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CAMERA OH LANGFITT
I WANT TO SAY IN THE VERY BEGINNING THAT I AM DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO LINCOLN COUNTY AGENT, TRAVIS TADLOGK AND HOME DEMONSTRATION AGENT, MISS SARA JANE CRAIG, FOR THEIR VERY WONDERFUL HELP IH SELECTING THE FAMILY WHICH WE SALUTE TODAY AND FOR GOING WITH ME TO THEIR FARM TO HELP ME OBTAIN THE STORY WHICH I AM NOW GOING TO TELL,
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THIS IS THE STORY OF MR. AND MRS, STEVE J. SMITJ AND THEIR TWO CHILDREN WHO LIVE IN THE HEUCK�3 RETREAT COMMUNITY OF LINCOLN COUNTY...IT'S THE STORY OF A VERY PROGRESSIVE BATCH FAMILY IN A TRULY OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY. MY FIRST CQNTACF WITH STEVE SMITH WAS IH CONNECTION WITH SOME COMMUNITY I"FFAIRS IN I H HEUCK'S RETREAT G0MMUN3 'E FY WHERE HIS FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS LOOK TO HIH AS A LEADER IN COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES. NOW, I AH
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1APPY TO TELL YOU SOMETHING OF THE KIND OF FARMER STEVE SMITH IS. STEVE LIVES ON THE FARM \ ? E E HE GREW TO MANHOOD. HE IS THE THIRD |ER
GRAND01? THIS L A N D . . . . H I S FATHER HOJ&STEADE JT. V/IIILE HIS FATHER LIVED THEY FARMED BY
I E I S NOW BUYING THE LAND FROM HIS MOTHER. WAY, LET ME IDENTIFY OUR GUESTS IN THIS MCTHRE.
SEATED, LEFT TO RIGHT I S STEVE, HIS
CHAMRING WIFE, SON STEPHEN JOEL AND DAUGHTER,
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P A T R I C I A ANN, MRS,
STANDING ARE S T E V E ' S MOTHER,
HOMER E . SMITH AND MRS. STEVE S M I T H ' S TURNBOUGH. T H I S I S THE HOME OF I T ' S ABOUT S I X MILES I T � S THE HOUSE WHERE
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MR, AND MRS, STEVE SMITH, NORTHEAST OF BROOKHAVBN,
STEVE WAS BORN AND RAISED, THOUGH I T WAS REMODE E D I N 191*9. STEVE GRADUATED FROM BROOKHAVEN GOfiLESl.
HIGH SCHOOL AND COPIAH-LINCOLN JUNIOR
HE HAD JUST ENROLLED AT M I S S I S S I P P I STATE WHEN SLIDE FARM-lj, BOUSE PEARL HARBOR GAME $LDNG AND HE WAS INDUCTED I N T O SERVICE WHERE HE ST. YED UNTIL 191*6. FOR
O2JE Y1SAR AFTER H I S DISCHARGE HE WORKED WITH THE O I L PEOPLE AND THKN CAME BACK TO THE FARM TO STEVE AND H R S , SMITH WER1 FARM WITH H I S FATHER. STEVE STARTED OUT DAIRYII MARRIED I N X9i+9. WHILE H I S FATHER RAISED BEEF CATTLE. WHILE H I S
FATHER L I V E D , UNTIL 195*1-* STEVE RENTED 1 0 0 AGRSS FROM HIM AND I T WAS ON T H I S LAND THAT HE CARRISE SLIDE FARM-]
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OUT H I S DAIRY PROGRAM.
I N FACT, HE CONTINUED TO
B A I R Y UNTIL OCTOBER OF 1 9 5 8 MHSN HE SOLD OUT AND PUT THE DAIRY MONEY INTO BEEF CATTLE, OVER THE
YEARS STEVE HAS RELIED HEAVILY ON THE ADVICE OF H I S COUNTY AGRICULTURAL WORKERS. COUNTY f &EM$
T R A V I S TADLOOL, ON THE LEFT HAS BEEN A CLOSE F R I E N D AND ADVISOR. AT ONE TIME S T E V E ' S FATHER R A I S E D COTTON BUT STEVE SAYS HE NEVER D I D ,
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WAS ONCE NINE TENNAHT FAMILIES ON THE PLACE. NOW TWO TENNANTS RENT HOUSES ON THE
FARM AND DO WORK FOR FOLKS ALL THROUGH THE HEUCK'S RETREAT COMMUNITY. AT THE PEAK OF HIS SLIDE FARM-4 C0W3 DAIRY PROGRAM STEVE MILKED 60 COWS. HE QUIT
DAIRYING FOR TWO REASONS...A SHORT LABOR SUFFLi AND A NEED TO GET A FARM THAT HAD BEEN ABOUT WORN OUT WITH COTTON INTO A GOOD GRASSLAND PRO PROGRAM. TODAY STEVE SMITH HAS 100 GRADE BROOD
COWS IN HIS BEEF HERD AND FOLLOWS A COMMERCIAL COW AND CALF PROGRAM SELLING THE CALVES MILK FAT SLIDE FARM-7 OFF THE COW. OF COURSE, STEVE HASTENS TO
EXBLAIN THAT HE HAS ONLY BEiiN IN THE BEEF BUSINESS FOR A YEAR AND A HALF AND IN THE FUTURE HE HOPES IN ADDITION TO SELLING MILK FAT CALVES TO BUY YEARLINGS AND GRASS THEM AND FEED THEM 0U ON OATS. THOUGH HE IS NEW I ? THE BEEF CATTLE I
BUSINESS HE HAS ALREigDY DECIDED THAT HIS SLOW BREEDERS AND NON-BREEDSRS MUST COME OUT AND HE SLIDE FARM-8 COW & CALF PLANS TO DO IT IN THE SPRING* M GETS A $0$ THE HERD IS
CALF CROP AND CALFHOOD VACCINATES.
BANGS TESTED. RIGHT NOW HE MARKETS ALL HIS CALF CROP BUT ON A LONG RAISE BASIS HE P L K N S TO SAVE HIS BEST HEIFERS FOR HERD REPLACEMENT.' HE FIGURES THAT RIGHT NOW HE CAN SELL A CALF AND WI
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HE KNOWS THAT WILL NOT ALWAYS BE SO AND
WHEN THE TIME COMBS WILL SAVE HIS HEIFERS, SLIDE PARM-9 BULLS THOUGH STEVE SMITH HAS A COMMERCIAL GRADE BEEF HERD HE USES REGISTERED BULLS IN HIS BREEDING PROGRAM. HE HAS HORNED HEREFORD BULLS AND THIS
SANTA GERTRUDIS. UP TO NOW HE DOESN�T HAVE ANY CALVES FROM THE SAHTA GERTRUDIS SO HE DOESN'T KNOW JUST HOW HM�LL DO. FOR PARASITE ASD INSECT SLIDE FARM-3.0 BAOKHUB & CREEP CONTROL STEVE USES BACKRUBS STRATEGICALLY LOCATED IN THE PASTURES. THEY ARE LOCATED IN SHADE HEAR DRINKING WATER,.* .A PLAGE WHERE THE CATTLE ARE LIKELY TO CONGREGATE, YOU WILL NOTICE A CREEP FEiiDER IN THE BACKGROUBD. HE
HAS A NUMBER OF THESE AROUND THE PLACE AHD HE CREEP FEEDS ALL THE CALVES, THE TOTAL FARM IS 508 ACRES AHD 300 OF IT IS IN PASTURE. STEVE SLIDE FARMHAS ADEQUATE FAGILITH3 TO 1SOFERLY HAHBLB HIS LIVESTOCK AND C/.RRY OUT AMY HERD WGRg THAT MAY BE NECESSARY. HE HAS A HEAD SQUfiiSZE AMD VACCINATES EVERYTHING. HE A L S O HAS A P0W1E SPRAYER WHICH SOTPLBMBNTS THE BACKRUBS. STEVE
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TESTS HIS SOIL AND FERTILIZES ACCORDING TO SOIL NEEDS. THE 300 ACRES OF PERMANENT PASTURE CONSISTS OP DALLIS, BERMUDA, BAHAIA, WHITE DUTCH AND ORIMSOH CLQVBR, L&OTBD1ZA AND FESCUE,!
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OF PHOSPHATE AND POTASH, TEMPORARY GRAZIHG CONSISTS OF $0 TO ?5 ACRES OF OATS AND RYE SLIDE SHEEP ON GRASS GRASS, STEVE RENOVATES AND ROTATES HIS PERMEHA3 PASTURE AREA. EVERY YEAH HE TAKES A DIFFERENT
PASTURE AR..A AND BREAKS IT FOR OATS, THE PASTU1 WE SEE NOW 13 OATS, THE ONE WE JUST LOOKED AT WHERE THE POATTLE WERE WAS OATS TWO YEARS AGO, STEVE SAYS BY DOING THIS TM
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GOMES BACK QUICKER AND BETTER THAN EVER.
HARVESTS ABOUT 25 ACRES OF OATS FOR HAY AHD THE SLIDE SHEEP REST IS GRAZED DOWH. HE ALSO PUTS UP HAY FROM THE SUMMER PASTURES...�ABOUT 3,000 BALES lU ALL AS YOU HAVE NOTICED, STEVE SMITH ALSO RAISES SOME SHBEP, HE HAS BEEM IN THE SHEEP BUSIHRSS ONLY TWO AND A HALF YEARS. THIS IS HIS THIRD SLIDE FARM-IS LAMBS LAMB CROP AND LIKES IT VERY MUCH. STSVE USES
DORSET EWES WITH HAMPSHIRE. RAKS, USIUG GRADE EWES AND REGISTERED RAMS. HE M S TWO RAM UIITS HE GETS A 100$
EACH WITH 2^ EWES AMD A BUCK.
LAMB OROP WHICH HE MARKETS IN MARCH* APRIL AHD MAY WITH A WEIGHT AVERAGE OF 90LBS. STEVE CARRIES HIS SHEEP MOSTLY OH GRAZING AHD THEY SLIDE FARM-34 GRAZE WITH THE CATTLE, THEY GET GRAIH OULY IF GRAZING IS SHORT IN THE WIHOTU HE GETS
SIX POUNDS OF WOOL PER EWE AMD MARKETS IT
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AT THE JACKSON WOOL POOL. THESE REGISTERED RAMS GAME FROM RO0ERS DAVIS FLOCK AT NATCHEZ. STEVE SAYS HE ALWAYS PUTS THB EWES AND LAMBS OAT GRAZING WHERE THE SWE WILL GIVE ENOUGH MILK TO FATTEN THE LAMB,,.,SO FAR HE HAS BSKN ABLS; TO SELL CHOIGE GRADE LAMBS. THE FIRST YEAR STEVE WAS IF THE SHEEP BUSINESS HE TOPPED THE MARKET AT PRODUCERS AND LAST YEAR ONE MAN BlAf HIM WITH ONE LOAD. STEVE HOPES TO SAVE HIS
BETTER EWE LAMBS AS� INCREASE THE SIZE OF THE SLIDE FLOCK. WATER FOR ALL LIVESTOCK IS SUPPLIED FRO!
KIOHT STOCK PONDS SIMILAR TO THIS ONE AND FSOM TWO CREEKS WHICH RUN YEAR ROUND. STEVE SATS HE
BUILT POUR STOCK POHDS LllD HIS FATHER BUILT FOUR. ANOTHER CROP IMPORTANT TO STEVE SMITH'S 200 OP THE �08 AGRBS
FARM PROGRAM IS TIMBER. SLIDE FARM~l8 TIMBER
IS IN TIMBER WHICH HE THINS AND WEEDS AND SELECTIVELY HARVESTS. HE HAS l�G ACRES I f f
GOOD PIHE AND $0 ACRES IN HARDWOODS. HE PLAS8 TO MARKET THE MERCHANTABLE HARDWOODS AND DEADEN SLIDE
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STEVE IS A COMPLETELY MEGH1NIZED
FARMER AND HAS ALL THE MCH2NERY NEGESJSARY TO CARRY ON HIS OWN FARM PROGRAM AND A L S O DOES
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SOME CUSTOM GROUND BREAKING, DISCING AND NTING FOR FOLKS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. HE CUTS SOME HAT AND IN HIS SPARE TIME SELLS FARM BUREAU INSURANCE, I COULD TALK ON AT GREAT LENGTH ABOUT STIVE *S FARM PROGRAM BUT I WiKT SLIDE FARM-20 FREEZER ALSO TO TELL YOU OF MRS. SMITH'S EXCELLENT HOMEMAKING PROGRAM. IN ADDITION TO A HALF ACHE
OP GARDEN THEY ALSO HAVE ABOUT THREE ACRES IN CUCUMBERS TO PROVIDE EMPLOYMENT FOR T HE LABOR THE CUCUMBERS ARE MARKETED AT THE PRSNTIS RECEIVING POINT FOR THE PICKLE FACTOR? AT WIOGXI PROM TBS GARDEN, AND MAT SUPPLY MRS, SMITH
EACH YEiR FREEZES ABOUT l^OQ POUNDS OF FOOD M B FITS IT IN THE FAMILY FREEZER. YOUNG STEPBEH JOKL LIKES TO HELP TAKE OUT OP T HE FREEESR, '
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IN ADDITION SHE ALSO PUTS UP ABOUT Z$Q QUARTS OF POOD I I JARS...SUCH THINGS AS JAMS, JBLLISS, I AMDPRESBRVES AND PICKffiS AND OTHER FOODS WHICH THE FAMILY PREFERS CANNED. SHE ALSO HAS A FLOCK
OF 20 LAYING HENS AND SELLS SOME OF THE SURPLUS EGGSs THE TWO GRANDMOTHERS ARE QUICK TO PItOH
IN AND HELP OUT THIS YOUNG HOUSEWIFE* ��. B�TH, HER MOTHER, SEEN HERE, AND STEVENS HQfSBR FEEL
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RIGHT AT HOME JN THIS KJTCHSJT. MIS. ifOCTH LOVES TO COOK AND CAN FOOD FOB THE FAMILIES JtSEDS AND
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WORK IN HER P LOWER BEDS.
SHE ALSO LIKES TO
PAIHT AND HAS PAINTED HER KITCHEN AMD ALL THE FURNITURE IN HER KITCHEN AND THE FAMILY DEN,
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I S MRS* SMITH�S DAUGHTER BY A PREVIOUS MARRIAGE AMD I S A VERY CHAMRING AND HAPPY MEMBER OP THE F I N E SMITH FSMILY. SHE HAS MANY HOBBIES. SHE
HAS A HORSE AND LIKES TO RIDE AND ALSO TO SWIM LAST YEAR PTSY WON THE AMK3ICAN ESOION MEDAL AT HEUCK*S RETREAT SCHOOL A3 THE MOST OTJTSTAHDJI GIRL STUDENT IN THE SOHOOL. ONLY OHS OP EM INTERESTS, THIS PIT OOAT I S SHE STUDIED VOIDS
FOR TWO YEARS AND I S OCCASIONALLY CHURGH SGLOFBF SLIDE WOMEN HERB ARE ALL TFFL LADIES THAT GATHERED I N S H ! KITCHEN OP XBS STEVE SMITH HOME THE 0TH1R JMY AND EVERYONE: OF THEM HAS BEEN AND CONTINUES TO BE IMPORTANT TO THE SUCCESS OF THIS FINE YOUNG FARM FAMILY. WE'VE INDEBTIFIED MOST OF THEM
B E F O R E . . . S E A T E D ARE MRS. HOMER SMITH, STEVEJS MOTHER AND MIS3 SARAH JANE CRAIG, COUNTY HOME DEMONSTRATION AGENT, STANDING LEFT TO RIGHT AES PATSY AND HER MOTHER AID MRS. TDRSBRODQH, MRS* STEVE SMITH'S MOTHER. CAMERAON FAMILY MR, AND MRS. STEVE SMITH
AND PATSY BELONG TO THE HEUGX�S RETRBAT BAPTISF CHURCH
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WHERE STEVE IS TEACHER OP THE YOUNG MARRIED CLASS, THIS CHURCH IS THE HUB OP TR1S PISE COMMUNITY. THEIR PASTiR, REV. PORTS?, WAS HAMED RURAL MINISTER OP THE YEAR A PEW YEARS AGO AND THIS GOMHUMITY IS ONE OF THE FTNESt XX THE STATE. ONE OP THE FIRST RURAL COMMUNITY STORIES WE DID ON RFD TELEVIST WAS
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ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY, STEVE IS PRESIDED OP THJ HEUOJ �S RETREAT RURAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CLUB AND IS A PAST PRESIDENT OP THE COUNTY PROGRAM. HE IS A DIRECTOR OF THE COUNTY PARK HE IS A
BUREAU AND AN P.H.A, OOMMITTEBMAN.
PAST A.S.C. COMMUNITY COMMITTEEMAS AND WAS A TRUSTEE OF THE SCHOOL AT HEUCK'S 1BT1SAT BBFOR1 IT WAS ABOLISHED. HE WAS OHAIRMAH OP LIKOOLX HK IB TRULY A WJDBB I COULD TELL MUOH
COUJITY�S FIRST DAIRY DAY.
IM HIS COMMUNITY AID COUHTY.
MORE, BUT NOW I WAHT YOU TO MEET THSM, %. WHKT ARE YOUR HOPES POR THE PUTURS IH YOUR PARM PROGRAM? 2. WHAT HAS CONTRIBUTED MOST TO YOUR SUCCESS IN PARKING? 3 , MRS, HOW DO YOU LIKE PARM LIFE? MOST DIFFICULT TO ADAPT TO? TO GO BACK TO TOWN? km TALK TO PATSY & WHAT WAS
WOULD YOU WANT
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