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if ELL, ONCE AGAIN FRIDAY liAS ROLLED AROUND AID HE AGAIN HAVE HIE OPPORTUNITY TO PAY TRIBUTE TO A FARM FAMILY MKING AH OUTSTANDING OITRIBUTION TO FARMING IN THEIR COMMUNITY AND TO AGRICULTURE IN M I S S I S S I P P I , US TODAY*S FAMILY
SELECTED FOR US BY RANKIN COUNTY AGENT, I T I S A FARM FAMILY THAT PR0BABL1
R . S . BARKER.
HAS ONE OF THE FINEST, I F NOT THE FINEST, DAIR1 OPERATION IN THE WHOLE STATS OF M I S S I S S I P P I . . . .IND TODAY �E�RB GOING TO TELL YOU ABOUT AND SH< SHOW YOU SOME PHASES OF THAT DAIRY PROGRAM. WON'T PERMIT US TO TELL EVERYTHING ABOUT [ffilS FAMILY SO I HAVE DECIDED TO TALK MOSTLY ABOUT THEIR DAIRY PROGRAM. SLIDEFARM-1 HOUSE THIS IS THE STORY
OF MRS. AND MRS. G.R. WQRTHINGTON AND THEIR OUR CHILDREN, FLORENCE, GORDON JUNIOR, AGATHA AND GLEN. I T I S THE STORY OF ALL THE FAMILY
EVEN THOUGH THE WHOLE FAMILY DOES NOT HOT LIVE THE FARM JUST 1SST OF BRANDON ON OLD MIGHWA! 3 0 . . . F O R TiilS FARM OPERATION BELONGS TO EVERY ONE OF THEM. A FEW YEARS AGO THEY FORMED A GLEN I S THE
CORPORATION OF THE WHOLE FAMILY,
PRESIDENT, GORDON AND SISTER FLORENCE ARE AND MRS, W R THINGTON I S THE C
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SECRETARY AND KEEPS ALL THE RECORDS OP THE FARM OPERATION THE STORY OP THE WORTHINGTON*S
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I S A STORY OF A FARM BOUGHT I I 1913 BY MR. WORTHINGTON WHEN HE CAME DOWN HffiE FROM TENNESSEE. SHORTLY THEREAFTER MRS. WORTHINGTOI
CAME DOM FROM WEST VIRGINIA TO VISIT SOME E t N F O L K S , THEY MET# Mi* WORTHISGXON COURTS) HEf AND THEY W*JRE MARRIED AND SETTLED IN THE LOVELY HOME WE JUST SAW, RAISED IN TMS HOME, ALL THE CHILDREN WERI
WHEN MR. WO1THINGTON
F I R S T CAME TO THIS LAND HE ROW-CROPIEB AND SOLD HAY. HE WENT INTO THE DAIRY BUSINESS EIGHT TODAY'S DAIRY
AFTER HIE FIRST WORLD M R . SLIDE PARMMILK HOUSE
PROGRAM I S A FAR CRY FROM THAT FIRST MIRY HERD IN 1920* MR. WCHTHINGTON STARTED WITH
GRADE JERSEYS AND RETAILED RAW MILK FROM ROUSE TO HOUSE AND IN THE STORES OF JACKSON. MR.
SfORTHINGTON KSPT AT THIS TYPE OF DAIRYING UNTIi HE HAD TO SWITCH TO BULK DELIVERY AT THE TIME THEY WERE BUILDING THE FIRST PAVED HIGHWAY 8 0 . HE COULDN�T GET TO JACKSON TO MAKE THE DELIVERIES. THE WORTHINGTON�S GOT BACK INTO
THE DOOR TO DOOR DELIVERY TYPE 0? DAIRYING IN 1 9 3 0 AND CONTINUED ON THE SAME BASIS UNTIL THE BOYS WENT INTO SERVICE IN WORLD WAR I I ,
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ONCE AGAIN A SHORTAGE OF HELP CAUSED MR. vmmamtm
TO GO BACK TO WHOLESALING HIS MILK,
HIE W<KTFIINGTON*S RE&LLY GOT INTO THE DAISY BUSINESS AS THEY KNOW IT TORAY I I 1 9 4 9 . AM) TB!
MODES! MILK HOUSE I S ONLY ONE < INDICATION OF THE TYPE OF PROGRAM THEY CARRY 0 1 TODAY,
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THE BOYS CAME � BACK FROM THE SERVICE THEY 3PENT SOME TIME CLMRING LAND ANB BUILDUG UP [MPROVED PASTURES AND MM I I 1HE FALL OP 1949
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:SOUGHT THEIR P I 1 S T RB&ISTMED GUERNSEY HEIFER AH0 IH THE SPRING OF 1950 DSC1DED TO CHAHGE TFL! 1IH0LE OPERATION OVER TO GUERBFSEYS. HOFFEVM,
I AS THEY BUILT THEIR REGISTERED GUERNSEY HERD W E Y COITIIUS) TO WHOLESALE TIIEIR MILK* SOLD JERSEYS AS THEY FRESHENED AND BOUGHT JUERNSEYS. SLIDE FARM-ij RODAT G�S. WORTKINGTON AID HIS THEY
FAMILY (MSS 1 7 5 HEAB OF PUREBRSJ AND RE GISTERI JUERHSEYS. MIW THEY STARTED THE CHANGE OVER TODAY THE
THSY OWNED 1 5 0 HMD OF JERSEYS.
<FURENSEY MILKING HERB NUMBER 1 2 0 HEAD WITH <>6 OF MM HORNING. <! nms COMIIG INTO THE MRM NIGHT AND THE REST OF THE UWTB CONSISTS OF
BULLS, PLUS ONE THEIR ARE KEEPING FOR
'ME EIIDS R W KIN ARTIFICIAL BREEDERS ASSOCIATIG A !HREE OF THE HJLLS ARE IN SERVICE* IN ADDITIOK
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'Mt-l tfORTHINGTON*S HATE SO HEAD OF TOP QUALITY
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HEIFERS,
MOST OF THE COWS ARE
TO CALVE IN THE FALL DURING THE SHORT %1LK PERIOD. ALL COIfS ARE BRED TO CALVE ONCE THE CALF I S
YEAR REGARDLESS OF THE SEASON.
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FOR FOUR DAYS, THEN PUT
THESE PENS AM) BUCKET FED F � THREE KOKZHS, PUT 0� HAY ASD CWLIK UHTIL SIX HOHTHS OF iSGB WHEN THEY ARB TURKS) TO PASTURE. THE
VORTHINGTON^S PRODUCE OILY GRASS AID HAY OH 1 H E I R LAND. GORDOH SAID THEY BUY ALL TMEIK
GRAIN BECAUSE I T I S CHEAPER THAN RAISING I T 1H1MSELVBS BECAUSE OF LABOR AID EQUIPMENT COSTS SLIDE PARM�6 POND THE HERD GETS A WELL BALANCED 16 PERCEJJT GRAIN RATION AMD RIGHT NOW THIS I S BEING SUPPLUMSfTfcl WITH BEET PULP TO TAKE THE PIACE OF SILAGE. I HE WGf?THINGTON�S USUALLY PUT UP ABOUT AROUHD 1 5 , 0 0 0 BALES OF HAY WHICH CONSISTS OF OATS WITH THE GRAIN ON, DALLIS GRASS AND BERMUDA. ALL OATS ARE GRAZED UNTIL MSCH THIN NITRATED A I D CUT FOR HAY IN LATE HAY. HATER I S A MIGHTY THREE
IiPOSTANT PART OF A LARGE DAIRY PROGRAM,
AND A DEEP WELL MEET ALL THEN NEEDS OF H E IfORTHIK TON FAMILY* WITH ELECTRICITY
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1-HRNISHEO BY THE MISSISSIPPI POWER AID LIGHT OMPANY THE WOHTHINGTON'S OPERATE MANY HEAVY !EE PHASE MOTORS AND MAINTAIN WATER UNDEK IGE PRESSURE FOR M M AND MILKHOUSE SEEDS. SLIDE BOII
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�LENTY OP HOT WATER I S NEEDED AT ALL TIMES IN 'HE DAIRY BUSINESS. A GREAT SHARE OF THE THIS
NITATION PROGRAM I S BBPMDENT UPON I T , LARGE BOILER MAINTAINS SCALDING HOT WATER ;OJffSTA!TLY,
IEEPIHG MIRY EQUIPMENT CLEAI I S IT IS M
OlffiOF TKE BIG JOBS IN DAIRYING,
ESPECIALLY BIG JOB O THE WORTHINGTOH FARM M I S YOU WILL SEE AS WE GO ALOIG, BY USB OF
PLENTY OP HOT WATER ANB PROPER DISINFECTANT SLIPS FAHM^IO 08 WORTHIIGTOI'S ARE ABLE TO CLEAN THEIR LK PIPE LBTE FROM INDIVIDUAL MILKER TO OLDING TANK BY SUCKING WATER THROUGH MANIFOLD [ROUGH MILKING J&CHINfi AID SB-CULULATING I T 1 OUGH THE G U S S PIPE LINE. THIS IS DON1 WIH THEN
TER AT A TElfPERATURE OF ISO DEGRESS,
JNCE A WESC EVERYTHING IS COMPLETELY TORN FOR PIECE BY PISCE GLEAMING, TESTS PROVE
THAT BY THIS KBTIIOD THEY ARE ABLE TO MAINTAIN LOW BACTERIA COUNTX IN FACT THE WCKTHINGTON ANYONE WHO KNOWS
SAVE THE LOW COUNT OF 1 , 0 0 0 ,
ANYTHING ABOUT M I R Y BACTERIA COUNT MOWS THIS
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t S MIGHTY GOOD.
A TEM THOUSAND COUNT IS
;ONSID13RED LOW ENOUGH TO PRODUCE CSKTIPIBD MILK
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COWS
SANITATION AT THE WORTHINGTON FARM STARTS IGHT IN THE FIELD, ErERY POSSIBLE SOURCE OF ONCB THE COWS
CONTAMINATION I S ELIMINATED..
OME INTO THE BARN THE PROCEDURE WOULD AMAZE fOU. SIXTEBf COWS ARE BROUGHT IN AT A TIME. I S THOROUGHLY WASHED DOWN WITH WARM
WERY Cm
PER AMD NOTHING �LSE I S DONE UITIL EVERY I S SPOTLESSLY CLEAN. SLIPE FAK8S�24 ^ASHING COW FOLLOWING THIS ONE
THE HANDS INDIVIDUALLY WASHES EACH CQW*S WITH A STRILE CLOTH. JtS USED FOR EACH COW. A DIFFER1&T CLOTH
NEEDLESS TO SAY EVERY
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MAN WASHING
PERSON WHO WORKS IN THE DAIRY BARN I S SPOTLESS LY CLEAN. I JUST HAPPENED TO NOTICE GLEN
JLEANING HIS BOOTS WHEN HE STEPPED INTO THE Jl&RN AND IT I S INDICATIVE OF THE TYPE 0F CARE ffiAT I S TAKEN ALL THE WAY THROUGH THIS FINE & I R Y OPERATION. ONCE THE COWS ARE CLEANED AND NOW LET ME TAKE
THE MILKERS ARE ATTACHED.
yOU WITH A TYPICAL QUART OP MILK FROM COW TO SLIDE ABM19 YOUR TABLE, FROM THE DAIRY BARN THE MILK GOES m i O U G H GLASS PIPE TO THE ADJOINING MILK 3 PROCESSING PLANT MERE A CIA RIFIER WHICH
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ALL MILK SOB STANCE ARGVE A GIVEN WEIGHT ICES OVER. I F YOU�VE SIS�' THE SUBSTANCE THAT
OLLECTS ON THE DISKS OF A MILK SEPERATOR, THAT S WHAT I ' M TALKING ABOUT # . . , T H A T I S WHAT I S �OVED. SLIDE FARMHOLDIMJ TMK PROM THE CIARIFIBI? THE MILE GOES IN
TAINLESS STEEL f I P S TO THE HOLDING TANK MERE T I S COOLS) TO 40 DEGREES AND HELD IN BULK ! N T I L RMDY FOR PROCESSING* ;EB F I F E TIMES A WEEIC, THEMILK I S WHEN PROCESSING
ECINS THE MILK I S PUMPED FROM THE HOLDING THROUGH STAIILESS STEEL PIPE TO THE
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ifflERE IT I S PASTUMIZED FOR YOUR NOT A QUAIT OF UNPASTUEKIZED MILK FROM TKB
3.EAVES THE WORTHINGTON M I R Y PLANT.
PASTUESIZER STAINLESS STEEL P I P E CARRIES THE THROUGH THE HOMOGENIZES 1 0 1 ANT POSSIBLE I S KILLED AND THE MILK AID CREAM ARE OROUGHLY MIXED FOR TOP QUALITY THROUGHOUT ERY QUART. FROM THE HOMOGHNIZER STAINLESS
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STEEL PIPES CARRY THE MILK THROUGH THE COOIER THE MILK I S COOLED TO 34 DSGREES, m. FORCED THROUGH THE COOLER DOES THE OB, THE MILK GOES FROM THE COOLER THROUGH ICE
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FARM,.11 CAKT'ON' MACHINE
ORE STAINLESS STEEL PIPE TO THE CARTON i A C H I N E WHERE IT I S AUTOMATICALLY PUT IN CA1T0I.
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UNTOUCHED BY WM AIR OS HUMAN HANDS.
THUS YOU
A l f i ASSURED THE BEST POSSIBLE MILK MAT MONEY
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CAN BUY,
ONCE THE MILK I S IN THE CARTON,
SEALED TIGHT, IT I S FINALLY' TOUCHED BY HUMH BANDS AS THE CARTON I S PIACED I I CARRYI1G
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CASES IN HJT IK THE COOLER WHESE IT I S HMD AT 3 4 DEGREES UNTIL DELIVERY TO JACICSOS. ONCE CASE SETTING ON HOLLEHS. NOTICE
NOW� LIT US THIS I S THE
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LOGIC JUST OUTSIDE THAT MALL.
THE LOADING POINT FOR MORE THAN 7�O QUARTS A M Y OF TOP QUALITY PASTUERIZEJ3, HOMOGENIZED, GOLDEN GUERNSEY MILK, FROM THIS POINT THE
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RE LOADED ON TWO WORTHIIGTON DELIVERY TIEJCKS THAT TAKE THIS WORTHINGTOf GOLDEN GUERISBY HILK TO GROCERY
STORES IN PEARL CITY AND ESANDON AND TO BTBSY J I T N E Y JUNGLB STORE IN THE CITY OP JACKSON, MILK I S DELI�ER�D FRBSE EVEHY BAY AND THERE I S NSTER A TIME I T I S N ' T PROPESLY COOLED. FROM THE REFRIGERATED TMJCFS THESE CARTONS GO INTO THE COOLERS OF YOUR JITNEY JUNGLE STORES. WHERE YOU MJY I T , CLEAN, WHOLESOME, THE FINEST MILK THAT MONEY CAN BUY. .��GOLDEN GUERNSEY MILK, FROM THE WOEKINGTON DAIRY.
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CAMERA PAN tUa FAMILY
NOW, THAT'S THB WO1THINGTOH DAIRY STORY AND NOT AT ALL SU'?� IT IS ALL OF I T . . , . B U T MHA! A STORY IT I S . THE STORY OF A FAMILY THAT HAS
BUILT AN SfTgRPRISB BY THE SWEAT OF THEIR BROW...AK ENTERPRISE WORTHY OF TKBIR EFFORTS. L I T T L E DID G.R. WORTHINGTON mm VOULB COMB mm DREAM THE DAY
THE MAIN PROBLEM WOULD BE GBTT3
ENOUGH PRODUCTION TO MEET DEMAND, BUT THAT'S TI SITUATION TODAY. IM IN ADDITION I SHOULD SAY THAI
HANDLES THE CALF PROGRAM AID THE MARKETING
OF TIIMCTLK AND MR. ffGRTHINGTON AND GORDON TAKE OF THE FEED AND PRODUCTION PROGRAM. GLEN
'RESIDENT OF THB RANKIN COUNTY FARM BUREAU. I S A MMBBR OF THE BRANDON LIONS CLUB A I PRiSSIDE^T OF THB MISSISSIPPI DAIRY COUNCIL. WOKTHINGTON'S ARE MEWBSS OF THE FIRST RISTZAN CHURCH IN JACKSON. BUT, ENOUGH OF
I A L K E , I IfANT YOU TO MBFT B U S OUTSTANDING COUNTY FARM FAMILY... .A FAMILY WE ARE PROUD TO SALUTE AS THE "RFD TELOTS I T * FARM FAMILY OF THE WEEK.
