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CAMERA ON L&HGFITT
I AM VERY GRATEFUL T0 COUNTY AGENT 0 , 0 . SWORDS OF JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY FOR H I S WONDERFUL
H E L P 1ST SELECTING TOE FAMILY WB SALUTE TODAY AND I N OBTAINING THE STORY OF THIS FAMILY'S FARM PROGRAM, SLIDE FAHM-1 BOUSE SKIS I S I R E STORY OP MR* AND MRS, I
FLKBT PARKKAH WHO LIVE IV T i l l SONS COMMUNITY IKOUT MIKE- MILES SOUSB OF P l � 2 S K S S t MISSISSIPPI,
L B E f PAW�CAH HAS BS3N PARMIHC PRACTICALLY ALL ttIS LIFE, HE GREff UP OH. A FARM ABOUT 3 MILKS H i BEGAI FARMIHG
�JORTH OP H I S PRESISMf mm*
WHSM HE BOUGHT 1 0 S ACHi^ OF H I S FASH I I 1 9 0 6 , mm E l CM E TO THIS LAND
1HB OILY MJILBIIG WAS THE FROIT ROOM OF THIS SOUSE, ALL WE HE BUILT THE REMAINDER OF THE MOUSE AND OTHER BOILDIHGS ON BIB FARM, FLEET
PASKMAH WAS M 1 R I E B I N 1 9 0 8 , TWO YEARS AFTER
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HE STARTED OUT RAISING
: O H N t COTTON, HOGS ANB SlfBET POTATOES FOR MEKBT US 1 9 3 3 FI^EET PAIIKMN*S WIFE PASSES AWAY, 9 3 6 HE m R R I E D AGAIN TO 1HE CHARMING MRS, R ^ A N WB WILL MEET T O M Y . SHE GREW UP IN IN
R I O I COOTTY IN TUB HEXT,COMMUNITY SOUTH OF E SONS COMMUNITY. LE, SHE I S A SISTER TO SEBE I3TM JUDICIAL DISTRIC
CIRCUIT JUDGE OF ME
OVER THE YMHS FLEEf PARKMN HAS GRAIXJALLY
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ABBS) TO HIS FARM LAID UNTIL TOUAY HB FARMS 7 8 7 ACRES. MR. PARfOSOf SAYS WHEN HE CAME TO
THIS FARM I I 1906 MAT EVERYTHING F10M THERE TO iATHESBURG WAS IK PIKE TIHBER WITH fWtt ULTIYA7ED LAHD, LITTLB
WKM OF THAT HAS CHANGED OVgfi .
WE TMRS AN!) THE KORK IUAT FLEET PARKNA2T HAS Dfll 0 1 E HIS OtftJ LAND REFLECTS THE CHANGE IHAT HAS .EBK KAPB ALL THROUGH THAT SBCIIOH OF MISSISSIPPI FLEET PARffl&N HAS-CLEARED ALL BIS LAHD DURING HE YiMlS �Emum 1956 AFF> 1 9 0 6 . ALL OF I T WAS
OSS BY HAIR)'EXCEPT 160 ACR8S CLMRS) BY BULL �OZffi IN RBCEHT YEARS, SLIDE FARMCATI MR. FARKMAJT SfARTED INTO
HIE BEEF CATTLE BUSXVESS IN 1932 WIM HIS SON AISBD A WHITE FACE CALF IN BIS 4*H CLUB PROJECT PRIOR TO THAT TIME FLEET RARKMAN BAD BEEN IN MB DAIRY aiSINESS, BUT IN 1936 MILK COT SO CHEAP HE FIGURED US COULDN'T AFFORD TO KEEP HIS JAIRY CWS SO HE GAT1 IT UP AND TURNB9 MTIRSLrY BEEF* HE HAD MIL1BD AS IIANY AS 3� M I R Y CC�S HE HAS BUILT
SOLD SWEET CREAM IN COLUMBIA.
INTO mm BSfF CATTLE BUSINESS FROM ISA1 �ALF BEGINNING, TODAY HB HAS 200 HEAD OF
CATTLB AND FOLLOWS A COMERCIAL C0� AND GAL; 3SQGRAM, SELLING HIS CALVES AS MILK FAT CALVES 11IGHT OFF THE COW. ABOUT 4� R M S OF HIS CATTLE
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ff�3 PERC&HAGE OF H B OIF CROP BT 10 TO I S %* HAS FURTHER IMPROVED WE PERCENTAGE OF HIS CALF CROP BT 'XAKXBG MWERALIZ� SALT AfAILABLB m B B CHOICE * THIS I S OHE OF THE MANY MINERAL
BOXES TOU SEE SCATTERED THROUGH M*# PARKMAH�S THE AODITIOI OF SBGISTBRED SOWS, HERO QUALITT I S COHSTASTLY BEISG B^ILT SLIDE I ARM-6 iCIIH TEE US1 OF REGISTERED POLLED HEfiEFORD BULLS SUCH AS THIS ONE. HE HAS BEEI B&EEDXI6 HIS
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TTLE TO tiGISTERED BULLS SIMCB WAT BACK IH 193 932, SLIDE. CATTLE OH PASTURE TIB CATTLE ARK GRAZES 0 1 PERMAIEUT
ASTURS SUPPLEMENTED WITH Ti^PCRARY GRA1ING OP TS AMD HYS GRASS, TEMPORARY WIMTER GRAZING
I S PUT OUT I S THE FBRMAHEHT BiSTURE WJM A SOB SBHJM. 100 ACRES OF PERMANENT PASTURE I S mOU FLE1T PARKMA1 HAS 400
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ACRES IH PEHMANMT PASTURE WHICH COISISfS S I M R I L Y m BAKAI, MUXII DUTCH CLOTEK, CRIMSOI L O V 0 1 , BERMUDA AND BALLIS GRASS. ALL OF HIS
PASTORS IS IMPROVED PASTURE, ATO I S BEOEEI UP
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12 AGR&3 OF JiTLLET FROM BBSIBSS GRAZING, AU.
IHICH HE SAVES SONUS S S � �
> ARE CRfiEF' F18D TO PUT OH FASfS? GAI1 FOR , 1 1 EATCY MARKET, HU M n i FiMiS fHIS HAS
JPfEM ^MM�T f i l l DIF7EREMCB BbtWBHf A PROFIT A^> O S S , PASTICULARLT 01 A LCW MAitKET TEAR, ALL
lAfTLE GET HAY, C01I AID COTTOHSEED HSkh PELLBfS
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i l l s BEST H i l F M S FOR KMD R E P L A C ^ a t . SLIDE FARH, HE A COMPLETE PARASITE CONTROL PROGRAM BT JSIBG BACJ^JBS, STRATK1CALLT LOCAfSD FOE H 0 1 I � PLY CONTROL AND ALSO BY US I I S SPRAY METHOO FOE 0ITROL OF LICE. SLIDE FAR��16 H M D GATE CCIHAXSS. ALL OF HIS CATTLB ARE CALFttOOD ANIMAL OH THE PLAC1
I I FACT MM?
S IIACCIHATES AMD THIS PQRfABI� EfiAO S Q U ^ E EANBLISG SHOOT C O ^ ^ IJf HIGI1TY HANDY IH THE WORK, IMF! fAL^ED A LOf ABOUT CAITUS.
BY ARE OILY OME PART OF THE OfESALL FARM SLIDE gARM�ll OGRAM* SHBSP ALSO 1AVI AK IMPQRTAIT PLACE
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I S FLEET PARIOttI�S FARM PROGRAM AND HOSf EFSW S I I 3MB FLOCK HAS A LAMB FOLLOWING HER* PARKiAI IMS BESS? RAISING SHEEP SIBCE . WE AUh. GOING TO �AUC TO HR.
EftRKMUT ABOUT HIS SMj2iF PROGRAM III A LITTLE MILE HO WB WON'T &AY JfUtti ABOUT IX RIGHT OF Com�* ALL LIVESTOCK MUST ifAYB A I AMPCS THAT SUPPLY 2S WSLL TAKEN CARB
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SUPPLY.
m BY 9 STOCK POMDS SUCH AS THE OIE WE SEE HERB, IHD AX�O BY A SPKHfc THAT RUBS A CONSTANT PLOW 3F F R K H , CLEAN WATER. ' OP C�J1SE, FLEET PARSMM
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FARf�� TRACTOR WORKING
JOBS S�!B 1CW C10PPIHG f MSf IOT AS HUCH AS I B
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Hi ONCE HAB 135 ACRES I S COTTON
HE HAS AM ALLOTMENT GP 12 ACRESf WHICH ABOUT A BALE AID A HALF TO THE ACRB, ES ABOUT 35 ACRES OP COOT HHICIi LAST YEAR 6 0 BUSHELS. P L ^ T PARKIN FA M S 0 1 THE H i HAS
ONTOUR ANB HIS CROP LAND I S TERRACED.
S SOIL TESTED ASH FERTILIZES ACCORDING TO OIL NBBDS� HE ALSO PUMTS A COYER CROP OP VBfCH SLIBB
FAJOf�J
H I S CROP LAIS AID TU1MS I I UIBHR IN THE iME HE OME HAD SIX FAMILIES ON THE ALL GROW�
D TODAY HE HIRES ONLY M Y LABOR.
KING IS PONE WI1H A THACfOt AND THE CULTIVATE A PAIR m IRJLBS� F L S f PAEKHAH HAS ALL f H i
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HftCHIHHW HBCfiSSARf TO CARRY OUT HIS FARM PR0G1A! C L I P S ALL HIS MSTURSS AHD HJfS UP ABOUT 3#0�< JBS OF cm I S , GRASS HAY AND LBSPBDEZA. HE I S
C A l g Y H C OUT A'SOIL PLAN 0 1 HIS PA13* iUT� flftHY ACttB IS PUT IM THAT FOR MUCH I T IS BEST SUITED*ORAIKAGB I S BY USE W � DITCHES. flMBSS ALSO
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PIAY5 AS EIP0RTA3ST PART B? MR, ?A8KHAN'S FARM Mil HAS ABWT 7S ACR3S I I 9 0 1 TIMDSB � f I C H US SELHCTIfitT MRfESfS AID ^IIMS f 0 A SfANO, MOST OP HIS flMBBS IS YCK.WG
HE ALSO FfttCTICES FIRE COTTROL df HIS UND. MR* AH!) MRS. PL*iET PARKmil CARRY
A WELL PXVmsiFXl!) FARM PR0G1AM AHD FROBUCB
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MRS, PARHMI GETS ABOJT 100 BABY ; H I C K S , SAVES THE HJLLETS FOR LAYERS AND PUTS
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THE POOD FREEZE.
MEt HAVE
$&SD FOE HJ^SELVES, PUIHISH
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CHIIHRBT AID SELL SOME.
LAIT A HALF ACRE YE4R ROUOT GARDi^r A&D HAVE jkBQUT 35 PBCAN TREES. PROM TilE GARDEN M S ,
CAKS ABCXJT 200 QUARTS OF FOOD AND WISH SLIDE FAHSU318 {THE BEEP AID CIIICKEMS THE PUT XV HIE PREFER FRBISB ABOUT 800 POWTOS PEi YE&Rf F 0 1 IRE FAMILY FOOD SUPPLY.
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BIBCTRICITY FURBISHED BY THE PEARL RIVER VALL� LECTRIC f�m ASSOCIATION I S COLUMBIA, MANTES IT
OSSIBLE FOR MRS, PARJQttlf TO HAVE ALL THE CGSPGR1 SB COWEKriEFCES OF' MODBRff ELECTRIC LIVIKG, : ? U F F i m WATER TS AVAILABLE-AT fBK HHW OF A 7AUCBT AFD MODERN PLUMBIC MAKES WAW LIFE FOR S1E PARRMAN*S MJCH MO1E CF J PZEASIPE TOMY I S IN THE EARLY Y S 1 S OF THEIR FARH LIFE, CAMERA m FAMILY S I S A FAMILY WHICH BELIEVES IK HELPING TO THEIR COMSUFITY Am COUWTY* THEY ATTMB
AT SOCIETY HILL MPTIST CHURCH FIVE MILES ; OF THEIR FAfM HOME. MR. IWR8MAF I S A
I I THE CHURCH AID � S . MRMAH IS WM M.M.U. FLEET I S VICE PRESIBEIT AW
I S SEClETAiY�.TRmSUlER OF TIIEIR CHURCH EfCBTARY ASSOCIATIOI, THEY HAVE BEfclf PRIM1ILY MRI*
ESPOHSIBLE FOR K S P I B J UP THE CEMETARY,
�AltKHAN HAS B1LOIGED TO THE SAME CHURCH SISC6E 3 909. HLEET PSRKMI I S A SOIL CONSERVATION
DISTRICT COMMISSIONER A HD HAS BSE!? SINCB THE VBRY BEGI1HINC I S 1 9 4 2 . I'EBERAL LAID MSK, HE IS A DIRECTOR OF T i l
YICE PIESIPMT OF THE COUIfY
UVBSTOCK ASSOCIATION, A MEMBER OF THE MISSISSIPI CATTLEMAN*S ASSOCIATION AID A FARM BUREAU MfM&m< MRS. PAREMN IS VICE PSBSI8&T OF TUB SONS
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1HES��S MUCH M � B TO fSEIS F i l l STORY, MJf LBT�S IIEA11 THE SEST OP IT FROM 3 8 . AND MRS, FLEET PARRHIK AND THEIR COUNfY AGBHT, H??. 0 . 0 .
