUTS UP ABOUT 7 5 TONS OF SILAGE HE PUTS UP CORN SILAGE FROM 6 ACRES OF H I S 12 ACRES OF CORN, FOR FEED, THE REST OF THE CORN I S PICKED
HUGH NORMMT FEEDS MIS CATTLE SILAGE
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I T ' S F K B S 2 I K AND THERE I S NO PASIUHS, :NG WUP WEATHER mum CATTLB WOULD DAMAGE H I S
PASTURES A2TO WRING BHY WEATHER. B E S I D E S SILAGE MIS CATTL1 ARE FED A RATION OF RUSHED CORN, OATS AND PROTEIN SUPPLEMMT MIXED I T U MOLASSES TO M O A %$% M I R Y RATION. HB
PUTS UP ABOUT 1 4 0 0 BALES OF GRASS HAY BACH YEAR AND TJ1S CATTLE GET HAY F1S.3 CHOICE DURING THE INTER MONTHS AND DURING DRY WEATHER. PERKJLNEfff MLLIS
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�RAZING CONSISTS OF 6 5 ACRES OF BERMUBA, RASS AID BAHAIA GRASS.
TMEPORARY GRAZING
O N S I S T S OF 1 2 ACRES OF OATS WHICH I S GRAZED UNTIL MARCH AMI) 30 ACRES OF CRIMSON CLOVER I F filiS SPRING. HUGH NORMAN NEVER GRAZES A PASTURE HE RENOVATES
LONGER 'THAN. & WEEKS AT A TIME.
t l l S PASTURES EVERY THREE YEARS TO GET BETTER &RASS AND GET THE MINERALS BACK IN THE S O I L . \hh OF RIB OATS ARE COMBINED FOR FEES AID SEED.
rtE SAVES ALL OF H I S OWN OAT SB-,D AND. CRIMSON
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CLOVER AND BAHAIA GRASS SEED, ANY S J W IN FIVE YEARS.
HE HASN'T BOUGHT
HE GETS QUICK GRAZING
!H H I HILLS WITH BAHAI GRASS MT> CRIMSON CLOVER,
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FOR THE LIYESTOCK I S SUPPLIED PROM TWO THE BOGUB CHITTO RIYER ROTS THROUGH
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OUHCES.
KiE FARM M B A SPRING FED 4 - 1 ACRES LAKE [?TO?S A STREAM FROM IT ALL BIB TIME... ABOUT 60
ACRES OF HIS LAM) FLOODS ABOUT EVERY FOUI? TEAMS 3VT THE WATER DOERS'T STAY ON THE 1MB ASY LWG�
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OF TIME. 3UB SOILS.
HUGH NORMAN FALLOWS EJS LAID M O HE SAYS HE HAS FOUIB OUT THAT SUB
OILING 1'AYS OFF I I THE BOTTOMS AID ON THE HILLS 3Y OPiSraG UP THE SUB SOIL FOR WATER STORAGE.. ALL OF HUGH I01MAN*S LAID IS TERRACE AJHJ ALL OF [T IS WDM A SOIL CO�SOVATION PLAN. 3F THE CONTOUR. HE FARMS <
HE TESTS HIS SOIL AND FERTILIZE!
ACCORDING TO NE1DS AND THEN ADDS A LITTLE EXTRA, m 1 ASKED HUGH N0i�&N I F HE RAISED ANY
OTXON HE TOLD ME THAT IK 1923 HIS MI> GAVE HIM i PATCH OF COTTOJf TO RAISE TO GO TO SCHOOL ON,, I S SAID HE MADE $25 ON IT AND QUIT WW! Ml) THER]
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HUGH NORMAN IS A COMPLETELY MECHANIZED FARMER.,
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IB OWNS THREiS TRACTORS, A COMBINE,, KAY M L E 1 , MILAGE CUTTER, FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTOR,. HOfffiR,. H S C , SUB SOILER, BRAKING BLOW AND ALL THE
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�BCBSSARY LAID PRHPERATION EQUIPMENT,
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ONE OF
I I S TRACTORS I S EQUIPPED TO OPERATE OFF BUTANE, I S DOSS CUSTOM WORK FOE HIS NEIGHBORS A I D DOES LANDSCAPE WORK FOR FOLIOS I I TOW USING HIS TRACTOR AND SCRAPER BLADE* HUGH NORMAI HAS
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ABOUT 2 5 ACRES IN IMP1OVJ3B TIMBER AND ANOTHER ACHES IN THE SWAMP ACROSS THE BOGUS CHITTO RIVER. ACCOUNT. TIMBER. HE SAYS H I S WOODLAND I S H I S B A M MM HE NEI29S MONEY HE GOES TO THE
NOW, DO�*T GET THE IDEA HE JUST CUTS HS THIHS H I S TIMBER MJi HIS I S AL$O DOUG SOME IN FACT MUCH
I T INDISCRIMINATELY. UTS I T SELECTIVELY.
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iMBfiR STAID IMPROVEMENT W0HK.
OF THB AHFA THAT WAS QNCB I I UBDESIRABLS
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P I N E NOW. IRE.
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ABOUT COMPLETELY SEBDED TO YOOHG
ALL TIMBER LAND I S PROTECTED FROM
TIIB FA^M I S FENCED AID CROSS FENCED WITH. MR, AND
POSTS CUT F1OM TIMBER 0BK TUB FARM.
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4 R S . HUGH NORMAI KEEP COMPLETE RECORDS ON THEIR Affil PROGRAM. IN FACT MRS, N01?M4N KEEPS W E
& WOMAN
RECORDS ANT> HUGH JUST GIYBS HER THJS INFOSMTION HE NEEDS TO DO A GOOD JOB. SLIDE HUGH N0SMAN*S
�IOTHER HAS LIVED ON THIS FARM AND IN THIS HOUSE
CHIC KENS
ONCE SHE MOVED HER IN 1 9 2 2 .
SHE TAKES CARE OF
K.E CHICKENS AID I S VERY ACTIVE IN MANY WAYS
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BUT MOST OF ALL I THJDJK SHB LOVES TO SPEND HER TIME WITH HER GRANDCHILDREN. THE HUGH N O R M ! '
AMILY NOT OILY M S A COMPLETELY MECHANIZED
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FARM, THEY ALSO HAVE A COMPLETELY MECHANIZED FARM HOME, THEY PRODUCE' PRACTICALLY EVERYTHING MS* liOSMM PUTS ABOUT
HEi IF.EP OH THE FARM,
^ 0 0 0 POUNDS OP FOOD I I B U S 2 4 i CUBIC FOOT FREEZER EACH YiiAR. m SHE ALSO CANS ABOUT 3 0 0 JARS
FRUIT AMD FffiETABLES IOT SUITABLE FOE MS. MOMMAS" LOVES TO WORK IN M M
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iOBJPLETSLY MODERN ICITCHM W i l L S SHE I S HOME* YOU Sm SHE�S MOT HOME TOO MUCH BECAUSE FOR
1 0 Y&RS SHE HAS WQRKSD I I A McCOMB F I T ! AMD TEN HNT STORE, 3tf� CLOTHES. ; 0 0 K AND SEW. HOWEVER, SHE MAKES MOST OP HEH SHE LIJDi'S TO i l M D AS WELL A3 SliS SAYS SHE ALSO LIICSS MSKBT THE
3ALL'ANr> HAS LiARNEB TO LIKE FOOTBALL, SLIDE FAR3f�>22 LAKE
fflOLE HGRMAH FAJIILY, CHILI)I?ES AND GSAMDCHILDBHI i L I K S , LOVE TO P I C 1 I C AROUIID TriSIR UICE. AID TilEY LOVE TO F I S H ALSO I I VW WMXmFUh THIS
I E A U T I F U L HATURAL SETTING, fORK D O I ' T REQUIRE m&IR MM SLIDE FARM* 2 3
CHORES ASTO FARM
ATTENTION, YOU'LL FIN� TWO GRANDCHILDREN IN THIS HOME.
HERE IN NICE WEATiiSR,
THE RI3AL CEKTiiR OF ATTfiifTIOK WOMAN
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S YIAH OLD DAVID AND 2 YSAS OLD DEBBIE^
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ET MUCH OF THEIR GRJ&T GRASDMOIHER' S ATTENTION, BY THE WAY, DEBBIE IS THE FIRST GIRL IH THE NORMAN FAMILY IN 6S YS1RS? CAMERA OH FAMILT PETE NORMAN'S WIFE
MM A HUM GIRL WHO GRHf UP ON A DAIRY FARM JTBAR SUHKIT. SHE AID PBTE �� M T THEIR MST WO
Y2&RS TO 1IIG-H SCHOOL AID WO YMRS TO COLLBBB TOGSTEM. mm IfI3RE CARRIED IN 1951 AND PETE
BROUGHT HIS BRIDE HOME TO THE NORHUT FAR;!. TEE SORMM FAMILY BiSLOIGS TO THE FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST CJIURCH WHERE MRS'. KOIiMAH TMCHliS THE JU1IOR GIRLS* SUKMT SCHOOL C M S S , MR. HUGH I S IREASU??ER OP THE PXNAHCg COJffflTTJSE THAT BUILT BE CHURCH AlfD THE PARSOHAGE. HE HAS BEEH IS HOIf
�RESIDiarT OF HIS SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS AW ECSETARY OF I T . MRS. HOKHMf WAS CIITMCH
SECRETARY FOR FOUH YatHS. TJHIITURE.
SHE LIKBS TO REFINISH
HUGH HO.UMAH, BESIDES BEISG CHAIRMIN
OF HIS SOIL CONSE1YATIQK DISTRICT, IS VICE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OP THE PIKE OUNTT CO-OP, O THE STATE Ba4RD OF DIRECTORS OF N (THE SOIL CO1TSOTATIOI DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS. I HELPTED TO START THE FIRST ARTIFICIAL INSHJIE HTI0N ASSOCIATIOI I F PIKE COUNTY* POR TWO TEARS
HE SERVED AS A TRUSTEE OF SOUTHWEST JUNIOR COLLEGE. HE S2RVED TWO TERMS ON THE COUNTT
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ADVISORY C0U1CIL AM FOR 8 YMR3 WAS OH THE. ADVISORY CflMHIfffBB OF WM TRUCK CROPS
STATION AT CRYSTAL SPRINGS, HUGH
CAK?T REMI3IBER A DAY T/HEN HE DIBIT *T HAHT TO FARM, WHEN YOU ASIC HIM OP HIS PLA2J5, HE If ILL
T1SLL YOU HS MIGHT CHANGE TO THE BES? CATTLE BUSINESS SISCE PETE HAS LEFT THE FlftR BECAUSE M I S Y I I G IS TOO MUCH FOR HIM ALONE. MS Wl�E
TSLL YOU EiAT HE WOULD LIKE TO SOME MY TO JUS? A 3 L 3 TO PXAY ifXfB FARHING BUT THAT HE WiIM. HE'LL MER MICE I T . , TiOIS^t
FHAT ARE HIS P U I S . . . TO DO
TO STAY HERE AS LONG AS HE CAH AW
�URTMfiR FAM IHPROVBMMT SVERY TMR HE STAYS. PETE NORM! IS 26 Yi^RS OLD. US WAS A 4*M CLUB
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HE BKAME TEN YIAHS OLD
UNTIL H3 WAS 2 1 .
DUHIIG-THAT TIME HE MAS A
MEMBER OF^TliE STATS CHAMPION LIYESTOCIC ^?DGIHG
imm Mi) cutLimw com PSOTJJCER n EIB STATE
I I 1941 WITH 1 4 5 ? BUSHSLS. HE HAS SlsRYED AS A 4-H CLUB LM"-SS SIHCB G3ABUS!!ING FROM 4�Ii CLUB
�;OHK.
MR. Aim mis. HUGII ifoaaMAU" L I K E .BASKETBALL
FOOTBALL GAMES A1JD THEY LIICi: TO TMYEL.
