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T E L L , HE E I T I S FRIDAY AND TIKE ONCE AGAIN X OUR SALUTE TO A MISSISSIPPI FARM FAMILY IFAKING A REAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE BETTERMENT OF AGRICULTURE IN OUR STATE, THIS I S THE STORY
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FAMM. 1IOUSJK
OF MR. AND MRS. C . L , YOUNGBLOOD AND THEIR FINE 'AMILY OF A GIRL AND TWO BOYS. I AM DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO COUNTY AGENT W.C. JEFCOAT AND ASSOCIATE COUNTY AGENT, W.E. ETHHIDGE, OF JASPER COUNTY FOR THEIR WONDERFUL HELP IN ^ELECTING THIS FAMILY. MR* AND MRS, YOUNGBLOOD
L I V E IN THE PENANTLY COMMUNITY NEAR ROSE HILL, MISSISSIPPI, MRS. YOUNGBLOOD GREW UP IN THIS
COMMUNITY AND MR. YOUNGBLOOD GREW UP NEAR SYLVERINA IN SMITH COUNTY. TOES MR. AND MRS. YOUNGBLO )D MET SHE WAS TEACHING SCHOOL IN BAY PRINGS AND MR, YOUNGBLOOD WAS TEACHING IN THE ENANTLY SCHOOL, WHEN THEY WERE MARRIED IH
1 9 3 7 THEY BOUGHT THEIR FIRST 2 0 ACRES OF LAND, THEY MOVED ONTO THE LAND IN 1 9 3 8 AND CONTINUED DXXXK WITH ML. YOUNGBLOOD TEACHING SCHOOL, . YOUNGBLOOD RUNNING THE PENMTLY STORE AND TENNANTS FARMING THE 20 ACRES WHICH WAS IN CORN AND COTTON. IN 1946 THE YOUNGBLOOD *S BOUGHT
%BL A COTTON GIN AND OPERATED I T UNTIL 1 9 5 1 . DURING THEPERIOD OF 1946 TO 1 9 5 1 THEY HAD
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TENNANTS ON THE LAND AND WERE GRADUALLY GROWING
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INTO THE CAfTLE BUSINESS.
THEY REALLY GOT
jlNTG THE CATTLE BUSINESS IN 1950 WITH 3 5 HEAD
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AND IN THE YEARS SINCE THEN HAS HAD AS MANY AS 1 2 5 HEAD AT A TIME, C W MB O MR. YOUNGBLOOD FOLLOWS A
CALF PROGRAM, BREEDING GRADE COWS 1 0 HE FOLLOWS A COMPLETE
REGISTERED MJLLS.
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PARASITE CONTROL PROGRAM OF SPRAYING AND THE USE OF MCK-KUBS STRATEGICALLY LOCATED IN THE PASTURE AREAS. HE SAYES HIS BETTER HEIFERS FOR HERD REPLACEMENT AND SELLS HIS CALVES AS MILK FAT CALVES. M. YOUNGBL00D KEEPS TWO TOP
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FARM�4 BULL
iQUALITY REGISTERED HERFORD BULLS AS HERD SIRES. ALL OP HIS LAND I S PUT INTO WHAT I T WILL BEST JP10DUCE AS DETERMINED BY SOIL ANALYSIS. HE
S ABOUT 150 ACRES OF PERMANENT IMPROVED XXSX SLIDE FARM* 8: FASTUR1 PASTURE CONSISTING OF BALLIS GRASS, BERMUDA, T S DUTCH, LESPEDEZA AND CARPET GRASS. EMP0RA1Y GRAZING CONSISTS OF HIS
1 5 ACRES OF OATS
I N THESPRING, 8 ACRES OF SERICIA AND CKIMSON CLOVER AND 6 ACRES OF BAHAI GRASS. YOU CAN GET
AN IDEA OF THE QUALITY OF MR* YOU�GBLOOD�S PERMANENT mSTURE BY THIS PICTURE OF THE PASTURE BEING INSPECTED BY MR. YOUNGBLOOD, ASSOCIATE COUNTY AGENT ETHRIDGE AND MR* HUGH
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GRSf UP IN THIS AREA:AND WENT TO
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THE YQUNGBLOOD FAfiM WITH ME LAST MOMMY.
MR.
YGUNGBLOOD ALSO PUTS UP ABOUT 1200 BALES OF S E R I C I A , OATS, BAHAI AND BERMUDA GRASS HAY EACH YEAR. HIS BISTURB PROGRAM I S GOOD ENOUGH HOWEVER,
TO CARRY HIS CATTLE MOST OF THE YEAR. SLIDE PARH-0 6
DOES RAISE SOME COBS FOR WINTER tEEBING, HAS TM ACRES IN CORN THIS YEAR TEAT WILL 1 ABOUT 60 BUSHELS TO THE ACHE. MR. ETHRIDG
AND C . L . YOUNGBLOOD FOUND fflE QUALITY EXCELLENT SLIDE FARM-! COTTi
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ANOTHER TEN ACRES OF LAND I S IN COTTON WHICH WILL AVERAGE ABOUT A BALE TO TEE ACRE THIS YEAR, SOME OF I T I S MAKING TWO BALES. MR.
JYOUNGBLOOD I S COMPLETELY MECHANIZED BUT HE! HIRES DAY LABOR TO PICK THE COTTON. THE GIH
I S NO LONGS* OPERATED IN THE COMMUNITY DUE TO THE SHORT COTTON ACR1AGE OF RECMT YEARS, SLOE TRACT BESIDES A TRACTOR, MR. YOUNGBLOOD HAS COMPLETE CULTIVATOR EQUIPMENT, MOWER, SEED DRILL, F E R T I L I Z E R DRILL, PASTURE CLIPPER AND ABOUT EVERYTHING ELSE HE NE^DS FOR HIS TYPE OF FARM PROGRAM. HE FERTILIZES HIS CROP ACCORDING TO
HOP NEEDS, PLANTS ON THE CONTOUR, POISONS IFOR INSECTS AS REQUIRED AND HIS LAID I S TERRACE E HAS CARRIED OUT A SOIL CONSERVATION PLAN ON I S LAND.
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FARM-10 TIMBER
ANOTHER MIGHTY IMPORTANT CROP FOR THE Y0UIGBLOOD FAMILY IS TIMBER. THEY HAVE ABOUT
I S O ACRES I � IMPROVED, WELL MANAGED TIMBER LAH�. AS YOU CAN SEE, HARW0ODS WHICH A1E
OF NO VALUE OR ARE SLOWING THE GROWTH OF PINE AHE WEEDED OUT BY GIRDLING. THE TIMBER WILL
BE SELECTIVELY CUT IN ABOUT TWO MORE YEARS, AND A COMPLETE FIRE CONTROL PROGRAM I S FOLLOWED. SLIDE FARM-11 ALSO FROM B O S TIMBER, MR, YOUNGBLOGi) CUTS H I S O N FEICE POSTS, WHICH HE TREATS IN HIS W TRMTING VAT AND SETS OUT AS IEEDED, LAND I S COMPIETBLY FENCED AND CROSS-FMCED SLIDE PAS TURK TIMBER, AND LAND SUITABLE FOR PASTURE I S PASTURE. II THERE'S AN INTERESTING STO1Y THAT THE LEGEND I S THAT ffiE
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�O1S WITH THIS SCENE,
YEARS AGO WHEN THIS WAS INDIAN COUITRY,
BIG CHIEF PLACED HIS TEEPEB ON THE HILLTOP FROM WHICH THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN AND THE TRIBE PITCHED THEIRS ON THE PRAIRIE BELOW I I THE AREA SHOWN HERE. THIS PICTURE GIVES US A MR.
OOD VIEW OF MUCH OF THE Y0UNGBLO0D LAND. SLIDE FAR��13 CLEARED LMD
YOUNGBLOOD HAS CLEARED 12 ACRES OF HIS LAND BY HAND, BY GIRDLING AND POISONING TREES, THEN 3URNING THEM AS THEY FELL. EVENTUALLY, MM
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THE STUMPS WILL DISAPPEAR AMD THIS WILL TAKE I T S P U C E ALSBGSIDE OTHER FINE BISTURE LAND, RAISING TOP QUALITY COMMERCIAL CATTLE. THE
YOUNG BLOOD FAMILY CARRIES OUT A NEARLY COMPLETE PROGRAM OF PRODUCING EVERYTHING THEY NEED. THEY HAVE A HALF ACRE GARDEN FOR VEGETABLES SLIDE FARM* FREEStir Z FOR HIE FAMILY USE, FRESH AMD FOR FREEZING, K E Y RAISE FOUR SHOATS FOR THE F1EEZER, ABOUT 3 5 CHICKENS FOR EGGS AND MEAT AM) OF COURSE, BEEF AS NEEDED. MRS, YOUNGBLOOD FREEZES ABOUT
{LSOO POUNDS OF FOOD EACH YEAR M B CANS ABOUT j l 2 S JARS OF BEANS AND PICKLES. THEY ARE IN
THE PROCESS OF STARTING A YOUNG PECAN ORCHARD. SLIDE FARM-1 TCH KITCH ES MRS, YOUNGBLOOD�S MAIN HOBBY I S HER FAMILY IMS SHE HAS ALL 'MODERN FACILITES TO HELP MAKE H AN EASIER TASK. ELiCTRCITY, FURNISHED BY
fflE SOUTHERN PINE RURAL ELECTRIC POWER ASSOCIATION OF TAYLORSYILL1, HAS HELPED IN MANY PHASES OF THEIR MODERN LIVING, MRS*
YOUNGBLOOD I S A FLOWER L0VE1 AS EVIDENCED BY jffiE IANDSCAPING AROUND H E I R LOVELY HOME WHICH fHEY BUILT IN 1 9 5 1 . MR. AND MRS. C . L . YOUNGB&OC
K i E I R FAMILY ARE ALL MEMBERS OF THE HOPEWELL SLIDE FABH�16 CHURCH
> . TflODIST CHURCH, M I C H I S LOCATED ABOUT A HALF
LE DOIW THE ROAO FROM THEIR HOME. MR.
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YOUNGBLOOD I S A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF STEWARDS, 1MD TEACHES AS ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS. MRS.
YOUNGBLOOD TEACHES THE JUNIOR SUNDAY SCHOOL CUSS* E i l S CfiURCH S I T S ON THE SIGHT OF TEE
O R I G I N A L HOPWELL CHURCH WHICH WAS BUILT I N ABOUT 1 8 3 2 . MRS. YOUNG BLOOD �S GRANDFATHER WAS
THE F I R S T M B Y BORN .IN JASPER COUNTY AFTER I T BECAME A COUNTY. AT THE CHURCH >THBRE REMAINS FOLKS CAME
jfc REMINDER OF M Y S GONE BY WLW
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HORSEBLOCK, WHICH
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RABBLES AFTER CHURCH, STILL SETS I N THE CHURCH YARD. MR. AND M S . C . L . YOUNGBLOOD ARE EVER
CAMERA OF FAMILY
CONSCIOUS OF THEIS RESPONSIBILITY NOT ONLY TO THEIR FAMILY BUT
ALSO.
TO THEIR COIIFUNITY AND COUNTY
MR. YOUNGBLOOD I S PRESIDENT OF THE
J A S P E R COU1TY FARM BUREAU AND HAS SERVED ON I T S BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. HE
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SERVED AS A SOIL CONSERVATION DISTRICT
COMMISSIONER, I S K W A FARMERS HOMFI ADMINISTRAT] BOUNTY COMIHTTEEMAN AND HAS SERVED ON THE JASPER COUNTY A . S . C * COMMITTEE. MRS. YOUNGBLOC
I S A MEMBER OF THE PENENTLY HOME DEMONSTRATION CLUB, AND I S MWM 4-H CLUB REPRESENTATIVE,
BUT SHE DEVOTES THE MAJORITY OF HER TIME TO
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1ER FAMILY,
WILLIAM, MO I S NOJf 15 HAS BEES A
| ~ H CLUB MEMBER, JBAH, AGE 13� I S A MEMBER � � j !0F THE FUTURE HOMBMKERS OF AMERICA, AND JAMES �H0 I S 10 IS N W A 4-H CLUB MEMBER. O BOTH
BOYS P U Y IN ME NWXOH SCHOOL BAJTB AID WILLIAM
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OF HIE SCHOOL GLEE CLUB.
M I L E TiACHIlS*
JE/UT I S ALSO STUDYING MUSIC.
SIR, Y0U�GBL0(ffi WAS ALSO A COACH AID 1KB WHOLE FAMILY LOVES SPORfS M B M R T K I P A I E S IS '�AY 1HEY CA�, EVm
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I F OILY AS SPECTATORS.
b l l S I S A VERY FINE JASPER COUNTY FARM FAMILY, |UO) MS AM PROUD AW HAPPY TO SALUTE f l i M AS
0UR"RFB TELariSIT M FARM FAMILY OF THE WEEK* SOW, UT THE TIME R ^ A I N K G , I ' D LIKE YOU TO
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