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I WAHT TO SAY I N THE VERY BEGINNING THAT I M DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO THE SOIL GOHSERVATIOM DISTRIC COMMISSIONERS 0 ? COVISQTQN COUHTY AND TO THE S O I L CONSERVATION ^ R V I C E TUGHHXTXAUS, TQM MftZH AND ODELL EVANS FOR THEIR VERY WOMDBStFUL HELP I N S E L E C T I N G THE FAMILY WHICH WE SALUTE TODAY AND ALSO 1 0 THEM AHD SEVERAL OTHERS WHO WBHT WITH I t u TO THIS FARM TO HELP ME OBTAIN THE STORY WHIG] I AM IOW aOIJJT TO TUuL. WE*LL IDBOTIFY ALL TH0S3 T H I S I S THE STORY
WHO HELPED AS WE GO ALGliS. SLIDE. MATIBOX
OP MR. AM MRS. WILLARD J , YAWH AHD THEIR TWO C H I L D R E N , JIMHY DALE AHT3 BRENDA, WHO LIVL S I X AND A HALF MILES HCRTH OF COLLINS H f l B S I S S I P P I , I N THB SALEM COMM0NITY. WILLARD YAWM, OR BUSTER,
A S EVERYONE GALLS HIM, 0H1SW UP WITHIN WO MILES OF THEIR PRESEM HOME, MRS, YAWM 0 R & UP I N !?HE
S T A T I O I GREEK COMMOTIfY ABOUT F I V � MILES AWAY, THEY F I R S T mT SALBM SCHOOL. Wfi^f BUSIER WAS TRAHSFKRKD TO THEY ATTEWWD SCHOOL TOOETHER FOR
TWO YKARS AND WERE MARRIED I K 1 9 ^ 0 SHORTLY AFTER HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION THEY HAVE FARMED MOST
ALL THEIR LIVES EXCEPT FOR BUSTER'S TIME I H THE M I L I T A R Y SERVICK PHOM 1 9 ^ 2 TO 1 9 ^ 6 AHD SOME WORK THEY DID FOR A BLUE FRIBT FIRM I H LAUREL FOR THE TWO YEARS AFTER HE CAME OUT OF SERVICE. THIS I S
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FARM-g HOUSI
THE HOMI; IN WHICH THEY LIVE TODAY AND THEY HAVE PLAHS FOR R E B U I L D S I T AW FACING IT OUT TO THE PUBLIC HIGHWAY. TEE FIRST YEAR OP THEIR MABRIED I S THE FIRST
L I F E BUSTER FARMED WITH HIS FOLKS.
S I X MOUTHS itFTER THEY MARRIED HE BOUGHT HIS FIRS3 SLIDE R FARH-3 OLD HO'USE L A U D , , . , 6 0 ACRES OP I T . HBRE B THE HOUSE THAT
SET OH THAT LAND AND THE HOUSE WHICH THEY MOVED I l � 0 IN THE FIRST YEAR OF THEIR M&RRIID L I F E . EIGHT THEY LIVED IM IT JUST OPB0QIQHTHSBEF0RE BUSTER WEI SBKT OFF TO SKRVIGE AND MRS. YAWH WENT HOME TO STAY WITH HER POLKS. WHILE IH SERVICE BUSTHR HE AND 'MRS. YAWN DTBIV1
BOUGHT AHOTHSl 60 AGRES.
COME BACK TO THE FARM UHTIL 191*9 WEEK BUSTEK
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ACHES OF LAMD FROM HIS ORAMD
F A T H M , THEY MOVED BACK IITO THE OLD HOUSE FORM JUST OHE MONTH AMD THES MOVED OUT TO ASOTHBR H0U3K 01 THE ROADWAY. OVER THE YKAR8 BUSTER
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YAWM HAS ACCUMULATED 318 ACRES OF LAUD IN FIVE DIFFERENT PURCHASES. HE BOUGHT THE LAHD 0� WHICH THEY HOW LIVE ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO, AND MOVED IBT THIS HOUSE TWO YEARS AGO. WHEN THEY CAME BACK TO THE FARM IH 19^9 THEY RAISED COTTOH JUST OHE YEiE AHD QUIT AND STARTED LfcSPBDEZA AKD SKED CROPPim...MOSTLY CLOVES. IT WAS ABOUT THEN THA HE BOUGIS? HIS FIRST TRACTOR AMD COMBIHts. FOR ABO
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F, MEM IN OATS
THREE YEARS HE HARVESTED SEED AM) BEGAN TO A CCUM0LATE A PEW BBEF CATTLE ALONG. THEN HE
BOUGHT A BULL DOZER AND BEGAIJ TO DO SGML LAW CLEARING, BOTH FOR HIHSBLP AMD SOME FOR HIS liSIGHBQRS. HE BUILT SEVEN POHDS ON HIS OWN
AS HE WORKED DOING LAND RBMOHATION HE BEGAH TO S E E THE ZMPCRTANCL OF CONSERVING HIS SOIL AND PLANTING SOIL CONSERVING PLANTS. HE BEGAM TO
CALL ON ALL HIS COUNTY AGRICULTURAL WORKERS FOH H E L P . , . , P O L K S LIKE NELSON KENNEDY OF THE
A.S.C.
O P F I C J i , IN THE CENTER, AID COUNTY AGBlfS ARTHUR QBRIElf ON THE RIGHT. SLIDE WITH THE HELP OF SOIL
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CONSERVATION TECHNICIANS TOM MAIN AND ODKLL BVANI THL DXS!ERICT COMMISSIONERS HE STARRED WORKING ON A SOIL PLAN -'OR THB LAND. HERE WE SEE TOM MAIN OUT TO SOIL CONSERVATION DISTRICT CQMMISSIOHERS AN AREA THAT WAS RK-CLAIMED FROH ERODED WASTE LAND AMD I S M W PRODUCING TOP O QUALITY GRAZING AND SMALL GRAIN. THEY Am LEFT TO R23BHT
MR. H.A, GRA^ORD, WILTON ROGERS, MR, I GUESS BUSTER YAWN
YAWN AHD MR. WILLIE KELLY.
WOULD PROBABLY STILL BE RAISING BEEF CATTLfc AID SLIPS FARM-g DAIRY BARN PRODUCING SEED CROPS I F HE HADN'T BOUGHT HIS PRESENT HOME SIGHT FOUR Y&ARS AGO. 3OT XMQ DAIRYING ACCXQBITCALL? HE SORT OF
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THE M M WHO HAD BEEH LIVIHG HEBE ffi&DBD A PLACE A TO STAY WITH HIS MOTBER AHD THIS DAIRY BARM WAS OH THE PLACE SO BUSTER STARTED THE MAK TO DAIRYIBO TO HELP HIM STAY Oil THK FARM. HE &WD
H I S B1EP CATTLE AHD USED THE MOSEY TO BUY DAIRY SLIDE FARH-6 GATTlE STOCK, HE STARTED WITH U IEAD AND SIHCE THAT
TIME HAS BOUGHT A FEW ALOHG, LAST YEAR HE QTTIT OPERATIHG THE D0ZIK AND IfOW SPESDS ALL HIS TIME DAIRYIHGU LAST YEAR BtTSTBR YAWN ^UIT RAISING
AHY ROW CROPS AND BEGAM TO CONGEHTRATB O QRAZXM M SLIDE FARM*' OATS.
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SMALL GRAIH,
TODsAY BUSTEH HAS 3 8 MILK COWS HIS TOTA!
AND I S MILKIHG 2$ AT THE PRESENT TIME, HERD CONSISTS OF 70 HEAD,
H I KEEPS THE MILKING
COWS SEP1RATE PROM THE DR� COWS AHD THE HEIFERS WHICH ARE ALSO KEPT I I DIFFERENT PASTURES, HS
HAS USED ARTIFICIAL BftKEBIHG I I HIS DAIRY PRO0RA1
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HE STARTED,
MOST OP HIS HEED GROWTH
EAS BBEI BY SAVINS HIS BEST HEIFERS FOR HERO REPLACEMENT., 31 OF HIS ANIHALS HAVE BEEN RAISED OH THE FARM. HE WOtJLD LIKE TO BE MILKIUG 100 HEAD AS SOOH AS HE CAM DEVELOP THE PASTURE TO HANDLE TH2SM, BTJST^ STARTED OOT USIHD TWO PORTABLE MILKIHG MACHIMES BOT JUST RECESTLY HS IISTALLBD A GOM TO C M PIPE LISK MILI^R, BY THB WAY, THB HERD PRODUCTIOH AVEJtAOB IH 1958 WAS
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7 f X 8 9 POUKDS OP HILK PER COW. HE 0ALFHOOD
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IS TB AMD BAHEJS TE3TSD.
EVERY MEMBER OP THE FAMILY WORKS If? THE DAIRY GFERATIOS AHD CL�AHLIHESS IS THE KEY TO THggR SUGGISSSFOL OPERATIOM, THE BAEH HOLD TEH COWS A T A TIKE kW THEY HOW USB fHUBB PORTABLE MlLIERi SLIDE FARK-10 THE PXPILIHB MILKER HAS ITS OWH SBLP-WASHXHG SYSTEM THAT SAVES MA1Y HOURS OF DRUDGERY IN THE PHOOBSSISQ ROOM, ALL CATTLE IH THK BARM ARE FED A 10 DAIRY RATIOS OP HOME OROWH OATS, WH�AT .J� GOIIS, STJpi'LEMEMT AHD MIKSRALS. BEFORE A HKIP1R FRESHBSS HE M I K G S $m ISTO THE BARH TO OST BBS USED TO IT AND STARTS OIVEIHO HER SOME PEED. 3LIDB FARH-3 BfcSTI OTHERWISE THE REST OF THE CATTLE GET OSLY CJRA2I1K H A Y , PERMAHEHT PASTURE CONSISTS OF BAHAIA , DALLIS AHD E^RMHDA GRASS, WHITE DUTCH ASD CRIMS09 CLOVER BUSTER LIMES ALL HIS PASTURES AHD CLIPS THEM FOR WEED CONTROL. HE HAS 80 ACRU OP PERMANENT IMPROVED PASTURE, SINCE BUSTER SLIPS PRODUCES SO HUCH CLOVER HE PEUCBD OFF A PLACK FOR COUHTY AGEST ARTHUR OBHXBN 1*0 PUT HIS SIX GOLOHIES OP BEES AHD I� THIS WAY BOTH HE AHD BUSTS? BESEFIT PROM THEM. TEMPORARY WINTER ORAZI1U CONSISTS OF 96 ACRES OF OATS AND WHEAT, HE COIffiIIISS64 ACRES, PUTS UP TKN FOR KAY AMD GRA2BS THE REST DOWH. TEMPORARY SUMMER ORAZMO
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OF STAR AHD CAT TAIL MILLED,
HE HAD
2 0 ACRES LAST YEAR AHD PLAHS FOB 2 $ ACRES THIS t SLIDE YEAR, HIS HAY CROP I S ALICE GLOVER, OATS AMD BAHAXA GRASS. HE PUTS UP ABOUT 1^,000 BALES BACH
YEAR AMD FEEDS IT FREE CHOICE ALL THE YEAR ROTJHD AS A SUPPLEMENT TO GRAZIBS AND BUSTER SAYS IT REALLY PAYS OFF, HE BUILT THIS HAY BARN LAST
HAY ASD SELF FEEDS HIS CATTLE PROM THE RACKS IH THE BARK. MUCH OF BUSTER Y A W S DAIRY BXPAH3IQH
HAS B1RH POSSIBLE BECAUSE OP THE FIHAMCXAL ASSISTANCE OP THE FARMER13 HOME ADMINISTRATION WHOSE COUNTY SUPERVISOR IM COVIHGTOH COUNTY I S SLIDE PAHM-16 . W.C. WHITTIMWGH. THE YAWH FAMILY HAS BEfiH
EHROLLBD IN THE EXTBHSXON SERVICE BALANCED PARK AMD HOME PROGRAM FOR THE PAST POUR YKAtS AHD HAS ifORKBD CLOSELY WITH ASSOCIATE COUHTY AGENT, HOWARD EVERETT AMD ASSOCIATE HOME DEM0NSTRA2X0H AQEHf, MISS VELMA THOMPSON WITH THE HELP OF
ALL GOUHTY AGRfCULTURAL WORKERS BUSTER YAWI HAS DEVELOPED A WELL ROUJIDED FARM PROGRAM, TBffiER HE
ALSO PLAYS AH BIPORfAMT PART I � THE PROGRAM. HAS 8 0 ACRES IH TXHBSR OH WHICH HE DOSS T . S # I , .
TWO YEARS AGO A DIMOHSfRATION WAS HELD I T WAS PUT OS BY
AT THIS SPOT I S THE TflffiiKR.
IHTER1ATI0SAL PAPER COMPAHY, GAYLORD GOHT I HER CORPORJKTIOI* MA8�MITB AID ALL THE GOUMTY AGRI0UJ'
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AGENCIES.
THEY TOOK OSE TEHTH OP A ACHE AWD W
SELECTIVELY HARVESTED IT FROM WHICH T HEY SOLD $ 1 3 . 6 0 Df TIMBER, PICRJRIIO t b & l PER ACRE TIMBER VALUE I F CLEARED,,.,OR A RBTBRH OF # 1 3 6 EACH TSH YEARS I P SELECTIVELY HARVESTED. TIMBER POSTS PHOM HIS TIMBER AW TREAf S THBM I I HIS OWH PEHTA VAT � MOST OF HIS POSt? T33MBER C0m& FROM BUSTER'S LAUD
I S FEHCED AND CROSS PBHG1B AHD HE OUTS HIS 0 � I
THESE H U E S WHIffi HAVE BEEH HARKED FOR THINHIMG BY SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE TECHNICI^I TGM MAIM AHD JCSLL IVANS, AS SHOWN HERE. SLIDE PARM-19
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YAWH I S COMPLETELY MECMffliZE�.
HE HAS TWO
fRACTORS, BOTH OPERATE) OH BUTAHE GAS, WHILE ELEVEN YEM OLD JIMffif DALE I S NOT ALLOWED TO
WORK h TRACTOR IN THE FIELD ALOHE HE DOES USE OKI TO KEEP THE DAIRY BARN AHD ITS SURROUHBINGS CLEAN, PAS^TJRE IMPROVEMENT AHD LAUD T3TILIZATI0H
HAVE BSKH THE KEYS TO BUSTER YAWtf'S SUCCESS IH H I S FARM PROGRAM,.,IT HAS BEER POSSIBLE BBGATJSB * OP PI!JE COOPSiATIOH OP ALL COVIH&TGH CO0HTY
SLIPS FARM-20
GARDEN
AGRICULTURAL. AOEICIES, ACRES IH GARDEN.
THE YAWH�S HAVE ABOUT k
THK3T PRODUCE VEGETABLES FOR THJ
SliLVES AMD FOR BVSTER�S PATliBR WHO LIVES IH C0LL3 H3� THE YAWN'S HAVE TWO BEEP FREEZES IH TH&XR ROBKB GARDEN AMD THE
HOME AND PROM THIS mm
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FAMILY MMT SUPPLY OP PORK, BEEP AMD POULTRY,
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YAWN EACH YEAR FREEZES ABOUT 2 f 0 0 0 POUNDS OF ?00D FOR TIE FAMILY'S USE. IN ADDITION SHE PUTS
UP ANOTHER 2 0 0 QUARTS OP FOOD IH JARS EACH YEAR. SUCH THINGS AS PICKLES, PRESERVES, JAMS AND JELL S3 AHD OTHER POODS THAT DQN*T LEMD THEMSELVES TC
FARK-22 KITCHEN
REEZIHG TOO WELL.
MRS, YAWN LOVES TO COOK AND
V HER BLAUTIPUL MODEM KITCHEN IT I S A PLEASURE. THEY ADDED THE KITCHEN TO THE HOUSE WHEN THEY 4QVBD HERE TWO YEARS AGO. THE DOORS HAVfc JUST PRACTICALLY
RECENTLY BEEN PUT OH THE CABINETS.
ALL THE REBUIDLIHG AND REMODELING WORK HAS BEEN )OSE BY BUSTER. SEDROOM TOO, HE ALSO BUILT A BATHROOM AHD
MRS. YAWH ALSO DOES MOST OF THE SHE MAKES HER O N DRAPES W
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FOR THE FAMILY,
AND CURTAIIS AHD DAUGHTER �EHDA*S CLOTHES TOO. SHE LUCES TO SEW AI1D I S T'AOUim ;JRSMDA TIE ART OP SEWIHG# EIGHT YEAR OLS
IH ALL HER HOMEMAKIHQ
?ROORAM MRS, YAWH HAS WORKED CLOSELY WITH HISS ELMA THOMPSON, THE ASSOCIATE HOME DEMONSTRATION GENT OF CQVINGTON COUSTY, TOOBTH..R THKY HAVE
�LAMH1D HQMBMAKIHB IMFROVEIffi^TS AND HAVE WORKED UT A POOD PLAN FOE THE FAMILY'S NEEDS, THEY
ARE PRESENTLY WQRKIHO OH PLANS TO RB-DO THE I9tm BOOM AfID GLASS IH THE PROHT PORGH. MR,
JEBHMJT RAX OP STATE COLLSaB WILL WORK WITH THEM
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SQHETXMb THIS MONTH TO HELP DESIGN CHANGES IN THE HGU8K PLAN 30 IT WILL BE MORE ATTRACTIVE TO
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POLKS MO PASS BY ABD MQBK LIVEABLE TO THE
FAMILY. IN ADDITION TO HER H0MEM&&ING WORK AMD HELPING II THE DAIRY MRS, YAWH ALSO TYPES FOB
0 1 FAMILY
A LAWYER IH COLLINS, THE BUSTER YAWM FAMILY BELOHQS !TO TEE STATXOM CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH WHERE TiffiY ATTEUD REGULARLY* IffiS* YAW!-? IS A mwm OF tm SMITH H0�. DEMOHSi?RAfIOH CLOB. TW. FAMILY BEL0H03 TO THE FARM B U H M U AHD THE I4ISSISSIPPI DAIRY A33�CIATI0H* i�. AHD MRS, YAWN ARK MEMBSH3 OF THK EASTERN STAR AND 11 YEAR OLD SimH BALK IS A ifH CLUB MEMBiS. THIS IS A FINK FAi-ffLY l'HA2 HAS BEEK BISSGHIBKD BY TIIEIH COUNTY AGRICULTURAL WORKERS AS A HUSTLING FAMILY I AH PROUD TO SALUTE THEM AS TODAY �S FARM FAMILY OF THE WEHK. NOVI, I WAHT YOU TO MEET THEM AS FORREST ASKS A FEW QUESTIONS IN THE TIME. REMAINI3 1* WHAT DO YOU THINK GOT YOU STARTED OK YOUR SUCCESSFUL FARM PROGRAM? 2 . WHY DID YOU QUIT RAISING C O M ? 3 . MHti YAWM, WHAT DO YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT YOUR HOME? km WHAT DO YOU WANT MOST TO ADli TO YOUH HOME? 5 . BRENDA, WHAT CHORES DO YOU HAVE TO DO?
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JIMMY DALE, WHAT ABE XQTJR CHORES* BIILMDA, mt� DO YOU LIKE TO DO AT HOME OH THJ
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ASK COUll^Y WORKER WHO ACCOMPANIES THEM I P RE WILL SUMMARIZE BR^FLY ABOUT THE FAMILY*I
