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HAPPT TO SALUTE AIOTHER FARM FAMILY HAKIIG A REAL CONTRIBUTION TO THEIR COMMUNITY AID PARKIN� I I M I S S I S S I P P I . MB
TODAY'S FAMILY LIVES
I I THE DELTA SECTION Of YAZOO COU2TTY AJO) WAS SJ3LBCTSD WITH THE COOPBHATIOI OF YA20G COUNTY , PAT ICG W A I . SLIDE FA HOUSE HIE HOME OP MR. AND MRS*
WHIXAJKER I S LOCATE� I I THE SMALL YA200 COUITY TOWN OP SATARTIA. THET1 LA1TD LIES TO
TUB SOUTH AID WSST OF SATAHTZA AID CONSISTS OF ABOUT 2600 ACRES., 0WIS) AID 1MTMJ BY THE WHITAKE^S. VMN0� WHITAKER fmS MR. Am 1100 ACHES
AMD RESTS 1500 MORE.
M S , VEHfOH
NHIXAXER GUM UP I F THE HILL SECTION OF YA200 COUKTY ASB STILL ATTMD CHURCH AT PHOEIIX MS1HODIST CHURCH IN THS COMMUNITY WHERE THEY MERE RAISED, BOTH MR. AND M S , WHITAKM WERE
RAISED OH THE FARM AID HATE RiMAIMED 0 1 THE FARM TO MAKE A LIVLIHOOD FOR THMSELTBS AID THEIR TWO CHILSRBI. MS. WHITAMR MIAGED A
FARM FOR TliE FIRST 1 5 YE4RS AFTER HE A�D MRS. W11ITAK1R WERE MARRIED. IM 1 9 4 1 VESHOI WIITM�
B i ^ A M S A RMTER Affl) Bf 1943 BOUGHT HIS FIRST LAND, CONSISTING OF 200 ACRES, AKD HAS ADDED
TO THIS ' � � - , . -����;. . ! -����� � . . . . ' .
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f O THIS LAID AS HE HAS BEEff ABLE I I THE YEARS THAT HAVE POLLCKBD, �ERIOH WHITAKER I S A
FARMER WITH A C0MPIET1LY DIVERSIFIED PA1M PROGRAM.
1 1 CORN
ONE OF HIS MAJOR FARM ENTERPRISES RIGHT �<W HE HAS ABOUT SO HEAD OF NORMALLY ABOUT 560 HEAD
I S HOGS.
1OGS OF THE FARM,
ARE CARRIED THROUGH 18 THBCOURSE OP A YEAR. SO HEAD WERE SOLD LAST WJSK AHB ANOTH� 2 0 0 HSAB WSIE SOLD EARLIM H THE FALL. MH,
TRIES TO MARKET HIS HOGS AT 20� TO 2 4 0 3P0UMDS. MR, �ITAIER HAS ABOUT 2 5 BROOD
SOWS AH) K E Y RAISE ABOUT 30� PIGS PER YEAR* THEY ARE BRED TO REGISTERED BUROC BOARS AW km S L I SE HELTERS 0 1 RAHGE a THESE SHELTER HOUSES UNTIL THEY RE OLD ENOUGH TO TAKE CAEE OF THSMffiLVES THEY ARE TURHED IFTO OATSt CLOYBR AID ORH FIELDS DEPEJSTOISG OH THE SEASON. EXCEPT BRED TO FARROW IK THE SFKBIG AID THE FALL. THE BIGS ARE FARROWED THEY ARE CARRIED
OR 40 ACRES OF CORN WHICH I S PULLED F(R FEED, I L L COM I S HOGGED DOSOT. MR. W1ITAEER HAS
ABOUT 200 ACRES OF CORI, ISO ACRES OP OATS .MID A HUNDRED ACRES IK PESMAHEST PASTURE. OTHER 1600 ACRES I S Ef TIMBER WtiICH I S
ALSO GRAZED. -,;,. ��.% �..,;.��. . .
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MS, WHITAKER'S HOGS ARE MOSTLY DUROGS RX-OI A FEW SPOTTED POLAND CHIHA'S CROSSED WITH DUR0C BOARS. MR. NHIXAKBR DOES l O f BUT SOWS, BUT
SAVES HIS O N BR001D SOWS P10M THE PIGS W FARROWED EACH YEAR, ALL OP THE VBRION WHITAKE BESIDES HOGS,
LAM) I S PMCED HOG TIGHT.
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YS?KOIf WIIITA&ER ALSO EAISES CATTLE AHD HAS A F I I E COW CALF HIED AS WELL AS STOCKED CATTLE WHICH HE FEEDS OUT. HSRE ARE SOME OF TEE
B100D COWS WI1I1 C A L � ^ HUMIHG BY THE SIDB. THE CALYBS mm ON PASTURE WITH THEIR MOTHER'S
U I T I L THE? REACH 400 OR 500 POOTDS WHM 1HB1T GO TO MARKET, ALL VERHOH tfHITAKE'S CATTLE
A l l HJB^RWORDS AID ASE/KEGISTMED HSRBP01D BULLS. Wmton
WHITAKSR
HAS ABOUT 100 ffiOOD
COWS AT THE PRESENT TIME AID JUT OTHER 50 HEAD OF STOCKS? KW&X CATTLE. SLIDE : . g A H H CATTLE MR. WHITAKER I S ALSO
GBTTISG A SMLL F0UNMTI0N HERD OF REGISTERED STOCK STAHTm). ALL STOCKS COWS FOLLOW THE AhL OATS ARE GRAZED
HOGS I F THE CORK FIELD.
BY CATTLE AND HOBS UHTIL THE FIRST OF M RCH THEY ARE IAKEM OFF. AFTER TEE OATS
MATURE AID THE SEED IS COMBINED T11EY ARE AGABT GRAZED UITIL JULY.
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THE COWS ARE ALSO ALLOWED
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!?0 EOT BEHIND'TUB COMBINE,
MS, WHITAKER
RAISES ABOUT A HUIDRED HBAD OF CiL VES A YEAR AND GETS ALMOST A HUNDRED PERCENT RETURN ON H I S BREEDING PROGRAM. HIS PERMANENT PASTURE
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CONSISTS LARGELY OF FBSCUE, BlRMJBA f M L L I S GRASS AND CLOVER AND JCILB KUTTER PEAS. TIIE
TEMPORARY GRAZING CONSISTS LARGELY OF OATS AND RYE GRASS. HJKE ME SEE i ��� , WMITAKK? AND
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COUNTY AGENT PAT JfGGOffAN AS THEY LOOK OVER A FIELD OF FESCUE MICH CARRIED TWO COWS T0 THE ACRE UNTIL JULY, WAS MM RESTED F<R A
MONUI AN3 A HALF, AND THE* AGAIN CARRIED TWO COWS TO THE AC1S UNTIL A fEEIC ASO WEEN THEY WERE TAKEN OFF FOR THE WINTER, VERION ifHITAElg
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PROVIDES SHELTER FOR ALL H I S LIVESTOCK,
SOM
OF I T I S OF A TMPORARY NATURE AS TIE STOCK I S SHIFTED FROM FIELD TO FIELD, MOST OF I T I S
OF THIS T Y ^ WHICH I S BUILT IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE CENTER OF= THE SHELTER I S A CORN CRIB AND OPEN FEEDING SHELTER I S LOCATED ON EITHER SIDE, MR. WHITAKER BUILDS ALL HIS O N BARNS W VERI0N WHITAKER
FROM flMBBR CUT OFF iilS-LAND, SLIDE FARIt.9 BARN
FOLLOWS ALL EXPERIMENT STATION RECOMENBATIONS ON FERTILIZATION,' LAND USE AND PARASITE CONTRO
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IMPORTANT TO HIS PARASITE CONTROL PROGRAM A S SEVERAL CORRALS SUCH AS THIS ONE, WITH SPECIAL
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FARILU
SQUEEZE
BUILT FACILITIES TO EASILY HANDLE THE CATTLE FOR ANY NEED THAT MAY ARISE, THIS HEAD SQUBEZ
HOLDS THE ANIMAL SSCURELY UNTIL READY TO BE RELEASED. BESIDES ALL THE LAND BEING,PESCED
HOG.TIGHT, A NUMBER OF TEMPORARY FENCES, SUCH
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AS THIS, ARE BUILT WHEN NEEDED TO TEMPORARILY HOLD CATTLE IN P I ^ D S TO BE GRAZED FOR SHORT PERIODS, ALL LAND IS ROTATED ACCORDING TO ALL CORN AND
THE BEST LAND USE PRACTICES.
COTTON STAKQS ARE TURNED UNDER IN THE FALL TO BUILD UP SOIL FERTILITY. MR. WHITAKES CUTS THEY AHE
H I S O N FENCE POSTS PROM HIS LAND. W
LARGELY LOCUST AM) BODOCK AND DO NOT NEED CliaffCilL TRMTMTT TO MAKE THEM LAST. RQff-
CROP FERTILIZATION I S LARGELY WITH ANHYDROUS AMONIA AND SOME SOLID FERTILIZER. BESIDES
2 0 0 ACRES OF CORN AND ISO ACRES OF OAST, VERN0N WIITAKER RAISES 156 ACRES OF COTTON. I N ALL, 600 ACRES ASE IN CULTIVATION, 300 OP
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LEASED. SILAGE IS NEVER PUT UP AID IS NOT
Emm WHITJCM^S HOGGING* OFF
PROGRAM. HAY IS RAISED WHEN NEEDED, BUT NONE
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WAS PUT UP THIS YE&U BECAUSE HE HAD PLENTY ON HAND TO CARRY HIM THROUGH ANOTHER SEASON. THE BITIRE LIVESTOCK PROGRAM IS BASED ON PASTURE COM AND OATS* YOU-CAM WELL IMAGINE
THAI WATER I S IMPORTANT TO SUCH A LIVESTOCK
TAM
PROGRAM, BUT I T ' S � 0 PROBLEM WIfH VEHNOJT imiXAKER. A CmSWKI HE USES THREE MEJHGBS OF 1EEPISG SUPPLY OF WATER AVAIUBLE TO HIS OIE I S WATER FROM M ARTESIA!
HOGS AID CATTLE,
WELL, WITH &S AUTOMATIC FLOAT, PROTECTED BY COVBH TO KEEP THE TANK FULL AT ALL TIMES, A I 0 T H � S SOUSCE OP WATER I S A OTMBS? OP FLAT SLIDE FARML13. IAWD POMDS, SUCH AS THIS OMJE,,..DRAINAGE DITCH AWE CUT m SUCH A WAY E A T HOT-OFF WATHR I S
DSAISBD I�TO THESE POKDS TO C1SATB TlilS ADDITIOBAL WATER SUPPLY, IN FACT LEVIES AR1
BUILT TO KSEP WATBR OFF THE LAND FROM CREEKS, AHD DRAINAGE DITCHES ARE BUILT TO TAKE RUNOFF WATER WHERE I T CAN BEST BE USED. THE THIRD
SOURCE OP WATER AVAILABLE TO YBSSOH Will TAKER SLIDE I S FROM DUMP LAKE, HALF OF WHICH BE^OIGS TO
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VEKHOF WHITAKS?.
THERE IAS A TIMS SHIN MUCH FAISIBB BY VERMOIT
MOEE OF THE LAID OWHED MB SLIPS
WHITAKE1 WAS I I TIMBMi BUT TODAY I T I S PRODUCTIVE PASTURE AND CROP LAHD BECAUSE OF
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A VAST LAND CLEARING PROGRAM BEIHG CARRIED OUT BY MR. WIIITAKEI* THIS 100 ACRES WAS TIMBER IS TODAY OVER THE
A I D SCmiB BRUSH THREE TEARS AGO, B f A F I F E FIELD OP FESCUE FCR GRAZMG.
PAST 3 YEARS MR, �i"IITAKER HAS CLSRED OVER I S O ACRES OF LAHD AHD HADE I T PSODUCTIVE. HE BOUGHT.A BULLDOZEl AMD USED I f UHTIL HE liAD CLEARED THE LAND, MEN SOLD IX AGAIlf,
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AN01HBR FORM OF.LAFI) CLSARIHG I S 'THIS HERD OF GQAfS, IN ALL M l . WHITMIM HAS 400 HEAD fif HE
GQAfS WHICH HE USES FOR THIS PURPOSE,
HAS A READY MARKET FCR ALL HE CARES TO SILL EVERY YEAR, fOt? MAY ASIC WHAT .DOES MR. fHIS PICTURE
WHI2&KER DO WITH HIS flMBM?
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TBLLS PART OF THE ST01Y.
ALL OF HIS BUILDINGS THESE
ARE BUILT OP CYPRISS FROM HIS TIMBHU
LOGS ARE CUTT OFF THE LAKB BY THE FARM LAB0R# SLIDE THE SASOTG I S EIMB DOSE ANB L U ^ E R IS ALWAYS
AVAILABLE TO MEET ANY BUILDIHG REQUIREMENTS* I I ADDITION MR. WIIITAKSR SETS OUT LOCUST FOR |POSTS ANB SETS OUT PIHE, WHICH HE PROTECTS FROM F I R E , THUS.KBBPSIG A COfSTANT SUPPLY OF TIMBER 01 THE LAM). THE TIMBER I S HARV1STQ)
ACCORDING TO RECOMMENDED PJ?ACTICES ABOUT EVERY
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PEN YEARS.
BESIDES BAMS AND FEED BUNKS AID
OTHER LUMBER USES, MR, 8HITAKER AMD HIS FARM
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FARH�1?
LABOR HAVE BUILT THIS LOVELY LITTLE HOME F 0 1 THE WlITAKm*S SON. THE HOUSE I S BUILT MECHANIZATION IS
ENTIRELY OF CYPRUS LUMBER,
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H I E KEY TO THE VAST FARMING ENTERPRISE OF VE1NGN WHITAKER. B U S I S ONLY OFE OF MANY MACHINERY SHEDS TO HOUSE THE HLCHINERY ASD PROTECT I T FROM TUB �EATHEfi� A PASTURE DREAM
I S USED TO SEED OATS INTO PERMANENT BISTURE FOR E4RLY GRAZING*..ALL COTTOI I S PICKED MECHANICALLY....BY THE WAY, ALL COTTON I S CROSS-PLOWED AID HAND LABOR I S NEVER NEEDED I N THE FIELDS, MR. WKITAKER SAYS YIBEDS ARE
EVERY BIT AS GOOD AS WITH ANY OTHER METHOD OP PLANTING. ALL COTTON SEED THAT I S NEEDED
ON 1HEPLACE I S SAVED, AS If MA* AS ALL OAT SEED TOO. ALL COM THAT I S PICKED I S ALSO PICKED BESIDES HIS REC-UIAR
WITH MECHANICAL PICKERS.
CROP M D LIVESTOCK PROGRAM VERNON WHITAKE HAS SOME SUPPLEMENTAL INCOME FROM HIS FARM. THIS
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STORE WHICH SETS ON THE BANK OF DUMP LAKE I S OWHED BY MS. WHITAKER AND LEASED OUT EACH YEAR IN ADDITION HE HAS SOLD TURTLE RIGHTS TO HIS HALF OF HiE LAKE FOR $200 PER YEAR AID ALS 0
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COMMERCIAL PISHING RIGHTS RIGHTS FOR ANOTHER $ 2 0 0 YEARLY, I I ADDITION ffflSt�$ MITAKER
WAS ELECTED SUPERVISOR IN YAZO0 COUNTY 1 1 YEARS AGO AND HAS SE1VBD CONTINUOUSLY S K I S 1HAT TIME. SOME LAID I S SMTED OUT TO OTHER FROM IHBIR ACRE GARDEN
NEIGHBORING FARMERS,
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A I D FROM I l i a E LITESTOCIC QfTBRPHISB AND FROM Hiii'IR PISHING AID ilUNXIBG HOBBII^ MS. AMD 1US* M I ' I A K E R FREi^B HOSE THAN A JH0USAJ� POIMDS OF FOCD SACU YMR. 1 0 MORE DOES MRS. WHIIAKfiB
DEEP FREEZE
CAH FRUIT AND VBGETABLES SIffCfi 1UML AEMJHJICI! AND THE FACILITIES 10 DE13> FSHSZiS CAME TO THE BHIt&MR HOUSEHOLD. AS MB VrISITED THE
WilTAKER HOJfEOI JfSMESMY* MR, AW MRS. SLIDE FARM�23 WHITAKER AND THSR DAUGHTER AND HER HUSBAND If ERE BUSY WIT11 A GOOD OLD AMERICAN TRADITION. THEY WERE TRIMIING THE CHRISTMAS TREE. IT
MAS A FAMILY PROJECT, MUCH fliE SAME AS I T WAS WHEN I WAS GROWING UP ON TUB F A ^ , THERE I S
HUCH MOKE TO THE SfORY OF MR. AND M S . VERN01T M I T A K E R AND THEIR FA1ILY. . . .MUCH TOO HUCH TO TELL IN THIS SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. HOWEVER,
I DO WANT TO SAY THAT MR. WBITAKEH I S V�KY COISCIOUS OF HIS CI�IC RESPONSIBILITIES TO HIS AND HIS COUNTY. HE IS PRESIDENT OF
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CITIZENS COUNCIL, VICE PRESIDENT
OF 1ME YAZOO COUNTY FARK BUtEAU, PRESIBEIT OF THE YAZOO COUNTY WILDLIFE FEDERATION, DIRECT� OP THE MISSISSIPPI FARM BUREAU, A DIRECTOR CF flfE YAZOO SERVICE C0MFANY, RAMBLING AHHYD1GUS AMONIA FOR FAKM FOLKS t TRUSTEE OF HIS CHUKCH'S P I O P M T Y , MASOI, SHRIFER, OBD-FELLOW, M f f i M (F THE ELKS CLUB MB XKXIXXXXX TO MEFTIOF. MANY 01EE1 THINGS TOO KUMERGI
MRS. WHITAKEH I S A MEHBES OF THE
H i O E I I X - G ^ H A N I A HOHB BEHOFSTKATION CLUB t A LOCAL 4�H CLUB LEADER M D MMBER OF THE YAZOO CAMERA OH LAH6FITT COUITY 4-H CLUB COUNCIL.... A MB ON ANP ON THE STORY GOES....RIGHT NOW, I WA�T YOU TO MEET THIS WONDERFUL FAMILY WE ARE IFDESD PROUD M D HAPPY TO SALUTE AS THE "RFD TELEVISIT11 FARM FAMILY OF THE WEEK.
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