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CAMERA OH LANGFITT
I WANT TO SAY IN THE VERY BEGINNING THAT I AM 3EEPLY GRATEFUL TO COUNTY AGRICULTURAL AGENT* mAHK BUCHANAN OF ATTALA COUNTY, FOR H I S VERY WONDERFUL HELP I H SELECTING THE FAMILY WHICH WE 3ALUTE TO DAY AND FOR GOIifG WITH ME TO THEIR ?ARM TO HELP ME OBTAIN THE STORY WHICH I AM HOW i O I N T TO TELL, THIS I S THE STORY OF MR. AHD MRS,
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4 I L T 0 N B . PALMERTREE AMD THEIR SON AND DAUGHTERI N - L A W , MR. AND MRS. EDWIN PALMERTREE,ALL OF WHOM CIVE IN TIL, CARMACE COMMUNITY OF AT2&LA COUNTY, kBOUT 1 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF KOSCIUSKO ON HIGHWAY 3 5 , WHERE THEY OWN AND FARM 1 2 i | | ACRES OF IAND km RENT A LITTLE ADDITIONAL HAY LAND. MILTON
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PALMERTREE GREW UP I N THE FRIENDSHIP COMMUNITY OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND MRS. PALMERTREE GREW UP IN PHE NORTH CENTER COMMUNITY OF ATTALA COUNTY.
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ACTUALLY THEY WERE RAISED ONLY SIX OR SEVEN MILES, kPART AND MET AT THE HOME OF A SISTER OF MILTON�S rfHEN HE WENT TO THE COMMUNITY TO V I S I T HER. THEY
s/ERE MARRIED IN 1 9 3 1 I N THE HEART OF OHE DEPRESS-IO3J. THE F I R S T YEift OF THEIR MARRIED L I F E
KILTON FARMED AND AFTER THE CROP WAS LAYED BY HE 5AW-MILLED FOR $# AN HOUR. HE SAYS I T WAS THE
? I R S T MONEY HE EARNED AFTER THEY WERE MARRIED. TN 1 9 3 2 AND 3 3 THEY FARMED ON RENTED LAND USING 4 I L T O N � S FATHER'S MULE AND PLOW TOOL, THEN THEY
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3AWMILLED UNTIL 1 9 3 6 WHEN THBY MADE THEIR NEXT O O P , AND THEY'VE BEEN FARMING EVER S I N G E . MILTOI
SEGALLS THAT I S 1 9 ^ 6 HE HELPED WRECK OLD CAMP MCCAIN AND HADE ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY H I S P I B S f PRACTOR. STARTING I N 1 9 ^ 0 HE CARRIED A SCHOOL
iOUTE FOR 1 2 YEARS BUT HE SAYS ABOUT ALL I T D I D �AS TO PAY POH THE PICKUP TKU0K AND GIVE T H E I R OWN WAY TO GO* TBm
I N 1 9 3 ? ^HBY MOVED TO THE THEY MADE TW
iAME COMMUNITY WHERE THEY NOW L I V E , SLIDE HOTJ
3 R 0 P S ON A PLACE AMD TBEJQf MOVED TO THEIR PRESENT ; ^ N D I N AUGUST OF 1 9 3 8 WHEN MRS. PALMERTRSE*S J T 1 P MOTHER PASSED AWAY AHD THEY MOVED HOME TO TAKE CARE OP Hffl FATHER. AFTER A WHILE THEY
ifOVED OFF AGAIN AND BOUGHT ANOTHER PLACE I N THE COMMUNITY BUT AFTER ABOUT A YEAR THEY SOLD PART ) F THE OTHER PLACL AND BOUGHT 1 2 0 ACHES OF THS3PR m i S K N T FARM LAND, AND MOVED BACK TO STAY. THSY
i i l V E D I N AN OLD HOUSE ON THE PLAGE UNTIL THEY B U I L T T H I S HOME I N 1 9 5 1 PROM TIMBER CUT OFF THEIR <WN LAND. I T WAS WHEN THEY MOVED INTO T H I S HOUSE FROM THE VERY
!?HAT THEY F I R S T HAD RUNNING WAT&R. SLIDE FAf
B E G I N N I N G THE MILTON PALMKHTREE FAMILY HAS DONS GENERAL FARMING AND DAIR�ING. THEIR F I R S T COW
Jt&S A JERSEY THAT MRS. PALMERTRB1�S FATHER GAVE HER WHEN SHE AND MILTON MARR3ED. THEY STARTED
C E L L I N G MANUFACTURING M I I K I N JANUARY OF 1 9 3 8
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\VD MILTON SAYS THEY HAVEHtf MISSED A MILK
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3INGE. AT THAT TIME THEY HAD SEVEN JERSEY COWS USD SOLD MANUFACTURING MILE AHD THEY STAYED OH THAT TYPE OF DAIRY PROGRAM UNTIL THEY WENT WITH JUVELL CREAMERY 19 KGSCIUSKG THREE YEARS AGO WHEN ELL STARTED BUYING MILK ONLY PROM A��L JERSEY
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IERDS, TODAY THEY HAVE Ji, HEAD OF GATT3te, . *21 O jj PHEM MILK COWS. THSY HAVE RAISED ALL BUT FOUR tIGHT ON THE PLAGE BY SAVIM 2HEIR BEST HEIFERS OR HERD REPLACEMENT. THEY CALFHOOD VACCIHATE AH PHS H M D IS TB TESTED AND CITIFIED BANGS FgSE, HEY HAVE FIVE REGISTERED COWS AND A YOUHG REGIST3 ULL, THOUGH THEY HAVE BEEN USISG ARTIFICIAL 3REEDXN8 FOR Bffi PAST FIVE TMM3,
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SIHG SOME ARTIFICIAL EVER SINGE IT HAS BEEN AVAILABLE AND WILL CONTINUE IS THE FUTRB. MILTOH �ALMBRTRBE MAKES EXCELLENT 0SE OF FOLE TYPE W I L D I N G S . ACTTJALLY THIS BUILDING HAS HAD THREE
JIDDITIONS.
THIS LOAFING SHED IS NOT WHAT IT
STARTED OUT TO BE. THE FIRST PART BUILT WAS A
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MACHINE STORAGE SHED, AS YOU SEE HERE. THE THIRD 4 EDITION WAS THE MODERN MILKING PARLOR WHICH IS BUILT INTO THE FAR END. MILTON HAD A LOT OF HELP V PLANNING HIS MILKING PARLOR BUT THE DESIGN IS HIS OWN PATTERED AFTER HIS OWN NEEDS. UNTIL HE BUILT THIS MILKING PARLOR MILTON MILKED BY HAND,
MACHINE SHED
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Jf SAYS HE HAD TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE BARK IF fi IB WAS GOING TO STAY IN THE DAIRY BUSINESS, |R0HIE BUROHFIELD* PLANT MANAGER OF LUVEL, HOWARD SRITT OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND RUPERT THQMPSO: PET WILLIAMS OF PET MILK COMPANY ALL HELPED SLIDE FARM-8 PSHLOB HIM PLAN HIS MILKING PARLOR. IT IS A TWO COW,
JOW TO GAN PARLOR WITH THE MILKING HANDLED BY ' O PROTABLE MACHINES, MILTON BUILT THE MILKING W �ARLOR IN 19�5 AND THEN WENT WITH LOTEL IN PTEMBER OF 1956. THE MILKING PARLOR AND PROOES,'
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ROOM ARE SPOTLESSLY CLEAN AT ALL TIMES, THE AVERAGE IS ABOUT 6,000 POTJHDS OF MILK PER OW PER YEAR AND MILTON GULLS THE HERD CLOSE AND ANYTHING THAT DOESN'T PRODUCE A CALF OR HIS PRODUCTION STANDARDS, THOUGH MILTON IS 3W MILKING 21 HEAD HE WOULD LIKE EVENTUALLY TO
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MILKING 2$ ALL THE TIMS AND WHEN HE IS ABLT TO (tLEAR SOME MORE PASTURE MAYBE ONE M Y MILK AS MAN:
I.S 30 HEAD NIGHT AND MORNING, HERE WE SEE MILTON,
teCOND FROM RIGHT* AND SON, EDWIN, ON THE RIGHT, DISCUSSING THi.IR DAIRY PROGRAM WITH WALTER LEE 3$ ON THE LEFT, ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION MAM NAGER FOR LUVEL AND ARCHIE BURCHFIELD, PLANT NAGER. SLIDE FARH-3.I MIXED FEED IN HIS DAIRY PROGRAM MILTON PALMERTREE
FEEDS A 16$ DAIRY RATION USING HOME GROWN GRAIN i.ND SUPPLEMENT AND HE TRIES TO FEED EACH COW
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ACCORDING TO HER PRODUCTION.
THE FAMILY HANDLES
ALL THE DAIRYING AND FARMING PROGRAM EXCEPT FOR ::ABOR HIRED FOR HAYING AND SILAGE MAKING, WHEN
PHE MEN ARE BUS� THE LADIES DO THE WORK IM THE SLIPS FARM��3 FASTI M I R Y BARN. PERMANENT PASTURE CONSISTS OF 3$
ACRES OF BAHMUDA AND DALLIS GRASS AND WHITE DUT0H OUQVER, MILTOI GL1PS HIS PASTURES FOR WEED HIM,
3OMTROL AND FERTILI^SS THEM HEAVY, USIHG
PHOSPHATE AND POTASH OU HIS PBRMAHBHT PASTURE LAW, MILTON SAYS HE HASN�T USED ANY TMPORARY
1RAZING I N TWO OR THREE YEARS BECAUSE HE DOESN*T SLIDE HAY SAVE ROOM FOR I T . HE DOES PUT UP ABOUT 7 0 0 BALES
3P HAY EACH YEAH, MOSTLY GLOVER AND LESPEDEZA. MILTON ALWAYS HAS EXCELLENT PASTURE AND PLANS T 0 RJT UP EVEN MORE HAY THIS YEAR, HE BUILT T H I S
POLE TYPE HAY BARM LAST FALL FROM TIMBER OFF H I S LAND AND HE SELF FEEDS FROM I T DURIHG m S WINTER 40NTHS. SLIDE FARM-3& MILTON PALMERTREE CARRIES HIS CATTLE
THROUGH THE WINTER ON HAY* SILAGE AND CRUSHED GOB! 30RH. HE HAS PUT UP S I U G E SINCE 3 . 9 5 3 . EVERY
YEAR HE F I L L S THIS 7 0 TON TRENCH WHICH I S CONSTRU 3TED WITH CONtERETl FLOOR AND WALLS. THE FIRST
WO YEARS HE SELF FED FROM THE SILO BUT HAS QUIT 3?HAT DUE TO WASTE AND THE FACT SOME COWS HOG I T ALL FROM THE OTHERS. 30RN SILAGE. MILTON F I L L S THE SILO WITH
HE PLANTS X$ ACRES OF HYBRID SEED
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0 PILL THE TRENCH. THE CORN AVERAGES ABOUT 0 X00 BUSHELS TO THE ACRE. ALL THE LAND IS AND GROSS FENCED. THERE ARK TWO PASTURE S AND MILTON PALMBRTREE ROTATES THE GRAZING
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OR MAXIMUM RESULTS. THE PALMERTRSES ALSO RAISI ST ENOUGH HOGS POR THE FAMILY'S MEAT SUPPLY. )VEE THE YEARS MILTON PALMERTREE AND SON, EDWIN
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SAVE CLEARED SOME LAND TOO AND BROUGHT IT XS1O IOOD GRAZING. THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OP CLEARII1 SOME RIGHT NOW AND PLAN TO DO SOME MORE IN THE P FUTURE. THE FUTURE OP THEIR EXPANSION IN THE pAIRY BUSINESS DEPENDS TO A GREAT EXTENT ON THE AMOUNT OF CLEARING THEY DO TO BUILD NEW PASTURE.
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WATER POR THE LIVESTOCK IS SUPPLIED IN THE PASTURE FROM A CREEK THAT FORMS THE NORTH BGRDSf?
LINE OP THE FARM. AT THE HOUSE AND IN THE NIGHT PASTURE BY THE BARN, WATER IS SUPPLIED PROM THSI FREE PLOWING ARTESIAN WELL WHICH RUNS A STREAM OB WATER LIKE THIS ALL THE TIME. THAT*S COUNTY AGENT, P A f i BUCHANAN ABOUT TO GET A DRINK. Rlf: MILTON SAYS HE RELIES HEAVILY ON HIS COUNTY AGEN2 AND HAS TRIED TO FOLLOW HIS ADVICE. SLIDE FARM-! UAHD. IN THE
HOMEMAKING END OF THE PROGRAM MRS. MILTON PALMERTREE AND HER DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, MRS. EDWIN PALMERTREE, CARRY OUT AN EXCELLENT HOMEMAKING
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PROGRAM.
THEY HAVE A HALF ACRE OP GARDEN, MUCH FROM THEIB GARDEN A2� THEIR
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THEY EACH YEAR. FStSSSZE- ABQUf i f 6 O O P00H0S < 700D FOR THE FAMILY �S M S D S , SLIDE FARM-, FOOD IN ADDITIOH THSX
PUT UP ANOTHER 300 QUARTS OP SUCH THINGS AS p L L U S , PRESERVES* PIQKL1S, BEAHS # TOMATOES AND BO FORTH IN JARS, YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY PUT UP
PLEUTT FOR HERE AFTER A WIHTER �S USE THE SHELVES IRE STILL WELL STOCKED* MRS, MILTON PALMERTREE
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[S AH EXOELLIBT OOOK AHD I SH0ULDN*T BE SURPRISED YOUNG MRS. EDWIH PALMERTREE IS TOO. BY THE
Y SHE WAS FGRMIiRLir MISS CASOLYH MCCARTY OP E3H00TAW COUHTY. SHE AM) EDWIN BOTH ATTENDED
CHOOL AT VAIDEH WHERE THEY MET WHEM CAROLXK WAS tK THE TENTH GRADE AHD EDWI� IN THE 12TH. HODE THE SAME SCHOOL BUSS. TOST 5 MONTHS, THEY
THEY HAVE BEEN MARRIE)
CAROLYN FIXES SUPPER WHILE MRS, BOTH OP THESE
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1ILT0H PALMERTREE MILKS THE COWS.
I LAD] ES ALSO DO MUCH OP 1HEIR OWN SEWING. BOTH JAROLYN AHD EDWIN WERE ACTIVE IN I . H CLUB WORK 5MD EDWIN WAS AN FFA MEMBER, SLIDE FARB-* GARP< RIGHT HOW MR* AND
CRS. PMMERTREB ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTIKG RID OF THAT OLD GARAGE IN THE BACKGROUND, THEY
jiRE BUILDING A HEW CARPORT AND CONCRETE DRIVE
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ALL THEIR FAHM SBSROBHDIKGS ARE AS WELL KEPT AS ANY I�VE SEEN. M, AW CAMERA ON MRS, PALMERTREE BELONG
TO THE SAND HILL BAPTIST CHUR0H WHERE MILTOH IS , DEACON AMD MRS. PALMBRTRES HAS BEEN A SUBST33OT 1 SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER�,*WAS SUNDAY SCHOOL SECRETARY FOR THREE XEARS AMD IS PRESENTLY SECRETARY OP HER CLASS. THE PALMSITREES BELONG fO THE ATTALA GOTTNTY FARM BUREAU. MILTON IS A 4ASOH AHD PAST A.S.C. COMMUNITY COMMITTBBMAH. THEY BELONG TO THE CARMACK QQMmMlTX CLUB AND .*R3, PALMERTREE IS A MQ�KI OP THE CARMACK HOKE DEMONSTRATION CLUB* THEY BELONG TO THE MISSISSIP :
.CELK PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION AHD OB COURSE ARE ;^E2�ERS OF THAT EXCLUSIYE GROUP LHOWST AS THE �U�EL ALL OERSBY HILK PROUICMS, MILTON THIHIS BE LUVEL PRO0RAM AMD DAIRYING ALTOOBTHBR HAS ffiAHT MUCH TO 1SSBU ARCHIE BURGHFIELD, LUVEL ?LANT liANAGER SAYS MILTOS�S AS GOOD A PRODUCER AS PHEY HAVE. THEIR GOAL 13 TO IMPROVE WHST THS3T iAVE AHD INCREASE THE SIZE OP THEIR HERD. NOW, ,^ET*S MEET THIS FINE FAMILY, U WHAT HAS BEEN BIGOBST JOB?
,U HOW DIFFICULT WAS IT TO GO ALL JERSEY? � WHAT ADVANTAGES DOES IT GIVE YOUf km HOW LONG HAVE YOU WORKED FOR SUPERIOR? 5� EDWIN, WHAT ALL DO YOU DOf
