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Howard Langfitt
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I WANT TO SAY IN THE VERY BEGINNING THAT I AM DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO MR. W.R. SULLIVAN, THE COUNTY AGENT OF HOLMES COUNTY, FOR HIS VERY WONDERFUL HELP IN SELECTING THE FAMILY WHICH WE SALUTE TODAY AND ALSO THANKS TO HIM AND TO MRS. GEORGE FRIZELL, THE ASSOCIATE HOME DEMONSTRATION AGENT, FOR GOING WITH MB TO THIS FARM TO HELP ME OBTAIN THE STORY WHICH I M NOW BOING TO TELL. THIS IS
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THE STORY OF MR. AND MRS. GEORGE D. WYNNE AND TWO THEIR ONE SON AND SHREK DAUGHTERS WHO LIVE IN EHE CENTRAL COMMUNITY OF HOLMES COUNTY, ABOUT FIVE MILES NORTHWEST OF PICKENS, WHERE THEY OWN SkB ACRES OF LAND AND FARM A TOTAL OF 2,�00 ACRES PHIS IS A FATHER SON OPERATION. GEORGE WYNNE, JUNIOR, SHOWN IN THE PICTURE WITH HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER, IS FARMING WITH HIS FATHER, THOUGH HE rs NOT A PARTNER IN THE OPERATION. HE HAS JUST
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RECENTLY RETURNED TO FARMING AND HIS FATHER IS GETTING HIM TAKE HIS TIME TO DETERMINE IF HE IEALLY WANTS TO MAKE FARMING HIS WAY OF LIFE, AND THEN AS GEORGE WYNNE SAYS, SE�S GOING TO PUT THE *AJOR RESPONSIBILITY OF THEFROGRAM ON HIS SHOULDE] THIS IS THE VERY LOVELY WYNNE HOME. IT IS THE
?OURTH HOME WHICH GEORGE HAS BUILT. GEORGE W�NNE IND HIS LOVELY WIFE GREW UP IN THIS SAME CGMMUNIT! )F HOLMES COUNTY AND PLAYED TOGETHER AS CHILDREN.
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S?HEY WERE MARRIED ON NOVEMBER 2lf,
1935.
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SAYS AT THE T I M E OF THEIR MARRIAGE THAT HE WAS AND WHEN ASKED WHAT THEY HAD TO START MARRIED
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L I F E WITH HE SAID THEY HAD LOTS OF LOVE AND ONE i N O T H E R . . . T H E N HE SAYS, SERIOUSLY, WE HAD A MULE, i BUSHEL OF CORN AND I WAS # 5 0 0 I N DEBT. GEORGE
� A Y S I T WASN'T THAT MY FATHER COULSN'T AND WOULDE I A V E HELPED ME, I T WAS JUST THAT I I N S I S T E D ON I 0 I N G I T ALL BY MYSELF. NOW, TO GET BACK TO THOS
POUR H O M E S . . . . T H E ONE GEQ&GE BUILT WHEN HE MARRIE BURNED TO THE GROUND WHEN JUNION WAS THREE YEARS ".D. THEY HAD JUST FINISHED REMODELING I T . . . S O ,
ORDER TO HAVE A PLAGE I N WHICH TO L I V E , GEORGI
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WCTH THE HELP OF THE LABOR ON THEPLACE, BUILT THI SECOND HOUSE USING LUMBER OFF THE PLACE AND THEY L I V E D I N I T EIGHT TO TEN YEARS. THEN, WANTING A
BJSTTER HOME FOR H I S FAMILY, GEORGE WYNNE, BUILT A THIRD HOME OF CONCRETE BLOCKS. HE D I D N ' T LIKE
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FOUNDATION OF THAT HOUSE SERVES AS THE FAMILY PiTIO, SURROUNDED BY ROSE BEDS. I T J O I N S THEIR
P I 1 S E N T HOME AND MAKES AN IDEAL PATIO ARRANGEMENT
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FCR THEIR LOVELY HOME WHICH THEY BUILT I N 1 9 5 1 . SN GEORGE WSNNE MARRIED HE WAS RENTING LAND I N COMMUNITY. AORES...IN 1936. HE BAUGHT H I S FIKST LAND...1^0
I T WAS ROUGH L A N D . . . . H A D BEEN
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PATCH FARMED AHD LET GROW UP TO BUSHES AHD BRIAR, GEORGE STJffiTED WITH A FEW CATTLE AND COTTON AND CORN. TODAY HIS FARM ENTERPRISES ARE ESSENTIALS
THE SAME EXCEPT THAT GEORGE WYNNE HAS CHANGED SLIDE FARM-6 COTTON THE EMPHASIS...IT USBC TO BE ON GGTTON....NOW IT IS OH CATTLE. GEORGE WYNNE STILL RAISES GQTTON, TH0UGH2, 260 ACRES OF IT WHICH HE BABH1B8 WITH DAY LABOR ON THE PLAGE. HE PAYS THE TRACTOR DRIVERS BY THE MONTH AHD FURNISHES THEM A HOUSE TO LIVE IN. GEORGE PLANTS BLUE TAG SEED OR SLIDE FARM-7 COTTON BREEDER SEED EACH YEAR AMD HIS AVERAGE YIELD IS ABOUT A BALE AND A THIRD TO THE ACRE. HE FOLLOWS A COMPLETE COTTON INSECT CONTK) L PROGRAM AHD SEEKS AND FOLLOWS THE APVIOS OF COUNTY AGBHT W.Re SULLIVAH. HERB WE SEE THEM CHECKING FOR ITffilPS
IN THE SEEDLING COTTON WHICH IS UP TO A GOOD SL3DE FARM-8 COTTON PICI&R IFAND. THERE ARE XI FAMILIES LIVING ON THE PLACE WHICH GEORGE HIRES AS DAY LABOR* HE PICKS HIS
COTTON BOTH BY HAND AND WITH HIS MECHANICAL PICKEB. THOUGH GEORGE WYNNE PLANS TO KQNTINUE
HIS PRESENT PROGRAM AND IMPROVE IT AS HE GOES ALONG* HE MAY ONE DAY QUIT RAISING COTTON AND SLIDE FARM-9 OAT FIELD TURN ENTIRELY TO GRAIN AM) CATTLE. GEORGE RAISES 250 ACRES OF OATS FOR GRAIN. HE HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR 8-10 YEARS. HE USED TO GROW WHEAT BUT QUIT THAT WHEN ALLOTMENTS WENT INTO EFFECT.
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GEORGE STORES HIS GRAIN ON THE FARM AND WAITS FOR THE BEST MARMOT. THESE BIO BINS MAKE FOH THE BEST POSSIBLE KIND OF GRAI N STORAGE FOR GSOHG1 WY1INE. HE ALSO LETS THE BALER FOLLOW THE COMBINE AND BALK UP THE OAT STRAW FOR USE IN AH EMSRaSHCI
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WHILE THE GRAIN ISIN THE BIN GEGHGE DRIES IT TO BEST STORING QUALITY BY USE OF THIS DRYER SYSTEM OF FORGED AIR. THE HEAT IS SUPPLIED BY GAS BURNE IN THE DRYER, AND IS FORGED THROUGH THE GRAIN BY AN ELECTRICALLY OKRATED FAN. THIS HAS BEEN HIS STORAGE OPERATION FOR THE PAST 5-6 YEARS. SOME YLARS GEORGE RAISES MILO FOR GRAIN. YLAR BEFORE LAST HE SAVED 175 TONS, AND SOLD IT FOR FEED. GEORGE D. WYNNE IS A COMPLETELY MECHANIZED FARMER AND HAS MINE TRACTORS* TWO OF r�EBM DIESEL. BE SAYS HE RUNS THEM BOTH AS CHEAPLY AS ONE ON GASfll LINE AND PLANS TO GO ALL DIESEL. GEORGE USES A LOT OF FERTILIZER AND BREAKS HIS IAMD, FERTILIZES AND PLANTS RIGHT BEHIND IT ALL IN ONE OPERATION.
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HE HAS 17^ ACRLS IN CORN. � .PLANTS A HYBRID AND QEl L YIELD OF $0 TO 70 BUSHELS TO THE ACRE. HE PUTS UP MORE FEED THEN HE NEEDS AND SELLS THE SURPLUS 3E0RGE WYNNE GROWS ALL HIS FEED AND SAYS HE HAS NEVER BOUGHT A BUSHEL OF CORN IN HIS LIFE. HE ALJ PUTS OUT 70 AGRES III SORGHUM FOR SILAGE FOR HIS CATTLE. HE HAS TWO TRENCH SILOS THAT HOLD 600 TO
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7 0 0 TONS,
HE F I L L S THEM EVERT TEAR AND TRIES HE FEEDS I T
ALWAYS TO HAV1 A SURPLUS OP SILAGE.
I N THE WINTER ALONG WITH SALT AND COTTONSEED MEAI GEORGE USED TO PUT UP HAY BUT HASN'T THK. PAST YLAR OR TWO BECAUSE HE HASN'T NEEDED I T . PASTURES AND S I L A 0 1 HAVE R1PLAGED I T . SLIDE FARM-3 FARM SHOP IMPRQVI
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AND H I S SON MAINTAIH TH1IR VALUABLE M OHIKERY I H T H E I R WELL EQUIPPED FARM SHOP. RAN A STORE AT THE FMtt AT OHE TIME GEORC
AND DID A LOT OF FURHISH
I N THE AREA BUT HE QUIT I N 195U AND NOM WHAT WAS ONCE THE STORE I S H S I FARM WORKSHOP. THEY DO ALI
T H E I R OWN REPAIR, EXCEPT OP COURSE, MAJOR OV�� HAUL. BY THE WAY, JUNIOR I S A GRADUATE OF NOW, LET M TELl
M I S S I S S I P P I 3TAT1 I N EDUCATION. SLIDE FARM-1* CATTLE
YOU ABOUT GSORGE W|KH. f � CATTLE PROGRAM. WITH ONi?,
gB START
OR TWO COWS AND NOW HAS 5 0 0 BROOD COWS,
WHILE HE FOLLOWS A COMMERCIAL COW AND CALF PROORA S E L L I N G ffili BULK OF H I S CALVES S I L K FAT OFF THE COW, HE SELLS THE LATE ONES AFTER FEEDING THEM
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THROUGH THE WINTER.
BAGJB FALL HE ALSO BUYS 2 0 0
TO 3 0 0 HEAD OF STEERS TO CARRY ON OATS AND GRAIN. HE SELLS THEM I N THE SPRING WHEN THE MARKET I S AT I T S PEAK. MOSTLY GRADE. HE HAS A GOOD HERD THOUGH I T IS
HE RUNS 1 1 0 HEAD OF BLACK ANGUS GEORGE
SEPERATE FROM THE OTHER HEREFORD CATTLE.
HAS 1 ? REALLY TOP QUALITY REGISTERED ANGUS AND
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HEREFORD BULLS.
HE WOULD LIKE EVENTUALLY TO GOOD BROOD COWS. MH
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I N C R E A S E THE HERD TO 1 , 0 0 0
PRESENT PASTURE PROGRAM COULD HANDLE 1 5 0 HEAD HORE THAN AT PRESENT. ADDITION.L GEORGE PLANS TO TAKE OH PARASITL AHD INSECT
LAND NEXT YEAR.
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SPRAYING PORU TO FIVE TIMES A YEAB GEOSGE
AHD BY USING BACKRUBS IN THEPASTURES.
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AND PERMANENT
PASTURE TOTALS ABOUT l?50 ACRES OP LESPisDEZA, CARPET, DALLIS AND BERMUDA GRASS AND WHITE BUTSH CLOVER. SLIDE FARM-]
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HE CLIPS HIS PASTURES AND LIME5 THBH.
TEMPORARY GRAZING CONSISTS OP THE 250 ACRES OF OATS AND ANOTHER SO ACRES IN RYE GRASS AND CRIMSCLOVER WHICH YOU SEE HERE. MOST ANYONE WILL TEU YOU GEORGE WYNNE HAS WORKED WONDERS WITH THIS I AND. THESE WAS A TIME WHEN YOU COULD HIDE A
HOUSE IN SOME OF THE GULLIES IN THIS FIELD. XJT SLIDE FABH-20 EROSION FACT HERE IS ONE WHICH HE DAMED UP AND LEFT AS REMINDER OF WHAT ON0E WAS AND WHAT COULD BE A0AI1 WITHOUT PROPER ATTENTION AND CARE. THIS ONE SPOT IS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT FIELD OF RYE GRASS AND CRIMSON CLOVER, GEORGE HAS CLEAREE
SOME 500 ACRES OF LAND IN THE PAST THREE YEARS. HE HAS FILLED IN GULLIES AND PUSHED OUT THICKETS THIS WAS ONCE A WOODED AREA AND YOU COULDN'T
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FIND A COW IN IT, WATER FOR THE LIVESTOCK IS
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SUPPLIED PROM LAKES SIMILAR TO THIS ONE AND FROM RUNNING CREEKS THROUGH ALL THE PASTURES. GEORGE WYNNE IS ALSO III THE OXPRUSS CREEK A!� TAC.KETT CREEK WATERSHEDS AND THEY HOPE TO GET THB TACKETT CREEK CONTRACTS LET THIS SUMMER. HE HAS BEEN ENROLLED XX THE EXTENSION SERVICE BALANCED M RM AHD HOEH PROGIiAM SINCE IT'S VERY BEGINNING IN THE COUNTY. HE HAS HAD THE HELP AM) ADVICE OF ASSOCI, COUNTY AGENTS, JIM GOODMAH, DAVID MITCHELL AHD W.H. HAMBBRLZH IN THIS PROGRAM. MRS. WYNNE HAS SLIDE PARM*-22 FREEZER HAD WM ASSISTANCE OF MRS. GEORGE FRIZELL IH PLAHKIMG AND DEVELOPING HER HOMSMAKIMG PROGRAM, SHE CARRIES OH AN EXCELLENT HQMSMAKING PROGRAM, EROMTHEIR ACRE OF GARDEN AND MEAT SUPPLY SHE EA�E YEAR FREEZES ABOUT 2�5OO POUNDS OF POOD FOR THE FAMILY'S NEEDS. SHE HAS QUIT MOST OP THE GAHNI9B IN JARS EXCEPT FOR PICKLES, MAMB& AND JELLIES AND SLIDE KIT* SO FORTH. WHEN I ASEKD MRS, WYNNE IF SHE LIKED TO COOK SHE SAID SHE HAD BETTER BECAUSE SHE*S Qm IT TO DO. THEN SHE QUICKLY ADDED THAT THE GIRLS WERE A BIG HELP. FAYE HELPS WITH THE COOSI1 AND PATSY SAYS THEY WON'T EAT HER COOKING BUT I RATHER IMAGINE SHE WAS DOING A LITTLE KIDDING. BOTH GIRLS ARE LEARNING TO SEW AND COOK IN HOME SLIDE FARM-ai TWO WOJ ECONOMICS IN SCHOOL. HERE WE SEE MRS. FRIZELL*
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THE ASSOCIATE mm
DEMONSTRATION AGENT, SEATED
AT THE KITCHEN TABLE WITH MRS. WYNNE, PLANNING SOME OF THEIR FUTURE HGMBMAKING W GRK. J BA(K
WHEN THEY WERE RUNNING THE STORE MRS. WYNNE D I D MUCH OP THAT WORK WHILE GEORGE CARRIED OH THE
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HOW, I F YOU EVER WANT TO MEET
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TWO REAL LITTLE OHARJERS, HERE THEY ARE WITH T H E I R M O T H E R . . . . 1 6 YMM OLD FATE AND X 5 . . . W B L L I
ALMOST IB YisAR OLD P A T S Y . . . SUNDAY ' S THE DAY, THINK. I MBVKR SAW TWO YOUNG LADIES THAT I
THOUGHT ENJOYED LIVIifG ANY MORE, THAN THESE TWO. THEY ABE PRIEMDLY, WITTY AND FULL OP GOOD HUMOR AND PUN, THEY T�LL Mi THEY KE^P THE HOUSK CLEAN
AMD HELP WITH TfiS D I S H E S . . . A N D SOMEHOW OR OTHER PATSY ALWAYS K�DBD THAT fiXATENSHK WITH ...SQME;-
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THEY ARK ,
I THINK TIPIOGL TK1M AGE GIRLS
THEY LOVE HOCK AND ROLL AMD HAVE THSIR FAVORITE P I N - u p S . . . A N D THEY ARE SERIOUS WHEN THE MEED
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THKY BOTH PLAY THE PIANO AND FAYE
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IM THE HOLMES JUNIOR COLLM>� CHOIR.
M C H OF THE
YMNB YOUNGSTERS, IN THE COURSSO OP THEIR SCHOOL DAYS HAS BEEN NAMED MOST PRIKKDLY IM THiilR CLASS. PATSY IS VICE PRESIDENT OF HKR GLASS. THEY BOTH AT�BHD SCHOOL AT GOODMAH, JUNIOR WYNNE IS MARRIU
TO A VERY CHARMING YOUNG LADY PROM DURANT AND LIVfc IN PICKENS. THEY MET ON A BLIND DATS
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AND AFTER JUNIOR'S LOVELY WIPE ATTENDED STA2E WITH HIM M S LAST Yi^AR IH SCHOOL, THEY W^IE MARRIED IN 1957. THEY HAVE ONE YOUNGSTER, TUBES MONTH OLD DAVID, MRS, AMD MRS, GEORGE WYNNE AND FAMILY BELONG TO THE PICKENS B&PTIST CHURCH WBERI GEORGE IS A DEACON AND ASSISTANT TRAINING UNION DIRBOTOR A3� WHERE MRS. WYNNE TSA0H1S THE PRIMARY CLASS IH SUNDAY SCHOOL AND THE JUNIOR TAILING UNION AT MIGHT, AND IS ACTIVE IN W.M.U, GEORGE IS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OP DIRECTORS OP THE HOLMES COUNTY FARM BUREAU* BOARD mmm OF THE
FARM AMD ��� WARBHOUSB COHPAHX, A 00HMI3SI0MER OF THE TACSBT'i? CREEK WATERSHED, PRMSIDEBT OP THE HOLMES mwm ablRALD IN LEXINOTOH AND AN A.S.O.
COMMUNITY GGJ4MITTSEMAH. DOTH PAYS AND' PATSX ARE J�dBERS OP THE F.H.A, AM) PATH IS SBRKTARY OP THE ORGANIZATION. THERE*S SO MUCH I COULD
TELL ABOUT THIS WONBSRPUL PAHILX BUT YOU WOULDN'T GET TO MEKT THEM AT ALL IP I DID, SO LET'S VISIT WITH MR. AMD MRS. GBGRGE D. WYNN1 AND THKIR PAMIL' IN THE TIME THAT REMAINS. 1. HOW DOES COTTON PRODUCTION DIPPER TODAY PROM WHAT YOU DID IN 1936? 2O WHAT METHOD HAVE YOU USED IN BUILDING YOUR HERD? 3. d� you plan any changes/
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1*. MRS. WYNNE, WHAT DO YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT YOUR HOME? 5. 6. WHAT HAS HSLPED YOU MOST IN YOUR PROGRAM? TELL US ABOUT THE PICNIC AREA YOU HAVE AT THE FARM, . 7. PATSY & FAYJ2, DO YOU CONSIDER LIVING OH A FARM TO BE A HANDICAP? 8. DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WHEN YOU GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL? 9. JUNIOR, DO YOU THINK FARMING IS THE THING YOU WANT TO DO ALL YOUR LIFE? 10. MRS. WYNNE, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUNG POLKS STARTING OUT THE WAY YOU HAVE...GOING TO COLLEGE TOGETHER ESQ.
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