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1961
CAMERA OH LANGPITT
I WANT TO SAY FIRST THAT I AM VERY GRATEFUL TO WALTHALL COUNTY A GENT MR, AKSEL ESTESS AND A8SGC IAMB COUNTY AGENT SAM DYAR, FOR THEIR VERY FINE HELP IN SELECTING THE FAMILY WHICH WE SALUT TODAY ANDF FOR GOIHG WITH ME TO THIS FAMILY'S FARM HOME TO HELP ME OBTAIN THE STORY WHICH I AM HOW GOIHG TO TILL. THIS IS THE STORY OF
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AHD MRS. JOE BOWMAH
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COMMUNITY OF WALTHALL COUNTY, TWO AHD A HALF MILES NORTH OF TYURTOWN, MISSISSIPPI, ON HIGHWAY 27, WHERE THEY OWN OF WALTHALL COUNTY LAND. AND FARM l�l ACRES JOE BOWMAN SAYS HE
WAS BORN IN LINCOLN COUNTY BUT WAS RAISED FROM ONE SIDE OF MISSISSIPPI TO THE BACKSIDE OP LOUISIANA AND EVEN INTO TEXAS AS HIS FATHER FOLLOWED SAW MILLING AS A PROFESSION. JOE SAYS
HE FINISHED THE FOURTH GRADE AND HAS BEEN WORKING FOR HIMSELF EVER SINCE HE STARTED TOTIN
WATER FOR NATALBAHY LUMBER COMPANY AT NINE YEARS OF AGE. MRS. BOWMAN WAS MISS LILLIAN ALBRITTON BEFORE HER MARRIAGE TO JOE IN 1932 AND GREW UP IN THE SARTINVILLE AND UNION COMMUNITIES. SLIDE FARM-2 H0US1 JOE
AND MRS. BOWMAN LIVE IN THIS COMFORTABIE COUNTRY HOME TODAY BUT IT HASN�T ALWAYS BEEN SO. WHEN THEY MARRIED JOE WAS A WAGE HAND FARMING BY THE
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DAY FOR 1$i A DAY AND HE RECALLS THAT RIGHT AFTER THEY MARRIED HE WAS CUT TO 60^ A DAY. JOE SAYS WE HAVEN�T (JOT MUCH...AND THEN HE ADDS WITH CONSIDERABLE PRIDE... BUT WHAT WE'YE GOT WE'VE GOT BY WORKING. JOI ABD HIS CHARMING WIFE
FIRST MET WHEN HI WAS TWELVE AND SHE TOT, THEY MET WHEN JOB WENT TO AN UNCLE*S H0US1 TO A SLIDE FARM-3 BIRTHDAY PARTY. JOE BOWMAN STARTED FARMING FOR HIMSELF THE YEAR HE MARRIED...HE ALSO HIRED OUT AS DAY LABOR THAT YEAR TOO. HIS BINARY FARM O B RATION WAS TRUCK FARMING. THE SECOND YEAR HE BOUGHT A TRUCK WITH flOO HE BORROWED AND USED IT TO HAUL HIS VEGETABLES TO MARKS'. JOE SAYS WHEN TIMBS WERE HARDEST HE PIDDLED HOUSE TO HOUSE AND LATER WORKED THE STORES, SILLING WHOLESAIE . AT ONE TIME JOI BOWMAN WAS THE BIGGEST TRUCK CROF FARMiR IN WALTHALL COUNTY. JOE SAYS IN THE SAK
DAYS OF FARMING HI RAISED COTTON, CORN, TRUCK CROP AND DID ANYTHING TO MAKE A DOLIAR.. .HAULED COAL, SLAG. THE SECOND YEAR HE WAS MARRIED JOE AND ANOTHER FELLOW WORKED TOGETHER BUT THEN HI GAVE THAT UP AND FARMED FOR HIMSELF. HS DIDN'T OWN THE LAND. MRS. BOWMAN*S MOTHER WAS A WIDOW
LADY AND THEY LIVED WITH HER AND JOE FARMED HER SLIDE
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SiE HAD 50 ACRES AND THE FIRST YEAR JOE
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ONLY HAD 1 7 ACRES I I CULTIVATIOH.
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F I V E YFARS BEFORE HE WAS ABLE TO BUY H I S P J R S f L A W D . . . i f O ACRES. I N 1 9 ^ HE BOUGHT ANOTHER 7 3 MRS,
A C R E S AND TWO YEARS A 0 0 ANOTHER 3 1 ACRES.
BOWMAN'S MOTHER LEFT HER THE ORIGINAL $0 ACRES
JOE
THEY STARTFD OUT FARMING.
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JOE BOWMAN
STARTED DAIRYING WITH 1 1 HEAD OF C A T T L E . . . S I X I N THE BARN AT MILKING T I M E . JOE SAYS HE MILKS H I S MILS
T H R 1 E FRSSH COWS AND THREE S T R I P E R S .
CHICK THE FIRST MOUTH WAS 8 0 SOME DOLLARS AND H HAD OW OF THE BEST TESTS OF ANYONE S H I P P I N G . SLIDE PAlM-j COWl J O E GREW INTO THE DAIRY OTSINESS AND AS H I DID H E GUT DOW ON AND EVENTUALLY CUT OUT MOST OTHSJ FARM 1NT1RPRISBS. HE RAISED COTTON AND CORN Fi
2 0 YEARS . . .FOR SEVERAL YEARS AFTER H I STARTED DAIRYING. JOE SAYS ONE OF THE REASONS HE QUIT
ROW CROPPING WAS THAT HE LOST H I S LABOR AND I T WAS TOO E X P 1 N S I � 1 TO GATHER WHAT HE COULD RAISE I N THE F I E L D . HE QUIT TRUCK CROPS ABOUT THE SAM
T I M S BUT FOR SEVERAL YEARS HE USED H I S TRUCK TO HAUL FREIGHT AND E X S I 1 S S . HE GAVE UP HAULING JOE BOKMAN GREW
COMPLETELY AT THE END OF 1 9 5 2 . I N T O T H 1 DAIRY BUSINESS.
H I BOUGHT SOME COWS
BUT MADE SURE THEY WERE GOOD ONES...THAT THEY SLIDE PARM-6 DAIHX W I R E ALL BANGS AND TB TESTED. RIGHT OFF HE
B U I L T T H I S DAIRY BARN AND ALMOST FROM THE
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BEGINNING HE HAS USED ARTIFICIAL BREEDING. JOE CULLS HIS HERD CLOBE AND I F THEY DON*T PRODUCE THEY CAN'T STAY. HE CULLS OH THE BSSI5 OP HE HAS BEEN WEIGHING
RECORDS, HEALTH AND AGE.
MILK EVER SINCE HE STARTED BUT DIDN'T KffiP SLIDE FARM-7 GOir IN BARH RECORDS. IN FEBRUARY OP 1 9 5 7 HE STARTED OH THI
WEIGB-A-DAY-A-MQNTH R1CORD PROGRAM AND HAS BEM OH IT EVER S H O E . JOE HOW HAS A HERD OP 6 9 AT THE
HEAD AND I S MILIIHG 30 HEAD RIGHT HOW.
PEAK PERIOD HE MILKS 3 5 OR 36 AND PLANS TO FURTHER INCREASE THE SI2E OP THE HERD. JOE
WANTS TO KEEP AH AVERAGE OP l\0 IN THE BARH ALL YEAR ROUND. BY THIS FALL. HE HOPES TO HAVS ACCOMPLISHED THAT TSB NEIGHBOR B0YS # HQRMAN MCDAHIE;
SHOWN HERE, AND BROTHM STANLHY, �H0M Y0U*LL S E E IN A MINUTE, WORK FOR J O ! , THEIR MOTHER I S
A WIDOW AND JOE BOWMAN HAS EDUCATED THI TWO SLIDE BOYS AND A SISTER, WHEN JOE BOWMAN BUILT THE
BARN HE START1D RIGHT OUT ON A FLUID MILK PROGRAl I N 1 9 5 7 HIS HHH D PRODUCTION AVERAGE WAS 6 , 0 0 6 POUNDS OF MILK PER COW PSR YEAR...TODAY I T I S 7 , 8 9 0 POUNDS BROUGHT ABOUT BY GLOSS CULLING, GOOD BREEDING, FEEDING ABD MANAGEMENT. HE HOPES
TO HAVE A 1 0 , 0 0 0 POUND AVERAGE BY 1 9 6 5 WITH NOTHING BUT JERSEYS IN THE HERD. IN APRIL OP
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LAST YEAR JOI BOWMAN WENT BULK TASK AND PIPELIN HE SAYS NOW HE WOULD! �* DAISY WITHOUT IT, "HE HAS ONE OP THE LOWEST BACTERIA COUNTS OP ANY SLIDE FARM-f BO? DAIRYMAN IH THE COUNTY. HERE IS BROTHER STAN1& MAGDAHIBL, I MENTIONED A MINUTE AGO. STANLEY DOES MOST OF THE FEEDING AND HE AND HIS BROTHER BOTH MILK. ALL CATTLE ARE FED A 16$ DAIRY RATION WHICH JOE HAS MlilD, THE PAST TWO YEARS HE HASN'T RAISED GRAIH BUT HAS CONCENTRATED OS HAY AND mSTURES. THE BOWMAN DAIRY HERD IS SLIDE FARM-10 CATTLE 9S% JERSEY NOW. THEY ARE ALL GRADE COWS BUT OF GOOD BLOODLINES, HS KEEPS A REGISTERED JERSEY BULL AND JOE HAS ALWAYS SAVED HIS BEST HEIFERS
FOR HERD REPLACEMENT. JOE GITS A 95% CALF CROP SLIDE CALVES AND HE CALFHOOD ?AGCINATES, EVERY CALF IS HANDLED AS AN INDIVIDUAL AND TREATED ACCORDING TO ITS OWN INDIVIDUAL TEMPEREMENT, JOB SILLS
SOME HEIFERS BUT KEEPS TEN TO TWENTY EVERY YEAR, SLIDE PARM-12 POND WATER FOR THE LIVESTOCK IS SUPPLIED FROM THREE STOCK PONDS. THIS PARTICULAR ONE HAS THRE1 BIG SPRINGS WHICH 1?EED IT. IT IS ALSO WELL STOCKED WITH FISH AND FISHING IS GOOD. AT THE HOUSE JOE M S A 31 FOOT WELL WITH WATER WITHING TWELVE FEET OF THE TOP OF THE GROUND. HE USES STOCK SLIDE FABH-13, TANKS IN THE BARNYARD. PERMANENT PASTURE CONSIST
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OF 7 0 ACRES OF BERMBDA, DALLIS AND BAHAIA GRASS V Z t t FESCUE, WHITE DUTGH AND CRIMSON CLOVER'. J O E C L I P S THE mSTTJRES AND SffiAYS THEM FOR DOCK WHIN NEEDED. AND AS YOU CAN SEE I T REALLY PAYS HE LIMES H I S PASTUfi
O F F WITH BEAUTIFUL 1STURES. AND F E R T I L I Z E S HEAVY.
JOE HAS 1 0 PASTOR! AREAS
FOR ROTATION OF GRAZING AND HE I S CAREFUL NBVSR
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FOR TEMPORARY GRAZIHG JOE HAS HE GUTS HALF Of
kQ AC3RES OF OATS AND RYE GRASS. I T FOR HAY AHD
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I T OH TO E � f MATURITY ^ B H HE GOMBIHKS I T TO
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SAVE ENOUGH S I E D FOR THE HEXT* YEAR�S PLANT I H G , J O E ALSO RELIES HEAVILY OH TEMPORARY SUMMER GRAZING AHD WHERE HE CUTS OATS FOR H I HE FOLLOWS
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H I HAS S E V M ACRES RIGHT NOW EACH SUMMER
WHICH COULD STAND A GOOD WARM RAIN.
J O E MAKES THREE OR FOUR PLANTINGS OF MILLET SO AS TO HAVE SOME COMING OS ALLSUMMSR LONG. EACH
YEAR JOE BOWMAN OF WALTHALL COUNTY POTS UP ABOUT
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2 , 0 0 0 BALES OF H A Y . . . O A T S , RYE GRASS, BRCWN TO? M I L L E T AND BAHAIA GRASS. AS COUNTY AGENT ANSEL
E S T B S S , SEEN HERE WITH J O E , POINTS OUT, WALTHALL COUNTY I S PUSHING A PROGRAM OF PROPFR HAY HARVEST AHD J O E I S FOLLOWING I T TO THE DSTTER. HE CUTS I T I N THE EARLY BLOOM STAGS AHD USES A
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HAY CONDITIONER ON IT SO AS TO GET IT OUT OF THE FIELD IN A HURRY, JOE SAYS IT HAS GRIAfLY IMPROVED THE QUALITY OF HIS HAY. SLIDE FARM-18 TIMBER JOE BOWMAN
ALSO HAS A GOOD TIHBER ,STAND IMPROVEMENT PR03RA HE HAS 20 A ORES..MOSTLY PIKE AND A LITTLE HARD WOOD. HE THINS, WEEDS, CULLS AND SELECTIVE HARVESTS. JOE SAYS HE IS SAVING HIS TIMBER THE BOWMAN*S HAVE TWO DAUGHT:
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FOR HIS CHILDREN.
BOTH MARRIED,. .AND THREE GRANDCHILDREN. THE LAND IS FECNED AND CROSS FENCED. JOE HAS BUILT INCLUDING ALL THE BUILDINGS KXEXSS THE HOUSE AND IT WAS
TORN DOWN AND MOVED BACK AND THE PRESENT HOME T H I S I S TRULY A LIVE
B U I L T TWELVE YEARS AGO.
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AT HOME FAMILY AND THOUGH JOE AND H I S LOVELY WII D O N ' T TRUCK CROP ANYMORE THEY SURE HA?EH�T FORGC TEN HQF TO RAISE A GARDEN. THEY KEEP ABOUT AS I N THE MRS
ACRE OF GARDEN...SOME OF I T YEAR ROUND.
WINTER THEY HAVE TURNIP AND MUSTARD GREENS.
BOWMAN ALSO KEEPS ABOUT TWENTY LAYING HENS FOR FRESH EGGS, THEY SELL THE SURPLUS, FROM THE
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GARDEN AND FAMILY MEAT SUPPLY MRS. BOWMAN EACH Yr'AR FREEZES ABOUT 9 0 0 P01NDS OF FOOD FOR THE F A M I L Y ' S WINTER NEEDS. SHK ALSO PUTS UP S0M1
JAMS AND J E L L I E S I N JARS AND PLANS TO CAN SOMEFffi THE DAUGHTERS T H I S YEAR. MRS. BOWMAN ALSO
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ENJOYS COOKING IN HER MODERN KITCHEN.
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TALKFD THE OTHER AFTERNOON I ASKED HER HOW ' D I F F E R E N T L I F E WAS FOR THEM TODAY THAN I T WAS WHEN THEY STARTED. SHE SAID WELL, MY MOTHER L M SHE DIDN*T
U S LIVE WITH HER THE FIRST YEAR.
HAVE ANYTHING BUT $ 0 ACRES OF LAND AND AN OLD RUNDOWN HOUSE. THEN SHE SAID...WHAT DID Wl HAVI SHE AND JOE SAY THE L I K E MIZ1RS AND
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F I R S T SEVERAL YEARS THEY WSSKSB
HfFRYONE WORKED TO HAVE THE NECESSITIES OF L I F E , TODAY SHE HAS TIME TO ENJOY FLOWERS, BOTH I N HER HOME AND IN HER YARD. BUT THEY BOTH ARE QUICK T
S A Y . . . . W E HAVEN'T MINDED WORKING FOR WHAT WE H A V E . . . W E HAVE LEARNED TO APPRECIATE I T . SLIDE PARK-2I MR.
AND MRS. JOE BOWMAN ARE ESPECIALLY PROUD OF T H U , TWO DAUGHTERS,IRENE AND J O S E P H I N E . . . B O T H OF WHOM ARE MARRIED. THEY ARE ENJOYING THE THREE GRAND
CHILDREN T O O . . . . T l ^ O GRAND DAUGHTERS AND ONE GRAND S O N . . . A T LEAST THEY LOOK FORWARD TO EACH OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THEM ON THAT WALTHALL COUNTY FARM, CAMERA ON FAMILY MR. AND MRS. JOE BOWMAN BELONG TO THE UNK
B A P T I S T CHURCH AND MRS. BOWMAN I S ACTIVE I N THE W.M.U, THEY BELONG TO THE FARM BUREAU AND JOE
I S A DIRECTOR OF THE ARTIFICIAL BREEDING ASSOC. H E I S ALSO A PAST A . S . C . COMMITTEEMAN AND
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OP THE COUNTY F.H.A. COMMITTEE. .THEY HOPE TO BE PBLE TO.KEEP IMPROVING THEIR FARM OJE RATIO! � AND HOPK THE LORD WILL GIVE T H M BEJL TH EHOUOH TO ENJOY IT. JOE SAY$ I JUST HOPE THE LORD WIU KEEP ME ABLE TO WORK UHTIL HE'S, READY TO CARRY ME OUT OF HERE, JOE MOST EN0QYS WALKING DOWN 1 T THE A STURE TO WATCH THE CATTLE GRAZING. HE S SAYS COUNTY AGENT ANSEL ESTESS AND ASSOCIATE COUNTY AGENT SAM DYAR HAVE BI5EH A BIG HELP TO HIM AND ANSEL ESTESS SAYS THIS ABOUT JOE...AND HE DOESN'T SAY IT CRITICALLY BUT WITH PRIDB IH A FARMER WHO IS AS SOLID AS THE ROCK OF GIBRALT1 ANSEL SAYS OP JOE BOWMAH. . . ,HE�S A HARD BEADED FELLOW BUT OHSE HE GETS SOLD OH SOMETHIHG HE'S SOLD AXL THE WAY. HE DOESN'T JUMP AT ANYTHING, HI FIGURES IT THROUGH BSPORE HE GOES INTO IT. MOW, I MAST YOU TO MIST THIS PIHE WALTHALL COUST! FARM FAMILY. 1# JOI?� WOULD YOU DO THE SAME AGAIN?
2. WHAT HAS BROUGHT YOU MOST ENJOYMENT OVER THE YEARS? . 3. MRS, BOWMAN, WHERE ARE THS GIRLS AND WHAT ARE THEY DOING? km STANLEY, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF FARMING? 5. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO WHEN YOU' FINISH SBHOQI*!
