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I H THK VERY BEGINNING I WAHT TO THANK THE PIKE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION STAFF FOR THEIR VERY WONDERFUL HELP IH SEL1CTBJG THIS FAMILY WHICB WE SALUTE TODAY, ESPECIAIiLY I WANT TO THANK
I � . GEORGE MULLESDOSE, THE OOUHTY AGEHT, MRS. . B , MAOEIS THE HOI� DEMONSTRATION AOEHT AHD MR. WALTER MILEY, ASSOCIATE COUHTY AGENT, THIS I S
THE STORY OP A YOUffO FABK F A M I I ^ . , , A FAMILY THAT HAS RELIED HKAVIJCY OK THEIR CGUBTY AQRIOJLTURAL WORKBHS FOR HELP AKD ADVICE AHD A FAMILY THAT HAS PUT THAT Iffi&P AHD ADVICE TO QOOD USE TO IHHJOVE THEIR FARMING AHD HOMEMAKISG PROGRAM.
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T H I S I S THE STORY OF I � . AND MRS. BRITT SIMONS ASD THEIR DAUOffiflp DEBORA AHH WHO LIVE ON AHD FARM 8 0 ACRES WHICH THEY O M AMD ANOTHER ifO TO M &0 ACRES WHIGH THEY REHT. THEIR LAND I S LOCATED
ABQIJT A HILE OFF HIGHWAY i|B IH THE WOODROM COMMDITETY OF PISE COUNTY, ABOUT SIX MILES BAST OF MABNOLIA, M I S S I S S I P P I . AS YOU CAN SEE, THES&
ARK YOU1IO FOLKS BUT THET*RK DOING A FIHE JOB. BEFORE THEIR MARRIAGE �RS� SIMMONS WAS MISS MARY AMI DENNIS OF LAUREL. SHE AMD BRITT MET OH
A BLIND DATE WHILE SHE WAS ATTE1DING MIBLSAPS COLLEGE, BRITT REWORKED THAT M STRAYED AWAY
PROM HOME WHiiN HE SHOULD HAVE BHKM HOME M M AHD WE ALL IDIEW HE DID�*T MSAH I T . THEY WBR1
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MARRIED IN ^EIHE OF 1 9 5 5 . AHD RAISED OH THIS LAJtD. WAS BORH ON THE SAIffi LAHD.
BRITT SIMffOHS WAS BORiT HIS FATHER BKFOIil U1H, HE GREW UP IH THIS
HOUSE WHERE HIS MOTHER AND FATHER STILL LIVE. H I S FATHER WAS AMD I S A CARPENTER. HE DIBlf*T HOWEVER,
FARM THE LAM>,.�THBY JUST LIVID OH I T .
LIVIHG OH THE LAN!) WASN'T ENOUGH FOE B R I T T , . , . H K ICBEDKD TO OES HIS HAHDS IHTO f H I S SOIL AND USE SLIPS
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WHEN HE PIMISHBD BACK TO TME
FARM AHD STARTED A DAIRX PROaRAil WHICH HE CARRIED QM FOR fWO ifEARS B^ORE HE DECIDED HE MEBDSD MORE SGHOOLIHI AND WEHf fO SOUTHWEST JUNIOR COLLg^IS FOR A 12EAR. HE CO^IHUED TO OPHRAfE HIS DAIRY I f WAS DURIHS
PROGRAM WHILE HE Atf^MDlD OOLLBQE,
T H I S TIME THAT HE Mff AMD MOO1D HIS LOVELY ! � I F B . HE DA!?ED HER FOR WQ YEARS WHILE SHE ATTUmBX)
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fHE SHIMON FARM AID LIVED WISH BRITT'S FOLKS WHILE BRITT ARD HIS FAfKHR BUILT THIS LOVELX L O T HOI� FOR THEM, MOST OF THE LUHBI� THAT WEST IST� IT*S HOT
T H I S HOME GAME OFF THE SIMMOHS FARM,
THE HOUSE THAT MAKB3 THE HOME BUT I ASSURE YOU T H I S LITTLE HOUSE I S A LOVELY HOME SECAUSB OF THE LOV1 AW, .APFEOTIOH MITHIH, . ffiITT SUMOMS FIRST
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STARTED DAIRYING WITH SIX HEAD OP COWS*�.ALL OF
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THOUGH HIS FATBSR HAD NEVER HAD
A DBSXRE TO FARM HE WAS ANXIOUS TO HELP HIS SOH 0BT STARTED FARMIilG> I P THAT WAS THE THIS� MASKED TO DO AHD SO HE HELPED HIM TO BUILD Tifi MGDHIf DAIRY BARS IH WHICH HE HILKS TODAY.
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THOSE SIX COWS BBITT SIMM01IS l i ^ D M S OROWI fO A TOfAX, OP $$ HEAD OF COWS A8D KEIJ^RS TODAIf. 2 5 OP fHE 5 5 ARS PIBSf YEAR mim&& FRBSiiSM MEXT PA1X-, TMT WIIJ, ALL ABOtH
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THE MXFERS HAVE BEKK RAISED OH THE PLAGE,
HALF TiiE HERD I S HOLSTKIH AHD HALF JERSEY AMD MVST I S TRYIlfa fO GIT
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HB I S GULLUfO OUT THE ^RSB3f3
AS THEY OLT OLD AUD HE SAVES OHLY HIS BEST HGLSTSIH l i E I P m S W GO HiTO W* %MD. IP IT'S
HOT A PRETTY 8O0D COW W BEOIH WITH I T HAS TO QG, HE 0AUHOOD ^AOCIH&TES AMD THE H ^ D I S TB TE3TKD AMD MHOS P R ^ , I S FAGT, fUSM GQX1W2X I S A BRITT�S JMIRY
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B R T I P I B D BRUCELLOSIS FRSE COOHTIf.
BARM WAS BUILT FOR A FLUID HILK PiloaRAH A � H I STARTED WITH THAT K i t � OP PEOSRAM AND HAS WOSB OH I T EViiR SIHCB, SHE MILK I S PICK1D UP BAILY LOUISIAMft-MISSISSIPPI 0RITT
AT THE BARN Affi> OO1S TO T M
MILK PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION IH MAGHOLIA,
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HAS OSE FAMILY OM THE PLACB TO HELP WITH T � DAIRY PROGRAM, XZUO1O 1 3 DOSS WITH TWO PORTABLE
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MILKERS, BRITT USED TO RAISE BOM ROW CROPS BUT HASH'T DONE WAT SIMCE HE GOT OUT OP HIGH SCHOOL, HE DOES RAISE SOME CORN BUT ONLY FOR SLIDE FARM-10 CATTLE II? SILAGE, THE SIMHOHS HERD PRODUCTION AVERAGE IS E B O T R THAN 6, 500 POU8BS OP MILK PER COW PER YEAR, HE HAS ALMOST DOUBLED THE PER COW BRQBUCT3 AVBHAGE SINGE HIS SfARTifiD DAIRYING AKD HE HAS DOHI IT m USING IMPROVED PRACTICES BASSD ON SOUND AGRICULTURAL ADVICE, BRITT SIMMONS FIOURKS HE HAS ABOUT ALL TH� CATTLE HE CAN HABDLE AHD MAY, IN PACT, BE A LITTLE OV1B UNLESS HE CAN R1HT SQJ$ ADDITIONAL LAIS). M I T T RECALLS THAT 3UP0RE HE GOT HELP IM THE DAIRY BARM HIS LOVELY MXFB UBED T O KEEP THE UTEIfSlLS CL1AHED FOR HIM* SLIDE.
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BARS HE FgEDS A %$>% DAIRY HATIOH THE YEAR AHCUHD, IM FACT THE DRY COWS SET OIUIN TOO JUST AS THOUQH THEY WEKE IN PRODUCTIOH. HE GETS A 1GO$ CALF CROP BECAUSE IF A COW DOES�*T PRODUCK SHE DQE8H*T OTAY, BRITT SimtOIS HAS BEEH ESBOLLED IH WSM, SXXKYSZOK SERVICE BALAMCED FARM AND HOKE PRG0HAK SIHCE 1957 AHD HAS WORKED CLOSE WITH WALTER MX�BT ASSOCIATE COUfTTY A0EHT, SHOMH HERE WITH HIM.
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PASTURE FOR THE DAIRY PROGRAM CONSISTS BERMUDA OBASS AIfl>
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OP 2 0 ACRES OP DALLIS AW ORIM��Jf CLOVBK,
M LIMES HIS PASTURES WELL AW
IB A FIRM BELIMER III PROPER HBRTXLXZATIOH AS
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BIT SOIL TESTS,
HE CLIPS HIS
FOB WEED COHTROL A2SB UTILISES AMPLE TEMPORARY
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&RA1IHO BOTH WINTER AKD SUMMER,
DUHIHG THE WHflfJ
HE USES 18 AGRLS OP OATS, RYS GRASS AND CHIMSOH CLOVER. HE FERTILIZES I T %M MARCH AND GRACES $9? IM THE SOMER TIHK HE HSSS
UNTIL I T ' S OOHE.
SITHBR StTDAN OR MILLET...ABOTJ^ 7EM ACRES OF XT.
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SILAGE I S AN IMPORTANT PART OF WITTS SZKKOH'S DAIRY PROGRAM. HE HAS HJT UP CORW SILAGE FOR T M POUR 1ZKARS, HE PILLS TB1Z ISO TOM TRiaiCH
Y1AR AHD P^KDS MIOM fROUafiS III THE LOT.
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I H ADDITION HRITO POTS rjp ABOUT 2,OOO BALES OF
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HAY BASH YSAH WHICH � � KBIJ5S FREE CHOICE IH Tils WINTEH5IME IH SHIS OOMBIEATIOI HAY BARN AHD LOAFIHO SKID, THIS BARH TOO MAS BUILT M BRITT OW THE P U G E . ALL
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SIMMONS LAMD I S FEMQED AND CROSS FENCED WITH TREATED POSTS TREATED WITH ggUTA I � BRITT�S OWif TREATIHa VAT. WATBH FOR THE LIVESTOCK I S SUPPLJ2 THS
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BKEH FARMED FOR TEM 1TEAHS 1BF0HE BKITT TOOK
MAD ffi� HAS HAD TO GLBAR BU3HES AHD ]^IARS m<M MOST OF THE OPEH L A � , SLIDE HE DID I T WITH A BUSH H0&
THOUGH EKITT HAS TWO TKAGTOitS AJfD MOST ALL THE BQPX3HBHT HE HEEDS TO OABE� 0 1 HIS PROOHAK HIS DOES HAVE HIS HAT AMD SILA01 PUT UP OH A CUSTOM
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BRITT'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS UNDER THE MLAN0]
FARM AND HOME PROGRAM HAVE BEEN MANY...tfUCH ffiHIN* AS SOIL TESTING,. �FfSRTILl2ATI0N FOR MORE EGONOM& PRODUCTION MAKING I f POSSIBLE TO INCREASE THE S I Z E OF HIS iffiRD WITH A MARKED IMPROVJSHEHT IH PROB0OTIOM PER COW* BKIff PESL8 THAT AN IMPROVE!
PASTURE AND ROUGHAGE PROGRAM HAVE BBEN THE XSXS SLIDE ..
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TO HIS DAIR1T PROGRAM,
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B R m SIMi !OHS HOLDS UP HER EifD OF THE SIJMOHS FAMILY PROaRAM AMD C(ES I T WEIL. SHE AND M I T f �l
MOTHUi DO THEIR FREEZINO AHD CAHNZHB TOOSTHSB ANI K1EP THE FROZBN FOOD IH A COMMON FREEZER. FBDH
THEIR THREE QUARflR ACRE YEAR ROUND GARDEM AHD HEAT SUPPLY MRS. SIMMONS PRBEZESABOU$ 1 2 , 0 0 POUNX OF POOD EACH YEAR AHD CANS AH05HER FIFTY PIWTS 01 FOOD I H JARS, IN ALL HSR BOMEMAKIHG PROGRAM MB,
SIMMONS HAS HAD WONDERFUL HELP AND ADVICE FROM HOME DEMONSTRATION 00202, SLIDE MRS* J , H . MAOEB, SUS
HAS WORKED WITH MRS* SIMMQHS EVER SINCE SHE CAME TO ?HGE COUNTY AS A ERIDE AND HAS HELPED HER PLAH A QOOD HOKEMAKIMO FROORAX* WdmiWR THEY WORKED
OUT POOD PRESERVATION,..HOUSE FURNISHINGS..�H0W TO DECORATE THE HOUSE,..COLOR SCHEMES AND HOW TO CAN AND FREEZE..,.AMD NOW SHE I S TSAGHI0G HER
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MRS, SIMMONS 0QT A HEW S1WIMJ
MACHINE A YEAR AQ0 AMD DOES SOME SEWING FOR MISS
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DK80RA AMD. POH HERSELF AHD HER HOME*
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SIMMONS WAS A l ^ K CLUB GIRL AMD BRITT WAS VERT OUTSTANDING IN 4*H CLUB WORK, "DINING ROOK TOGETHER THEY
HAVE 1NTSRKD INTO MARBm> LIFE WITH CGHFIBBNQS AND A STRONG DESIRE TO MAKE THEIR LIVING PROM THE LAND. THST AHE DOIMO IT WELL, THERE I S
LOVE IB THSIR H M S AMD I f I S REFLECTED IN A�L OE TKfef THEY DO. SLIDE MS* SIMMONS LQTdS TO ARRANOfi
PLOWHRS AND WON A BIAJK RIBBOH IN FLOWER ARRAKaX Of HOIS CKHOKSTRATIOy OLUB WORK, IAS LBARKHBD HiOM MRS. mom MRS. SIMMOIS
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JGMEMAKIHG RECORDS AMD I T HAS HELPED TO MkKE LlVB AT HOME PROGRAM A MORE PRACTICAL ONE, M13.
ilMKOHS SAYS SHE LOVES FARM L O T AND CLAIMS SHB*8 A GOOD C O O K , . . , I WOULD DXFRBR WI2H HER OH I HAT SCORE. C EWmt THIS I S TEE tOOHQ LAW WHO TAKES THE
OF ATTHWSXO�, , .MIS3 DSBORA.. .A0I3 THRHB. . . . M* AMD MRS. m i T T
AND A LITTLE CHARIER SHE I B ,
SIHK0H8 BELOHO TO THE ITHIOH BAPTIST CHURCH IH TKSI JQMMPHmr" AHD HRS, S2HHQNS TBilCHBS THE NtmaBRt Q *AB3t SHE I S ALSO AS3ISTAHT PIAHIST FOR fHE AWD A MEMBER OF WE W.M#U. SHE I S A IJMEB^
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WILL M LEADERS IN THEIR COMMUNITY AND COUNTY, RIGHT HOW THEY ARE CONTENT TO LET THOSE WHO ARE RESENTLY LEADERS HELP THEM TO FIND A SOUND BASIS FOR THEIR FARM AID HOMB PROGRAM. THKJT HAVI MANY HOPES A � DREAMS FOB THE FUTURE AHD I'D L B S FOR THEM TO SSLL YOIT OF SOME OF THBM#, S O LET'S DO THAT RIGHT HOW. 1� SfUTT, WHAT ARE YOUIl FOTURE DAIRY PLA.^f 2# �HAT MADE YOU WANT TO DAIRY IN TI1B FIRST PLAGBf 3� WHAT M S ^ K N YOUR BIOGBST JOB? 4 . MRS, SIMMONS, WHAT HAS BEEN MOST DIFFICULT ABOUT FARM LIVING TO ADAPT YOORSELP TO? 5 . WHAT ARE YOTJR PUTURK FLAMS FOR YOUR HOME? 6. WERE YOU A CAREER GIRL BEPORK YOUR HARRIAOI OH DID YOU GOm RIGHT OOT OF SCHOOL TO BEING A FARM WIFE? 7 # WHAT HAS HELPED YOU MOST IN YOUR HGJ4EMAKIS PROGRAM? 8# WHAT DO YOUR FATHER AMD MOTHER DO NOW?
