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I WANT TO SAY IN THE VERY BEGINNING THAT I AM DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO COVINGTON COUNTY AGRICULTURAL AGENT, ARTHUR O'BRIEN AND ASSISTANT COUNTY AGENT TRDTTT GRIFFITH FOR THEIR VERY FINE HELP IN
SELECTING THE FAMILY WHICH WE SALUTE TODAY AND FOR GOING WITH ME TO THEIR FARM TO HELP ME TO OBTAIN THIS STORY WHICH I AM ABOUT TO TELL* SLIDE FARM-1 MAILBOX THIS I S THE STORY OF MR. AND MRSO DAVID THAMES AND THEIR TWO YOUNG SONS, HARRY AND WILLIS-. THE MVID THAMES FAMILY LIVES IN THE MT. HOREB COMMUNITY OF COVINGTON COUNTY ABOUT FIVE MILES
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SOUTHWEST OF COLLINS, M I S S I S S I P P I , WHERE THEf TODAY THEY LIVE IN
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jFAHM 233 ACRES OF LAND.
OME AND IT SETS IN ABOUT AS BEAUTIFUL A SETTING OF PINE TREES AS I ' V E EVER SEEN. BEAUTIFUL HOMESIGHT. THIS LAND. SLIDE FARMLOG CABIN TRULY I T I S A
DAVID THAMES GREW UP ON
IN FACT, HIS GRANDFATHER BUILT AND WHICH STILL STANDS
LIVED IN TiffS LOG CABIN ON THE FARM ABDUT A
QUARTER OP A MILE FROM DAVID'S GRANDFATHER
V I D ' S MODERN FARM HOME. SLIDE FARMHOUSE
OMESTEADED PART OF THIS LAND ABOUT 90 TO 100 EARS AGO. DAVID GREW UP IN ffffS FINE OLD SHE
OUNTRY HOME WHERE HIS MOTHER STILL LIVES. STAYS HERE IN THE DAYTIME AND COMES DOWN TO
D A V I D ' S HOME TO SPEND EACH NIGHT.ft DAVID THAMES
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ATTENDED SCHOOL AT SEMINARY AND TWO YEARS AT JONES JUNIOR COLLEGE IN ELLISVILLE. HE SERVED
I N THE ARMED FORCES OF HIS COUNTRY FROM 1942 UNTIL HIS DISCHARGE IN 1945 WHM HE CAME BACK TO FARM WITH HIS FATHER AND MANAGE THE COVINGTO1 COUNTY CO-OP GIN WHICH HE STILL MANAGES TODAY. SLIDE FARMHOUSE
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LOVELY WIFE WHEN SHE CAME TO THE
MT. HOREB CHURCH TO PLAY THE PIANO FOR A REVIVAI THEY WERE HAVING. MRS. THAMES, THE FORMER MISS
HELEN MCLAURIN OF THE HEBRON COMMUNITY OF JONES COUNTY, ATTENDED JONES JUNIOR COLLEGE IN E L L I S V I L L E AND MARRIED DAVID IN DECEMBER OF 1 9 4 2 WHILE SHE WAS IN HER LAST YEAR OF COLLEGE AND SHORTLY AFTER DAVID HAD ENTERED SERVi; E. SHE FINISHED SCHOOL THAT YEAR AND TAUGHT FOR W O YEARS WHILE DAVID WAS AWAY SERVING HIS COUNTRY. WHEN DAVID FINISHED SERVING HIS
COUNTRY THEY CAME BACK TO �B�S- FARM WHERE THEY L I V E TODAY. OF THE 233 ACRES WHICH DAVID THAMES
FARMS HE OWNS 128 ACRES AND SINCE HIS FATHER1 S DEATH THREE YEARS AGO HAS TAKEN CARE OF ALL OF I T FOR THE REST OF HIS FAMILY. DAVID BUILT
THEIR HOME, STARTING I T IN 1946 AND FINISHING I T IN 1948.$-WHEN HE CAME BACK TO THE FARM SLIDE .FAR}l-6 THERE WERE 20 BROOD COWS IN THE HERDJ TODAY HE
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HAS 3 5 BROOD COWS, 12 OF THEM REGISTERED POLLED HEREFORDS.^T THE FIRST REGISTERED HEREFORD BULL TO COME INTO COVINGTON COUNTY CAME TO THE THAMES HERD BACK IN 1936 AND THEY HAVE BEEN USING REGISTERED POLLED HEREFORD BULLS EVER SINCE. SLIDE FARM-7 CATTLE DAVID THAMES FOLLOWS A COMMERCIAL COW AND CALF PROGRAM AND GETS A TERRIFIC CALF CROP. IN FACT,
I F A C W WON'T BRING A CALF EVERY YEAR DA8ID O SAYS "SHE BRINGS IT FOR SOMEONE ELSE. HE CULLS
H I S HERD CLOSE AND KEEPS ONLY THE BEST FOR HERD IMPROVEMENT. LAST YEAR HE SOLD HIS CALVES BULK FAT OFF THE COW AND BOUGHT FEEDER STEERS BUT
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JPLACE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TWO, HAVE BEEN PRODUCED AND RAISED ON THE FARM. THE HERD I S
TB AND BANGS TESTED AND DAVID CALFHOOD VACCINATI EACH YEAR HE SELLS TWO OR THREE BULLS TO GO INI SLIDE FARM-9 CREEP FEEDER OTHER HERDS IN THE AREA.^THIS YEAR DAVID IS CREEP FEEDING ALL HIS CALVES AND FINDS THAT HE I S DOING A MUCH BETTER JOB THAN BEFORE. HE R I E S TO GET ALL HIS CALVES TO 500 POUNDS OR BETTER AND I F I T REQUIRES DRY LOT FEEDING TO DO IT HE USES THE FEED LOT, OTHERWISE THEY ARE
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RAISED ON THE CREEP AND THEIR MOTHER'S MILK. HE ALSO USES BACKRUBS FOR PARASITE COffiTROfio SLIDE FARM-10 FEEDERS CALVES THIS YEAR PUT ON DRY LOT FEED PUT ON OVER TWO POUNDS A DAY. THEY HAD BEEN CREEP FED 30 DAYS DAVID
AND WERE THEN PUT IN THE DRY LOT FOR AND AVERAGED 545 POUNDS ON SALE DAY.
BUILT HIS O N FEEDING BUNKS ON SKIDS AND THEY W ARE EASILY MOVED TO ANY FEEDING AREA DESIRED. NOT ONLY IS DAVID THAMES DOING A TOP NOTCH JOB OF RAISING CATTLE BUT HE I S ALSO TEACHING HIS SLIDE FARM-11 CLUB CALVES YOUNG SONS, 11 YEAR OLD HARRY AND 8 YEAR OLD W I L L I S , HOW TO FEED OUT TOP QUALITY ANIMALS* S*THE BOYS 1S6SS1 TWO STEERS THEY ARE FEEDING OUT IN THEIR 4-H CLUB PROJECTS. THESE ANIMALS, 1BE ONE ON � 8 ftlffllPy ONE OF
CAME FROM
THE E . E . MOORE RANCH AT SENATOBJA AND THE OTHER I S HOME GROWN, �W-ftBF"�9BiB THgY BOT� HAVE A LOf 8F QUALITY* IN FACT DAVID THAMES AND HIS BOYS
ARE MUCH MORE INTERESTED IN QUALITY THAN QUANTITY AND WHILE THEY HAVE PASTURE TO HANDLE 5 0 BROOD COWS THEY ARE UNDECIDED WHETHER TO SLIDE FARM-12 FARM POND INCREASE TO THAT SIZE HERD. I F THEY THINK THEY
CAN DO IT AND CONTINUE TO GET THE QUALITY THEY WANT THEY MAY.%*ATER FOR THE LIVESTOCK I S SUPPLIED FROM A LIVE STREAM THAT RUNS YEAR
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ROUND AND FROM THREE STOCK PONDS, 3II1IMH TO m i O OSE. SLIDE FARM-13 PASTURE PERMANENT PASTURE FOR THE CATTLE I S
SUPPLIED FROM 102 ACRES OF BAHAI GRASS, LESPEDE2 AND SOME DALLIS, BERMUDA AND CARPET GRASS. TEMPORARY GRAZING CONSISTS OF 6 5 ACRES IN OATS TWENTY AND RYE GRASS. XKXKXX FIVE ACRES OF IT IS PUT INTO PERMANENT SOD BY RENOKATING THE PASTURE WITH A DISC WITH THE BLADES SET STRAIGHT AND THI EED SOWN BROADCAST. 35 ACRES I S PLANTED IN A
PREPARED SEED BED.fl-DAVID CUTS ABOUT A THOUSAND SLIDE FARMTRACTO BALES OF OAT HAY AND COMBINES ENOUGH FOR HIS O N USE FOR FEED AND SEED. W HE ALS 0 PUTS UP SOME
GRASS HAY9rTHE BROOD COWS GRAZE ONLY EXCEPT IN THE WINTER MONTHS OR WHEN GRASS IS SHORT. WINTER THEY GRAZED NEARLY ALL WINTER, IAST
THEY GET
ENOUGH GRAIN IN THE WINTER MONTHS TO MAINTAIN THEIR ENERGY.^ DAVID LIMES BiAS-PASTURES; IN FACT IN THE PAST FOUR YEARS HE HAS PUT ON 100 TONS. S LIDE FARM-15 COTTON IAND HE CLIPS HIS PASTURE FOR WEED CONTROL,
TESTS ALL HIS SOIL AND FERTILIZES ACCORDING TO NEEDS. HE SAYS THE SOIL MIGHT NOT GET ALL THE
FERTILIZATION I T NEEDS BUT IT GETS I T IN THE PROPORTION IT NEEDSJ'THIS El ST SEASON DAVID THAMES HAD 12 ACRES IN COTTON AND IT MDE 20 BALES. HE SPRAYED IT 11 TIMES FOR INSECT CONTRC
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USING AN AIRPLANE AND LIQUH) SPRAY FOR ALL APPLICATIONS. HE HAS ONE TESSAS* SHARE FARMS R
WHO HANDLES ALL THE COTTON EXCEPT 3 ACRES WHICH HARRY AND WILLIS HAVE AS A 4-K CLUB PROJECT. THIS YEAR THEIR 3 ACRES MADE 5 BALES. THEY PUT
5 0 0 POUNDS OF FERTILIZER UNDER I T AND SIDE DRESSED WITH ANOTHER 150 POUNDS.\ IMMEDIATELY
AFTER COTTHN AND CORN ARE HARVESTED DAVID THAMES DESTROYS THE STALKS AS A PART OF HIS INSECT CONTROL PROGRAM.<^HE ALSO HAD 2 5 - 3 0 ACRES IN COK SLIDE FARM-16 LAND WHICH MADE ABOUT 60 BUSHELS TO THE ACRE. HE
PLANTS ALL HYBRID S E E D J P D A V I D THAMES HAS DONE A ILOT OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION WORK. "HE" .&OSNTS OUT TO COUNTY A 0 O � - -0'BRIEff AWB ^ f f T S T f t M
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HE ONE TDIE HAD A
VERY DEEP GULLY �HBE -W& HAS BEEN ABLE TO ELIMINATE I T AND MANY MORE LIKE I T . ALL OF HIS
LAND I S TERRACED AND HE FARMS ON THE CONTOUR. DAVID HAS A SOIL PLAN ON THE FARM AND I S WORKING H I S PLAN.|^DAVID THAMES ALSO HAS 6 5 ACRES I N SLIDE FABM-17 TIMBER TIMBER ON HIS LAND. I T I S MOSTLY PINE AND HE HE
MARKS I T AND THINS AND WEEDS I T REGUIARLY. ALSO SELECTIVELY HARVESTS H I S TIMBER.
HE CUTS
I I S O N FENCE POSTS FROM H I S TIMBER MB USUALLY W TREATS THEM WITH A PENTA SOLUTION. HOWEVER, HE
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HIRED HLS LAST BATCH TREATED BUT HE DOESN'T THINK M A S PENTA. FENCED. SOOD AS THE ONES TREATED WITH
DAVID THAMES LAND I S FENCED AND CROSS 2 1 , 0 0 0 FEET OF THE LUMBER IN THE THAME! HE HAS ALSO BUILT
HOME WAS CUT OFF THE PLACE.
A BARN, SMOKE HOUSE AND TOOL SHEDS FROM TIMBER OFF THE
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YEAR OLD HARRY ALSO HAS DAVID HAS ORDERED
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A 4-H CLUB FORESTRY PROJECT. 1,000 ^ K l O
PLANT IN 30 ACRES OF SWAMP LAND DAVII
WHERE THE WATER KILLS OUT THE YOUNG PINE*
HAS ALSO CLEARED QUITE A BIT OF LAND TO MAKE JMORE PASTURE AREA FOR HIS GSBWING LIVESTOCK PROGRAM.$-MRS. THAMES ALSO DOES AN EXCEPTIONAL SLIDE FARM-1 FREEZ JOB IN HER HOMGMAKING PROGRAM. FROM HER GARDEN,
POUBIRY FLOCK AND OTHER MEAT SUPPLY SHE FREEZES ABOUT 1 , 2 0 0 POUNDS OF FOOD EACH YEAR AND ALSO CANS ABOUT 200 QUARTS IN JARS. SHE ALSO LIKES
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TO COOK IN HER MODERN KITCHEN AND SPENDS A GOOD DEAL OF HER TIME PREPARING FOOD FOR THE FAMILY. THIS YEAR MR. AND MRS. THAMES CLOSED IN A SCREE! PORCH AND MADE A BEAUTIFUL DEN FROM I T . SHE
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ALSO LIKES TO SEW AND DOES ALL HER O N SEWING W AND QUITE A BIT FOR HER NEIGHBORS. SHE ALSO
LIKES FLOWERS AND HAS A BEAUTIFULLY LANDSCAPED YARD WHICH SHE DID HERSELF. MRS. THAMES LOVES
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HER FLOWERS AID SHE ALSO LIKES TO PLAY THE
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PIANO.
DAVID KEEPS COMPLETE RECORDS ON THE
FARM PROGRAM AND FEELS THEY ARE ESSENTIAL TO PROFITABLE FARMING. TI1IQ �DTJCIiy BY M B ..WAY | I&*
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4 - H CLUB WORK. HIS PROJECTS ARE COTTON, CORN, B E E F , TRACTOR MAINMINANCE, WILDLIFE, ENTOMOLOG AND FORESTRY. BACKYARD. HE HAS A QUAIL PROJECT I N THE
FROM ONE PAIR OF QUAIL GIVEN HIM BY
THE GAME AND FISH COMMISSION HE HAS RAISED FIVE
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HE WILL TURN ONE PAIR LOOSE AND RETURN ONE PAIR TO THE COMMISSION AS REQUIRED IN THE PROJECT. HE HAS RECEIVED BLUE RIBBONS ON COTTON IN THE COUNTY, AT THE SOUTH M I S S I S S I P P I AND STATE SHOW EIGHT YEAR OLD WILLIS I S JUST STARTING IN 4 - H CLUB WORK AND WILL CARRY A BEEF AND WILDLIFE
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BESIDES MRS. THAMES BEING A VERY
TALENTED PIANIST, SON HARRY I S ALSO QUITE ACCOMPLISHED AT THE PIANO AND THE FAMILY FREQUENTLY GATHERS AROUND THEIR PIANO I N THE EVENING TO SING T O G E T H E R . ^ H E DAVID THAMES
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FAMILY BELONGS TO THE MT. HOREB BAPTIST CHURCH M E R E DAVID I S A DEACON, JUNIOR BOYS SUNDAY
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SCHOOL TEACHER AND CHAIRMAN OF THE CHURCH AND PASTOR&JM BUILDING COMMITTEES. DAVID WAS
SUNDAY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT IN HIS CHURCH FOR TEN YEARS AND AT ONE TIME WAS COUNTY SUNDAY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT. MRS. THAMES IS CHURCH
P I A N I S T AND A SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER IN THE BEGINNERS DEPARTMENT AND CHAIRMAN OF COMMUNITY MISSIOSSPFOR THE W.M.S. OF THE BROTHERHOOD. DAVID I S ALSO PRESIDES
THOUGH DfflID WAS CHAIRMAN
OF THE CHURCH BUILDING COMMITTEE HE IS QUICK TO POINT OUT THAT THE PEOPLE OF THE COMMUNITY BUILT THE CHURCHo I T WAS THROUGH THEIR
GENEROSITY AND LOVE FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT I T WAS POSSIBLE. I T I S A STRONG CHURCH,FOR THE
COMMUNITY IS MADE UP OF A LOT OF STRONG PEOPLE. V I D ' S PRIDE IN HIS CHURCH I S A COMMUNITY P R I D E OF A PEOPLE WHO LOVE THEIR LORD. WHEN
THESE PEOPLE COMPLETED THEIR CHURGH IT WAS DEBT FREE AND HADBEM BUILT FOR SLIGHTLY MORE THAN BECAUSE THE PEOPLE OF THE COMMUNITY CAMERA ON FAMILY
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ACTIVE IN MANY PHASES OF THEIR COMMUNITY AND COUNTY L I F E . MRS. THAMES I S A MEMBER OF THE Mt<
HOREB HOME DEMONSTRATION CLUB, A ROOM MOTHER AT SCHOOL AND MEMBER OF M E P . T . A . DAVID I S A
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PAST CHAIRMAN OF THE COVINGTON COUNTY F O H . A O O HE IS A MEMBER OF THE CONSERVATION LEAGUE OF THE COUNTY AND A DIRECTOR IN THE COUNTY MASKETB ASSOCIATION. HE IS CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNTY 4-H
CLUB FOUNDATION AND LOCAL 4-H CLUB LEADER OF THE SEMINARY 4-H CLUB. THE 4-H HONOR CLUBO HE IS ALSO A MEMBER OF
HE I S A MASON, LEGIONAIRE
AND HAS THIS YEAR RECOGNIZED BY THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF MISSISSIPPI STATE COLLEGE FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO 4-H CLUB WORK IN MISSISSIPPI DURING 1957o HE IS SECRETARY AND MANAGER OF THI THERE'S SO MUCS
COVINGTON COUNTY CO-OP GIN ?
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