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I R S T * I WANT TO SAY THAT I AM DEEPLY INDEBTED 0 JASPER COUNTY AGENT, W.C. JEFFCOAT, FOR H I S ONDERFUL HELP IN SELECTING AND OBTAINING THE STORY OF THE FARM FAMILY WE SALUTE TODAY AS OUR FARM FAMILY OF THE WEEK. THIS I S THE STORY OF SOSO,
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MR. AND MRS. W.T. RUFFIN OF ROUTE 1 , MISSISSIPPI.
BUSTER RUFFIN, AS HE I S BETTER
M O W N , GREW UP ON THE VERY FARM HE OPERATES TODAY. HE ATTENDED M I S S I S S I P P I STATE COLLEGE WORKED FOR A WHILE WITH IN 1 9 4 2 HE CAME HOME
AND AFTER GRADUATION
CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES. TO THE FARM TO L I V E .
BUSTER RUFFIN�S MOTHER
AND FATHER- WERE ABOUT TO LOSE THIS OLD HOME PLAC TO THE FEDERAL LAND BANK. BUSTER �S FATHER
ASKED HIM TO COME HOME AND TAKE I T OVER AND OFFERED TO DEED I T TO HIM I F HE WOULD DO SO, NOW, LET ME POINT OUT, BUSTER RUFFIN DIDN�T HAVI A FARM IIANBBD TO HIM ON A SILVER PLATTER. THE
FARM WAS IN SUCH POOR CONDITION AND THERE WAS SI MUCH DEBT AGAINST IT THAT I T WAS N I P AND TUCK FOR BUSTER RUFFIN FOR MANY YEARS TO GET ON HIS F E E T AND M 1 E A G 0 OF FARMING. TO SUPPLEMENT
THE FARM AND TO GET ENOUGH MONEY TOGETHER TO PAY THE MORTGAGE NOTES BUSTER TAUGHT SCHOOL
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OR A Y.AR AND WORKED PART TIME WITH THE S O I L ONSERVATION SERVICE IN THE COUNTY, IN 1 9 4 4
BUSTER WENT TO WORK AS ASSISTANT COUNTY AGENT I N JSAPER COUNTY AND WORKED AT THAT JOB UNTIL LAST SEPTEMBER, ALL THE WHILE HE WAS BUILDING
UP H I S LAND AND GETTING ON A SOUND PROGRAM. HE STARTED OUT FARMING RAISING COTTON AND CORN, IND BOUGHT A LITTLE TRACTOR ON CREDIT AND HAD A PEW SORRY GRADE CATTLE. H I S ONLY PURPOSE OF
POMING TO THE FARM IN THE BEGINNING WAS TO SECURE A PLACE FOR H I S MOTHER AND FATHER I N
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T H E I R LATER YEARS.
WHEN BUSTER RUFFIN WMT
INTO EXTENSION WORK IN 1 9 4 4 HIS COUNTY AGENT ENCOURAGED HIM TO BUY A GOOD BULL AND THAT WAS H i E BEGINNING OF HIS PRESENT LIVESTOCK PROGRAM, m i C H NUMBERS 3 7 5 HEAD, INCLUBING 2 0 0 BROOD ;OWS. BUSTER WAS MARRIED IN 1 9 4 5 TO A YOUNG
LADY WHO HAD GROWN UP IN THIS SAME COMMUNITY. TOGETHER THEY HAVE WORKED HARD TO PUT A RUNDOWN ?ARM ON A SOUND BASIS, AND THEY HAVE SUCCEEDED* SLIDE BUSTER RUFFIN BUILT HIS LIVESTOCK HERD A FEW T A TIME, PAYING AS HE WENT. HE TOOK WHAT
OWS HE HAD AND OCCASIONALLY BOUGHT BETTER ONES
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CATTLE
ND THEN GRADUALLY BRED UP H I S HERD TO WHAT I S ODAY A TOP QUALITY HERD OF HEREFORDS,
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BUSTER RUFFIN STARTED WITH 200 ACMES . . . A FEW YEARS AGO HE BOUGHT HIS WIFE*S HOMEPIACE AND ADDING A FEW ACRES HERE AND THEEE, N W HAS A O ABOUT 500 ACRES OF LAND. HE KEEPS HIS BROOD
COW HERD ON THE HOME PUCE WHERE HE CARRIES ON A COMMERCIAL COW AND CALF PROGRAM. SLIDE BULL ! HAS A STEER PROGRAM. AT THE 0THE1
TODAY HE HAS 57
HEAD OF STEERS AND HOPES TO BUILD TO THE POINT WHERE HE WILL BE FEEDING 100 HEAD EACH YEAR. THESE STEERS WILL BE GRAZED UNTIL JUNE AND THEN BUSTER HAS A STEER PROGRAM BECAUSE
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HE HAS ENOUGH GRASS TO CARRY 4*5 HEAD TO THE ACRE IN THE SPRING OF THE YEAR AND SINCE HE HAS GRASS IN H E FALL, BUT WITH HIS STEER PROGRAM HE IS ABLE TO MARKET THIS SURPLUS GRASS AS BEEF. BUSTER BUYS THE STEERS AS
YEARLINGS IN THE FALL AND MRKETS THEM IN JUNE AS GRASS FAT CALVES. HIS GRAZING CONSISTS OF
3 0 0 ACRES OF BAHAI, CRIMSON CLOVER AND WHITE DUTCH. TEMPORARY GRAZING WHICH YOU SEE HERE
CONSISTS OF 200 AC1ES OF OATS SOD-SEEDED INTO THE PERMANENT PASTURE. ANOTHER 25 ACRES OF OAK
I S PUT OUT IN A PREPARED SEED BED AND HARVESTED SLIDE FARMFOR GRAIN AND SEED. ABOUT 1500 BALES OF OATS
I S PUT UP IN THE DOUGH STAGE AS HAY FOR THE
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LIVESTOCK.
ALL THE CATTLE GET IIAY FREE CHOICE BUSTER RUFPIN PUTS
DURING THE WINTER MONTHS.
UP ONLY ENOUGH HAY TO REPLACE WHAT I S FED OUT SLIDE FAR&.8 SHOOT DURING THE WINTER MONTHS. THE HAY I S AVAILABLE
EVERY DAY IN THIS FEED RACK SO THAT THE CATTLE MAY COME AND GET IT AS THEY WANT I T . BESIDES
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HAY, THE CATTLE ALSO GET SILAGE DURING THE WINTI MONTHS? IN FACT THE STEERS BOUGHT IN THE FALL
ARE FBD ON HAY AND SILAGE UNTIL THE SPRING GRAZING COMES IN, BUSTER PUT OUT I S ACRES OF IT PRODUCED ABOUT 20
SART SORGHUM LAST YEAR. TONS TO Tills ACRE.
THIS TRENCH SILO HOLDS 300
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TONS.
THIS PAST YEAH BUSTER RUFFIN FED OUT HE FED THEM ON CRUSE
7 9 STEERS IN THE FB3D LOT.
CRUSHED EAR CORN, SORGHUM MBLLASSES, SALT FREE CHOICE AND SUPPLEMENTED IT WITH 2 POUNDS OF OMERCIAL FEED FOR EACH STEER EACH DAY. THE
LAST 30 DAYS HE CARRIED THEM ON STEER FATMA Wit STILBESTROL, WHICH HE SAYS GREATLY IMPROVED FOE SMOOTHNESS OF FINISH. HOWEVER, BUSTS! SAYS
SE DOESN�T P U N TO FEED OUT ANY MORE STEERS JNLESS �IE PRICE GETS BETTER. BUSTER RUJFIN I S
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A MECHANIZED FARMER.
HE OWNS A TRACTOR, AND
M E NECESSARY CULTIVATING EQUIPMENT, PLUS A 3USK HOG, MOWiiK, MANURE SPREADER, SEEDER ETC.
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HE HAS BUILT MOST OF THE BUILDINGS OH HIS FARM INCLUDING THIS SHELTER FOR HIS MACHINERY. HE HAS A MANAGER ON THE 280 ACRES WHERE HE RUNS H I S STEERS, THIS I S THE FARM HE PURCHASED FROM MRS. RUFFUPS MOTHER AND FATHER. THE FIRST
THING BUSTE1 DID ON HIS FARM WAS HAVE HIS S0II�, TESTED, RESEARCH INFORMATION HAS BEEN APPLIED IN PACT
TO EVERY PRASE OF HIS FARM PROGRAM.
HE SAYS THAT FARMING ACCORDING TO RESEARCH INFORMATION MAS BESK THE MEANS <F HIS SUCCESS. SLIDE FARM-12 TIMBER HE HAS A SOIL MAP ON HIS LAND AND I S WORKING I T ACCORDING TO THE FARM MAP. ALMOST COMPLETED. THE PLAN I S
A FE� CORNERS ARE ABOUT THE EVEtY JICRE
ONLY THING LEFT TO BE WORKED OUT.
OF LAND I S IN WHAT IT I S BEST SUITED FOR. 2 0 0 ACRES ARE IN FINE TIMBER. I S 1ERCHANABLE. ISO ACRES OF I f
HE PRACTICES SELECTIVE CUTTING,
WEEDS UNDESIRABLE HARDWOODS AID PRACTICES FIRE CONTROL. NO TIMBER HAS BEEN SOLD FROM HIS LAND HE HASPLANTED 1,000
SINCE HE TOOK IT OVER.
P I N E SEEDLINGS THIS YEAR TO TAKE CARE OF THE CORNERS THAT ARE NOT IN PRODUCTION. LAND IS FENCED AND CROSS FENCED. THROUGH IN ANOTHER YEAR. MOST OF TH1
HE WILL BE
HE HAS PEALED 1100
PS8TS OUT OF HIS OWNE TIMBER AND TREATED THEM
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I I HIS O N HOMEMADE TREATING VAT. W
WATER FOR
LIVESTOCK I S SUPPLIED FROM 9 STOCK PONDS WHICH BUSTER RUFFIN CONSTRUCTED HIMSELF. HE WORMS ,
EVERY FALL WITH PHENOTHIAZINE AND VACCINATES TWICE A YEAR. SLIDE FARM�13 ANOTHER SOURCE OF INCOME FOR
BUS TEH HAS BEij2f A GRAVEL BED LOCATED ON HIS FARM MICH HE HAS ALLOWED TO BE HARVESTED TO ADD TO HIS FARM INCOME. THE RUFFIN'S RAISE^
gravel pit
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THEY HAVE A GOBBLER AND THREE
HENS AND THEY RAISE ENOUGH TURKEYS FOR THEIR O N USE AND TO HAVE A FEW TO GIVE TO THEIR W F R I J T O S AND THANKSGIVING AND CHRIS RfAS TIME. THEY GROW THEM ON RANGE AND BUSTER SAYS THEY DON�T COST HIM A THING TO RAISE. SLIDE FARM 1$ POULTRY EACH YEAR
THEY PURCHASE A DOKEN LAYING HENS THROUGH THE 4 - H CLUB POULTRY CHAIN AND EACH YEAR THEY REPLACE THEM THROUGH THE 4*H POULTRY CHAIff. THEY RAISE THEM AS CAGED LAYERS M D GET BETTER THAN 8 0 ^ PRODUCTION. THEY HAVE PLENTY OF EBGS
FOR BiEIH O N USE AND GIVE AWAY THE SURPLUS. W SLIDE FARM-16 Pi&AN TRIES THEY HAVE ABOUT 75 BEARING PECAN TREES M I C H ALSO ADD TO THE FARM INCOJG . IN ADDITODN THEY
HAVE 10 YOUNG PEACH TREES AND ABOUT 2 ACRES (F TEAR ROUND GARDHtf. SLIDE FARM-l! URS. FROM HER ORCHARD AND GARDEN
RUFFII FREEZES ABOUT 2000 POUNDS OF FOOD
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EACH YEAR.
OF COURSE A GOOD PART OF TUB'S 2 0 0 0 HOGS ARK
POUNDS CONSISTS OP PORK AND B E e F , K E P T ONLY FOR HOME U S E .
NINE YEAR OLD SARA
HELPS HER MOTHER A GREAT DfiAL WITH THE HOME WORK AND IN LOOKING AFTER 17 MONTH OLD RICKEY. B E S I D E S FOOD THAT I S FROZEN FOR HOME USE, MSS.
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R U F F I N ALSO CANS ABOUT 1 2 5 QUARTS OF TOMATO J U I C E , PICJCLES, JELLIES 1 1 PRESERVES. BUSTER
R U F F I N ALSO FREPAHES, CURBS AND SMOKES H I S OWN SAUSAGE, SOME OF WHICH YOU CAN SEE HANGING rlERE IN THE FOOD STORAGE AREA. AFTER fflE SAUSAG
I S CURED THEY FREEZE I T AND PLACE I T IN THEIR FOCD FREEZER. BUSTER TOOK THE OLD FAMILY HOUSE
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AND COMPLETELY REMODELED I T , DOING PRACTICALLY ALL THE WORK HIMSELF. TODAY MRS. RUPFIN HAS
A COMPLETELY MODERN HOME IN WHICH TO WORK AND PROVIDE THE COMFORTS OF L I F E FOR HER FAMILY. NATURAL GAS FOR THEIR HOME DOESN'T COST THEM N Y T H I N G , BUT TEAT'S ANOTHER STORY I ' L L TELL N A MOMENT. BUSTER RUFFIN 1 S MOTHER LIVES WITH
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HER SON AND H I S FAMILY, AND BUSTER AND MRS. RUF U F F I N ARE BOTH QUICK TO SAY SHE I S INDISPENSIBB
0 THE FAMILY'S M P P I B E S S . MUCH OF THIS FURNITUR
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AS COVERED BY HER AND SHE MADE ALL THE DRAPES
N THEIR LOVELY HOME.
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COMFORTS FOR THB CHILDREN ARE JUST AS IMPORTANF TO MR. AMD MRS. BUST�R B U F F I ? AS ARE THE MANY PHASES OF THE FARM AND HOME PROGRAM, DAUGHTER
SARA AND S O I RICKEY SPJ3ND MANY LIAPPY HOURS I N T H I S L A M PLAY AREA, NOW, THERE'S ANOTHER
PART OF THIS FARM PROGRAM I MUST TELL YOU, I T TFAS 1 0 BEARING ON THE WORK AND SWEAT AND TEARS IHAT HAVS GONE INTO YEARS OF BUILDING THIS SUCCESSFUL FARM PROGRAM, YET I T I S SOMETHING � I I C H I MOW HAS BROUGHT T H M MUCH JOY MB HAS HELPED TO GUARANTEE A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR THIS
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3ARD WORKING F A M FAMILY.
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CRIMSON CLOVER I N BLOOH AND OATS HEADED OUT 1ST MARCH ARE SORT OF SYMBOLIC OF THE BOUNTIES T H I S NEW SOURCE OF INCOME HAS BROUGHT TO THE
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MUFFIN FAMILY.
ONE YEAR AGO O I L M S FOUND OH
R U F F I N FARM AND TODAY THREE WELLS PRODUCE A CONSTANT FLOW OF BLACK GOLD. OF COURSE THE
:LOVER BLOOMS AND THE OATS ARE HEADED ONLY ISBCAUSJS THEY ARE PUNTED RIGHT BENMTH THE A S FLARE WHICH BURNS DAY AND NIGHT. IT IS
EXCESS GAS FROM THESE WELLS THAT SUPPLII^S FREE NATURAL GAS FOS THE RUFFIN HOME. AS I SAID,
E WELLS HAVE NO R M L BEARING ON THE FARM PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN WORKED OUT ON THIS LAND.
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FOI? THIS SUCCESSFUL FARM PROGRAM WAS WORKED OUT AFB MADE A REALITY LONG BEFORE THESE WAS EVER A DREAM OF OIL BENETH THE SOIL OF T H P : FARM. I THINK I T I S SYMBOLIC THAT GOOD FORTUNE
HAS SMILED UPON THIS HARD WORKING FARM FAMILY FOP. THEIR UNTIRING EFFORTS ARE GREATLY DESHAVING OF THIS GOOD FORTUNE. CAMERA OH FAMILY NOW, WHILE YOU LOOK AT
T H I S F I N E FAMILY, LET MB TELL YOU WHAT THEY MI TO THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH THEY L I V E . HE
BUSTER RUFFIN I S A LOCAL 4 - H CLUB LEADER.
HAS A SINCERE DESIRE TO BE OF SERVICE TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF HIS COMMUNITY� PARTICULARLY TOE 4 - H CLUB BOYS AND GIRLS AND H I S GREATEST D E S I R E I S TO SPEND H I S SPARE TIME WITH THE 4 - H CLUB YOUTH OP THE COMMUNITY. BUSTER I S
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE JASPE1 COUNTY CO-OP, HE I S PRESIDENT OF THE COUNTY 4 - H CLUB ADVISORY COUNCIL, HE I S COUNTY CHAIRMAJ OF THE RED CROSS FUND KAISEsG DRIVE, VICE P R E S I D E N T OF THE ROTARY CLUB I N M Y SPRINGS, A FARM BUREAU MCHBER, SERVES ON THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE COUNTY PRODUCTION CREDIT A S S O C I A T I O N , I S A MEMBER OF THE COUNTY LIVESTOCJ PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION AND A DIRECTOR CF THE C I T I Z E N S COUNCIL IN JASPER COUNTY. MR. AND 1
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MRS� RUFFIN ARE IK REGULAR ATTENDANCE AT CHURCH WITH THEIR FAMILY. THEY BOfH BELONG TO THE MRS. RUFFIN I S
PARENT TEACHER'S ASSOCIATION,
PRESIDENT OF HIE EDQN COMMUNITY HOME DEMONSTRAT2 CLUB. IHIS IS INDEED A FAMILY THAT HAS CARVED HiMR UND AND IS WORKU
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liARD EVERY DAY TO MAM1 A BETTER FUTURE FOR EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY AND COUNTY IN WHICH THEY LIVE, AND IN SO DOING THEY ARE HELPING TO BRING ABOUT A BETTER AGRICULTURE IN MISSISSIPPI. I Ml INDEED PROUD TO SALUTE MR.
AMD MRS. BUSTER RUPFIN Aim FAMILY AS THE RFD TELE�ISIT FARM FAMILY OF THE
