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I WANT TO SAY IN THE VERY BEGINNING THAT I AM DEEPLY GI&TEFUL TO RANKIN COUNTY AGRICULTURAL I AGENT, R . S . BARKM1 FOR MIS VERY WONDERFUL HELP i l l ? SEimfim
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THE FAMILY WHICH WE SALUTE TOMY,
JAHD ESPiiCIALLY I AM BRATEFUL TO RANKIN COUNTY |H0MS DEMONSTRATION AGENT, MRS. If&RJORIE S T E M , iFOS GOING �1111 MB TO THIS FAICS TO EBLP ME TO jOBTAIN THE STORY WHICH I AM NCM GOING TO TELL. ! Ill IS IS THE STORY OF MR. AND MIS. DAVIB SLIDE PARM-1 HOUSE 1,
ROBINSON AHT) THEIR THMBE LOfELY CIIILDRBN, HUO S IN THE SHILOH COJCCUHITY OF RANKIN COUNTY, ABOUT FIVE nilJBS SOUTHWEST OF PELAHATCHIB, MISSISSIPPI. .BAVID ROBINSON GRM UP ON TEB VERY FARM WHERE HE LIVES TODAY AND MRS. ROBINSON GRSM UP ON THE A ADJOINING FARM. MVID SOBINSON*S FATHER ALSO
MAS BORlf AND RAISED O THIS FARM AND MRS. N ROBINSON'S GRi&T GRANSFATHER CAME TO THIS
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|COI#IUNITY OVM A HUNDRED YEARS AGO, THEY GRESf UP KNOWING BACH OTHER ALL THEIR YOUNG LIVES, BUT M S . ROBINSON RECALLS THAT DAVID NEVER GOT REAL INTERESTED IN HER UNTIL SHE MEWS AWAY TO MISSISSIPPI SOUTHERN
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jTO GIVE YOU AH IDEA OF BiE CLOSENESS OF THE TWO FAMILY'S FROM WHICH THESE YOUNG PEOPLE CAME, MRS. ROBINSON RECALLS THAT THE CHILDREN IN HER
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FAMILY ALWAYS CALIEB DAVID'S MOTHER AND FATHER A�&T AND UNCLE AM) THAT EAVID AND H I S BROTHERS CALLED HER FOLKS AUNT AND UNCLE AID STILL DO. T H I S I S THE STORY OF TWO YOUNG PEOPLE WHO GREW U P ON A FARM AMD HAVE STAYED ON THE FABM I F THE iSAME COMUNITY WHERE THEY WERE BORN TO HAKE A ( L I P S FOR WmSELVES i AND 'I1ISIR ClilLDRffl. AFT�H
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JHIGH SCHOOL M V I D ROBIKSOI CAMS RIGHT BACK TO TH iFASMAND FABMLD IS PARTJffiRSHIP wlffi MIS FATHER .
U N T I L H I S U1TIMELY DEATH Itf A T-vACTOR^ACCIDEMT ill 1949. SIHCB TiMT TIME M V I D MAS FA1MED IH-
PASFMERSHIP WITH HIS 210THER ON TIIEIR 3 2 0 ACRES OF LAND, UPON GRADUATION FROM MISSISSIPPI MRS, ROBINSON TAUGHT SCHOOL I I LAICHBZ ONE TERM AND TLIEN TAUGHT ONE TERM IN BRANDON AFTISR SHE MARRIED DAVID IN 1 9 5 3 . THEY LIVED IN
JTHE OLD ROBINSON FAMILY HOMS WOERB DAVIB M S RAISED UNTIL THIS YEAR WHEN THEY BUILT THIS HOME WHICH THEY JUST MOVED INTO LAST MONTH. IFHEY ARE NOIF IN THE PROCESS OF TEARING DOWN THE OLD ONE. I DON'T KNOT WHETHER YOU WOULD SAY
DAVID'S MOTHER LIVES WITH THEM OR THEY LIVE WITH HER BUT AT ANY RATE THEY LIVE, WORK AND PLAY TOGETHER AND LOVE EVERY MINUTE <F I T .
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ROBINSON I S A DAIRY FARMER AS WAS HIS FATHER
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BEFORE HIM*
DAVID SAYS HIS FAMILY HAS
|A GRADE �A* DAIRY PROGRAM AS LONG AS HE CAN I
jRSfSHBER* HE RSCALLS THAT HIS FATHER STARTED
M I R Y I N G SELLING CHEESE AND C R M ! FCR A YB� OR ['TWB, WES GOT A GRADE "A" MARKET AMD THEY'VE JBEM PROOJCIFG GSADS "A" MILK EYES SIMCE.
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| I S 1MB THIRD DAIRY M M THAT'S BEJ2J BUILT- ON THE p P I A C E . . , . I T HAS BUILT W 1 9 S 1 . . . H E REMEMBERS J T B I f HIE SBCOU) O!JE !�A3 BUILT I I 1931 AID HE
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p O E S N ' T RE?-IEIffiE3l WHEN THE FIRST DIE HAS BUILT,
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M V I B ' S FATHER HAD THRBJ 30YS AT limiE HE
'DID BOTH DAIEHIG AM) GENERAL R(XC CROP FARMIHG. UUEN MVID HAS I T ALL TO DO HIMSELF HE QUIT MOST OF HIS ROW-CHOP FAR,IJIG LU 1 9 5 0 , AND, BY TH M Y , BAFID ROBINSON STILL DOBS ALL THE FAHMIBG IIIHSELF EXCEPT FM A LITTLE DAY LABM, WM
BAVID CAME OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL HIS FATHER WAS MIL SLIDE FARM�g KLLKING 25 COWS....WHEN HE MARRIED DAVID HAD 30 C0WS...T01W HE IS MILRIHG 4 2 . HIS TOTAL
HERD CONSISTS OF 5 1 GJTWN COWS, 9 HEIFERS WHICH H L L FKESHEN IN THE NEXT SIX TO EIGHT WEHKS AND TBM CALVES. THE ENTIRE HERD I S BANGS TESTED ALL OF HIE HMD I S JERSB
CERTIFIED TB FREE.
DAVI � HAS BEEN ON THE ARTIFICIAL BREEDING 'ROGRAM FOR TEW YEARS, EXCEPT FOR ONE YEAR MEN
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HE CRBDITS MUCH OF HIS
IMPROVEMENT IN PRODUCTION IN 2KB PAST TIM YS&RS TO THIS ARTIflCI&L BREEDING PROGRAM, OF COURSE, COUPL3B WITH BETTER FEEDING AID GEH�HAL
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^MANAGEMENT. HE CULLS HIS HERB CLOSE GETTING S I D SLIDE CALVJ \m THE LOW PROBUCSRS AS FAST AS THEY SHOH" UP. IBAVID M S BBEI ON A PEOGEAM OF CALFHOOD jVACCISATIOH SIMCE 1 9 5 0 AMD HB SAVES ONLY ME j j H E I P B a CALVES FROM H I S HIGHESX PRO" UCIBG C W S JFOR i'UTU rg EERD RaPIACEMMT. ALL (�' BiE HERD
JGSOIfTH HAS BEm BY SAVING E I S HSIFEHS, EXCEPT 'FOR SIX C W S M I C H HE BOJGHT FROM HIS FATEER^DT SLIDE FAHSC8 LAW THIS FALL. DA FID DOBS I 0 T PLA� TO INCREASE
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'HIE S I Z E OF HIS Ums A2JYMQRJ3 BUT UE DO�S V(MK TOWARD THE DAY HHBH EE WILL HAVfi 4 0 TO 4 5 COWS I WITH AN AVERAGE PRODUCTION OF 1 0 f 0 0 0 POUKBS OF MILK PER COW ?m YEAR. HE HAS INCR1&SBD H I S
ffiOMJCTION FROM AN AVE5G&E OF LESS THAN 5 , 0 0 0 POUNDS OF MILK PER COW IN 1 9 5 0 TO ABOUT 7 , 5 0 0 POUNDS NOW.
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A NUMBER (F HIS COWS TODAY DAVID KEEPS ACCURAT
ARE 1 0 f 0 0 0 POUND PRODUCERS.
MRS
RECORDS ON EVERY COW'S PRODUCTION AND HE FEEDS feVERY COW ACCORDING TO HER PRODUCTION RECORD. I E MIXES HOME GROWN GRAIN WITH SUPPLEMENT TO HAKE A 16% M T I 0 N . THE MILKING HERD GITS GRAIN
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NIGHT AID MORNING.
HE AIS 0 FEEDS GRAIN TO THE
H E I F E R AST- THE DRY COWS ARE CARRIER 0 1 GSAZISG EXCEPT F<R THB WINTER MONTHS mm THEY GET HAY
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AN!) SILAGE.
DAVID ROBINSON HAS DEVELOPED A HIS PERMANENT m STORE
|GOQD GRAZING PROGRAM.
|CONSISTS OF 40 ACRES OP BALLIS AM) BERMUDA ;GMSS ANn SOHS OTITB PUTCH Am SLIDE FARM-11 OAT FIELD iTSIPORARY G1AZIHG CONSISTS OF HOP CLOVER, 65 ACRES OF OAtS
A F ) RYB GRASS AM) WO3 f U T f f l P M S TflTH SE0 iCLOVSR IN SOME OF THB OATS. T I L L MRCH AW HB GRAZES HIS OATS ALL
THEN TA'JES SIS CATTLE OFF.
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THE OATS AUI LATM? CUT FOR HAY OR SILAGE. TEMPORARY SUMMER GRAZING I S SUPPLIER BY 10 ACRES [OF MILLET. THB HAY I S STORED IN THIS COMBINATIO
HAY BARN AND LOAriNG SHED WHICH BAVI!? BUILT WITH LUMBH? FROM HIS O N TIMBER. W IT WAS BUILT IS
1 9 5 2 AND IS COMPLETE WITH CONCRETE WALKWAY FROM THS LOAFING BARN TO THE MILKING BARN AND A BOARD
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MLKtfAY FROM IT TO ffiE SILO.
DAVIP STARTED OUT
ON HIS SILAGE PROGRAM WITH A TRENCH SILO BUT I N 1954 HE BUILT THIS BOX SILO WHICH IS ABOVE GROUND. fiNTHEL?
HE MUCH PREFERS IT TO THE TRENCH
MTB THIS YEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME COVERED HIS SILAGE WITH A POLYETHELINB COVER WHICH HB THINKS HAS GREATLY REDUCED SPOILAGE AND IMPROVED THE
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OFSR-ALL QUALITY OF THE SILAGE. OAT SILAGE.
HE USES ONLY
MVID SAYS IT*S CHEAPER TO GRW,
CHEAPER TO PUT UP AW) HE THINKS I T ' S A LITTLE BETTER SILAGE.
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' S I L O AT NIGHT AM) FEEDING TS CONTROLLED BY AN JELBCTRIC NJRE. HS USED TO HAVE A FEEDING GATE
'BUT SAYS ne C-TULD VSISR SUCCESSFULLY KEOP THE jCATTLB M l FROM TROMPIKi THE SILAGE UNTIL HS jSTARTED USIFG THE SL5CTRIC ICIRE, M V I ^ PUTS
|UP ABOUT 200 TO�S OF SIIAGS AND 2 , 5 0 0 HALES OF IHA.Y MM THE CATTLE GJ3T I T STARTIMO W LATE SLIDE FA WATER TASK, 'AUGUST. TttTER FOS TIIS HERD IS SUPPLIED -FROM WATER IS PIPED
W O STOCK PONDS AND A BEEP WELL,
�BOTH TO WE LOAFING BARI ABB TO THE LOT AT THE MUCING M M . THE PJ3*?IAHSNT PASTURES AR8 DIVIDE
INTO SIX DIFFERENT GRAZING ARBAS AS ARE THE OATS AND DAVID PRACTICES ROTATION GRAZING FOR MAXIMUM I PASTURE �SE. DAVID I S STILL CLEARING NBC GROUND
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TO FIPTUER INCREASB AND IMPROVE HIS � STURE [PROGRAM, I E HAS CLEARED TEN ACRES WITH A DOZER
THIS YEAR AND PLANS TO CLEAR ANOTHER T M ACRES EXT SUMMER.
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ACCORDING TO SOIL FEEDS,
, U B HE FARJIS ON THE CONTOUR TR1ING AT ALL TIMES TO FOLLOW A GOOD LAND USE PROGRAM. HE IS A
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COMPLETELY MECHANIZED FARMER AID KSiSPS ALL HIS VALUABLE MACHINERY UNDER SHBLTiSR WHEN NOT INUSE. I I FACT, DAVIB, PLANS TO TAKE SOME OF THE
LUMBER FROM THE OLD HOUSE AND BUILD A HEW !!&CUI2C. SHED. SLIDE TIMBER Wkf AS I SAID HIS LAND I S USED FOR ABOUT 200 ACRES OF I T
IT I S BEST SUITH>.
I S BEST SUITED TO TIMBH? AMP THAT'S WHAT I S OH :IT.
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IT IS ABOUT WO THIRDS PINS AID THE REST MVID M S DONE SOME THINNIHG BUT FROM HIS TIMBM
\u$ HARDWOODS.
JIT I S MOSTLY YOUNG TBIBEE, SLIDE FARM-1 FEKCI"
IQAVID CUTS ABOUT 200 FMCB POSTS A YEAR IflilCH k$ TREATS I I HIS Offl-I H0I13MDS TREiTISG VAX. THERE I S
H I S LAIB IS FENCED M B CROSS F3TCSD,
MUCH WMR I COULD TELL ABOUT TILTS FARM PROGRAM. I HAVS ONLY TOUCHED TfIB HIGHLIGHTS, BUT THERE I S AH EQUALLY IMPORTANT HOMEMAKING STORY HERE SLIDE FREEZER SO LET'S GO ON TO I T . TIIE ROBIISON'S HAVE A LITTLE liiSS THAN A QUARTER ACHE OF GARDEN SPACE, BUT FROII I T AFD THEIR MEAT SUPPLY M S . ROBINSON AID DAVIDfS MOTHER FREEZE ABOUT 1,600 POUNDS OF f o o d each y e a r . BOTH OD TH3SE LADIES WOKK
TOGETHER I I THE GARDEN AND I F KEEPING UP THE SLIDE CAMEO FOOD HOUSE IfOm. I FREEZE THEY ALSO PUT UP MOTHER 200 QUARTS OF IN ADDITION TO TIIE FOOD THEY
FOOD IN JARS...SUCH THINGS AS TOMATOES, PICKLES,
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BEAFS, JAMS AMD JELLIES AID SO Fffi TO. DAVID'S MOTHER IS MRS. GEORGE ROBINSON. SHE HAS LIVED
WITH THEM SINCE THEY If ERE MARRIED... G? SHOULD I SAY THEY HAVE LIVED WITH HER...ANWAT THEY HAVE SLIDE FARM.20 WOMAN & CHILDREN i L I f E D TOGETHER AHD DAVID AND HIS LOVELY WWE ARE BOTH QUICK TO SAY SHE HAS BEM A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THEIR FAMILY LIFE. ACTUALLY ?�?$.-- / � I iROBSIKSOir, DAVID'S MOTHER, OWFS THE LAND AND > �
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jIIAS BEI1I A VERY SUCCESSFUL PARTNERSHIP VENTURE. IDAVID'S MOTHER DOES MOST OF THE COOKING AND SHE IlIAS SOME V0?Y WIIXING HELPERS I F THRE3 YEAR OLD J I M AND 21M0NTH OLD LI1TM. SLIDE FARW-21 �DOES m.S, DAVID ROBINSON
men OF HER OWN smim
FOR HEfl. CHILDREN.
mm ALL OP THE
DAVID �S MOTHER DOES
ISWING
PER 0W1 SEWING TOO. SLIDE FARM-22
1KESE TWO CHARMING LADIES MRJORIE STEEN,
[ALSO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH MIS,
THE RANKIN COUNTY H0M3 DMONSTRATION AGENT.... |AND HiBY HAVE MANY SESSIONS SIMILAR TO THIS WITH ALL THE ADDITIONAL HELP FROM THE CHILD RES I N FREE OF CHARGE. SLIDE FARM-23 CHURCH THE ROBINSON FAMILK
BELONGS TO THE SHILOH METHODIST CHURCH ABOUT A IMILE FROM THEIR HOME, ICHURCH. wen GREW UP HI THIS
DAVID'S MOTHS! IS A STEfARD IN THE
CHURCH AND BAUD'S LOVELY WIFE IS A SUNDAY
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SCHOOL TfiACHffi IN HIS NURSERY DEPARTMENT,
MVID
I S A CHURCH TRUSTEE A1B CHAIRMAN OP THE CAMP SLIDE MEETING COMTTTEB. mm CHURCH, MUCH I S WELL
HEETING GROUNDS
0V..3R 100 YEARS OLD IS ONE OF THE FEW CHURCHES (WHERE THE PEOPLS STILL GATHER FOR A WEEK X�
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|THE SUMMER AND LIVE OF THE CHURCH GROUNDS AND JHAYE THE!I? ANNUAL SUMMER CAMP MEETIMJ. I AM
TOLD THAT FOLKS FROM ALL AROUND THE C0OTT1Y, WHO &H3I UP I N THIS C0?TTOJ�ITY, SAVE TUBIR
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[VACATION T.TMES AND TAKE THEM DURING CAMP | MBETIS1 film SO THEY CAF COM3 MCK IIOJfB TO
|THSm CHURCH ANB LIVE WITH THEIR FRIENDS AND SLIDE FARM�2 FAMIL -RELATIVES PCR A WEEK OF WORSHIPING HIE LORD. ;MVID ROBINSON IS A DIRECTOR OF HIE RAMIN CmWiY FA1M BURSAUj DIRECTOR OP HIE RANKCN
COUNTY ARTIFICIAL BRE.S0ERS ASSOCIATION, AND A BISECTOR OF THE COUIfTY CO.OP. BOTH MRS.
ROBINSON'S ARE MEMBERS OF THE SHILOH HOME DEMONSTRATION CLUB AID MRS. GEORGE ROBINSOW IS CAHERA ON FAMILY VERY ACTIVE IN THE W.S.C.S OF HER CHURCH. MR.
AND MRS? DAVID ROBINSON WERE SELECTED 0�S OF TIIB OUTSTANDTIG FAMILIES IN THE ANNUAL RAIJKIN JCOUNTY PROGRAM SPONSORED BY THE WUUH COUNTY mo l IN 'His COUNTY. FAMm BURBAli PBDESATION. B r FACT HIEY PLACI5D
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BiISRi�*S Su MUCH MORE I COULD TisLL YOU ABOUT MIS FINiS FAMILY, BUT IF I fOOK E i S TIME �00 10 MET MM, SO EMME fflBY
Wa/LDNfT BE MIS
A R S , A FAMILY I AM PROUD TO CAL.. KiE "I1FD i ! i ) E L i s v I 3 I I t t FA8M FAMILY OP SiJfi
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