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Farm Family of thp Week
Howard Laagfltt
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CAMERA. 0 1 LANGFITT
I WANT TO SAY I N THE VERY BEGINNING THAT I AM DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO MR. L E S L I E COLEMAN, SMITH" COU1 TY AGRICULTURAL AGENT FORHIS HELP I N SELECTING
THE FAMILY WHICH WE SALUTE TODAY AND ALSO TO A S S I S T A N T COUNTY AGENT, HENRY MANGUM, FOR H I S HELP I N GOING WITH M l TO T H I S FAMILY'S FARM TO OBTAIN THE STORY WHICH I AM HW GOINT TO T E L L . SLIDE FARM-1 MAILBOX T H I S I S THE STORY OF MR. AND MRS, W.A. WICKER WHO LIVE I N THE WICKER-BROArN COMMUNITY OF SMITH COUNTY WHERE THEY FARM 2ij.O ACRES OF LAND. THEIR
FARM I S ABOUT 1 6 MILES NORTH OF RALIEGH OR 1 2 JMILES SOUTH OF FOREST. W.A. WICKER GREW U P ON MRS, WICKER
T H I S SAME LAND WHICH HE FARMS TODAY. SLIDE FARM-2 KAN 3c WOMAN
WAS MISS KATIE WINDHAM BEFORE HER MARRIAGE TO ANDREW. S 3 E LIVED ABOUT AMILE FROM HOBEWOQD.
THEY F I R S T MET AT CHURCH AWD WERE MARRIED I N 1912. MR. AND MRS, WICKER HAVE BEEN FARM FOLKS WHEN THEY MARRIED W . A , WICKER
ALL THEIR L I V E S .
BROUGHT H I S BRIDE HOME TO L I V E WITH H I S FOLKS
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O N T I L THEY BUILT THIS HOME I N 1 9 1 8 .
ONE OF THEIR
SOI� NOW LIVES I N I T JUST UP THE ROAD FROM H I S MOTHER AND DAD. W.A, WICKER BUILT THIS HOUSE HE CUT THE LOGS AND HAD W.A. WICKER STASTED
FROM H I S OWN TIMBER.
THEM SAWEED AND DRESSED.
OUT FARMING ON 1 2 ACRES OF LIND WHICH HE HAD I N
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COTTON AND CORN,
THE P l R S f
LAND HE OWNED WAS
lj.0 ACRES WHICH HE BOUGHT ADJOINING H I S FAHTER*S LAND. HE BOUGHT I T I N 1 9 1 1 , A YEM BEFORE H I
MARRIED.
HE BOUGHT A OTHER 3 5 ACRES II? 1 9 2 8 AND M W.A, WICKER SAYS H I S FATHER
7 5 ACRES I I 1 9 3 5 ,
GAVE HIM SOME LAID AND HE HAS I N TURN GIVEN SOME TO H I S CHILDREN, HE HAS GIVEN THE THREE LIVING
CHILDREN ABOUT 3% AGRES EACH AND HAS 1 3 2 L E F T * . . . ALTHOUGH HE FARMS AND MANAGES THE LAUD HE GAVE
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H I S TWO DAUGHTERS,
THIS I S THE HOMB I N WHICH I T SETS ON THE A LOG HOUSE.
M R . AND MRS. WICKEB LIVE TODAY. SAME SIGHT WHERE V . A , WAS.BOTH H
W . A . ' S FATHER BUILT THE (R IGINAL PART OF THIS HOUSE THOUGH THEY HAVE PUT OM ASBESTOS SIDING ADDED A FRONT PORCHA DHA A LAUNDRY ROGK. W.A. M
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WICKER QUIT RAISING COTTON HIMSELF IM 1 9 l & THOUGB TENNANTS HAD COTTOS THEY RAISED ON THE SHARES U N T I L 1951}-. W E I W.A, WAS RAISING COTTON HE HAD
6 OR 7 ACRES AMD MADE ABOUT A BALE TO THE ACRE. H E QUIT COTTON BECAUSE HE STARTED RAISING CHICKES AND CATTLE AND HE SEEDED TO DEVOTE H I S TIME TO THEM. SLIDE FARMLIFE. W.A. HAS HAD SOME CATTLE MOST ALL H I S HE HAS GRQ�N INTO H I S IRESEHT HERD FROM
TWO HEAD WITH WHICH HE F I R S T STARTED*
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TODAY HE HAS �9 HEAD OP CATTLE....31 BROOD COWS. POUR HEAD ARE REGISTERED STOGK..,T�O MALES AND TWO FEMALES. W.A. WICKER FOLLOWS A COMMERCIAL
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COW AND CALP PROGRAM, SELLING THE BULK OP HIS CALVESMILK PAT OPP THE CCW # HE HAS GABRIED A
PEW LATE OSES THROUGH THE WINTER ON GRASS. EACH YEAR �.A. TRIES TO SiSVE ABOUT THREE OP HIS BEST HEIFERS FOR HERD REPLACEMENT. HI CALPHOOD VACCINATES AND THE HERD IS TB AID BANGS TESTED.
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HE WOULD LIKE TO INCREASE A LITTLE EACH YEAR UNT3 HE HAS ABOUT 35 BROOD COWS. FIVE OP THE CO^S N * OJ OTHER THAN
1 T THE HERD BELONG TO THF CHILDREN. S
A LITTLE GRAIN HE GROWS FOR FEED W.A. WICKER IS STRICTLY A GRASSLAND FARMER. SLIDE PARM-10 BOLL ONE OP HIS TWO HERE
SIRES CAME PROM SHE BILLY BURTON HERD AND THE YOUNGER OHE CAM! PROM THE HERD OP CURTIS KNIGHT AT TAYLORSVILLB. HIS CATTLE ARE mEDOMIHATlLY HEREFORD, AND �,A. HAS KEPT REGISTERED BOLLS SINCE XSJpS IN THE 19M>*S. W.A. WICKER ALSO
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CREEP FEEDS HS CALVES EACH YEAR AND USES BACK RUBS IN THE mSTURES POR INSECT AUD PARASITI CONTROL. WATER FOR HIS LIVESTOCK PROGRAM IS
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SUPPLIED PROM TWO STOCK PONDS SIMILAR TO THIS ONE AHD ALSO PROM A CREEK THAT RUNS THROUGH THE
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PLACE. W.A, WICKER SAYS IT WAS HOT QUITE RELIABLE ENOUGH SO HE BUILT THE PONDS FOR SLIDE FARM-13 PASTURE INSURANCE. PERMANENT PASTURE CONSISTS OP 100
AORES DIVIDED UP INTO POUR GRAZING AREAS FOR CONTROLLED GRAZING. HIS PERMANENT PASTURE CONSISTS PRIMARILY OP BAHAIA GRASS AND BERMUDA SLIDE FARMM M IK RSTURE AND DALLIS GRASS AND WHITE DUTCH AND CRIMSOI GLOVER, BY THE WAY, THIS IS ASSISTANT COUNTY
AGENT HENRY MANGUM WITH MR WICKER ON A GOOD FIELD OP CLOVER. W.A. UICKER CLIPS HIS PASTURES
PR WEED CONTBOL AND FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS HAS USED SOME CHEMICAL WE'D CONTROL MEASURES. SLIDE FARM-15 TEMPORARY GRAZING GQNSISTS OF 11 ACRES IN OATS. THE! HE GRAZES SOME OF IT ALL THE WAY AND HE PLOWS UNDER AND FOLLOWS WITH CORN. THE REST OF IT, HE TAKES THE CATTLE OFF IN LATE MAHCH, NITRATES IT AND LATER CUTS IT IN THE DOUGH STAGE FOR HAY. HE PUTS UP ABOUT 1200 BALIS OF HAY SLIDE FARM-16 PASTURE EACH YEAR AND THEN ALSO HAULS �UITE A LOT OF LOOSE HAY. W.A. isHCKER TESTS HIS SOIL I D TRIES TO FERTILIZE ACCORDING TO SOIL TEST RECOMMENDATIC HE SAYS IT PAYS. MR* WIGKSR RECALLS THAT HIS FATHER HAD HIS LAND IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE BUT THAT HE HAS HAD TO CLEAR MUCH OF WHAT HE HAS BOUGHT.
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HE HAS DONE THE CLEARING BY HAND AND HAS CLEARED ABOUT i. ACRES ALL TOLD. WITH THE HELP OP TfiE j0 A.S.C. HE HAS ALSO TERRACED MOST OF HIS LAND. HE DID MOST OF HIS OWN TERRAOING. YOU CAN SSI SOME OP IT IN THE BACKGROUND, W.A, CHECKER HAS
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ALSO DONE SOME DRAINAGE WORK TO GET THE FULLEST POSSIBLE USE. FROM HIS LAID. THIS 1123 CUBIC
YARD DITCH HAS SERVED TO DRAIN WHAT. USED TO BE BOGGY LAND. W*A. �ICKKR IS ALSO A CERTIFIED SLIDE FARM-18 TIMBER TREE FARMER....AND HAS BEEN FOR ABOUT TEN YEARS, HE HAS 25 ACRKS OF MOSTLY PIHE TIMBER WHICH HE THINS AND WEEDS, PROTECTS FROM FIRE AND SEIEGTIVI HARVESTS. W.A. ALSO CUTS HIS OWH FENCE POSTS SLIDE FAHH-19 TIMBER FH)H HIS TIMBER I D HAS THEM TREATED WITH PENTA AND CREOSOTE At A COMMERCIAL VAT IH THE AREA. HIS LAND IS ALL FEHCED AND CROSS FENCED. OVER TEE YEARS HE HAS SET OUT ABOUT 2,000 PINE SEEDLINGS TO FILL IN THE THIN SPOTS AND TO REPLACE IMHAT HAS BEFN CUT. W,A, WICKER NO LONGER FARMS WITH HORSES AID MULES AS HE ONCE DID BUT IS A MECHANIZED FARMER, NOT ONLY DOES W.A. SLIDE FARM-2G CARRY ON A GOOD FARM PROGRAM BUT HIS WIFE ALSO CARRIES OUT AN EXCELLENT HOMEMAKING PROGRAM. SHE KEFPS ABOUT TWO AND A HALF ACRES OF
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AID FROM IT M D HER POULTRY AND OTHER FARM MEAT SUPPLY SHE EACH YEAR FREEZES ABOUT 800 POUNDS OP POOD FOR THEIR HOME NEEDS. THEY HOT ONLY RAISE GARDEN FOR THEMSELVES BUT SOME FOR THE CHILDREN
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IN ADDITION TO WHAT SHE FRIEZES MRS. WXGKBf
ALSO PUTS UP ABOUT 200 QUARTS OP POOD IN JARS; MR. AND MRS. -WICKER HAVE HAD ELECTRICITY ALMOST SINCE CBS SOUTHERN PISE BLBCTRIC POWER ASSOCIATIC GAMS INTO BEING BACK ABOUT 1938. SHE LOVES TO
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COOK...ESPECIALLY NOW ON HER NEW ELECTRIC RANGE. AND SHE'S A GOOD COOK TOO. SHE'S ONLY HAD HER ELECTRIC RANGE ONE YEAR AND THINKS IT'S REALLY THE MOST WONDERFUL THING SHE�S EVER HAD. MRS. "
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WICKER ALSO LIKES TO SEW AND NOT ONLY SEWS FOR HERSELF MB HER HOME BUT ALSO FOR HER GRAND
CHILDREN. THE WICKER'S HAVE NINE GRANDCHILDREN AND ONE GREAT GRAND DAUGHTER. HR. AND MRS. W.A. WICKER BELONG TO THE ROMEWOOD METHODIST CHUROi CAMERA OH FAMILY !*JHERE W.A. IS TREASURER OP TH^ CHURCH AND A M1MBE OP THE OFFICIAL BOARD. HE IS ALSO A MASON AID THEY BELONG TO THE FARM BUREAU. WHEN I ASKED
ABOUT THEIR HOPES FOR THE FUTURE MR. WICKER SAYS WE JUST WANT TO CONTINUE WHERE WE ARE AS LONG AS WE CAN. I COULD TELL HUGH MORE BUT IN THE TIME
THAT REMAINS LET ME VISIT WITH MR. I D MRS. WICKE
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1. HAVE YOU EVER RAISED ANY OTHER LIVESTOCK? 2. 3. WHAT HAS BEEN BIGGEST CHANGS IN FARMING? TELL US ABOUT THE CHICKEN BUSINESS. HOW MANY DID YOU START WITH....WHAT WAS THE MOST YOU HAD....WH5S DID YOU QUIT. WHY? DID YOU RAISE THEM OM CONTRACT? k. WHAT'S THE STORY OH THE OLD BUILDING BEHI1D YOUR HOUSE? 5. 6. MRS. WICKER, HOW HAS HOMEMAKIHG" CHAMGFD? WHAT ARE THE CHILDREN'S NAMES AHD WHERE ARTS THEY?
