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Farm Family of the Week BY Howard Langfltt
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I WAHT TO SAY IH THE V � � MGINNIMG THAT X AH t OEATEPtJL TO JASFM1 0OUNTY ACHlIGtTLTURAL , W�C. 01PGOAT A!� ASSISTANT COUHfY AGEM$ J A H E S , FOB fHEIR VERY WOMBRFl�� HE&F IM HJ THE FAMILY WHICH WE SALOTE fOMY 4 P C S GOIHG WITH Mi TO TB&m FABM TO HELP MS THE STORY WHICH I AM XCM &Qim TO T&U*. THIS I S hm
THS STOP.Y OF MH� AHD JfilS. SBMARD WIM?HAM WHO
(M OW HIGHWAY %$ ABOIH! POIIH MIIES MORTH OF BAY
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M I S S I S S I P P I , WHESB THEY O M AND PABM W THOUGH H3HAKD HIM3HAM WAS BAI
? 7 ACRES OP LAHD.
I S THE A1ITIOCH OOIOHWITY ABOOT P I VE H I B I ICE HAS LIVID IM THIS VERY COMMOHITY FOB ABO! YEARS HAVim MOVED TO THE ADJOIMim FARM WITH H I S FOIiKS WHE� HE MAS ONLY 7 YfcAES GW* MRS.
WIUDHAM ORi.� UP IH T i l l SBADY GROV1 O?l#iimiTY OF JQmS GOUMTY, EDWARD HAD Kill POLK LIVING IH THE
OOMM�lfITY AMD H i MET HER WHILE VISITISO WITH THU SLI8S THEY WEHE m R K I H ) OH ifAlfOAHY 8 f 19JT� AT THl TIME THEY WKRE MARRIED MMARD WAS DOIHG WORK Am PARKO� OH THIS LAMB WHICH HE HAD TH1BI2 MSRBH*T AHY BUILDII0S
TWO YEABS MFORK.
OH THE 7 7 AOMS AHD H3WA8D WAS L I V i m AT HOHE WITH HIS FOLKS AHD FARMIH& WITH THKK. AFTER THB5
THEY COSTIMM) TO LIVE WITH SPWARD�S POLES WHILE THEY WBRB ByiLDIlKI THEIR HOME.
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THE HOUSE HIMSELF.
AS THEIR FAMILY HAS
THEY HAW ADDED ANOTHER BEDROOM AND BATHROOM, MR. 4MB m � HOWARD WXKDHAM ARE RAISIJfG POUR PHi J S REALLY THE S�mt OP
S 0 H 3 AM) 2BBXR S f ^ t
HOW THOSE POUR S08S ^ - H CLOB AOTXVITHS A�D THE IHTBREST OP MR. A]7I) MRS. WIHDHAM I I 4-H 0LUB WORK HAVE HAD A LOT TO DO WITH THEIR iJUCCi-SS OH A FARM OF OMLY 7 ? ACSHS. 3I8CB T l i ^ S R PROVSM) '
THEM WITH A FLAOB TO LIVB IS THE V ^ Y BMIS8XH0 LSI? m TELL YOtf FIRST ABOm THEIR T B ^ S i PROQRAM
THEY HAVE J|Q ACR13 OP P2HE AHD HARDWOOD TIMBER. OVSl TEK XBA1IS I T HAS BElIf mOTESTaD PBOM FIRE Am THIHHED AMD VESDSD FOR 14AXIMUI4 GHOWTJf. MR,
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WIHDHAM AM) THE FOUR B0IS� WATSOH, WHO I S 2 0 , DOUGLAS, WHO I S 1 9 , EDI30U WHO I S I ? AID LATRELL WH�SI3 X2 YEARS OLD, BAVE WORKED CLOSELY TOOBTHEI I I ! THEIR TIMDEil MAHAaEMEMT PROGRAM. HERB WE SSE EDWARD WIHDHAM Am GOUTY MEm J^OOAT AW
ASSIBTABT GOOTTY A d l l T JAMES# VXEWXW r�HE RESULTI OF SOME OF THEIR TXM8MI MAHAQEML.HT WORK, WATSON,
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WAS A DISTRICT FGRlgTftY WIHSm AHD HIS MOTHERS ARE FOLLOWING HIM II? THIS PROJECT AND HAVE DONE TXMBKR STAHD IMHtOVSMEHT OH 2.8 OP THE ^ 0 AGRBS I S TIMBER. THEY HAVB G1BDLBD THE TJSDESIRABLK HARD
MOODS TO MAKE BOOM FOR REFORESTATION IH THEIR
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TIMBER &.NAQEMEfiT AREA,
THE RKSULT HAS BEEH
THAT AS THE HARDWOODS HAVE D U D AMD FALLBB TO FARM*? BOX IB TB�ER TBS GBOUHD THIS HAS 8EB3I THE RESULT. P I H E HAS A OHAtfCB TO CIROW. TOI8
WE SEE WAfSOU WIHDHA
1.OOKXSO AT THIS RKSIESJ OF SOI^THIHO HE DIDA FEW O� AHD EVBM ORMTBR BESIOiTS G M BE1 A THROtJQHOUf TBE TIMER ASIA
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TSE BOYS PLAI TO DO SOME MORB TSffiffl
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UBBS EDWARD WXHDHAM BOTOIffi HIS LAUD I T WAS COT LAHD. THEY EAVE llj. ACHES OF PERBAHK
PASfTOSi PLtTS THE USE OF 1*00 ACRES OF TS5BEB PASTURE OWED BY M>mRD�S BROTHER, THEY HAVE
HAP TO CLEAR HUGH OF THEIR LAI� TO MAKE ROOM ROW 0ROPS, WITH THE 0OOWY A01�T�S H1�F
A � HIS SOSS BEGAN TO HAVE THEIR SOU. TESTED AHD THEH TO I K I T I L I Z B ASGQm)ISa TO SOIL Hi^>S. CATTLE IN C AS THEY HAVE J&EARHED TO FERTILISE AW
POISON AND HAKB MORE PSR ACRE fKEY EAVE BEEN ABU TO GUT DO�H OH THE HOMBER OF A0RES IH ROW CROPS TO PEEP THE2B LIVBSTOOX� EJWARB WISDHAM HAS HAISBD A VBM HEAD OP OGffifiRCIAL OATTLE.
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AS HE HAS ALSO RAISHD GOTTOS, G0B8, FIAHOTS, 3P3AR CAHB AND SOSS5 TRUCK CHOPS, I E HAS
BIBiGVED HIS PASTURES AHD ROW CHOPS TO FEED
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H I S GATTLE,
HIS HIRD I S QUADS Af� HIS PRIMARY HE GALFHOGD ALL COWS
JOB I S TO BfPBOVE QOAIiITy, AHD HIS mm
IB TB AHD BAMS fESTID,
ABE BKED TO A BEGXSTsRED H ^ I ^ O R D BULL. BY THE � A Y t f H I S 0OHH F I E ^ WAS A 01� ACRE J&-H CLUB CORH PROJEGf ON WEIGH LSSBELL MABB 109 BUSHBLS* �THE WIHDHAH'S PLANT FUHKS S HYBRIDS. B0WARD
HAS 1 9 HiAD OP < K m B � � � # 2 � ' f l P fHBM KIOO0 OOWB. S I X MOUTHS AGO HB HAD | 5 HEAD, HE SEI&S HIS
CALVES MILS PAT OFF THE COW MCMPf FOE THE LAfS OHES AHD HE nms A Wm STEERS AM) BBSSB THESE fHOOQH SDWAHD WIHDBAM HAD HAP
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OUT On HIS QRAIH.
SOMi KSPBRIEHOE WITH COMMERCIAL CATTLE HB HAD HELPED FBED A SfEEii UKTIL 1 9 5 ^ . HE AHD fill
LSARHBD TOGSTHESl AHD OSE OF THE BOYS HAS HAJ THE �BAS� CHAHPIOS SfSEE OF THE JASP1H OO0HTY LOTSTOCK SHOW FOB THB PAST FIVB ?EARS� WXSDHAM SAYS, I*VK JQST BBE� A BOY WITH im# IBM*
WB MORE T001THER FOR 2MPR0VHIEHT AW THBY ARE
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f H B PBODUCTIOH OF HIGH lU&XTX BSIP BT OAtOHIW O S i OF THE SfMRS IM THB 1 9 ^ . CALF SCRAMBLE AT BAT SPBUKJS. THE H3OT YEAR WAfSOH CAWSHT HIS AT
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JASPER COUHTY'S SEOOHD CALF SCRAMBLE AHD BDI80H STARTED THE SA8E WAX XI 1956* THE WIUDHAM'S
PLAUT X2*Hj. ACRES OF GORH AMD AVERAGE ABOUT 6 0 BUSHELS TO THE AGR1* THEY USED TO PLA8T 1 0 TO T ^ Y HAVJ MU
5 0 ACHES ASD AVBRAGB U� 1?0 SO BUSHELS! HYBRID SE�> Kffi LAST 8 � 1 0 SEARS.
EAS MORE fHAl DOtffiLED HIS fZELDS C^ OQBH AHD COffOH SIHCB HXS SOHS H^AH J^-K CLUB EARLY THIS ISAH BB WAS HOSOBED AS A W I H ^ R ZH mB STA� COTTOH GOHfBSI! VITU AS AVERAi I I i f 5 ? H3
Y U L D OF ? 7 S POtrSDS OF L I I ^ PER ACHE,
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THE WIKI>HAK�S
CAREY OH A GOUFLlfl HOMSMAJOHG mOQRAM I � S P I f B OF m FAOT THAT l � 3 , W2HISAH WORKS AT ^^
E I ^ O f R l C BLABKET FACTORY IH BAY S ^ 2 B G S S K DAYS A WBBS. THUS" HAVE ? 5 TO iOO LAYIMI HENS A ^ ALS! fHEY KEEP 0HICK1MS OF
BROILERS FOB FOOD.
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POULTRY AT THE PAIR AK THEY ALSO HAVE fHEY DID HA\�
HAD QRAHD 0HAMPIOSS THIS YEAR. GM TtJR^Y HEN AND OHE GOBBLER.
1 3 CR 1U AHD X7*18 QOTHEAB, SOT THEY SOLD THEM.
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FOR FOOD FOR THE FAMILY TBBX ALSO HAVE A HALF AORE OF GARBSH, PART OF I f YEAR ROtfflD, ALSO, KA
Y1A1 THEY PUT UP ABOUT 8 0 �ALL0HS OF SYRtJF AMD S THB S S R F W a . WOt ALSO BAISB 1$ TO 1 8 BUaSBLS 0
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FBAIUTS AfiD SELL THE SURPLUS AMD THEY SILL SOME 3WMT POTATOES. THSf HAVE &�X0 PEAOH TRE&SABD THE LAS� I S f 00 ROUGH
S O � YQUBD PEOAH 2B8B8*
TO I S HANDLED WITH A TRACTOR SO THEY FARM XT WJW
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FROM THEIR POOD SUPPLY H � � , WIM5HAM,
WISH CTE HELP OP HER KBH* EAOH SBAR CAHS ABOUT 6 0 0 JARS OF FOOD, AW THE BUTCHER TBBEE HOGS AHD 0H2 THE MEM PISK AHD
CURK THEIR lffiAT#
FREPABE THE POOB FOR CAIMIH� AMD MRS, WIHDHAM CANS THE POOD APT� SHE GETS HOME PROM WORK, ALSO SELL A LOT OF CANIED BEAMS OM THE MARKET*..EMMS WHICH THE3T PRiifAHE AW CAM AT HOMi
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MRS, WIHDHAM LIKES TO COOK AND I S A GOOD ONE. THB FELLOWS ARE FRETT2T OOOD GOOES TOO, FAMILY EVBRTf MEMBER WORKS WHEREVER HB I S S F I T i OF Till FAOT MRS, WI8DHAM WORKS EVW& DAf AT THB FACTORY SHE DOES BBR OWH COOK2B3, XM THI8
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TO SEW AMD SEWS HOST OF HER OWH ALL THB
AM) HSR DRAPES AHD CUSfAIHS,
BOXS HAVE AN AMBITION TO FIHISB COLLEGE AHD THEIR PARESTS HAVE AHXZXE AMBITION ASD DESIRE TO SEE WAY POSSIBLE.
THEM DO IT AID HSLP TWM XM AM OF THE B01TS HAVE WM RIBBOfifS
i*-H CLUB MBKB^IS, AHD IH FA�
&S TOU CAK S ^ THEir HAVE SEEN CHAMPI0H3.
.WHOLE FAMILY HAS BEEH GHAMPIOJfS IH GOOD ALL
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THE MEMBERS OP THE FAMILY ARE LATRELL, EDISQH, WATSOH, DOWLAS AW MR. AND MRS, WISDHAM. W O OF THEM ARE HOW IH COLLEGE, WATSOH IS A JOT!!� IH ELECTRICAL EfKIXHSBRINa AT MISSISSIPPI STATE AHD DOUGLAS 13 IH HIS 3EC0HD YBAB AT JQHBS 4tWia COLLEGE, THEIR I^-H CLUB PRO01GTS HAVE FIHAH01B AT LEAST HALF OF EACH XEAR�S SCIOOLIMG. MS. JEtCOAf$ THE COtHTY AaKHT, A � BUSTER RUFPIlt, A FORMER COUHTY AOEMT, GOT THIS FAMILY STARTED IH JfH CLUB WOBK AHD J.W# JAMES HAS KEPT THSH AT IT, EDWARD WIHDHAM EMCOURAOIS THEM IH TKBIH CLUB ACTIVITIES* HL GOT I1TKRESTED IX IT WHEI MATSOH EIKOLLED AJND HE*S BEEN IBTERESTBD EVER SIHCE, IH PACT* SO ISTBRESTED IS HE IH �H OLUB BOYS AHD IH FEEDING STEERS THAT HE HELPI ASSISTAHT COUHTY AOEST, J�W*. JAMSS IH THE GQVmt CAHSIA OH FAMILY lUHIOH LIVESTOCK PRO0RAM* Hi IS CKAIRMAlf OF THE JASPER COUNTY 4*H ADVISORY GOWICIL AHD AI*80 OP THE COUHTY 4-H ADULT LEADER'S COUNCIL. SI801 EDWARD WIHDHAM BBQAH SERVim II THESE VOLUHTARY LBADERSHIF JOBS^ THE AHHUAL BUDGET RAISED BY TEE LOCAL BUSIHESSJCai TO STREHQXBEN I^�H CLUB WORK I� JASfER COUHTY HAS GROWN FROM |200 TO #1,200, THE WIHDHAM FAMILY BELONGS TO THE FIRST BAPTIST JHURCH OF LQUIW M R S , WI�HAM HAS TAUGHT A SlIHDAY SCHOOL CLASS THE PAST POUR OR FIVE YBARS
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AHD WOMB THE FAMILY HAS AT3EHDBD REGULARLY. EDWARD WINDHAM IS ALSO A DIRBQTOR OF THE JASPER GQUMTY FARM BUREAU AHD BGT8 MR, AHD MRS. WIHDHAM ARK ADULT k�� GWB LEADERS. If IS THEIR 00AL
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TUffi FLAH FOR PROGRESS AHD SEOGRIfif, WHILE R E C E I V I W THE LATEST I^ORMATIOI ABOUT F A R K I � AHD HQMSMAXZiro PROM THE AGRICULTURAL KXTENSIO� SERVIOE, THE WHIBHAMfS HAVE ElffiOLIED IH THE BALANCED FARM AW HOME PROGRAM. THE &OBK AND HfSPIRA-TIGM
EFFORTS OF THIS FAMILS" HAS B1BI All
TO MM IH JASPBS COUliTY,,.*YOU�STERS A!� ALIKS# I AM PROITD TO SALIH^ KR� AKD HRS.
WUJDHAH AND THES? FOUR S O U S , , . .TRULY OF THE TITLE, FARM FAMILY OF THE WESS," A � YOU TO HBST TBBIU 1*
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WHAT DO YOU TKISK OF 4 - H CLUB WORK? DO YOU THIHK I T WOULD HAVE MATTERED I F YOU HAD HEVEH HrARD OF I T t
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WHAT HAS GOHTRIBUTED MOST TO FABM IMPROV1KBIR! MHSf HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN WQRKIHa? WHAT BELTS YOU MOST IH YOUR HOKKMAKHGf TALK TO BOYS ABOUT FLAHS AHD ABOUT WHAT k"& HAS HEANT TO THEMt..,PO YOU REOOMfffiMD 'EKAf ALL BOYS GET THEIR FATHERS AS IHTBRKSTEJD I I
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