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Howard Langfltt
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I WANT TO SAX IN THE VlRY BEGINNING THAT I AM DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO SUNFLOWER COUNTY AGENT, MR. CECIL BLACK, ASSISTAMT COUNTY AGENT OARL ROBISON AHD ASSOCIATE ODUHTY AGENT JOE BECKHAM FOR THEIR VERY FINE HELP IN SELECTING THE FAMILY WHICH WE SALUTE TODAY AND FOR GOING WITH m TO THEIR FARM
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T O HELP ME OBTAIN THE STORY WHICH I AM HOW GOING TO TELL. THIS IS THE STORY OF MR. AND MRS. MACK
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T. BLACKWOOD AND THEIR TWO SONS, 13 YEAR OLD DOSf, AHD 9 YEAR OLD BOB, WHO LIVE AT DREW, MISSISSIPPI BOTH MR. AHD MRS. MACK BLACKWOOD GREW UP AT DREW AMD GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL THERE. THOUGH THEY GREW UP TOGETHER THEY TOLD ME THEY DIDN'T DATE UNTIL THEIR COLLEGE DAYS. MRS. BLACKWOOD GRADUATED FROM M.S.G.W. IN HOME ECONOMICS IN 191*1. MACK GRADUATED FHOM OLE MISS IJf 1939. THEY WERE MARRIED IN 19^1 AFTER MRS. BALCKWOOD GRADUATED. MACK BLACKWOOD DIDN'T START OUT TO BE A FARJ^R. HIS �IRST WORK WAS WITH THE ALUMINUM COMPANY OF AMERICA. HE WORKED FOR THEM FOR 5 YEARS. WHEN THE WAR TOOK ALL THE RAW
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MATERIALS HE WENT TO W ORE FOR THE WAGES AND HOURj DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR. MR, AND MRS!
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BLACKWOOD WERE J&RRIED WHILE MACK WAS WORKING 131
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HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
FROM 19^2 TO 19^3 MACK
SERVED WITH THE UNITED STATES MARINES. IT WASN'T
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UNTIL 19^8 THAT MACK BLAGKWOQD TURNED TO FARMIUS TO MAKE HIS LIVINiJ, HIS FIRST FARM ENTERPRISE WAS QHE MILE WEST OF CLEVELAND MISSISSIPPI WHERE HE STARTED WITH 1�0 RESTED ACHES AND WAS FARMING 560 ACRES WHEN HE IEFT AND GAME BACK TO DREW, IT WAS III X955 THAT MR. AHD MRS. HACK BLAGEW0�D CAKE BAGK TO DREW AND MOVED INTO THIS HOUSE OH THi FARM SOUTH OP DREW, MACK�S FATHER HAD PASSE] AWAY THE YEAR BEFORE AND HE CAMS BACK HOME TO OPERATE THE FARM HOLDINGS FOR HIS MOTH�. THERE ARE If93 ACRES IH THE FARM. MACK�$ MOTHER HAS A LIFETIME ESTATE AHD HE AMD A SISTER ARE THE HEIR* MACK FARMS IT ALL. AFTER OHE YEAR OF LIVIHG OH SLIDE FARM-: THE FARM THEY MOVBDIUTO DREW TO THIS HOME IH WHICH THEY LIVE TODAY. WHIIE FARMING AT CLEVKLAI MACK BLAGKWOOD RAISBD OOWTOH UliTlL ACREAGS CONTROLS REDUCED THB A0REA0E. THEN HE ADDED SOYBEANS AND IHCRMSM) HIS COW HERD. WHEN HE GAME BACK TO StfflFLOWER COUNTY MACK HAD 12 BROOD SLIDE FARM-ll, CGRH & COTTON COWS. HE HAD STARTED WITH A COUPLE OF REGISTERS! HEIFERS. WHEN HE MADE THE MOVE HE SOLD HIS COMMERCIAL G ATTLE AHD KEPT THE REGISTERED ANIMALS HE BUILT THE HERD TO 2i| REGlSEiORKD BROOD COWS. LAST YEAR HE SOLD THEM ALL OUT EXGSIT FOR THE BOYS 4-H CLUB PR001CTS. MACK BLAGKWOOD SOLD HIS LIVESTOCK FOR TWO BASIC REAS0MS. HE WANTED TO
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E S T A B L I S H BETTER PASTtlR�S AMD HE HAD STARTED A
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POULTRY PROGRAM WHICH WAS REQUIRING H I S MAJOR ATTENTION. AS SOON AS HE PEJ2LS HE HAD E S T A B L I S H
GOOD PASTURES HE PLANS TO GO BACK TO CATTLE. HACK RAISES SOME CORN FOR ROASTING EARS AND FOR
T H E 4 - H CLUB CALVES, OTHERWISE HE PRODUCES
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COTTON AND SOYBEANS AS GASH CROPS, ACRES I N COTTON T H I S SEAR.
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HE PRE-EMERGIS I T ALL
T H I S I S H I S F I R S T YEAR TO DO I T ASD HE LIKES I T VERY MUCH. MACK PLANTS D & P . L . 1$P D & P.L.
SMOOTHLEAF ADD REX V A R I E T I E S . FOR EARLY MATURITY.
HE PLANTS THE R i �
HE TESTS H I S SOIL AHD HE HAS LIMED H I S
F E R T I L I Z E S ACCORDING TO NEEDS.
LAND H I S LAND AND USES ANHYDROUS AMONIA OH THE
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HE PUTS DOWN XQO POUNDS OF AVAILABLE JOE BECKHAM, THE ASSOCIATE
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COUNTY AGENT WORKS CLOSELY WXTH MACK BLAGKWOOD AND THEY POISON FOR INSECTS AS THEY FIHD THE U S D MR, BLACKWOOD HAS $ THAGTOR BRIVSRS AND THEIR F A M I L I E S MAKE SOKE SHARECRiP. YEAR I N AND YEAR
OUT H I S AVERAGE PRODUCTION I S ABOUT A BALE AND A QUARTER TO THE ACRE. OF L I N T . LAST YEAR I T WAS 62$ POUNDS
MACK SAYS HE�LL PLANT COTTON ON EVERY HE ALSO HAS 2 0 0 ACRES I N
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ACRE THEY'LL LET HIM. SOYBEANS.
HE PLANTS GLARK BEAS& FOR EARLY CROP
ALSO SOME DORMAN HARIETY, A FEW LEE BEANS AND
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MOSTLY JACKSON, HE LBQSS THEM BECAUSE THKY YIELD WELL, GQVER UP THE GROUND THEREBY KEEPING DOWN VEGETATION, HE SAYS THEIR BIG STJLK THEM UP HIGH AND THE COMBINE DOESN'T MISS ANY, SLIDE FARM-9 SOYBEANS MACK FEELS TH1T THEY COMBINE EASIER. LASf THE EARLY BEAHS YIELDED 25 BUSHELS TO THE A OSE AND THE LATE BEAHS 35 BUSHELS, LAST YEAR H&OK BOOKED AHEAD AHD SOLD PBOM THE PIBLD, HOUKV�B# PUT OH FOR AERIATIOH. A WILE BAGK WE MENTIOHBD SLIDE FARM-3.0 HEN HOUSE A POULTRY PROdRAH, I WOULD SAY IT IS THE MAJOR EMTERPRISB OP THE MACK BLAOIWOOD FAMILY. THB PROGRAM WAS STARTED IN MARCH QP If57 WITH 5,000 DAY OLD CHICKS. MACK HAD ONE HOUSE BUILT TO START THE CHIOES IN AND HAD ANOTHER HOUSE COMPLY BY TIME THEY WERE READY TO LAY. THEIR PROGRAM XI A COMMERCIAL EQG PROGRAM. THEY ARE A PART OF SLIDE FARK-B, HOUSES THE MOON LAKE EGG COMPANY FORMED BY MACK AND FOUi PRODUCERS IN THE AREA. NOW THERE ARE SIX IN THE COHPANY. TODAY MACK BLACKWOOD HAS FIVE LAYING HOUSES ON HIS OWN PIAGE AND HAS FIEV MORE HOUSES OUT ON CONTRACT. HE HAS WHITE LEGHORN BIRDS, PRIMARILY HIGHLINBS. HE NOW HAS 29,000 LAYERS. RIGHT NOW MACK IS BUYING STARTS) PULLITS. HE JUST STXRTED THIS AND MAY NOT STAY SLIDE FARM-12 WITH IT. THIS IS THE BLACKWOOD PROCESSING HOUSE
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AND FEED MILL OPERATED AS A PART OP THE PROGRAM. THE MOON LAKE COMPANY IS A MARKETING GRQANIZATXO ONLY. THEY MARKET PRIMARILY IN MEMPHIS AND SOME THREE FOURTHS OF 2HEIR PRODUCTION
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GOES TO A & P STORES M MEMPHIS. MACK BLACKWGGB
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HAS HIS OWN FEED MILL AND USES A SUPER CONGEJTO TE, SOYBEAN MEAL, CORN AMD QAf S OM OCCASION. IS PUTTING IN SOME FEED QEMM LIMESTONE AS A * CALCIUM ADDITIVE. AT THE PRESENT TIME MACK IS BAGGING PESO FOR HIMSELF AHD HIS CONTRACT OPERATE IF THE MRKET GOES UP ENOUGH . E MAY GO BULK. IS H M
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THE LAYING HOUSES MACK BLACKWOOD USKS INDIVIDUAL JffiTAL TYPE NESTS AND rMEY HAVE A FLOOR PLAN PROGRAM. MONTHS. WBKKS. BIRDS ARE KEPT IN PRODUCTION FOR 1% THEY GO INTO THE LAYING HOUSE AT 22 PRODUCTION AVERAGE RIGHT NOW IS f$%.
MACK GETS CHICKENS VACCINATED FOR NEWCASTLE AND
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BRONCHITIS AT ONE DAY OP AGE. AT POUR WEEKS THIS AGAIN FOR BRONCHITIS. THEY WORM THEM AT PIVE WEEKS. AT SIX WESKS OP AGE THEY TREAT AND WORM THEM.. . THEM POR COCCIDIQSIS AND CONTINUE THAT TREATMENT EVERY MONTH. AT %2-\& WEEKS THEY VACCINATE POR POWL-POX AND AT 16 WEEKS THEY VAGC^mTE AGAIN POR NEWCASTLE AND BRONCHITIS. ONCE THEY GO INTO THE
LAYING HOUSE THEY JUST WORM THEM ONCE A MONTH? SLIDE THERE ARE FIVE PEOPLE WORKING IN THE BLACKWOOD
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EGG LAYING PROGRAM AT THE POULTRY FARM. IT IS ONLY NATURAL THAT THE TWO BOYS.,,DON AND BOB, SHOULD HAVE IN INTEREST IN POULTRY. DON HAS CARRIED POULTRY AS A 1*-H CLUB PROJECT FOR POUR YEARS AMD IS THIS YEAR A MEMBER OF THE STATS CHAMPION JUNIOR POULTRY JUDGING TEAM. THOUGH BOB ISN'T OLB ENOUGH FOR lf-H TET, HE TRAINED RIGHT ALONG WITH THE POULTRY JUDGING TEAM THIS
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YEAR. IN THE HOUSES THEY USE TROUGH TYPE FEBDBI AND WATERERS. MAGK BLACKWOQD IS PRESENTLY PUTT3 TBAOK TYPE FEEDERS IN TWO HOUSES, THE EGGS ARE GATHERED FOUR TIMES A DAY AMD HAULED TO SHE PROCESSING ROOM �N THIS LABOR SAVING GARRIER. THEY ARE IMMEDIATELY W&SHED AND OILED AND PUT IH THE GOOLERWHERE THEY ARE HELD AT $0 DEGREES TEMPERATURE. MA<K BLACKWGOD SAYS OILING THE EGG WILL DO ALMOST AS MUCH TO PRESERVE QUALITY AS CAN BE DO.1E BY REFRIGERATION, THE EGGS ARS
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DELIVERED TO THE MOON LAKE PROCESSING PLANT AT LULA TWICE A WEEK. THEY ARE SENT TO LULA LOOSE IN PACKING CRATES LIKE THIS IN STORAGE. HOWEVER OF THEM ARE MARKETED IH CARTONS. THEY HAVE INCREASED THE POULTRY PROGRAM EVERY YEAR SINGE THEY STARTED BUT HAVE NO PLANS FOR FURTHER
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MACK SAYS THEY ADDED THE EGG PROGRAM BECAUSE THE: THOUGHT THEY NEEDED ANOTHER SOURCE OF CASH INCOM
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IT IS ONLY NATURAL THAT MRS. BLACKWOOD CARRIES OlT AN EXCELLENT PROGRAM OP FOOD PRESERVATION, ..FOB AFTER ALL HOME ECONOMICS IS HER FIRST LOVE. FROM THEIR HALF ACRE OF GARDEN, SOME OF IT YEAR ROUND, SHE EACH YEAR FRIEZES VEGETABLES TO SEE THE FAMILY THROUGH THE WINTER. THIS ADDED TO TH
MEAT SUPPLY MAKES A TOTAL OF ABOUT 2,000 POUNDS OF FOOD PUT IN THE FAMILY FREEZER EACH YEAR.
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IN ADDITION TO WHAT IS FROZEN, MRS. BLACKWOOD 1AGH YEAR CANS ABOUT l�0 QUARTS OF FOOD IN JARS, ...SUCH THINGS AS JAMS, JELLIES, PICKLES, BEETS, AND SO FORTH. MRS. BLACKWGGD LIKES TO GQOE. SH3
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SAYS COOKING IS HER HOBBY, , .AND SHE ADDS, AS AN AFTER-THOUGHT.,."MY FAMILY LIKES TO EAT TOO." SHE HAS A COMPLETELY MODERN KITCHEN IN WHICH TO DO THE FAMILY COOKING AND BAKING AND I AM SURE THAT ADDS TO THE JOY OF COOKING. MRS. BLACKWOOD
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ALSO LIKES TO SEW AND MAKES SOME OF HER OWN CLOTHES AND MOST OF HER DRAPERIES AND CURTAINS. SHE ALSO LIKES FLOWERS AND LIKES TOWORK WITH THEM. AS A RESULT HER HOME IS BEAUTIFULLY WHIN I VISITED THE BLACKWOOD HOME
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THE OTHER DAY THEY WERE IN THE MIDST OF BUILDING ON TO THE BACK OF THEIR LOVELY HOME. THEY ARE kWIWt THIS WING WHICH CONTAINS A DEN, BEDROOM AND BATH. IT IS VERY SPACIOUS AND VERY LOVELY
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INSIDS. WHEN TIME PERMITS THE FAMILY LOVES SLIDE FARM-2S BOAT & FAMILY WATER SPORTS. EVERY CHANGE THEY GET THEY TAKE THEI BOAT AND HEAD �CR SHE LAIE WHERE THEY LOV1 TO WATER SKI. THEY ARE MEMBERS OF THE DREW METHODIST CHURCH WHERE MACK IS A MEMBER OF THE OFFICIAL BOARD AND IS PRESENTLY TEACHING THE LADIES SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS,AMD WHERE MRS. BLAGKWOGD IS ACTIVE IN THE W.S.C.S. MRS. SLAGKCAMERA ON FAMILY -WOOD ALSO TEACHES SCHOOL. SHE HAS TAUGHTEX THIRD GRADE THE PAST TWO YEARS. DURING 2HS WAR SHE TAUGHT HOME EC FOR TWO YEARS BUT THEM HADN'T TAUGHT UNTIL SHE STARTED BACK TWO YEARS AGO. SHE WENT BACK TO TEAGHIH2 TO GIVE HER SOMETHING TO D O NOW THAT THE/BOYS ARE GETTING OLDER. MRS, BLAGKWOOD BELONGS TO THE DREW CULTURE CLUB AMD IS ACTIVE IN P.T.A. MACK IS A MEMBER OF THE METHODIST MSN'S CLUB, A MaSON, DIRECTOR OF TB COUNTY FARM BUREAU, MEMBER OF THE COMTY LIVESTOCK ASSOCIATION AND SECRETARY-TREASURER OF THE GOVERNING COMMITTEE OF THE DREW YOUTH CENTER. DON 1SS PRESIDENT OF THE DRE HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR -H CLUB LAST YEAR. AT THIS YEAR'S JUNIOR JUDGIN CONTEST AT STATE COLLEGE HE GAVE THE RESPONGE TO DR. CLY LYLEfS WELCOME TO THE MEMBERS. LAST YEAR HE WAS A SENIOR PATROL LEADER IH THE BOY SCOUTS AW PRESIDENT OF THE HI-Y. HE WAS NAMED THE 8TH
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CRADE EAVGRITE LAST YEAR AND MOST VERSITAL BO3T JUNIOR HiaH SCHOOL. HE ALSO WON THE AMERICAN JOiGZQH CITIZENSHIP AWARD, BOB LIKES HORDES AMD ISGBMTLY PARTICIPATED IN THE HORSE SHOW* HOST ^F ALL HE 13 LOOKING FORWARD TO THE TIME WHEN HB CAM JOIN'TBB I*-H CLUB, HE WANTS TO SHOW CALVES. I GOULD TELL YOU SO HUGH MORE ABOUT THIS FIUE PAHILY, BUT IN THE TIME LBFT I MOULD RATIpK YOU HBBT THEM AND BEAR FHOM THEM OF SOME OF THE mm& FOR THE FUTURfi. YOU HAVE FOR THE FUTURE.
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1 . TELL US ABOUT YOUR P&GAH GROVE AND THE UmS IS YOUR PASTUiiK SITUATION RIGHT ^ HOW mm.,. #WHAT DOIMG WITH IT? AKY BAY? 3� WHAT IS THE KEY TO SUGGBSS IN YOUR POULTW
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k. MRS. BLACKWOOD, WHAT DO YOU LIBE MOST ABOUT YOUR HQMS? $m WHAT ARE YOUR HOPES FOR YOUR SGHS FUTURSS? 6. DON, WHAT DO YOU WAI!*? TO DO AFTER HIGH . SCHOOL? ?. BOB, WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO MOST? 8. MACK, DO YOU THINK THE POULTRY PROGRAM ALONE WOULD BS PRACTICAL?
