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I WAHT TO SAY IH THK VERY BEGINNING THAT I AM DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO MR. FRAUKLIM HUGHES, CGUHTY AGEHT OP JKFPEKSON DAH2S GOUSTY FOR HIS VERY FINE HELP IN SELECTING THE FAMILY WHICH WE SAHJf8 TODAY AND FOR OOIMG WITH ME TO THIS FARM TO HKLP ME OBTAIM THK STORY WHICH I AM NOW GOIHQ TO
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THIS IS THE STORY OF HR. At� i�S, JAMES RAMSAY WHO LIVE IW THE JANESVILLE GOMMJHITY OF JMP OOUMTY, ABOUT 17 MILES HORTHEA3T OF PRKNTISS,,, EIGHT MILES MKST OF m. OLIVE AID NIHE MILES
SOUTH OF MAG1K. THEIR FARM IS RIGHT II THE CORKER OF JEFF-DAVIS COUNTY, BOUNDED BY C0VIH9T0H AND SIMPSOM COUNTIES, SLIDE. TWO KEN MR. JAMES RAMSAY, SHOWN
HERB OH THE RIGHT, WITH COUNTY AGBMT HUGHES, WAS BORN AND RAISED IM THIS COMMUNITY.. .IM PACT HI LIVES ON PART OF THE OLD FAMILY HOME PIA CE. HB BOUG12P PART OF HIS LAND PROM HIS FATHi2i IM THE MIDDLE 19i+O�S, THE FIRST LAUD HE BOUGHT WAS 80 ACRES IM 1929 ASD HE RECALLS THAT HE PAID FOR IT WITH A TRUCK DOIKG HAULING, JAMES IS OMB OP 8
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CHILDREM TKAT GREW UP I I THIS OLD FAMILY HOME I WHERE HIS MOTHER STILL LIVES.,.A SPRY LITTLE LADY OF 92 YEARS. JAMSS HAS FOUR BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS AM) THREE BROTHJ2K8 AMD TWO SISTERS ARK STILL LIVING I f THIS SAME AREA WHERE THEY GREW UP f
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�TAMBS RAMSAY FIHISHBD HIGH SCHOOL AT GQU*XM WSHT OHE YEAR TO M I S S I S S I P P I SfAYfi WHERE HK STUDIED ASRICULTUflE.
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TODAY ARE 2 5 0 AOHKS Al� HK RESTS ADDITXGH&L
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ACREAGE OH WHICH HK RAISES C0HM,
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GHARMIIfG WIFE WAS MISS MSLLH NOBLES OF fAXLORSVI BEFORE HEK MARRIAGE, SHE RECALLS THAS SHIS AHD SHE HAD
JAMES MET 0 ^ A BLIHD DATE BT 1 9 3 0 .
GRADUATED FROM M L Q R S V I L L E HIGH SCHOOL AMD THEN LSORSL BEADTY COLL1QE AHl) HAD COME EG Iff. OLIVE I I 1 9 3 3 *O POT I H A BMAUTX SHOP, ATOKR
DATIIICJ HBR FOR POtJR 1TEARS JAMES MARRIED HER I H 1 9 3 9 AND THEY L I V I D WITH H I S FOLKS t W T I L HS COULD BUILD T H I S , m i R SLIDE FARM. ' LAI PODAY. FAMILIf HOME IM WHICH ?HEY LIVE WHEN HE
JAMES HAS FARMED ALL HIS L I W 5 .
'lARRIED HE WAS RAISIM& 0 Off OH AHD OATfLl AMD HS OOTIHUED THAf OIERA'TIOH UlffIL 1 9 ^ 1 . 1 DIDH �T MUOH XJKE GhTTZE 4HEAD LIEK HE WAMTHD W JAMES SAYS OBSVim
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SOTTOI? AM) GATfLl AND WEH3! TO RAZ3ZHQ LESPHDE2A SEED AND SOTBHAfIS FOR MARKED AMD HE�S mEH Iff
THE BUSINESS OF ERODUCIHCJ SEED AMD FBMD EVER SIHCI rfHKH I VISITED t H E PARK TIIE OTHER DAY JAMES HAD |BEKH PUTTIHG OUT E B R f I L I 2 E R . RB T E S I S H I S S O I L
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BUT HE FERTILIZES AGCORDIHG TO iiACH CROP'S HEBOS RATHER THAN JUST THE SOIL HEisDQ. HE TRIES TO
REPLACE WHAT THE SCPKRTS TELL HIM A GIVBH CROP HAS TAKEM OUT OF HIS SOIL* SLIDE FAR JAMES TOLD Ml HE
T R I E S TO FOLLOW THE ADVICE AND RSG0IMSMDATIQJI8 OF
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H I S COUNTY AGRICULTURE LEADERS...THAT WHEN HE INFORMATIOH HE SEiiKS IT WHERE IT I S AVAILABLE. THE SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE HAS I S MAKING
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CORRECTIVE PRACTICES TO COMPLY WITH THE SOIL PLAH BUT TO GET BACK TO THE CROPS RAISED BY JAMES UHSAY. HE RECALLS THAT IH 1951*52 and $3 THE
DROUGHT AHD INSECTS WiSRB CAUSING CROP FAILURES SO SLIDE FAREH6 OATS LAJ IN 1 9 5 ^ HE SWITCHSDTO COBH AND S0YBKAH8. IH 1 9 5 5
5 6 HE RAISED CORN OHLY,..IN 1957 HE W1HT TO
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, THIS TIMS 10 OATS, SOYBEANS AND C O R H . , . . RAISIHG THE CORN FOR FEED ASD TH1 OTHER FOR SS1D. U l S I S THE PROGRAM BE STILL FOLLOWS. HE HAS 150
&CRKS IN OATS TO BE FOLLOWED WITH 50YBLAHS AHD IEKTS 50 ACRES FOR C 0 M . 2 H THE FALL OF THE YLAR, THE OATS ARE SJ^DE D HE APPLIES PHOSPHATE AMD POTASH AHD THEN IH MARCH APPLIES THE NITRATE. SLIPS FARM�8 'AMES STORES HIS OATS AMD SOYBfc&HS IM TWO BARNS BE HOLDS THEM UHTIL THE MARKET I S RIGHT.
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JAMES P U K S OHLY THE MIDSQOTH VARIETY OF GATS. I f I S A VARIETY DEVELOPED AS THE MISSISSIPPI
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SAYS HE USED TO RAISE BED-GATS BUT HE PBEFEHS THESE DUB TO STIFF STRAW...IT'S A BEARDLESS GAT AMD QAH BB SOLD FOR FBED AS WELL AS SEED AHD HE SLIDE FARM-9 KINS A HIGHER YIELD. U S AVERAGE YIELD THIS PASt
SEAS0M MAS 60 BTJSHSLS AJID I F I T HADH*T BBBH FOR H S ' D HAVE MADE ?5� HIS AffBITIOS I S fO BOTH BARNS HAVE
GET A 100 BUSHEL AVKRA0I YIH^>.
CONCRETE FLOORS AKD THIS BXH8 ASH BUILT ISf XJBim SHEJi1! METAL A3 HBBSBD. EVEHYTHIHa I S 3T0HSD ZH
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JAHKS DOES HOST OF THE DELIVERY OF HIS SEKD WITH H I S 0�H TRUCK. HE PU0URBS THE ELEVATORS ABE THE
MOST ESSE1TIAL PAET OP HIS STORAGE PROGRAM. OH SLIDE.. FARK-10 BllfS HE SOYBEAN PROGRAM OAHiS PL�,iiTS 150 ACHES IH LEE BEAffS A HIGH PBODUCIHG VARIKPY. BOm 2 0 BUSHELS TO THE ACRE. HE AVERAGES
HE SAYS DON'T mT TO THE
�LAHT BSANS APTSt JULY THWOB, YOU GAHfT SMOIKJH GROWTH. HIS 19S� BEAM CROP mm
SXPORT M 3 K T AHD HIS 1959 CHOP WEKT TO THE MILLS, AR M 30T I P THE SEAITS ARE OF GOOD EHOUGH QUALITY HE ?RKPER3 TO TRUCK THEM TO MOBILE FOR EXPORT. SLIDE FAgH�jLl , _ KACHIHE SHED JAMES
IAS PLENTY OF VALUABLE MACHIMY AND HE PKOEbGTS ET FROM THE WEATHER. HE HAS TWO COMBINES,.AH 8
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FOOT AMD A SIX FOOT. GOHBIHIHS.
HE DOES VERY LITTLB CUSTOtC
JAMES SAYS WHEW GOMBlHIffG HE WASTES
A FEW OATS TO CLEAW THI3H BITTER BUT I T ' S WORTH
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HE SELLS 0GHBIHE RUN SSBD,
HE POWtHS HIB JAMES RAKSAT
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SAYS HE DOESN*T HAVE A HAT PROBLEM EXGKPT WITH CORN BECAUSE WITH TIGHT FLOORS AW RATS OAH'T DAMAGE THE SMAALL ORAIH� PROBLEM WISH SMALL GHAII I S WBiiVILS. UMMS THE H I S BIGGEST HE GBTS
SOME COHTRd. WITH ZHSEOTIOIDSS BUT HOI AS MUOH AS HE WOULD L I K E , HE HAS A CORN PICKER AMD HUSKER
AND USSD TO SSLL SBELLM) GORH BUT 1KB MAHKI� OM SAR CORN I S SO MUOH BETTER THAT M S H E L L S ? AND C0H9KimD TIB SOLD H E
PIGK1R TO A SNAPPER.
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JAMES RAMSAY ALSO HAS SOME GOOD TIMBHR LAHD, HE HAS ? 5 ACRES, MOSTLY P I S E AHD SOMg SWAJ^ TIMBER THAT I S MIXED PIHB AHD HARDWOODS. M THIS
AM) WEMJS H I S TIMBBR, PROTECTS I T PROM P I R E AHD S E L E C T I V E L Y HARVESTS I T . THERE WEREN'T AM
B 0 I L D I N O S OH H I S U K ) WlffiH HE STARTED AND Hfc HAS SLIDE FARM-3 B U I L T MOST OF THEM USING TIMBER OFF THE LAND,
S I N C E HE DOKSH'T RAISE CATTLE OR AHY OTHER LIVE STOCK m DOKSH*T HEED FENCING A'W) LACK OF FEHGIIKJ
PERMITS EASIER USE OP H I S MftOHXNKRY IM H I S CKOP PRO0RAM. LAUD, JAHBS HAS OLKARKD ABOUT 2$ AGRiiS OF H I S
HE SAYS EROSIOH WAS A BIO PROBLEM WHEW HE
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TODAY HIS BIGGEST PROBLEM I S DMIHAGE AHD HE I S JffiETING I T BY BUILDIH0 W D I T O H ^ . BS TFSES THIS JAI�BS
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H I S CROP PROGRAM Iff THIS WAY*.,.IP THE M&RKBT DEMAMJS A GUkMQE 1 WILL CBA8QE. HIS PHII�8�PH3f
I S TO GROW A fRODBd? THAT HAS A STABLE JfARXSV. S L I D E , . , FARM�46 XN THE H0MBMAKI1IG HlOORAH MBS. RAM8A3T. ALSO DOES AH OUTSTASDINO JOB. FROM THEH AORB AND A HALF
OF m&R ROUMD 8ARDH! AHD TRUCK PATCHES AMD PROH THE POULTRY AID OTI3ER MEAT SUPPLY, SHE AHD GHTER JANE BACH YEAH FREEZE ABOUT 1 , 6 0 0 POUMDS OF FOOD FOR THEIR FAMILY FREEZES, JAilB I S 1$ IN
Affl> POODS I S OHE OP HSR i|.�H CLUB PROJECTS. SLIDB ib FOOD
ADDITION TO THE FOOD THAT I S FROZEN, MRS, KAM3AY AHD JAHE ALSO CAlf ABOUT 200 JARS OF FOOD BAQH Y E A R . . . S U C H THIHCJS AS JAMS, JELLIES, PICKLES, m O H B S A2� BBASS,...FOODS THAT DOH�T LE�D TH�3i SELVES TO FRESHING OR THAT THE FAMILY PR32FERS CAHH1D. MRS. RAMSAY ORSW UP OH A FARM AMD SHE
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LEARNED EARLY HOW TO COOS AHD LOVES IT TO 2HIS DAY. SHE HAS ALSO TAUGHT HER DAUGHTER TO BE A MR. AHD MS, RAMSAY RLMODLLSD THEIR
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HOME IN 1 9 ^ 8 , THKN LAST PALL CLOSED IH A FROMT POBCH AND PLAN TO BUILD A CARPORT IH THE HEAR
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AMD OME OF 2ffiiH SHB EMJOTS MOST I S UBR t L S C f R I C IROMHR, SHE HAS MANX I S T S R H S f S t # . , .ALL OF THEH HER HOME A MORE ATfRACTI?!
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PLACE FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY AHD AN ENJOYABLE PLAGE TOR HER FAMILY, S8B ALSO LOVES FLQfe&RS AlfE
HAS A^PHACTIVBLY LAHDSGAPEB THE YARD AROUND TBEIM HOME, A S I SAID I H TffiS BBQINNIHG, MBS. RAMSAY
STARTED OUT TO BE A BEAOTICIAK AND DID THAT WORK I H KT, OLIVE FOR A HUMBBR OF YEARS, AFTER SHE
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AHD JAMES WEEK MARRIED SHE CONTINUED TO OPERATE Tm SHOP I N MT, OLIVE POR ABOTO ONE AND A HALF fC EQUIPMENT TO -FKEIH
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WHERE SHE HAS CONTimTED TO DO SOME BEAOTY
W O R K . . , M O S T L Y POR HER DAUGHTER, BUT ALSO FOH HBR NEIGHBORS, Tm RAMSAY�S HAVE TMO C H I L D R K H . . , ,
B i i S I D E S JANE 9 THERE I S SON, JIMM5T WHO I S IN SCHOd
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PREPARATORY 5 0 aOINO TO M I S S I S S I P P I STATE TO TAKE MiCHAMICAL B H 8 I N B E R i m , BE IS A FRMSHM&H
AT SOUTHERN THIS JEM .
JANE I S A YOUNG LADY OF
MAN? ACCOMPLISHMENTS.��� SHE I S PIANIST FOR HER C L U B , . .A MEMBER OF THE MT, OLIVE SLE1S CLUB AND MCIStC CLUB AND SINGS I N A SCHOOL SEXTETTE. SLIDE FARM-I
am ALSO LOVES TO PAIHT AND THE OME SHE POINTS TO
THE MANTLE I S OKK OP HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS. M R S . RAMSAY I S ACTIVE I I HOME DEMOHSTRATIOH CLUB WORK AW I S A MEMB3&1 OF THE UKWLY 0RGAHI2AKD MR. AND MRS, JAMES RAMSAY AIID
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M T , OLIVE CLUB, CAMERA Off FAMILY
T i f f i l R CHIIDRiiH BSLOHJ TQ THE HOPEWELL FRBSBYTERIA CHQHCfi WHERE JAMES I S A DEAGQS AMD WHERE MRS, RAMSAY HAS SERVED AS A SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER AHD J A N S PLAYS TBE PIANO WHEN SKIDED. I S 1 3 0 YEARS OLD, T88M CHOBOI
JAMKS I S A MEMBER OP TEE NOW,
M I S S I S S I P P I SEED IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION. I N THE TIME THAT REMAINS I F I N E FAMILY, 3L. 2. 3.
WANT YOU TO MEET THIS
WHAT HAS BEEN MOST DIFFICULT PART OF PROGRAM? DO YOU TREAT YOUR SEED? I S I T IMPORTANT?
HOW IMPORTAIIT I S I T TO LIKE WHAT YOU'RE DOIHS M R S . WHAT LIKE MOST ABOUT HOME? WHAT HOPE FOR YOUR CHILDREN?
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