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TODAY I HAFT TO TELL THE STORY OF OUR FARM FAMILY OF THE WEEK JUST A LITTLE RIFFBRENTLY THAI I USUALLY DO, LAST SATURMY I TRAVELED TO
L O U I S V I L L E , M I S S I S S I P P I , UP IN WINSTON COUNTY TO ATTEND TMEI1 ANNUAL RURAL COMMUNITY DEVILOPME PROGRAM, AT WHICH TIME THEY HONOR THE MOST OUTSTANDING COMMUNITIES OF THE COUNTY AM) THE MOST OUTSTANDING BARM FAMILY IN BACH COMMUNITY/ THE REASOI I WAIT TO TELL THE STORY I I ffilS
WAY IS THAT OSTE FARM FAMILY I S SELECTED AS THE MOST OUTSTANDING US THE COUNTY Am FAMILY m SALUTE TODAY. THAT I S THE
ME WILL SHOW YOU
PICTURES MADE BURIHG THE PROGRAM LAST SATURDAY AHD AFTER YOU SEE THE AWARDING OF THE HOHOR TO THE MOST OUTSTAHDING FARM FAMILY WE WILL TAKE YOU BY MEANS OF PICTURES OJF A TOUR OF THAT FAMILY*S FARM. HOW HERE I S OUR FILM STORY, AITD
I WILL EXPLAIK WHAT'S HAPPENING AS WE GO AL01G.
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(LAHGFITT WILL MRRATE AD LIB TO CONCLUSION) JTOW, YOU HAVE SEEM THE FAMILY WE SALUTE TODAY. MR. AND MRS. URIAH Z , WHITEHEAD AND SOK HILEY OF THE ELLISON RIDGE COMMUNITY OF WIHSTON COUNT1
BEFORE I TURN TO THEIR FA�1 STORY I WAIT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THb WONDERFUL HELP I RECIBVED FROM COUNTY AGENT ED SESSUMS AND HOME DEMONSTRATION
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A G M T , MISS HILDEETH P ?ICE.
fHST WENT f 0 THE
WHITHttE&B FA1M WITH ME AID HELPED ME GREATLY I ASSEMBLING THIS S f O l Y . AS I SAID, THIS IS HIE
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AMD MRS. URIAH Z. WHITMBAB AID SOU
R I L E Y , OF THE ELLISON RIDGE COMMUNITY OF WINSTON COUNTY. ELLIS 0 1 R I M E 0 J � I I I T Y I S LOCATH)
ABWJT 1 5 MILES S4ST AMD SOUTH OF LOUISVILLE. OUR FIRST INTRODUCTION TO THE URIAH WHITmfilD
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FABM WAS THIS WELL SEPT MILBOX BY THE SIDE OF RQ4D. BY THE Mf, ALL THE MAILBOXES IK THIS
COMMUNITY LOOK IN SIHILAR CONDITION BECAUSE OP OH! OF THB PROJECTS OF THIS COMiUKITY DEVaOPMUT CLUB TO WHICH THE WHITEHE&BS B^OSG ASD THROUGH WHICH THEY WOtlC TO H1LP THEIS NEIGHBORS MM
THEIR COMHUHITY A B^PfBR P U C E I S WHICH TO LIVE.
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THIS I S THE HOME OF MH. AM MRS. URIAH fflBITBBEAD
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MAS BORM AID RAISS) OI THIS F A M .
MOVED TO WIKSTOH CoUHTY FROM
ARKANSAS WHEN SHE WAS BIGHT AMD HER FOLKS SBTTLH) THREE MILES UP THE ROAD FROM HJK FRESMT HOME. SHE AND MR, WHITHIEAD MET AS THBY WERE mm THBY
GROHIKG UP IN THE SAMS COMMUNITY,
HfMM MARRIED I S YMRS AGO URIAH WHITBHSAD OWNS) 2 0 ACRES OP LAND AND HE AND HIS BROTHER FARMED I I T AND A 20 HIS BROTHER OWN� AS A 40 ACRE FARM. HE WAS ALSO HJSLPIH& TO FARM HIS FATHM'S LAUD
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URIAH
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AND HIS BRIDE LIVED IN THIS
HOUSE WI1H URIAH'S FATH� AMD MOWER UNTIL URIAH WHIT IHf 0 SffiVICE 1% 1 9 4 2 . SLIDE PARM-4 WHEJT HE
RETURNED FROM SJSRVICB IN 1946 HE BOUGHT HIS F A T H E R S LAUD AHD MOV� BACK U T O THB HOUSE I S WHICH HE HAD GHOW2J TO MAfflOOD. TOMY URIAH
WHITEH1AB OWNS HIS 100 ACSES WITHOUT A DEBT AGAINST I T , OME 0P fHE RBASOHS THE WHITHIBABS WERE MAMEO TUB OUTSTAIDIIG FAMILT I I THB a L I S O S RID6E COMMIWITT WAS BECAUSE OF THB F I N E COJTBITIOM OP ffiEIR F A M KJILDIHGS. WEM
OTIAH WHITMEAD I S HOT KESBED OR CA�*T GET IHTO THJS FIELD HB I S BUSY REPAIRING BUIjyJIITGS AID BM | FESCBS. SLIBE FARM-g
COWS
WHEN H I CAME M C E P10M S M T I C l t ALOIG HE
WITH COTTOH AMD CORH HB STASTED OAISYIIGo
S T A R T � WITH FOUR COWS ASH SOLD GHADE WC�� MltM TO TH1 PET MILK COMPACT, TORAY HE HAS 1 5 HEA0 FIVE R�PtAC@f8ir
OF COWS, 9 HOW Iff PRGWCnOH MB
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HBIF^S,
H i STILL SHUbS GHADB "C* MILK,
DELIVERING ABOUT 1 0 GALLOKS A MY RIGHT HOW AKD OWR. 20 GALLONS WHJar ALL HIS CGffS MM FRESH. HB HAS A GRADE H E P BUT PLANS TO BUY A B S I F E R FOR HILBY TO START I I T O 4-H CLUB I SH0ULD3FT BE SURPRISED I F THIS WILL BE THE BEGIHNIHG OF A REGISTERED JERSEY HERB 0 1 THE
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URIAH WHITEHEAD FARM. CQ$SISTS
HIS PERMANENT GRAZING
OF I S ACHES OF LESPKDEZ*, BERMUDA AID IN ADDITION, OATS ARS PLANTED F0S
DALLIS GRASS,
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TEMPORARY GRAZING AND ARE XHKN CAWLm OH AND HARVESTm AS HAY, I S ?QHS <F OAT HAY, MR. WHITJUE&D PUTS UP ABOUT HE ALSO HAS 3 ACRgS OF
S1RBCIA FOR TJ^POMRY GRAZIFG AHB HJS CLIPS HIS PASfURBS FOR WEED CONTROL. LAST YE&R URIAH AYEM&m
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WHITEBMD HAD 10 A C R ^ OF COSM WHICH | 60 BUSHES TO THE ACRE.
I T I S USED ON THE FARK URIAH
AS FEED FOR CATTLE, HOGS AID POULTRY.
TOITEHEAD I S A COMBIMflM MULE AND TRACTCR FARMER. GROUITD BREAKING AND FRfiPERATM I S
D 0 S 1 WITH A TRACTOR ASD THE CULTIVATING I S D0NE WITH A TEAM OF MJLBS. HIS SEED BM> I S ALREADY LAST
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PREPARED FOR NEXT SPRING *S C0TTOF C 1 0 P ,
YEAR HB HAD 8*2 ACRES OF COTTOI WHICH MADE 1 1 BALES, HE TESTS ALL HIS SOIL AND F13RTILI2BS HE ALSO FOLLOWS A COMPLETE URLffi WHIT3IEC
ACCORDING TO HEEDS,
POISOHIHG PROGRAM ON HIS COTTON.
FOLLOWS HIS COUNTY AGENT'S ADYICE IN MOST EVERY PHASE OF HIS FARM PROGRAM. HE HAS A WELL
BALANCED AND WELL DIVERSIFIED PROGRAM ON HIS SLIDE 1 FAHM-10 1 0 0 ACRES. 2$ ACRES OF LAND I S IN TIMBER
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CONSISTING OF BOffl P U B AID HARDWOODS.
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HARDWOODS ABB PllfiS ARE THIHHED AHB WEEDED AS BECESSARY AM� FROM HIS 0WI TIMBS* URIAH WHITMIM H I S M M , BUILf A Sf OHM HOUSE, AMD OUTBUILDINGS Am HOME IMSIDS, Wim COMPLl^^Y RMODELED THE3 HE
ALL HIE WOSK H I ^ E L F ,
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ALSO USUALLY RAISES ABOUf 10 fO 30 HEAD OF HOGS SOME FOR mmm$ BUT MOSTLY FOE HOME USB AHD BE
FOH SALB AS WmK HAMS, SAUSAGE AID MCQH .
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HAS BUILT A SMOKE HOUSB AID SELLS MOST OF HIS HOGS AS PROCESSED MEAT. WtCUmm HS JUST RECENTLY
AKD RIGHT H W 02?LY HAS ONE REGIS T�ED O FAHM, UB QUIT SELLHG FOR fflRKET
G I L T 0 1 mE
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OUT FBOM UHD^ HOGS, M B
A BSTTM PROFIT OH HIS HOGS S1LLIS6 MEM
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M S M . THSSB 1HSEB SIDES OF BACOI ARE OILY A SMLL MRt C U R I 2 ^ IH THE SMOKMOUSE. OF THE MEAT K0� 1HB WHITEHBAD�S W9
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FARM*U
SO PULLETS EYWY H M S MM? YEAH.
YEAR AID SELL MOST OF IHEIH RIGHT HOW TBM HAV1 7S L&YI3&
HUTS AND FROM H I M MRS. WHITMEAD SELLS ABOUT I S D02EN mGS PWL W E ^ . THEY ALSO HAVE 25 FRUIT AKD
GUUSA B M S WHICH THEY KEJgP FOR BGGS,
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V f i G l T A B L ^ FOR HOMB AID MARKET ARE PRODUCED I I I N E i l S OBCHARD OF 25 PEACH, APPLE, PEAR, F I G ,
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A I D APRICOT TRIES AND A QUART� ACHE SARDST AND ABOUT TWO AC1BS OP TRUCIC PATCHES. PROM WBL H TRUCK PATCHES THEY M I S E ABOUT 4 i ACRE OF
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AM MWET*
POK HASXET AKD SWEET POTATOES, LIMA
BBAHSt IRISH POTATOES AID PEANUTS P 0 1 HOME) USE MUCH OP THE FOOB SATED FOR HOtffi
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FOOD
CONSUMPTION mm
ISTO THIS HOME FREEZER,
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W1IT�HEAD F R S 2 B S ABOUT JtSOO P0UIBS OF POOD EkCE YEAH* SUCH TliimS AS B�@P� PORK, SO S � S f BmiTS
P1AS AID FISH,
SHB ALSO CAKS ABOUT 200 JARS OF THE WIITMBADS HAVE
F R U I T AHD fEGBTABLES,
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C O M P L ^ E L Y REMODELED THEIR HOME AND MRS* WHITfflK HAS A 7WIY MQBMS KITCHBM IN HHICH TO COOK FOR HER FAMILY. B B M mPAWTW TH1 ENTIRE INSS5E OF THE HOUSS HAS BY M * AW MRS. WHITSHBAD AHD
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BEAUTIFUL DIHIHG ROOM I S ONLY ONE OF �M HOMEY AND CO^PORTABIP ROOMS TH1
FAMILY M J 0 Y S # SOME OF THEIR PLANS FOR THE FUTUR INCLUDE MO1B RMODSLISS, FIXING THE ROOF OF THE HOUSI AND AN OUTSIDE PAINT JOB, MR. AND MRS,
URIAH WHIT1HEAD HAVE A COMPLETE UTILISATION PROGRAM ON THETR SMALL ACR1AGB AND THEY NOT ONLY L I � B OFF THE PRODUCE OF HIEIR LAND BUT THEY ALSO
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FIND MDCH OF THEIR PLEASURE AT HOME, WHITMEAD FAMILY I S A WJSICAL FAMILY.
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USED f 0 FURNISH EMTERTAINMMT FOR WU& WHITEBEAB AID H I S STILL LO�1 TO
COMUNITY FUNCTIONS.
| PAIHffi, WHO LIVES WI1H TUM, PICK UP THSIR PIDDLES AM TUNE OCCASIONALLY, CAMERA ON FAMILY
DRAf OUT A PLJMSAHT FAMILY NOT
ME mUMEAD
ONLY BOBS AH OUTSfAHDIlR JOB OF fHBIH PABM AND HOME PROGRAM BUT THST COimiBUTE MJCH OP H I S R TIMS AND tALENTS f 0 f H B H COlMJHIfY. TUB PAMIL1
| AfTHSBS fHB GOOB HOPE BAPtlSf CHURCH RBGULARLT ASD M S . MHITMBAB I S A SUBSflfUTE fimCHBR I S fHE PRIMft.HY DEPAlfMMf. J � . AID W.S. miimmt>9
MQRKESQ IN K i B I l COMMUNITY DEV1L0PMMT CLUB WITB mmt HEIGHBOHS, ALSO HELPED TO lEPAIHf IHE XH1Y HAVE ALSO HELPED TO
CHURCH HfSIDE AMD OUT.
CARSY OUf A RABIES COMTHOL PROGRAM IN fflE C O M U M f Y IH WHICH ALL DOGS WBRB YACCIHATSJ A1TD A H ^ PLAYM) AN IMPORTANf PART fflfH THEIR NEIGHM I I MAIY o m B l COMMUNITY IMPROV^SSfTS, MRS.
WHITfflfiAD I S OM THE LAHDSCAPE COMMITTEE OF TLiE CLUB AHD THEY HELPED TO FOU3TO ffll CLUB 2HHEB YE41S AGO. mm ARE BOTH ACTIVE I I P . T . A . ICORK
MRS.
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SECIBTAHY OF THE XKKXXSKX
HICKORY G1O�E HOMB D^OISTRATIOK CLUB AID ALSO SECREmRY OF THE COUHTY HOME DMOHSTRATIOH COUHCIL. Ml, WHITEHMD IS A FARM BUSAU
