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I WANT TO SAY IN THE VERY BEGINNING THAT I AM ffBRY GRATEFUL TO COUNTY AGENT ANSEL EST1SS, ASSOCIATE HOME DEMONSTRATION AGENT, MRS. BARBARA KACMILLAN M B ASSOCIAfl COUNTY AGENT SAM DYER WALTHALL COUITY PO1 THEIR VERY WONDERFUL HELP | l N SELECTING THE FAMILY WE SALUTE TODAY AID I N QING KITH ME TO THE FARM TO OBTAIN THE STO1Y WE ARE ABOUT TO TELL, THIS I S THE STOSY OF
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HR. AND MRS, PERCY PIfTMAN AND THEIR TWO CHILDRE
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ERNEST AND JEWEL FAY.
MR. AND MRS. PITTMAN
L I Y B IN WALTHALL COUITY IN THE SALEM C0MUNITY ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF TYLERTOWN. MR. AND THEY
MRS. PITTMAN OWN 1 5 8 ACRES OF FARM LAND. SAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR I S YEARS,
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MRS. PITTMAN
GREW TO YOUNG WOMANHOOD I N THE DARWIN COMMUNITY ABOUT THREE MILES FROM THEIR PRESENT HOME, PERCY PITTMAN WAS B O M I N THE NEff ZION COMMUNITY ON A FARM AND MOVED TO THE SALEM COMMU1TY WITH H I S PARENTS WHEN HE WAS TEN YEARS OF AGE, HE
m MRS, PITTMAN BECAME ACQUAINTED AT SOCIAL rATHERINGS IN THE COMMUNITY. AT THE TIME MR.
AMD MRS. PITTMAN WERE MARRIED PERCY WAS HELPING SLIDE DAIRY BARN I S FATHER TO RUN A M I R Y PROGRAM. WHEI MR.
AND MRS. PITTMAN HAD BEEN MARRIED THREE MONTHS THEY BOUGHT 40 ACRES OF THEIR PRESENT LAID.
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fUE 40 ACRES HAS RIGHT NEAR PERCY'S FATHER'S FARM AND MR. AND MRS. PITTMAN MOVED INTO A SHOTGUN TENHAHT HOUSE AND STAI1EB OUT ROW CROPPING COTTN AND CORN. HOWEVER, WITHIN A
SHORT TIM! PERCY PITTMAN GOT BACK INTO THE SLIDE FARM-3 CuWS DAIRY BUSINESS WITH A FEW COWS WHICH HE DROVE OVER TO HIS FATHER'S DAIRY BAM E&CB JIGHT J I B MORNING TO MILK. WHEN PERCY PITTMAN CAME OUT
OF MILITARY SERVICE TEN TEARS AGO HE BOUGHT m OTHER 40 ACRES OF LAND AM) THEN 1HREE YEARS
LATER BOUGHT THE 80 ACRES ON WHCIH THEIR PRESENT LO�ELY HOME SETS. IT TCAS AT THIS TIME TH�T
fR PITTMAN BUILT HIS O N MODERN GRADE *A* MIRY W BARN AND GOT INTO THE GRADE *A� DAIRY PROGRAM ON A PERMANENT BASIS. AT THE TIME HE BUILT
E BARN HE HAD 8 COWS AND HE PAID FOR THE LUMBER FOR THE BARN AND HAVING IT SAWED BY IAULING LUMBER FOR A NEIGHBOR. SLIDE FARM-4 TODAY PERCY
PITTMAN HAS 42 MILE COWS AND HE AVERAGES H U O N G 30 HEAD THE YEAR AROUND. LAR COW IS A 1 0 , 0 0 0 POUND PRODUCER. THIS PARTICU HIS HERD
AVERAGE I S 5*600 POUNDS OF MILK PER COW PER YEAR. ALL OF THE COWS ARE TOP QUALITY GRADE FOH A NUMBER
OWS BRED FOR HIGH PRODUCTION,
OF YEARS PERCY PITTMAN HAS USED ARTIFICIAL
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IN H I S H M D ?
HE HAS A C M T I F I E D HER HE GULLS H I S HERD
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FAR�COWS NEAR BARN
9N H I S BANGS AND TB TESTS.
LOSSLY AID KEEPS ONLY HIGH PRODUCING COWS. ?RGM HOW OH HERD CULLING I S GOING TO BE EYST ORE CLOSE BECAUSE HE M S MOW BUILT TO H I S MAXIMUM HERD AND WILL SAVE ONLY HIS FINEST H E I F E R S FOR HERD REPIACMENT. MILKING I S TWO WITH X PORTABIE MILKERS US A SPOTLESSLY LEAN DAIRY BARJF WHERE THE COWS ARE THOROUGHLY LEANED AND DISINFECTED BEFORE EACH MILKING*
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FAR&-6
COM I I BARN
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I L L MILK I S WEIGHED ONCE A MONTH FROM EACH COW AND THUS PERCY PITTMAN I S ABLE TO KEEP ACCURATE P R O J E C T I O N RECORDS ON EACH COW. IN THIS OFMECTION HE HAS BEEN ON THE BALANCED FARM AND 30ME PROGRAM FOR ONE YEA! AND ONE OF THE THINGS HE HAS DOIE UNDER THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN TO START
EIGHING HIS MILK AID FEH)ING EACH COW ACCORDING
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FARM-8 MILK COOLM
0 HERP PRODUCTION.
SINCE H I S START OF THIS
R A C T I C E PERCY PITTMAN HAS ADDED TEN C O W S . . J H I S BED BILL I S $ 6 0 0 A Yfiffi LESS AND MILK PRODUCTII
i A S INCREASED BY $ 1 4 0 0 IN VALUE. ALL BECAUSE E STARTED FEEDING H I S COWS ACCORDING TO ROWJCTIOI. PERCY PITTMAN HAS ALWAYS SATED H I S RIGHT NOW
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EST HEIFERS FOR HERD 1 E P L A C M M T .
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E M S 1 8 HEIFERS IN THE HERD AND WHAT HE
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WON'T KEEP TO ADD TO THE HERD HE WILL GET EBB OF. ALL CALVES AND DRY COWS ARE TURNED INTO
THB CORN FIELDS AFTER PICKING TO PICK UP ANY WASTE GRAIN. SLIDE FARM.10 GRAIN Bill BESIDES ABOUT 20 ACRES I N CORJT PUTS ABOUT 3 0 ACRES
FOR FEED, PERCY PITTMAN I N OATS.
THE OATS ARE GRAZED UNTIL MARCH AND
THEN THE CATTLE ARE TAKEN OFF AND SOME ARE U T FOR HAY AND SOJffi COMBINED FCR G�AIN. PITTMAN SEED. SLIDE FARM-U CRIMPS MR,
FEEDS ALLHIS OATS EXCEPT ENOUGH FOR
SINCE BE HAS ENROLLED I N THB BALANCED
'ARM AND HOME PROGRM HE HAS STARTED CRIMPING I S OWN OATS TO FEED HIS CATTLE, ONLY SINCE HE ENROLLED AND I T HAS
I N THE BALANCED
AND HOME PROG RAT THAT HE HAS STARTED R A I S I N G H I S OWN OATS FOR FEED. HOKE GROWN
GRAINS ARE MIXED WITH THE NECESSARY SUPPLEMENT f O MAKE ABOUT A U% DAIRY RATION. SINCE
ENROLLING IN THE BALANCED FARM AND HOME PROGRAM SLIDE PARH-12 HAY BARN PERCY PITTMAN HAS INCREASED H I S HAY PRODUCTION. P E NOW PUTS UP ABOUT 2300 BALES OF HAY EACH STfiAR. THIS U R G E HAY BARN PRO�IDES GOOD STORAGE ! AND I S BUILT WITH FEEDING RACKS FOR THE TTLE TO XXSX SAVE ON LABOR. SLIDE FARM�13 HAY BESIDES OATS
FOR HAY, OTHER HAY CROPS ARE ALICE CLOVER MILO MAISE WHICH I S PLANTED FOLLOWING OATS,
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HAY IS FED DURING THE WINTER MONTHS AND ANY OTHER T I M THM? PASTURE I S SHORT. PERCY
PITTHAN FEEDS FOR TOP PRODUCTION REGARDLESS OF NEED THE SEASON OF THE YEAS. HHEN CATTLE THEY GET I T . HERE WE SEE MR. PITTSAN SH0WIM&
OME OF HIS HAY JO ASSOCIATE COUKTY AGBSrT SAM DYER, SLIDE FARM-U H ANOTHER IMPORTANT PAST OF P ^ C Y PITTMAHS PEBCY PUNTS COR1
FBWIMG PROGRAM I S SILAGE.
SOYBEANS TOGETHER IN HIS FIELDS AND PUTS THEM IN Till SILO TOGETHER FOR SILAGE. HE PUTS HI
JP ABOUT 100 TONS PER YEAR IN THIS TRENCH. ILSO FEEDS SILAGE MES PASTURES ARE SHORT AS GRAZING
fELL AS DURING TH ; WINfER MONTHS. SLIDE FARM-] PA5TUI
I N S I S T S OF 23 ACRES OF PERMNMT PASTURE MADE P OF COASTAL BERMUDA, BAHAI, M L L I S GRASS, RIMSON AND WHITE DUTCH CLOVER. � TEMPORARY GRAZING BESIDES OATS
MR, PITTHAN PUTS OUT
5 ACRES OF MILLET FOR TEMPORARY SUMMER GRAZING. LL OF HIS CROP AID PASTURE LAND IS TKRRtCKD. E TESTS HIS SOIL AND FOLLOWS FERTILIZER ECOMfENMTIONS. HE LIMES AND NITRATES HIS RIGHT
ASTURES AND CLIPS THEM FOR WEED CONTROL. SLIDE
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I W PERCY PITTMAN IS CLEARING UP 17 ACRES OF CHUB TIMBER GROWTH FOR ADDITIONAL PASTURE FOR H I S LIVESTOCK. THIS I S THE ONLY THING LEFT TO
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COMPLETED 0 1 THE FARM PART OF A FIVE YEAR LAN STARTED ONE YEAR AGO UNDER TUB BALANCED �ARM AND HOME PROGRAM, BELIEVE MB THAT I S REAL
INTEREST AND EFFORT TO COMPLETE A PROGRAM AS >00N AS POSSIBLE TO R1AP THE MAXIMUM BENEFITS. SLIDE TIMBER ERCY PITTMN HAS SOME GOOD PISTE TIMBER OH HIS ARM AND HE IS PROTECTING IT FROM FIRE. HE *
LAIS TO START TIMS� STAND IMPROVEMENT tORK � I T U I f f ANOTHER YEAR, THIS I S OILY PART OF
2 5 ACRES IN PINE YOUHG PINE WIICH WILL Bfi A ifiAL CASH CROP IK THE YEARS AHEAD, MR. PITTMAN'S LAND I S FEtC ED AND CROSS WITH TREATED POSTS FOR LONG LIFE. SLIDE FARM�18 JHQK
IB IS A COMPLETELY MECHANIZED FARMER WITH TWO F A C T O R S , A HAY BALER, FERTILIZER SPREADER AND )THBR NEEDED EQUIPMENT TO HANDLE HIS GRAINS AND 18 ACRiiS OF COTTON, HE HOPES TO ADD A COMBINE ND CORN PICKER THIS YEAR. PERCY PITTMAN HAS ,
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)NE TEMANT ON THE FARM WHO SgARECROPS, RUT I E PLANS TO CHANGE HIM OVER TO DAY LABOR SO AS fO HAVE MORE LABOR IN THE OPERATION OF EIS MIRY ROGRAM, HE DOES NOT PLAN TO PUT AST OF HIS
OTTON 1MB IN TUB SOIL BANK AN� MAY GIVE UP 1AISING COTTON ENTIRELY IN THE 1EXT FEW YEARS. [HERS IS MUCH MORE TO THIS STORY I COULD HAVE
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OLD WITH PICTURES BUT I MUST CONFESS THAT JUST AS I WAS ABOUT TO START TAKING PICTURES INSIDE EKE HOUSE MY CAMERA BROKE SO I WAS UNABLE TO SHOOT ANY PICTRUES OF A V�EY BEAUTIFUL HOME MB WELL ARRANGED HOME WORK A R M . HOWEVER,
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M I L E WE LOOK AGAIN AT THIS LOVELY PITTMAN HOME BT ME TELL YOU OF SOME OF THEIR FOOD P R � RAM, I R S . PITfMAN WORKS VERY CLOSELY WITH THE SSOCIATE HOME A S M T . SHE CANS ABOUT 250 QUAEIS SHE
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CBBPS ABOUT 25 LAYHIS FOR FAMILY MEEDS SSB HAS HALF ACRE 'HE FAMILY.
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THAT P t O � I D ^ VE&BTABLES FOR
OIB OF MRS. PITTM4N�S PUNS UNDER
E BALANCED FARM AND HOME PROGRAM I S TO INCRBAS] HE FOOD PRODUCTION AND PRfiSMYATION. LET ME
ELL YOU ALSO, SOME MOSE OP THE EARLY STRUGGLE 0 GET ESTABLISHED OH THIS FARM. AS BUILT Itf 1 9 5 2 . THIS HOUSE
IT WAS BUILT 01 A PLAN FROM
ARM AND RANCH MAGAZINES SELECTED BY MR� AND IRS, PITTMAN. THEY L I ? � FOR SIX YEARS IN THEIR
I R S T TEMANT SMACK AND THEN LIVED IN MOTHER 0 ME ABOUT LIKE UNTIL THEY BUILT THIS BEAUTIFUL ND MODERN HOME IN 1 9 5 2 . THOSE EARLY YEARS
M E DIFFICULT YEARS FOR ffiE PITTMAI FAMILY BUT �HEY HAVE PAID OFF IN A SOLID FARM AND HOME
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PROGRAM M I C H I S BAS1D ON LOTS OF HARD ifORK CAMERA ON FAMILY ANB DETERMINATION. MRS. PITTMAN HAS TRAVELS
1 0 FMNKLINTON, LOUISIANA MVISRYBAY FOR A LONG TIME TO WORK IN A HANUFACTURING PLANT AS A MACHINE OPERATOR TO HELP MBET FAMILY EXPENSE AND PROVIDE NEEBJSD MONEJf FOR FARM AND HOME IMPROVEMENT, AND STILL SHE MANAGES TO CARE
FOR HER FAMILY* PRESIKVE HER FOOD AND KEBP UP I CO�FOR1ABLE HOME FOR HSR FAMILY. THOSfi DAYS
ARE ABOUT QYm H W AW SOOH SHE WILL BE ABLB TO O RETURN HOME AND BE A HORMAL HOUSS^IFl WHICH SHE HAS LONGED TO DO FOR A LOKG T D K . iAVE BEM QRMt TIB SACRIFICE
FOR MR. AMD MRS. PERCY PITTHM
BUT THEY HAVE MADE THEM FOR A GOAL OF OWNISG THEIR FARM AND ESTABLISHING SOMETHING FOR THEIR CHILDREN. I f YOU WOULD ASK I F I T ' S WORTHWHILE
W E AMSWHR WOULD BE AN IMPHATIC YES AND THE STATEMENT THAT THE��0 DO I T OVER AID OVER AGAIN I P MECESSAiar FOfi THSY WSQVI THAT THINGS WORTH IAVING ARE WORTH WORKING FOR AND DOING WITHOUT TO HAVE. COMUNITY. THEY ARE ALSO ACTIVE IN WiEIR THEY BELONG TO THE SAL1M BAPTIST
CHURCH, THE SCHOOL P . f . A , A M MR. PITT1AN I S A SCHOOL TRUSTEE AND MfiMBJfiR OF M E WALIHALL COUNTY MIRY ASSOCIATION. THEY LOVE THEIR
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, THEIR COMMUNITY, THEIR NEIGHBORS, AND THET] CAT OF L I P I AND fHEY THINK NO SACRIFICE I S fOO
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f o HELP IMPROVE mm
ALL AND BECAUSE OF
EHIS BELIEF THEY ARE CONTRIBUTING GREATLY TO A BETTER AGRICULTURE IN MISSISSIPPI. I AM PROUB
I AND HAPPY TO SALUTE ME, AND M S . PERCY PITTMAN DAUGHTER JEWEL FAY AND SON HOflSf AS fODAY�S TELE VIS IT FAR^f FAMILY OP THE WEEK,
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