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FOP Farm Family of the Week BY_. Howard Langfitt
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I WANT TO SAY IN THE VERY BEGINNING THAT I M DE1PLY GRATEFUL TO THE PIKE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL AGENT, MR. GEORGE MULLFNDQRE AND HIS STAFF FOR THEIR FIFE HELP IN SELECTING THE FAMILY WHICH WE SALUTE TODAY, AND ESPECIALLY TO CARL IZZAKD, THE ASSISTANT COUBTY AGENT, FOR GOING WITH ME TO THIS FAMILY'S FARM TO HELP ME OBTAIN THE STORY I AM H V GOING TO TELL. THIS IS THE R
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STORY OF MR, AND MRS, KEN5ETH VAN NORMAS AND THEIR THRHF OHIIDREN, HIWITT$ MICHAEL AND LAURA, WHO LIVE IN THE PISfiAH COMMUNITY OF PIKE GOOUMTY ABOUT FIVE MILES WEST OF SUMMIT, MISSISSIPPI,
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JU^1 OFF HIGHWAY 98. MR,AHD MRS. KEN VAN HORMA! OWN AND FARM 215 ACRES OF LAHD AND THEIR PRIHAR SOURCE OF INIOME IS FROM DAIRYING. KEN VAN
NORMAN GREW UP ON A FARM ABOUT THREE MIIES EAST OF MCCOMB *iD MRS. VAN NORMAN, OTO WAS MISS FAY MGKENZIE, BEFORE HER MARRIAGE, GREW UP AT FERNWOOD, JUST SOUTH OF MCCOMB. SHE WAS ONE OF
13 CHILDREN AND KEN WAS ONE OF NINE SILDREN. THEY WERE MARRIED RIGHT AFTER THEY FINISHED HIGH SCHOOL, KEN WAS 18 AND HIS BRIDE WAS 17. IN FACT KEN STARTED HIS DAIRY PROGRAM W E N HE WAS 18 AND HAS BEEN AT IT. EVER SINCE. KEN VAN NORMA!
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A I D H I S LUVELY � I F 1 SAY THEY HAVE REALLY STARCH
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OUT THREE TIMES TO DEVELOP A FARMING PROGRAM. KEN F I R S T BOUGHT DAIRY COWS IN 1 9 l | 9 AND � 0 AND 5 1 WHEN THEY MIRE HIGH. THIN I N 1 9 ^ 3 HE WAS
CALLED INTO MILITARY SERVICE AND HAD TO DISPOSE OP H I S HERD AT A TIME WHEN PRICES WIRE LOW, RECALLS THAT TffRY SOLD FOR JUST ENOUGH TO PAY Q F P THE MORTGAGE ON THEM. HS HAD TO SETTLE UP HI
H I S AFFAIRS SO QUICKLY HE HAD TO PRACTICALLY
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THEN IN 1 9 5 � WHEN HE CAME 0
OUT OF SERVICE HE 1-fENT BACK INTO A DAIRY PR08HAM WITH H I S FATHER, WITH WHOM HE*D B E M DAIRYING BEFORE. HE BOUGHT BACK IN WITH 2 8 AFTER A YSAR AND A HAL?
HEAD OF MOSTLY J E R S S S S .
OF FARMING WITH H I S FATHER KEN DECIDED HE NEEDEI MORI fiOOM TO EXPAND H I S OPERATION SO THEX" STRUCE OUT ON THEIR OWN AWD BOUGHT THEIR PRESENT 2 1 5 ACRES OF LAND. THEY MOVED INTO THIS HOUSE.
THEY HAVE GREATLY IMPROVED I T BOTH I N APPEARANCE AND I N LIVABILITY IN THE YEARS S I N C E , KEN
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RECALLED FOR ASSISTANT COUNTY AGENT CARL IZ2ARD AND MYSELF THAT WHEN THEY BOUGHT THE FARM I T WAS HUN DOWN JHD PRACTICALLY ERO1ED AWAY. IT
WAS THROWN OUT LAND T M P HAD LAY IDLE FOR EIGHT YEARS. KEN VAN NORMAN I S QUICK TO GIVE A LOT
OF THE CREDIT FOR THEIR OPPORTUNITY
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T H E I R OWN TO M L GILBERT MONTGOMERY SUPERVISOR O P THF, FARMERS BOMF. ADMINISTRATION IN COUNTY. PISS
KENS SAYS OF MR. MONTGOMERY, HE THOUGH!
I HAD THE NECESSARY DRIVE TO SUCCEED WITH THIS SLIDE
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FARM AND I THOUGHT I COULD TOO, SO THE FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION LOANED HE THE MONEY TO BUY. KEN SAYS OP COURSE EVERYTHING WAS GROW Uf SO THE FIRST THING HE DID WAS START CLEARING SOME L A I D FOR MILLET. MUCH OF I T LOCKED VERX" MUCH KEN
L I K E WHAT YOU SEE HERE IN THE DISTANCE.
RECALLS THAT H I S COWS ALMOST STARVED TO DEATH THE FIRST YEAR THEY WERE ON T H I S FARM. HE HAD
SOME GOOD COWS BUT THERE JUST WASN'T ANYTHING TO FEED THEM AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY TO SLIDE FARM-7 ED BUY FEED. IN FACT KEN SAYS THEY ONLY HAD ABOUT KEN AND
1 5 GENTS APIECE WHEN THEY MOVED I N .
H I S LOVELY WIPE DIDN*T TELL MS T H I S BUT I HAVE HEARD THAT SHE WENT TO WORK TO EARN THE MONEY TO KEEP THEM GOING T I L L THEY COULD GET OH THEIR mm, THEY*VB COME A LONG WAY. THIS PLOWED
LAND I S PASTURE HE STARTED WITH AND USED T I L L HE COULD GET OTHER PASTURE ESTABLISHED. HE HAS
AND NOW H E ' S PLOWING I T UP TO IMPROVE I T WITH F E R T I L I Z A T I O N AND LESPBDEZA. KEN RECALLS THAT I T WAS
HE HAD TO LEARN HISLAHD FIRST T H I N G .
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2BTIRELY DIFFERENT SOIL THAN WHAT HI HAD FARMED AT HOME. HE HAD BEEN USED TO FARMING WARM SANE SOIL, THIS IS COED TIGHT SOIL WITH ENTIRELY DIFFERENT MEEDS AND CHARACTERISTICS. WHEN HE MOVED HERE THIS LAHD WAS IK SCRUB TIMBKR.
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YOUNG MAN IS A HARD WORKER DEVOTS) TO HIS QOM*B FOR HIMSELF M D HIS FAMILY. HE�S WELL OH THE �AY TO ONE OF THE REALLY FINE SMALL DAIRY PROGRAMS IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI, T O W Km HAS
65 MILK COWS AND 35 HEIFERS, HE IS MILKING kO HEAD RIGHT NOW, HE SAVES HIS BEST HEIFERS FOR
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EBRD REPLACEMENT, HE BOGHT ll� HOLSTEINS M D IS SAVIHG MOSTLY HOLSTEBJ CALVES. AS HIS JERSEYS AGE HE SELLS THEM OFF M D HEPIA CES THSM WITH HOLSTEIN.HEIFERS HE HAS SAVED, HIS HERD IS TBX AND BANGS TESTED. IH FACT PIKB COUHTYI IS CERTIFIED MODIFIED BRUCELOSIS FREE COUNTY. KEH WOULD LIKE EVBHTUALLY TO HAVE A HERD OF 68 COWS
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MILKING AT ONE TIME. HOWEVER, HE MUST CLEAH LAND AS HE INCREASES THE SIEE OF TB*HERD IH ORDER TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THAT MANY, KEH VAM NORMAN STARTED OUT WITH THIS NEW BARN, HE HAD TO BUILD IT BEFORE HE COULD START DAIRYING, IT IS COMPLETELY MODERN AND FROM THE VERY BEGINNIN< HE HAS HAD PIPE LINE MILKING EQUIPMENT AND THRU
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PORTABLE MILKERS. MILKERS,
HE K W HAS POUR PORTABLE
BY THE WAY, WHEN THEY MOVE7} HIRE YOU I SHOT THEY
COULDN'T SEE T H I S BABN PROM THE HOUSE. T H I S PICTURE PROM JUST BACK OP THKHOUSE.
HAD TO CUT A PATTH TO THE BARN WITH A BUSH HOG, FOR THREE WINTERS THEY CUT ENOUGH W'X>D OUT OP SLIDE PARM-11 I F BARN T H E YARD TO HEAT THE HOUSE. AS YOU CAN S E B ,
THE BARN I S KEPT IMMACULATELY CLEAN I H 8 I D E , CLEANLINESS AM) SAKITATIOH I S THE KEY TO THH R SUCCESSFUL DAIRY PROGRAM. LAURA AND MIKE ARE
LEARNING- THE DAIRY BUSIHESS AT AN EARLY AGE, THOUaH BIG MOTHER HEWITT DOSS MOST OP THE HELP OP MOM M D DAD. SLIDE FARK-12 BUffi TASK W1HT BULK TANK, IHTO I T . IN APRIL OP 19&0 KEH VAN NORMA HE S A B HE WAS SORT OP FORCED
H I S COOLERS BROKE DCWU AND HE EITHER HE SAYS AT
HAD TO REPLACE T H M OR CHANGE.
ABOUT TRE SAME TIME H I S MILK HAULER BOUGHT A BULK THUCK SO RATHER THAN PUT MORI MONEY INTO THE OLD GOOLERS HE BOUGHT THE BULK TAHK...AHD H E ' S NEVER B E M SORRY..,SAYS I T * S ONE OP THE BEST THIHGS HE*S EVER DOSB, SLIDE PARM-r COWS AT POND THE FIRST YEAR K1H
WAS OUT ON T E I S FARM H I S AVERAGE HERD PRODUCTIO1 WAS OHLY 3 5 0 0 POUSDS OP MILK PER O0W H5R YEAR. OP GOURSE, AS HE SA3D, THEY DIDN'T GET MUCH TO EAT. NOW HIS H1RD PRODUCTION AVERAGE I S ABOUT
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6 , 0 0 0 POUNDS OP MILK PER CO'- PER YEAR. HE RAYS THE INCREASE I S DUE TO BETTER FEEDING AND B R E E D I N G , IMPROVED PASTURES AND MCRE KNOWLEDGE ON H I S OWN R R T . KEN VEHT RIGHTLY POIKTED OtJT
T H E OTHER DAY THAT YOU CM LEARN SOMETHING HEW, EVERY DAY...F.VTW IN AN OPERATION YOU'VE BEEN DOING FOR YEARS. WJST SR FOB T H E LIVESTOCK I S
S U P P L I E D PROM TERSE STOCK PONDS SIMILA.R TO T H I S SLIDE BOLL ONE. KEN BREEDS ALL H I S COVS TO A REGISTERED H E ' S HAD. SOME MIGHTY GOOD LUCK HE HAS GOT %. HEIFER
H O L S T E I N BULL.
I N H I S BREEDING PRQOEAM, CALVES SINGE JUNE.
BACH YEAR HE HAS BEEN ABIE
TO S ELL SOME HEIFERS TO HELP PAY H I S FERTILIZER SLIDE FARM-lj GAL1 BILLS. BY THE. WAY, IN THE LAST TWO YEARS THEY I THINK THAT I S DUE TO
H A V E N ' T LOST A CALP. SEVERAL T H I N G S .
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L E A S T IMPORTANT, I S THE FACT THAT MRS, VAN HORMiS CARES FOR THE CALVES. I N INDIVIDUAL PENS. ALSO THEY KEEP THE CALVES THEY CALFHOOD VACCINATE AHI THEY GET INDIVIDUAL
DKHORN ALL THE CALVES,
A T T E N T I O N ACCORDING TO THEIR OWN PARTICULAR TEMPERAMENT. ONE OP THE REASONS KEN ESPEGIALLT
L I K E D T H I S FARM MAS THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL REAI GOOD OUTBUILDINGS ON I T . SLIDE FARM-16 PASTURE PUT THEM TO GOOD U S E . HE HAS mm AB LE TO
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OP kO ACRES OP BAEAIA GRASS AKD WHITE DUTCH GLOVER. EE HAS LIMSD ALL HIS LAUD. HE CLIPS PASTURES FOR 1 ? E CONTROL AND PLANS TO DG SOME �ED CHEMICAL WEED CONTROL THIS YEAR. SLIDE FARM-1 PASTURE HE USES ALL
HIS A.S.C. PAYMEMTS. TEMPORARY >HFTER GRAZING CONSISTS OF l 0 ACRES....OATS AND RYE GRASS, BE | TAKES OFF THE OATS IN MARCH AND CUTS THEM FOR HAY IK THE DOUGH STAGE. TEMPORARY SUMMER ORAZIS IS 20~2� ACRES OP MILLET. LAST YEAR KEN PUT Vf 1500 BALI� CF HAY MI) H0P2S TO PUT U? AT IE AST
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FEEDS A COMMERCIAL MIXED FEED...ABOUT 16$ PROTEIN. HE HAD SILAGE UHTIL LAST YEAR BUT DIDK*T HAVE HELP SO HAS QIVW IT UP TEMPORARILY. ALL LAST WINT1R HER FED HIS SILAGE BY USING A WHEEL BARROW. BY THE WAY, WHBH KEM GOES TO THB SAYS IP HI
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BARN SO DOES MRS. VAU NORMAN. KM
HAS TO BE AWAY THAT HIS WIFE AID SOJJ HEWITT CAH CARRY ON THE WHOLE PROGRAM. BY THE WAY, THIS
IS ONE OP THOSE GOOD OUTBUILDIHGS THAT �US OH TB PLACE AND WHICH HI IS UTILIZING IN HIS DAIRY SLIDE FARM*-20 HaGHIBKRl PROGRAM. KES HAS A TRACT� , BUSH HOG, DISC ASD
FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTOR AHD PROTECTS THEM WHEH HOT IN USB IN THIS MACHIHE ST� AGE SHED. KEH
HAS ABOUT 8^ ACRES STILL IH TIMBER BUT PLANS �#
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GLEAH IT ALL OPP FOR NEEDED mSTURE. BY THE WAY HI DID PRACTICALLY ALL HIS LAND CIEARING B2 BAUD, ALL HIS LAND IS NOW FENCED AND CROSS FENCED THOUGH THEIR WAS ONLY LINE FENCING WHEN HE MOVED EWM. SLIDE FARM-21 WEEZ1 THOUGH MRS. I AH NORMAN HELPS IN
THE DAIRY PROGRAM .EVERY SIGHT AND MORNING SHE STILL FINDS T I M TO GARRY OH AN EXCELLENT HOME MAKING PROGRAM, FROM THEIR QUARTER ACRE GARDN, SOME OF WHICH IS YEAR ROUND...AND FROM THE FAMI J f A SUPPLY SHE EACH YEAR FREEZES ABOUT 1500 fiT POUNDS OP FOOD FOR THE FAMILY'S USE. ALSO CAMS JELLIES AND PRESERVES IK JARS. SHE THIS
PAST SUMMER SHE POT UP 35 PINTS OF BLACKBERRIES AND 35 PINTS OF PEARS. MRS# VAN EORMAN LOVES SLIDE PABM-22
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TO COOK AND IS A GOOD COOK AND I CAN TELL YOU FIRST HAND SHE CANfilALFYBASE A CAKE. SHE ALSi LIKES TO WCRK IN THE DAIRY BELIEVE IT C HOT. R
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MRS. VAN NORMAN ALSO DOES MUCH OF HER OWN SEWINC BOTH FOR HERHOME AND FOR HERSELF AND HER ONE DAUGHTER. I SHOULDN*T BE SURPRISED IS LITTLE
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MISS LAURA MILL BE TAKING HER MOTHER'S PLACE AT THAT SEWING MACHINE ONE OF THESE DAYS. MRS. SLIDE FABM-2k YARD VAN NORMAN ALSO LOVES FLOWERS AND SPENDS ALL H U SPARE TIME WORKING IN HSR YARD. IN FACT, MRS,
VAN NORMAN JUST ABOUT WORKS ALL THE TIME BUS? SHE
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TOLD Ml THE OTHKR DAY THAT SHE THOROUGHLY SNJ0I3 BEWQ BUSY. MR. AND MRS. KENNETH VAK NORMAH CAMERA FAMILY BS&OBG TO THS PISGAH METHODIST CHURCH IH THE MUNITY AND ATTEND REGULARLY. 'vEm ALSO BELONG
TO THE PIKE COUNTY FARM BUREAU, THE P.T.A. THEIB CHILDREN ATTEHD SCHOOL AND TEE GULF MILK PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION. MR. AND MRS. HORMAH RELY ON THE ADIGE Am HELP OF THEIR CARL lZ7Af
COTJHTY AGRICULTURAL E3CTBHSION STAFF.
HAS B U N ESPECIALLY HELPFXTL IH 0ETTIS6 HEWITT OH THE RIGHT TRACK IK L . H CLUB WORK. HE IS jLOOKING FORWARD TO SHOWING T�IH BOISTEIK CALVIS HE HAS IN TH1 COUNTY SHOW THIS IKEK.YKAR. THIS IS A DETERMINED, HARD WORKING YOUHG FAMILY THAT HAS MADE SOME RIAL FARMING ACCOMPLISHMENT, IN THE TIME REKAIKING I WANT YOU TO MEFT THEM. 1. KBH, WHAT IS THE KEY TO SUCCESSFUL DAIRYING IN YOUR ESTIMATION? 2. WHAT ARE YOUR FUTURE PLANS IH YOUR FARM PROGRAM? 3. WHAT ADVISE WOULD YOU GIVE A YOUKG MAH WAHTI�G TO FARM? I4.. MRS. VAN NORMAN, WHAT ARE YOUR HOPES FOR THS CHILDREN? 5. DO YOU HAVE AHY MORE HOUSIHG PLABS?
