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I AM VERY GRATEFUL TO COUNTY AGENT BILL SMITH A I D TO FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATOR JAMES CARR, OF LAWRENCE COUNTY FOR THEIR VERY WONDERFUL HELP Iff SELECTING THE FAMILY WE SALUTE TODAY AND IN GOING WITH ME TO THE FARM TO OBTAIN THE STORY WE ARE ABOU T TO TELL, THIS I S THE STORY
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BOZEMAN AID THEIR TWO
CHARMING DAUGHTERS, WHO LITE 3 MILES EAST OF JAYESS AND ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH OF MONTICELLO SLIDE FARM*] I2T UWHEJTCE COUNTY. THIS I S A STORY OF
DETERMINATION, HARD WORK, COURAGE AND A FAMILY t O V E FOR ONE ANOTHER THAT SHOWS IN EVERYTHING THEY DO. LET ME SAY RIGHT HJ2JE THAT THIS
HOUSE IN WHICH THE BOZEM/UFS LIVE I S THE NEXT MAJOR RENOVATION PROJECT OF THIS FARM FAMILY, I N FACT THEY HAVE ALREADY STAETED ON THE FRONT PORCH AND P U N TO ADD TO M B RE-DO THE WHOLE HOUSE BEFORE THEY FINISH. THIS FARM LIES RIGHT MR. BOZEMAN
ALONG THE WALTHALL COUNTY LINE.
WAS RAISED ON A FARM JUST ONE MILE SOUTH IN WALTHALL COUNTY. IN FACT HE AND HIS BROTHER MRS. BGZiSIAN
S T I L L FARM THE OLD HOME PLACE.
WAS RAISED IN THE NEW glON COMMUNITY 4 MILES EAST OF TYLERTOWN. THEY MET AFTER MRS.
BOZJSMAN�S FOLKS MOVED TO WIfflIN FIVE MILES OF
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THE BOZEMAN FAMILY HOME,
PERCY BOZEMAN SAYS HE
CAMERA ON MR, & MRS. BOZEMAN
DATED MRS. BOZEMAN FOR nTUEE WEEKS AND MARRIED HER, THEY HAVE BEEN MARRIED 19 YEARS S AT THE
TIME TREY WERE MARRIED PERCY BGZEMAN WAS LIVING AT HOME AND FARMING U S ACRiS OF HIS PRESENT 2 7 6 ACRE FARM. WHEN HE HARRIED PERCY BBEMAM
BOUGHT THE 115 ACRES FROM HIS FATHER AND BROUGHT H I S BRIDE HERE TO LIVE. WHEN 1HEY MARRIED THfiY
CARRIED OUT A FARM PROGRAMO OF COTTON, CORN, PRACTICALLY MO PASTORS, A COUPLE OF COWS AHD RAISED SUGAR CANE AND SOLD ABOUT 1200 GALLONS OF SYRUP PER YEAR. ONLY 4 5 ACRES OF THEIR LAND THE MAJOR CHANGS IN
WAS CLEARED FCR FARMING,
PERCY BOZEMAN*S FARM PROGRAM CAME ABOUT IN 1 9 5 0 � YOU WILL RECALL THAT 1950 WAS A WET YEAR. PERCY
BOZEHAN HAD A COMPLETE CROP FAILURE AND REALIZES m AND THERE IHAT I F HE WAS GOING TO ADEQUAfEI SUPPORT HIS FAMILY HE NESDED A MORE STABLE FARM INCOME....AND FOR IHAT STABILITY HE TURNED
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HE STARTED WITH FOUR GRADE COWS.
?0R A YEAR HE M D MBS, BOZEMAN DROVE THEM A IALF MILE DOWN IHE ROAD NIGHT ABB MORNING TO LK THEM IN PERCY'S BROTHER'S BARN. IN 1 9 5 0
ERCY BOZEMAN BOUGHT 12 H1AB OF GOOD GRADE COWS D FROM IHEN OT HE BOUGHT ONE OR TWO A YEAR
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A i m SAVED HIS BEST HEIFERS FOR HERD REPLACEMENT, I N 1953 HE BOUGHT I S HOLSTEINS FROM WISCONSIN. THEY WERE GRADE CATTLE BUT THEY HAD A RECORD OF HIGH PRODUCTION. HE HAS ALWAYS CULLED HIS HERD
CLOSELY AND SAVED ONLY THE BEST HEIFERS FOR EMM REPLACEMENT, TOMY PERCY BOZEMAN HAS 27 MILK
COWS, SIX WO YEAR OLD HEIFERS AND SIX YEARLING HEIFERS, FOR ABOUT A YEAR HE USED ARTIFICIAL
BREEDING IN HIS HERD BUT DECIDED THAT I T WAS SLIDE FARM4 BULL MORE PRACTICAL TO O N HIS O H BULL. W W HE BOUGHT
A BULL FROM FLINCO FARMS AND HAS USED FLINCO�S REGISTERED BUBRNSEY BULLS EVER SINCE* HIS HEED
I S PRIMARILY A GUERNSEY-JERSEY CROSS AND PERCY BOZEMAN THINKS I T I S A GOOD ONE, THE HERD
PRODUCTION RECORD, WHICH I�LL GIVE YOU IN A MINUTE, PROVES I T I S A GOOD CROSS, SLIDE FARM* MR* BOZEMAN HIS
I S N W MILKING 2 1 COWS NIGHT AND MORNING* O
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DRY COWS AND HEIFERS ARE KEPT ON SEPERATE PA PASTURE HWAY FROM THE MILKING HERD, THE HERD I S BANGS TESTED AND TB TESTED, CALFHOOD VACCINATED, SUPPLEMENT. ALL CALVES ARE ,,
ALL CALVES GET GRAIN AND
THE MILK COWS GET GRAIN NIGHT AND
MORNING AND THE DRY COWS GET GRAIN AFT1S THEY HAVE THOROUGHLY DRIED UP. IN LATE 195� PERCY
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JANUARY OF 1 9 5 1 .
IT I S A COMPLETELY MODERN , ,
"Aff DAIRY BARN WITH E?ERY FACILITY TO PRODUCE TOP QUALITY GRADE *AW MILK, SLIDE FARMI N BARN 2 GIRIS
DAUGHTERS
MARY ALICE, WHO I S 1 6 AND ZELDAt WHO I S WHO I S , DO MUCH OF THE WORK IN TH1 DAIRY BARN. H W E Y E R , ZELDA HAS ASTHJHT AND CAN'T WORK TOO MUCH AROUND THE BARN, BUT SHE�S RIGHT THERE TO HELP OUT WHEN SHE'S NEEDED, MARY ALICE DOES
TOST OF THE WASHING AND STERILIZING OF UTENSILS AND HAS FO1 A NUMBER OF YEARS, AND HER WORK
DOESN* T STOP THERE, ONCE THSI�RB READY FOR USE
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SHE HEADS FOR THE MILKING BARN WITH THE TWO PORTABLE MILJ3BRS AND GOES RIGHT TO WORK AGAIN, BY THE TIME SHE I S READY TO START MILKING, THIS REGISTERED COLLIE HAS BROUGHT THE COWS TO THE BARN AND THEY ARE W1ITING TO BE LET I N , MARY
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ALICE IETS THE COWS IN TWO AT A TIME AND SETS TC WORK WASHING UDDERS AND OTHERWISE IREPARIFG THE COWS FOR MILKING. OF COURSE HER FATHER I S
SLIDE MAN tS BARN
USUALLY ON HAND TO DO HIS SHARE* BUT I F HE HAS TO BE AWAY, HE KNOWS THE WRK WILL BE DONE AND DONE RIGHT. PERCY BOZEMAN'S MAJOR EMPHASIS HAS
AND CONTINUES TO BE ON TOP PRODUCTION. W SHOW YOU WHAT I MEAN HIS COWS AVERAGE 4 GALLG
ER DAY FOR A YEAR ROUND AVERAGE OF 9600 POUNDS
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ER COW, AND BELIEVE ME, THAT*S GOOD Iff ANYBODY*
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WATER FOR THE LIVESTOCK I S SUPPLIED FROM 80ZEKAN AND TliEY HATE
WO FARM PONDS DUG BY 1 ,
M I N G WATER IK A TANKI AT THE BARF WHENEVER THEY COMB IN TO BE MILKED* PERCY BOZEHAN FEEDS
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ALL HIS GRAIN PRODUCED ON THE FARM WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A LITTLE SURPLUS MUCH HE SELLS* BE CARRIES IT TO THE MILL AID HAS I T MIXED TO MAKE A 1 6 ^ DAIRY RATION, HE KEBPS AN ACCURATE HE
FEEDING AND PRODUCTION RECORD ON EACH COW,
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ANTS ABOUT 30 ACRES IN CORIf FOR LIVESTOCK FEED IAND I T AVERAGES ABOUT 60 BUSHELS TO THE ACRE* MCY BOZEKAN DOESN'T RAISE COTTON ANYMORE* � RMTS OUT HIS COTTON ALLOTMENT, HOWEVER, T YEAR HB PLANS TO PUT I T IN THE SOIL BANK ND GIVE THE MONEY TO HIS CHURCH, HIS CATTLB *
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BT SILAGE DURING THE KINTM AND HE PUNTS ABOUT 1 5 ACRES OF TRACY SORGHUM EACH YEAR TO PUT I N I S SILO, HE PLANTS AN EARLY CROP AND A LAfE HI
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AND PUT UP ABOUT 3�0 TONS EACH YEAR,
F I L L S HIS SILO ONCE EACH YEAR AND USUALLY USES I T ALL, HIS SILO I S RATHER UNIQUE IN THAT I T
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FAS CUT OUT OF A HILLSIDE NEXT TO A GRAVEL P I ? HE TRENCH WAS CUf FREE BY THE P I T OPERATOR WHILE HE WAS WAITING FOR ANOTHER TRUCK TO COME
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FOR MORE GRAVEL. TOGETHER KITH HIS BROTHER,
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PERCY BOZEMAN OWNS A CORN PICKER, AND SILAGE CUTTER. FOR GRAZING MR. BOZEMAN PUTS OUT ABOUT
4 0 ACRES IN OATS FOR TEMPORARY WINTER GRAZING. HE GRAZES I T ALL, SOME OF I T TILL I T I S GONE* BUT ABOUT 12 ACRES I S HARVESTED FOR GRAIN AND 1 0 ACRES FOR HAY. TEMPORARY SUMMES GRAZING
CONSISTS OF 30 ACRES OF MILLET WHICH WE SEE HERE BEING INSPECTED BY MR. BOZEMAN, F . H . A . COUNTY SUPERVISOR JAMES CARR AND COUNTY AGENT B I L L SMTH. HE ALSO USES CRIMSON AND WHITE
DUTCH CLOVER FOR TEMPORARY WINTER GRAZING,
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GRAZING CONSISTS OF
47 ACRES OF
CRIMSON CLOVER, WHITE DUTCH, DALLIS GRASS, BERMUDA AND COMMON LESPEDEZA. LAND m. FROM HIS GRAZIHG
BOZMAN PUTS UP ABOUT 1200 BALES Of
H A Y , . , 8 0 0 BALES OF OAT HAY AND THE REST GRI^S HAY. HE CLIPS HIS PASTURES AND NITRATES THEM
AS A PART OF HIS PASTURE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
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PERCY BOZEMAN BELIEVES IN PROTECTING HIS VALUABLE MACHINERY AND HAS BUILT THIS MODERN MACHINE SHED FOR THAT PURPOSE. ONE OF HIS MOST
MACHINE s i
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PRIZED POSSESSIONS I S THIS NEW TRACTOR WHICH HE RECENTLY BOUGHT* AND BELIEVE ME I T HAS THE S I Z E AND POWER TO DO ANY JOB THAT MAY BE REQUIRJE
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H I S BROTHER STANDING BEHIND I T ,
HERE IS THE
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RAVEL PIT WHICH HAS SUPPLIED ADDITIONAL CASH INCOME TO THE BOZEMAN FARM, AND THERE'S STILL PLENTY OF GRAVEL IN IT* PERCY BOZEMAN HAS
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PLANNED HIS FARM PROGRAM FOR THE BEST POSSIBIE LAND UTILIZATION* HIS LAND I S TERRACED AND EVERY ACEE I S
FARMING I S DONE ON THE CONTOUH,
USED FCR THE CROP FOR WHICH IT I S BEST SUITED, SINCE HE BOUGHT THIS IAND MR, BOZEHAN HAS CLEARED IBS ACRES OF I T . HE HAS SOME TD�ER f
AND I S GRADUALLY GETTING RID OF SCRUB HARDWOODS AND GETTING HIS TIMBER LAND INTO PINE. HE HAS
TWO ACRES OF PINE AND RECENTLY SET OUT ANOTHER TEN ACRES IN YOUNG PINE, ALL SOIL I S TESTED
AND FERTILIZES) ACCORDING TO NEEDS AS MR. 3OZ11&I CAS AFFORD TO DO I T , FOOD FOR THE FAMILY I S
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ALSO VITALLY IMPORTANT TO THEIR FARM PROGRAM, THEY HAVE A HALF ACRE GARDEN, FIVE PECAN TBBES, AND MRS* BOZEMAN KEEPS ABOUT 75 HENS FOR EGGS, SHE SELLS HER SURPLUS EGGS AND PUTS USSXX A LARGE NUMBER OF CHICKENS IN THE DEEP FREEZE EAC1 YEAR, AS I SAID EARLIER TH1 BOZEMAN*S HAVE
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JUST STARTED ON THE JOB OF REMODELING THEIR
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AMONGOBTHER THINGS THEY PLAN TO ADD TWO
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ROOMS AND A BATH. FOR THEIR HOUSE.
THEIR PLAHS ARE ALL COMPLETE THEY WILL FINANCE I T THROUGH
THE FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION, MUCH THE SAME AS THEY DID THE PURCHASE OF THEIR FARM. BY THE
WAY, THEY PAID OFF TEETH FARM MORTGAGE IK 12 YEARS, WHICH SPEAKS WELL FOR THEIR CAPABILITIES, 1 6 YEAR OLD MARY ALICE DOES MUCH OF THE FOOD CANNING AND PRESERVATION. MARY ALICE I S QUITS .-
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SHE ALSO SEWS ALL HIE OWN CLOTHES,
TWO YJEARS AGO MR, AND MRS. BGZSMAN BOTH HAB UNDULENT FEVER AT THE SAME TIME AND MARY A L I C I AND ZELM JCEPT THE FARM AND THE HOME RDNITZSG WITHOUT A HITCH. SEE I S ALSO AN F . H . A , MAMBER BOTH MARY A LICE M B
ANB SECRETARY OF HER CLUB� CAMERA OH FAMILY
ZELCA ARE ACTITE IN THEIE CHURCH WHERE MARY A L I C E PLAYS THE PIANO AND XMM PRESIDENT OF THE MYF AM CHURCH CHOIR. AND I S TOE
ZELM. SINGS IN THE
THE BQZESfcUPS ARE MEMBERS OF * MRS, BOZEMBIR
THE SARTIHVILLB METHODIST CHURCH.
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OF THE OFFICIAL BOARD AND MRS, BOZEI
TEACHES IN THE PRIMARY DEPARTMENT OF THE SUNBAT SCHOOL* MRS* BOZEMAN I S ALS0 A MESBER OF THE
BOARD OF MISSIONS OF THE W . S . C . S . AND CHAIRMAN OF THE FLOWER FUND, SHE I S ALSO A MEMBER OF
THE SARTINTILLE HOME DEMONSTRATION CLUB.
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MR, BOZBIAN I S A MAS03F, MEMBEE OF THE FARM BUREI OF LAWREHCE COUNTY AND A TRUSTEE OP THE SARIOST* WALTHALL SCHOOL WHERE THE CHIIDREK ATTEND, THERE �S SO MUCH MORE TO TELL ABOUT THIS WONBKRFl PAMILY| BUT I BELIEVE ABOVE ALL a S E , I WOULD SAY THEY HAVE A W0NDWUL LOVE ONE FOR AICfHEH* THEY WORK HARD AND MW I T TOGETHER. PLAY HARD AND THEY DO
MANY A NIGHT THEY GATHER A10UID TE WE'VE SKIPPED OYM A
FAMILY PIANO TO SING.
LOT OF IMPORTANT THINGS, BUT LBT'S^EMR OF � OF THOSE THUGS FR0H THE FAMILY ITSEIF .
