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I WANT TO SAY IN THE VERY BEGINNING THAT I AM DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO HUMPHRIES COUHTY AGRICULTURAL AGEHT, JR. ELMO HILL, FOR HIS VERY WGHDBRFUL HEL1 ISffiLEOTXHGTHIS FAMILY WHICH m SALUTE TODAY AND FOB QQXm WITH HE TO THEIH FARM TO HELP MS OBTAIH THE STORY WHIOH I AM HOW GOim TO TELL,
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THIS IS THE STORY OF MR. AMD MRS. R*T>* AHD THEIR THREE SOHS WHO LIVE OH HIGHWAY ABOUT TWO MILES SOUTHEAST OP ISOLA, MISSISSIPPI. OR TO LOCATE THEIR LAHD PROM BELZONI, IT�S ABOUT 3 MILES NORTHWEST. DILLARD BEARBSN, AS HE IS CALLED BY ALL HIS PfSBHDS^ OWHS kSS ACRES OF LAH3 AHD RENTS ANOTHER 800 ACRES. ON THIS LAND HE OARBIES OUT A COTTON, GRAIN, PASTURE AID LIVESTGf PROGRAM. BOTH MR. AND MRS. DILLARD BEARDEN GREW UP IN ISOLA AHD GRADUATED FROM ISOLA HIGH SCHOOL, AT THE TIMS THEY WERE MARRIED IB 1939 DILLARD WAJ FARMING WITH HIS FATHER. AFTER HIS MARRIAGE HE
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RENTED kO AORES OF LAND AND BEGAN FARMING FOR ! HIMSELF, RAISING GOTTQN, CORN, SOYBEANS AND HAt/ IH 19i� HS BOUGHT HIS FIRST LAUD..4� AORES... AND RENTED ANOTHER 80 AND THEY MOVED ONTO THAT LAND AND LIVID IN A LITTLE HOUSE UNTIL THEY BUILT THIS HOME ON THEIR PRESENT U N O IN LATE AND MOVED INTO IT IN JANUARY OF 1949-
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IX 1945, WITH THREE SHALL CHILDREN, THE YOUNGEST ONLY FIVE WEEKS OLD DILIARD BEARBKN WAS DRAFTED INTO THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY WHERE HE SERVED FOR ONE YEAR. DILLARD SAYS HE REALLY GOT STARTE] FARMING WHEN HE CAKE OUT OF SERVICE IN 1946. IT WAS IN THAT YEAR THAT, WITH THE HELP OF HIS FATH HE TOOK HIS FIRST BIO STEP AND BOUGHT 320 ACRES
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OF LAND. HE LATER BOUGHT ANOTHER FARM AND TRADE] IT TO HIS FATHER FOR HIS INTEREST IN THE 320. THEff IH THE FALL OF 19^6 THEY BOUGHT THE 135 ACRES WHERE THIS BEAUTIFUL HOME SKTS. UNTIL 19M> DILLARD FARMED WITH MULES. WHEN HE BEGAN HIS PROGRAM OF EXPANSION HE BOUGHT HIS FIRST TRACTOR.**IT WAS A SMALL ONE BUT IT GAVE HIM THE POWER HE NEEDED TO GET STARTED, OF COURSE, SINCE DILIARD BEARDEN LIVES IN THE HEART OF THE
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RICH DELTA FARM COUNTRY IT IS NATURAL THAT HIS MAJOR CROP IS COTTOH, AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW TH: THIS IS A BAD TIME OF THE YEAR TO SHOW MUCH ABOW A COTTON PROGRAM, HOWEVER, I CAN TELL YOU THAT HE IS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THIS COOPERATIVE COTTOl GIN, I CAN TELL YOU THAT TODAY DILLARD BEARDEN IS A FULLY MECHANIZED COTTON PLANTER, THOUGH HE HAS 15 TENNANT FAMILIES, SOME OP WHOM SHARE
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PICKER. BY AND LARGE HE LETS fHE FAMILIES PICK ALL THE COTTON THEY CAN AND THEH HE FINISHES UP WITH fHE PICKER. HE HAS 390 ACRES IH COTTON THIS YEAR ON THE CHOICE ttAn GO!ffOM PROGRAM. HIS YEARLY AVERAGE IS ABOITT A BALE AND A QUARTER TO THE AORE, II l$$5$ WHIOH WAS A SOOD G�f$�H XEAH HE MADS BEfTEH THAH TWO BALES TO THE ACRB,
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DILIARD BEARiiDBH HAS SEVEN TRACTORS NOW AMD ALL THE HEGESSARY PLAHTIHQ AM> CHLTIVATINQ EQUIPMENT TO GO WITH THEM* YOU WILL NOTIOE THAT SOME OF THEM ARE ST7TAHE POWERED FOR FUEL ECONOMY. tW CAN ALSO SSB A C0KBIH1 IH THE MACHINE SHED, HE USES IT TO HARVEST HIS 350 ACRE SOYBEAN CROP. HE HAS RAISED SOYBEANS FOR TEH YEARS OR NOES* THEY AVERAGE ABOUT 30 BUSHELS TO THE AGR1 AND HE MARKETS THEH ALL FROM THE FIELD, GETTING BACK TO @0TTQif# THOUGHT, m GAH SHOW YOU THAT DILLARD
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B1ARDEN FOLLOWS RECOMMENDED FARMING PRACTICES. YOU CAN SEE THAT HE SHREDS HIS COTTON STALKS AFTER HARVEST TO MHHMI2E THE BOLL WEEVIL PROBLEM. HE LEAVES THEM JUST AS LITTLE WINTER COYER AS HE POSSIBLY CAS. WE CAN ALSO SHOW YOU
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M ALSO TESTS HIS SOIL AHD FARMS HIS LAHD ACCORD TO A SOIL PLAM OH THE LAHD, WORKIHG IT TO ITS CAPABILITIES, HE FERTILIZES AC60RDIHG TO 1EEDS AND PUTS AT LEAST 100 UHITS OP JflTRQGlH Vmm HIS COTTOH* DILLARD BEARDEH SAYS HE WILL ALWAYS RAISE OOTTOH, THE LORD WILLIHG BUT HB WOULDH*T WAHT IT ALL IH COTTOH. WE'LL AKS DILLARD MORE ABOUT HIS COTTOH PROGRAM
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IH A FEW MIHUTES* HE ALSO PUTS OUT 2$Q ASHES IH OATS EACH *gAR, HE HAS 90 HEAD OF CATTLE, $0 OF THEM BROOD COWS, AHD HB GRAZKS HIS OATS UHTIL MARSH WHEI HE TAKES THB 0ATTLS OFF AHD CARRIES THE OATS OH TO HARVEST WHEH HE SAVES SOME FOB S1ED AHD PUTS THE REST IH THE BQAH. WE WILL HOT BE ABLE TO SHOW YOU THE LIVESTOCK JsJlTHSR BEGAUSi, H B Y WIRE BACK OH A FARM WHICH WE COULDI'T REA01
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THE OTHER DAT BECAUSE OF THE WET ROADS* DILIARD FOLLOWS A COmffiRGIAL COW AHD CALF PROGRAM WITH MOSfLX BLACK AUOTS, AHD 0ETS ABOUT A 90$ OALF 0RO?. HE SELLS THE CALVES HILK FAT OFF THE COW. BESIDES THE OATS WE SEEM HIM SHOWING COUHTY AGEH2 ELMO HILL, MR, BBARDEH ALSO HAS 200 ACRES OF PBRMAH^IT PASTURE COHSISTIHG OF GLOVERS, FESCU1, AHD DALLIS GRASS AMD COASTAL BERMUDA WHICH HE IS PUTTIH0 OUT HOW* HE HAS FIVE PASTURE AREAS AHD
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ROTATES HIS GRAZING. HE ALSO HAS 3� ACRES IH SLIDEPARM-11 LESPEDEZA FOR HAY. HE POT UP kgOOQ BALES LAST YiAR. DILLARD FEEDS MOST OF IT AND SELLS ANY
SURPLUS HE M Y E&VE, HE USSS THESE GKAIS B U S FOR On FAHM SfORA0E OF TEE OATS HE PTOS IH THE LOAH, THOSE ARE OHLY BEIEF HIGHLiaHTS OF THE BSARDEN FARM PROGRAM. WE WILL LKARH MQll MORE
AS WE TALK TO DILLARD IN A FKW MIHUTES, I� THE SLIDE FARM*] HOMEMAKINO EW OF THIS STOR? MRS. BSARJDBN HAS A
SEASONAL HALF ACRE OARDEH AHD FROM IT AHD THEIR HEAT SUPPLY SHE EACH YEAR FREEZES ABOUT I#200 fOUUDS OF FOOD FOR THE FAMILY FREEZER, SHE CAMS
M7GH THINGS AS ^AMSt JELLUS, PRESER^S AHD PICKLES IH JARS. MRS* BBARDEH SAYS SHE WOULD RATHER WORK OUTSIDE BUT THE FAMILY IS Q.UICK TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SHE IS AH EXCELLENT COOK, AHD AFTER EATIHS SOME OF HER fXE THE OTHER DAY X HEARTILY AGREE, THE BEARDEN*S HAVE REMODELED TIffilH HOME SEVERAL TIMES SIHOE IT WAS BUILT,
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LAST YEAR THEY COMPLETELY REMODELED THE KITOHE�, AHD PUT IH ALL THE BEAUTIFUL KITGHElf CABINETS OU SEE II THIS PACT0RB, MRS. BLARDEH HAS HER tESBVDBZOH SET IH THE KITCHEN WHERE SHE CAN EHJOY IT TO THE FULLEST, OH ONE END OF THE
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KITCHEN IS THIS MOST ATTBAGTIVE DINNING ROOM, HERE WE SEE MRS, BEAHDEH AND THE TWO
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BOYS, SEVESTE1N U A H OLD RICHARD AID YEAH OLD BOB. MRS. BEARDEN*S LIFE IS 01 ARQUHD HER HUSBAND ASD HER THREE F2HE BOBS*
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THESE BOYS HAVE eOHTRIBSTED MUCH TO THE FAMILY LIVING. THEY ARE ALL FFA MEMBERS WITH PRIMARY FRGffSGTS OF OGTTGI, A3 WOULD BE EXPECTED, ALL OF THE BOYS HAVB GO^miBOTED SOMESIIMa TO Tm HOME FROM fSEIl SHQF W0BK IH THEIR ?OCAfI0�U AGRICULTURE CLASS IS HIGH SCHOOL* RICHARD MADE THIS BEAOTIFUL 0 B M 1 SSW1HG MAQHIHE CABISSf. Hi HAS ALSO MADE A CEDAR BEDSTEAD SIMILAR TO THIS OHE AHD IS MAKING A CEDAR CHEST THIS YEAR. THIS BEDSTEAD WAS MADE BY THEIR OLDEST SOH, 19 YEAR OLD GERALD MHO IS A SOPHOMORE AT MISSISSIPPI STATE THIS YBAB. IH FAST$ GERALD WAS JtTST HEAB3T TO LEAVE TO GO BACK TO STATE WHEN WE VISITED THE B1A8D1H FARM LAST MOHDAY, 30 WE SNAPPED THIS PXCTSSS OF HIM J0ST BETORS HI GOT ISTO THE OAS TO BE OH HIS WAY* DILLARD BEARDEN SAYS HE DEflHBS HEAVILY OH HIS 0OBSTY ASBt!�S ADVIOS AKD TRIES TO FOLLOW If, HIS FUT0R1 FLAHS IHCLXH3B IXPAHSION OF HIS LIVESTOCK PROGRAM TO 100 BROOD COWS FOR A BETTER BALAHCE IH HIS OVERALL FARM PROGRAM. AS HE AND 0GUHTY AGENT ELMO HILL TALSBj DILLAHD SAID THSRE IS OKE MAN WHOM X WAHT TO GIVE MtrOH GHEDIT FOR WHAT StTOOESS WE HAVS BAD,.,
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A8D THAT I S HY BAIffiBR* MR* PAUL TOWITSEHD WHO HAS B E E I MY MAIH3TAY WITH HEEDED FIIAHCIHG AND GOOD SOTfflD ADVICE, MR* AHD HRS. DILLAHD BEARDEI AHD
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THEIK SONS BELONG TO THE ISOLA BAPTIST CHURCH MHffiE THE! ATffiHD HBQULARLX AHD PASTICJPATg IH THS WOHK Am WORSKF OP OTISIH CHURCH. THIS 13
A WHBKBFITL FAMILY THAT B&S f RULY HADE aHEAf ACCOJ^LISKHEISfS DMIHG THE XBAHS SIHOE WORLD FAMILY WAI WO* HERE TISY ABE ALL T O a � f E E S , * � S I i e E
GERALD I S USABLE TO LEAVE STATE TO M WITH US TODAY I WANTS) TO BE StJHl YOU GOT TO SEE THE WHOLE FAMILY TGGETiSR IH TBEIH OMK HOME. BY THE
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ISOLA HOME DBMOSSTRATIOH OLCB. SHE HAS B U M A FOR 8 YEAHS AHD SERV� AS CLUB SEORBTAKYFOR THBSE YEARS* SHE IS ALSO ACTISg IH THE P.T.A. AHD THS AMSHtGAH LMIOH AtECILIARY. DILLASD, IH ADDITION TO BEIM PH1SIIMHT OF THB BOARD OF DIREGTOSS AT THE QZ8, IS A TBUSTSK OF VBS SGBOOL AMD MiMESR OF WB GOU1TY CATTLBKAKS ASSOCIATION HE IS A PAST A#S�G.
AHD POHHER M1MB1H OF SHE LEVY BOABD, AW BOB BOTH LIKE HORSEBA0I: RIDIBS AKD SFOSTS*
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I GOULD TELL YOU HUGH MORB ABOUT THIS FIHE PAKILJ BUT I*D RATHER YOU HEAHB IT FROM THEM, SO LET'S GHAT WITH THEM A BIT HOW* 1� DILLARD, WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST OROSf 2 . EO� OOHPIiETE IS YQXm IHiECT O0STHOI* PBOGRAMf 3� DO YOU P M H T A H GOBHf 4 . HAVE YOU DOHB AHY LABD GLEARIiat 5� HAVE YOU HAD A�Y DRAISAGB PROBIiSMS? 6� HOW PAST DO YOU FLAH fO BXPAHD Y0UB I�IVEST�<^ f. WHAT IS YOUK WAfER SUPK.Y FOR GA'STIM^ , 8. WHAT KIHD OP SH4PE WAS TSB JAW) IH WHEI YOU BOUGHT Iff 9. MRS. BEARDEM* WHAT HAS GHAHG1B MOSf IH HOMBMAKBfQ SIHGE YOU MABHIEBf 1 0 , WHAT HAS HELPED YOU MOST IH SHE PBOGRAM? U* 1 DO YOU HAVE ASY HOBBIES? PISHIS&f RICHARD, WHAf ABK YOUH PLAHS AFTER HI0H SGHOOI.f WHAT SPSaTS BO YOU PMYf BOB, WHAT SPOHTS DO YOU M&Sf DO YOU LIKE THE FARM? 1LM0, WHAT HAVE I U3PT ��T THAT SHOULD BE TOLD?
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