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Howard LaagfIfrt
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IN THE VERY BEGINNING THAT I AH
DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO RANKIN COUNTY AGRICULTURAL AGENT, ROBERT S, BARKER, FOR HIS VERY WONDERFU. HELP IN SELECTING THE FAMILY WHICH WE SALUTE TODAY AND FOR GOING WITH ME TO THEIR FARM TO HELP MB OBTAIN THE STORY WHICH I AM NOW GOING TO TELL, THIS IS THE STORY OF MR. AND MRS. SLIDE FARM-1 HOUSE HENRY E. TOWNSEND AND THEIR THREE CHILDREN WHO LIYE IN THE CONCORD CHURCH COMMUNITY OF RASKIN COUNTY, ABOUT NINE MILES SOUTH OF FELAHATCHIE, MISSISSIPPI. HENRY TOWNSEND GREW UP ON A FARM ABOUT 8 MILES AWAY IN THE LODEBAR CHURCH COMMUNITY. THEIR LOVELY HOME IS ON LAND THAT
FORMERLY BELONGED TO MRS. TOWNSEND�S GRANDFATHER BOTH 1BNRY AND HIS LOVELY WIFE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT CROSSROADS WHERE THEY FIRST MET AT A 4-H CL1B PICNIC* SLIDE FARM-2 HOUSE THEY WERE MARRIED IN Ifk3 AFTER
GRADUATION FROM HIGH SCHOOL. HENRY FARMED WITH HIS FATHER FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND THEN WENT INTO THE NAVY WHERE HE SERVED FOR TWO YEARSi AFTER HIS DISCHARGE THEY BOUGHT 200 ACRES OF THEIR PRESENT 280 ACRE FARM MD MOVED ONTO IT IN MAY
OF 19lj.6. THEY TORE DOWN THEIR OLD HOME FOUR YEARS AGO AND MOVED IN WITH HENRY'S FATHER UNTIL THEY COMPLETED THIS NEW HOUSE, WHIGH THEY LIVE II
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NOW, HENRY STARTED FARMING RAISING ROW CROPS BEEF CATTLE AND BOGS. HE HAS NEVER RAISED ANY COTTON. AFTER RAISING CORN AND BEEF FOR A YEAR SLIDE FARMQATf; HE S1ARTED DAIRYING. HEHRY SAYS HE STARTED DAIRYING BECAUSE HIS PASTOR, REVEREND WAYNE ALLISTON SUGGESTED THAT IT SOULD BE A GOOD ENTERPRISE FOR HIS FARM. HENRY SAIS HE LIKED THE ADVICE SO HE STARTED HAKIMS PREPERATIONS TO GET INTO THE DAIRY BUSINESS,, THAT WAS IN JULY
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AND HE SHIPPED HIS FIRST MILK IN SEPTEMBER OP THAT SAME YEAR. AT THAT TIME HE BUILT THE BASIC BARN UNIT OF HIS PRESENT SETUP AND HAS ADDED TO HIS FACILITIES AS HIS HERD HAS GROWN. HENRY RECALLS THAT HE KEPT A PEW HEIFERS THAT HAD A
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LITTLE JERSEY IN THEM WHEN HE SOLD HIS BEEF HERD AND THEN BOUGHT 13 JERSEY HEIFERS AT $100 EACH, ALL FROM ONE MAN'S HERD, AND THAT*S WHAT HE STARTED WITH. HE RECALLS THAT AT THE TIME PEOPLE THOUGHT HE WAS CRAZY TO PAY THAT MUCH FOR COWS.
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HENRY BOUGHT fWo OR THREE COWS A YEif* UNTIL TWO YEARS AGO. SINGE THAT TIME HIS GROWTH HAS BEEN
ENTIRELY PROM SAVING HIS BEST HEIFERS FOR HERD REPLACEMENT. HEHRY STARTED WITH ABOUT lb HEAD OF GATTLE AND TODAY HE HAS 85 MILK COWS. HE'S MILKING $5 RIGHT NOW AND HAS lij, HEAVY SPRIWGERS
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THAT WILL BE COMING 31NTO THE BARN MOST ANY DAY. HENRY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE 8 0 COWS I N THE BARN ALL THE TIME AND THEN HE WILL CONSIDER HE I S AT H I S MAXIMUM. HERD PRODUCTION LAST YEAR
AVERAGED ABOUT 8 , 0 0 0 POUNDS OP MILK PER COW,
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S I X YEARS AGO I T WAS ABOUT HALF THAT MUCH.' HE ATTRIBUTES H I S INCREASE TO BETTER PASTURES, BETTER BREEDING AND BITTER MANAGEMENT. HE
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USED SOME ARTIFICIAL BREEDING BUT HAS A GOOD GURHSEX
WSGfflS. MW HOLSTEIN BULL. OVER HALF OS H I S HERD I S EITHER GURNSEY OR GUERNSEY-JERSEY CROSS, SLIDE 'ARM FARM-9 DA I R 'Y BARN A WHEN HENRY TOWNSBND STARTED DAIRYING HE HAD TWO PORTABLE MILKERS AND HB OPERATED WITH THAT KIND OF SETUP UNTIL TWO WEEKS AGO WHEN HE INSTALLED A P I P E L I N E MILKER SYSTEM TO CARRY THE MILK FROM
THE COW'S UDDER TO STORAGE I N T H I S MOST MODERN
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3ULK TASK
OF ALL U N I T S . . . . A BULK TANK.
HENRY SAID H I S
B A C T E R I S COUNT BEFORE THE BULK TANK WAS 3 , 0 0 0 ANI I T * S HARD TO BRING THAT DOWN ANYMORE. HIS k-k*
BUTTERFAT HAS ALSO BEEN RUNNING FROM i ^ . l TO
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R I G H T NOW HENRY TOWNSEND HAS 2 1 HEIFER CALVES FOR HERD REPLACEMENT AND BELIEVE ME THEY ARE I N AS FINE SHAPE AS ANY I ' V E SEEN. THESE CALVES HE
ARE ALL OUT OF H I S HIGHEST PRODUCING COWS.
HOPES TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE H I S HARD AND WOULD
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L I K E EVENTUALLY TO HAVE A 1 2 * 0 0 0 POUND PER COW YEARLY AVERAGE. THEN HE �LL BE S A T I S F I E D WITH
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H I S DAIRY PROGRAM. PERMHKMT PASTURE CONSISTS OP 1 2 0 AGBES m DALLIS AND BERMUDA GRASS, WHITE HE TESTS H I S S O I L AND
DUTCH GLOVER AND FESCUE. F E R T I L I Z E S HEAVY, m
LIMES H I S PASTURES AND GRAZING I S D I V I D E
C L I P S THEM FOR WEED CONTROL. UP INTO P H I
DIFFERENT PASTURE AREAS AND HBMBX FOR
R j Q T l i E S H I S GRAZING FOR HAXJMOM RETURNS.
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TEMPORARY GRAZING HE HAS 8 0 - 9 0 ACRES OP OATS AN! RYE GRASS. HE GRAZES I T ALL AND fAKES T HE-
CATTLE OFF I N MARCH PROM 3 5 * 4 0 ACRES OF I T WHIM HE CARRIES ON FOR HAY AND HE BRAZES THE REST
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ALL THE WAY DOWN.
HE SOD SEEDS 30-ij.O ACRES OP
OATS AND RYii GRASS I N H I S PERMANENT PASTURES. WHILE HENRY TOWNSEND FEEDS H I S CATTLE I N THE BARN AN l f l � DAIRY RATION OP CRUSHED CORN, SOYBEil AND COTTON SEED MEAL AND SUPPLEMENT, HE OPERATES ON THE THEORY THAT I P YOU HAVE P&ENTY OF GOOD
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GRAZING YOU CAN GET BY ON MOST ANYTHING.
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D O N ' T HAVE THAT GRAZING YOU CAN EMPTY THE PEEI SACK I N HER TROUGH AND YOU WON'T GET ALL HER MILK. EACH YEAR HENRY PUTS UP TWO TO THREE
THOUSAND BALES OF OATS AND RYfi GRASS AND L E S P E D E 2 A HAY. HE AND H I S FATHER, SHOWN HERE
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WITH HIM, AND H I S BROTHER, BOTH OP WHOM L I T E CLOSE BY, DO MUCH OF THEIR WORK TOGETHER. THEY
OWN EQUIPMENT TOGETHER IN SOME INSTANCES A�
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WHEREVER WORK I S NEEDED THEY ALL DO I T .
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STORED I N T H I S COMBINATION HAY STORAGE AND LOAFING BARN AND I T I S FED FREE CHOICE DURING THE WINTER MONTHS. HENRY ALSO HAS A SILA#E v!
PROGRAM AND THE AMOUNT OF HAY HE PUTS UP DEPEHDS ON THE AMOUNT OF SILAGE HE HAS. HE PLANTS CORN
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OR SORGHUM ON SOME OF H I S OAT LAND AND PEARL M I L L E T OR SUDAN ON THE REST FOR TEMPORARY SUMMER G R A Z I N G . HEMRY HAS A i|.00 TON TRNCH SILO WHICH HE RE-WORKS AND F I L L S WSMX3WL YEAR. ABOUT EVERY OTHEF HE
HE HAS USED SILAGE FOR F I V E YEARS.
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TROUGH AND FEEDS I T DURING THE HE PUTS BOTH HENRY TOWNSEND WATER
WINTER OR WHEN GRAZING I S SHORT. CORN AND SORGHUM I N THE TRENCH.
ALSO HAS ABOUT 3 0 ACRES I N PINE TIMBER.
FOR THE CATTLE I S SUPPLIED FROM A NUMBER OF STOCKPONDS AND TWO CREEKS. SO MUCH FOR THE FABM
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PROGRAM 3 NOW LET*S LOOK BRIEFLY AT THE HOME MAKING PROGRAMO OF MRS. TOWNSEND, THE GARDEN I S
ABOUT 3 ACRES COUNTING THE PATCHES AND SOME OF I T I S YEAR ROUND. FROM HER GARDEN AND FRUIT AND 1,800
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MEAT SUPPLY SHE EACH YEAR FREEZES ABOUT
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POUNDS OP
OOD IN THE FAMILY FREEZER.
THEN SHE
PUTS UP ABOUT ANOTHER 200 QUARTS OF FOOD IN JARS. SUCH THINGS AS PICKLES, JAMS AND JELLIES,
JUICES AMD SO FORTH, MRS. TOWNSEND LOVLS TO SLIDE FARH-20 KITCHEN GOOE AND SHE IS A GOOD ONE. SHE SAYS THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THEY HAVE LIVID BY THEMSELVES SINCE THEY MARRIED. THAT THEY HAVE ALWAYS HAD SOMEONE LIVING WITH THEM. THEIR HOME IS KNOWN AS THE COMMUNITY CENTER IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. SHE SAYS HER AUTOMATIC WASHER AND HSR MOTHER-Ilf SLIDE
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A BEAUTIFUL JOB OF LANDSCAPING AROUND THEIR HOME HOWEVER, HER GREATEST LOVE IS IN LOOKING AFTER HER CHILDREN....12 YEAR OLD EUGENE....8 YEAR OLD FBEDDIE AND 3 YEM SLIDE FAKM-22 WOMAN AT PIANO OLD JOYCE. SHE ALSO LIKES TO
PLAY THE PXIHO IN HER SPARE TIME AND SHE HAS A VERY CHARMING PARTNER IN THIS PASSTIME. A PARTNER WHO REALLY PUTS HER HEART INTO THE
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THAT PARTNER IS THREE YEAR OLD JOYCE
WHO LOVES TO SING WHILL HER MOTHER PLAYS THE FAMILY PIANO....AND BELIVE ME SHE REALLY PUTS HER HEART INTO IT. THE BOYS, EUGENE AND FREDDIE, SLIDE VABH-2k HORSES WHETHER FOR WORK OR PLEASURE, LOVE TO HIDE THEIR HORSES. EUffiBSE IS A 2 . H CLUB MEMBER AND WILL BE j�
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IN THE EIGHTH GRADE NEXT YEAR.
HE OPERATES THE
TRACTOR AND IS THE NUMBER ONE MILK HAND. FREDDI AND EUGENE BOTH LIKE TP PLAY BASKETBALL. FBDDIE FEEDS THE CALKES. HENRY AND THE BOYS DO THE CAMERA OH FAMILY MILKING AND MRS. TOWNSEND SAYS SHE CARRIES COPPEE TO THEM IN THE BARS. THE TOWNSEHD
FAMILY BELONGS TO THE CONCORD BAPTIST CHURCH WHERE BOTH HENRY AND HIS LOVELY WIFE TEACH l t i, THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. MRS. TOWNSEHD HAS THE tTUNlCRJ IN TRAINING UNION AND THE JRXKXKX NURSERY CLASS IN SUNDAY SGHOOL. THEY BELONG TO THE P.T.A. WHERE HENRY IS CHAIRMAN OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND MRS. TOWNSEND IS ON THE HOSPITALITY OMMITTEE. THEY BELONG TO THE FARM BUREAU, THE MISSISSIPPI MILK PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION AND HENRY IS A DIRECTOR OF THE CITIZENS COUNCIL. THIS IS A WONDERFUL STORY OF A WONDERFUL FAMILY km NOW I WANT YOU TO MSBT THEM.
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WHAT SHAPE LAND IN WHEN BOUGHT? HAVE YOU CLEARED ANY LAND?
3. WHAT ARE YOUR HOPES FOR FUTURE?
