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IN THE VERY BEGINNING I WANT TO SAX THANK YOU TO MB. E.E. RAKDLB, GOUNTY AGEN3? OF G�PIAH COUHTY FOR HIS HELP I� SELECTING THE FAMILY WE SALUTE TODAY AW TO � S . GEBEVIEVE HARRIS, HOUE DEMONSTRATION AGSST, MBS. SARAH WEEKS, ASSOCIATE HOME DEMONSTRATION AGENT AND MR. WILE3 RAY, ASSOCIATE COUNTY AGENT, FOR GOING WITH ME TO THIS FARM TO HELP ME OBTAIN THE STORY WHICH 3 A H NOW GOING TO TELL. THIS IS THE STORY OF MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM J. BARLOW, WHO LIVE IN THE SMYRNA COMMUNITY OF COPIAH COUNTY WHERE THEY OWN 335 ACRES THEY FARM AND WHERE THEY LEASE ANOTHER I GO ACRES FOR PASTURE. THEIR PARK IS f LOCATED ABOUT 11 MILES WEST OF HAZLKHURST, MISSISSIPPI. WILLIAM BARLOW GRgW UP IN THIS SAME OOltCUNITY* ABOUT TWO MILES FROM THLIR PRESENT H0M1 AND HAS FARHED IN THE COMMUNITY MOST OF HIS LIFS. THE LOVELY MRS. BARLOW GREW UP ON A FARM ABOUT TWO MILES OUT OF HA2LEHURST. SHE AND WILLIAM MET IN SCHOOL AND WERE MARRIED IN DECEMBER OF 1918. THE FIRST COUPLE YEARS OF THEIR MARRIED LIFE THEY RENTED LAND AND MR. BARLOW DID SOME PUBLIC WORK. IN 1921 THEY BOU0H THEIR FIRST LANP....80 AGUES OP THEIR PRESENT FARM LAND, FOR SOME 20 YEARS WILLIAM BARLOW
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MONTHS TO, AS HE SAYS, MAKE ENOUGH MOSSY TO PAY HIS FERTILIZER BILL. IN X937 TH3SY ADDED 200 ACHES TO THEIR 80. IN 19M> THEY BOUGHT 600 ACRES AND CLEARS THE TIMBER OH? If AHD WITHII THREE XEARS RE-SOLD IT* THEN IK 1949 THEY B01K1H3 5 5 AGRES OF LAUD TO ERIHG THEIR H0IPims TO THE fHESEHT 335 AGRES. MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM BARLW
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STARTED FARMIKG HAJSIHG GORH AND COTTON, AMD SOME TRUCK GRO?., ,M0STLX TOMATOES AMD CABBAGE, THEY QUIT THE TRUCK CROPPING TEH YEARS AGO AND THE GOTTON FIVE YEARS AGO.*.OH A TEHH&HT OH THE PLAGE STILL EEMTS SOME LASD TO RAISE GOTTOS BUT MR. BARLOW SAYS H��S HAD THREE COMPLETE FAILURES AND IP HE DOESN'T QUIT IS GOING TO STARVE THEM BOTH OUT, ?0R TEH YEARS PROM 1921* TO !9Bk MR* BARLOW DID SOME DAIRYING. HE HAS
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ALWAYS RAD SOME CATTLE AND IN THE YEARS SINCE HE QUIT DAIRYING HE HAS AVERAGED BSTWEKN 75 ASD %Z$ HEAD EV1RY YEAR, MR, BARLOW SAYS HE START�) DAIRYING TO KEEP FROM STARVING TO DEATH Am THEM FINALLY MILK GOT SO CHEAP HE HAD TO QUIT IT AHD START RAISING BE1F CALVES..mAM> RE�S BEEH DOIM THAT 1VBR SHOE. HI SELLS THE BULK OF THE CALVE MILE PAT OFF THE GO� AifD FEEDS OUT A FBW OF THE LATE ONES. MR* BARLOW*S HERD IS AH ALL GRADE EBRD BUT IS WELL B8EB UP TO THE POIOT ME.JRB HB
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PRODUCES SOME MIGHTY GOOD CALVES. Hi HAS 1X0 BROOD COWS AND 63 CALVES ON THE flAGL RIGHT N0W. HE 0DLLS HIS EBRD GLOBE AND BUYS STOGKER COWS A S HE NEEDS THEM AMD SKLLS ALL THE CALVES. THE SLIDE CATT HERD IS TB AND BANGS FRE1 AND HS CALFHQOB VACCINATES. IN THE SPRII� OF THE XEAR HE SELLS THE OLD COWS IN THE MBR� AHD REPLACES THEM WITH YOUNG ONES. MR. SI BLOW HAS ABOUT THE RIGHT SIZI HEED FOR HIS OPSSATIQH ASD PLANS TO MAINTAIN WHAT HE HAS AND COUTINUE TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY SLIDE FARM-8 BULLS OF HIS HERD BY BETTER BREBDJJI&. HE HAS FOUR REGISTERED HEREFORD HERD SIRES AND THESE TWO YOUUG BULLS C0MH3G ALOH0 INDICATE THE QUALITY OF HIS BREEDING PROGRAM. HE GETS ABOUT A 90 PERCEN CALF CROP AND FOLLOWS A STRICTLY COMMERCIAL COW AND CALF PROGRAM. MR. BARLOW STILL RAISES A LITTLE CORN. HE PICKED ABOUT M>0 BARRELS THIS SLIDE FARM-9 YEAR. PERMANENT PASTURE CONSISTS OF 135 ACRES BERMUDA GRASS AND DALLIS GRASS, WHITE DUTCH AND CRIMSON CLOVER AND NATIVE GRASSES. XOO ACRES OF IT IS IMPROVED PASTURE WHICH HAS BEEN LIMED AND IS FERTILIZED REGULARLY. HE TESTS HIS SOIL ASD TRIES TO FERTILIZE ACCORDING TO SOIL NEEDS. HE CLIPS HIS PASTURES FOR WH^> CONTROL. IN THE YEARS SINCE HE STARTED FARMING MR. WILLIAM
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I N PACT HE HAS CLEARED 1*0 ACRES IN THE PAST
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POUR STOCK PONDS SIMILAR TO T H I S AND A SPRING BRANCH THAT RUNS THOUGH THE BIG PASTURE. BARLOW HAS 1 0 PASTURE ARIAS AND ROTATES H I S GRAZING FOR MAXIMUM BENEFIT. BESIDES GOOD MR.
GRAZING AND CATTLl MR. BARLOW ALSO PUTS RAJOR EMPHASIS ON PINE TIMBER PRODUCTION. HE HAS 2 0 0
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AS� MARKETED ALL THE GOOD HARDWOOD AMD G3 ONLY THAT WAS UMBBSXR/'.BUB. HE IS A COMPLETELY MECHANIZED FARMER. HE SAYS HE BOUGHT HIS FIRS2 TRACTOR SIX Y M & S AGO AHD STILL HAS IT. HE 001 HIS FARMIMG WISH MACHINERY. THE QMLI HOHSE OS THE FUGE IS A RIDIMG HORSE. MB. MRLOW SAXS
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HE GALLS OK HIS COU1TY EXTEHSIOI WORJCSRS WHEH HE NEEDS TE�1 AHD THEY ALWAIS GOME WHEM HE GALLS AHD ARE HELPFUL TO HIM IN MANX WAYS. HE AND WILEY RAY WORK VERI CLOSELY OH AM PROBLEMS WHICH COME TJP Bf Jffi. BARLOW �S FARMING PROGRAM. MM TmiM HOME MRS. MRLOW IS ALSO GARHYIHG om A fRULY OUTSTAHDIM HOMEMAKIHG ADD POOD PRSSBRV-ATIOH PROGRAM. FROM THEIR AGRE OR MORE OF GARDEN SHL EAGH YEAR POTS BBTOSR fHAN A THOUSAHI P0UHD3 OF FOOD IM THE FREEZER AMD IH ADDITION CAMS ANOTHER 1$> ^ARS OF SUCH THIHGS AS PICKIiSS, Jkm$ PRESERVES, 20MA20i'-Sf JELLIES AMD 80 FORTH* SHE WORKS CLOSELY WITH THE ASSOCIATE HOME DBM0HS1RATION AGEiT, MRS. SARAH WBES3 IN ALL PHASSa OF HER HOilBMAKING PROGRAM. MRS. WEEKS POINTS OUT THAT MRS. BARLOW WAS ALREADY DOIHG AS EXCELLENT HOMEMAKIHG PROGRAM BEFORE SHE BMROLIED II THE BALANCED HARM AND HOME PROGRAM AHD THAT SHE SA3 REALLY BEEN MORE HELPFUL TO MRS, WEEK�
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THAN MIS, WEEKS HAS BEEN TO MIS, BARLOW.... MRS, BARLOW QUICKLY COUHT1RED WITH THE
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THAT SHE M B LEARNED HUGH FROMMRS. WEEKS AHB HER PROGRAM HAD IMPROVED HECAUSEG OP THE HELP SHE HAS RECEIVED. MS, BARLOW SAYS SHE DOESN'T DISLIKE COOKING BUT ADMITS THERE ARE OTHER THINGS SHE WOULD RATHER DO...BUT SHE*S A GOOD COOK. SHE HAS DOHE MUCH REMODELING IN THESt , HOME AND WHEN I SAY SHE HAS DONE IT I 24EAN $W�
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THAT FOR SHE HAS DOME MIJOH OP THE WORK HER&SEP, TH1SE ^AUTIFUL LUTED DRAPERIES IH THEIR BSDR00I AHE J1ST OHE SCA14PLB OF HER CREATIVE ABILITY. THEY ARE AS BEAUTIFULLY DOHE AS AMY Y0U*LL FIHD IH THE BEST STORES. SHE SAYS MRS* WEEKS HELPED HSR START THIS PROJEOT AND SHE HAS ENJOYED IT MOST. SHE AMD MRS. WEIXS WORK CLOSELY AlfD mm
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PLANS IH THE HOMEMAKIM IROGRAM AND THEN WORK THOSE PLANS. MRS* BARLOW LAY LINOLEUM TILE QM HER KITCHEN FLOOR. THE BARLOWS HAVE LOWERED Ah% THE CES5INGS AND CLOSED AN OPEN HALLWAY THAT RAN THROUGH THE 0KHTER OP THE HOUSE* SHE SAYS SHE PLANS TO DO MORE WORK ON THE KITOHBN CABINBS AND FAINT THREE PORGSBS. MRS* BARLOW DOES MOST OP THE WORK BBRSEL1 EVEN TO MITERING HER OWN CORNERS.
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MRS. BARLOW IS AN OUTSTANDING HOHB DEMONSTRATE! CLUB MEMBER AM) IN HER CLUB WORK MRS, aENEVIEVE HARRIS, ON THE LEFT, THE COUNTY HOME DEM0NST3ATJ AGENT, HAS TAUGHT HER TO Rl-CAHE CHAIRS AND MRS. BARLOW SHOWS US AN EXAMPLE OP SOME OP THIS WORK
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SHE HAS DONE. MRS. BARLOW ALSO UPHOLSTERS MUCH OP HER FURNITURE. THIS COUGH ON WHICH SHE AND MRS. HARRIS AND MRS. WEEKS ARE SEATED, IS ONE EXAMPLE OF HER UPHOLSTERING ABILITY. SHE PLANS NOW TO RE-UPHOLSTER THE LIVING ROOM COUCH AMD CHAIRS. MRS. BARLOW, WITH THE HELP OP MRS, mm HAS ALSO LANDSCAPED HER XARD AHD ALL THE PLANTB IN THE YARD ABE PROM CUTTINGS SHE HAS MADE AND ROOTED. THIS IS A FINE STORY OP A WONDERFUL COUSLS. THEY HAVE ONE CHILD, MS, STURGE D0PDS, YOU MAY RECALL THAT WE DID A SEORY ON MRt AND KRS. DODS SEVERAL YEARS AGO. MRS, AND MRS.
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WILLIAM BARLOW BELONG TO THE SMYRNA BAPTIST CHURCE WHERE MR, BARLOW IS A DEACON AHD M S . BARLOW TEACHES THE JUNIORS. SHE IS ALSO A SUBSTITUTE CHURCH PIANIST AND SINGS IN THE GfiOfB MRS. BARLOW IS REPORTER FOR THE SMYRNA HOMK DEMONSTRATION OLUB AND HAS BEEN AN ACTIVE HOME DEMONSTRATION CLUB MEMBER FOR BETTER THAN l� YEARS. MR. AND MRS, BARLOW ARE FARM BUREAU MEMBERS AND 1�. BARLOW IS A DIRECTOR OP THE
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ORGANIZATION.
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DISTRICT COMMISSIONER AND A PAST A,S,C. COMMOTTEBMAH. MR. BARLOW LIKES TO POX AMD DISH HCST IN HIS SPARE TINE AND MRS, BARLOW LIKBS TO SEW AND BEAD. IN FACT SHE DOES MOST OF HER
OWII SEWING AND POH TWO ORAHD DAUGHTERS* MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM BARLOW HAVE BEBN AH INSFIRATI�! TO YOUNG FARMERS IB THEIR AREA. THROUG THE YISARS THEY HAVE BEES GOOD STEWARDS OP THEIR S O U AND IT HAS XN RETURN GIVEN THEM A GOOD LI*E. I AM PROUD TO SALUTE MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM BABLOB OF THE SMYRNA COMMUNITY OP COPIAI: COUNTY AS TODAY* S FARM FAMILY OH "RFD TELFIVISIT*" 1. WHAT DID YOU HAVE WEEN YOU STARTED HARRIED LIFE? 2 . WHAT ADVICS WOULD YOU GIVE A YOUNG FMgORf 3. . WHAT HAS IffiLPED YOU MOST OVER THE YEARS f k* WHAT HAS BELPKD MOST IN HOUSEKEEPING? $. HOW CAN WIFE BEST HELP HUSBAHD IN OVERALL PROGRAM? 6* TO WHAT WOULD YOU ATTRIBUTE YOUR SUCCESS ?
