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CAMERA OH LANGFITT
I WAIT TO SAY FIRST THAT I AM VERY GRATEFUL TO MR. W.R. SULLIVAN, COUNTY AGENT OF HOLMES COUNT FOR HIS VERY FINE HELP IN SELECTING THE FAMILY WHICH WE SALUTE TODAY AND FOR GOING WITH ME TO THIS FAMILY*S FARM OH A VERY RAIHG AFTERNOON TO SHOOT THE PICTURES AND WRITE THE STORY I AM HOW GOING TO TELL, MAY I SAY, ALSO, THAT THE HAZE IN MANY OF THIS PICTURES IS A POURING DOWN RAII THROUGH WHICH I WAS SHOOTING THE SCENES YOi WILL SEE. THIS IS THE STORY OF MR. AND MRS.
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H.V. BROCK AND THEIR TWO SONS, 18 YEAR OLD DONNIE AND SIX YEAR OLD CHARLIE, WHO LIVE IN THE HEBRON COMMUNITY OF HOLMES COUNTY ON THE HEBRON ROAD ABOUT FOUR MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEXINGTON, MISSISSIPPI, MR. H.V. BROCK IS
KNOWN BY MOST FOLKS IN THE AHEA AS MR. ttVw BROCK AND THAT'S HOW WE'LL REFER TO HIM IN OUR SLIDE FARM-2 FAMILY STORY. "V" BROJX OWNS TWO FARMS...ONE &OO ACRES IN ADDITION HI LEASES
AND THE OTHER 136 ACRES.
ANOTHER 800 ACRES. HE WAS RAISED ABOUT FIVE MILES WEST OF THEIR fKESENT FARM IN THE HOWARD COMMUNITY, MRS, BROCK WAS RAISEDO ON LAND ADJOINING THEIB PRESENT 800 ACRES HOME FARM.
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SCHOOL IN LEXINGTON. THEY MET AT COMMUNITY
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AFFAIRS AND SCHOOL FUNCTIONS AS YOUNGSTERS. MR. AND MRS, OF 1 9 3 9 .
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VW. BRAOGK WERE MABRI1D IN JULY
AT THE TIMS THEY MARRIED "V11 WAS
FARMIlfG WITH HIS FATHER AND DOING ST0EE WORK TOO, HE AHD HIS OLDEST BROTHER STARTED A PAITN1
S H I P FARM OPERATION IN 1 9 ^ 8 AHD REMAINED TOGETH3 LEASING LAND FGS COTTON, CORK AHD CATTL1 UNTIL SLIDE FAHMHQUS
1 9 5 5 WHEN THEY SPLIT UP AND BOTH E X * NDBD THEIR OffiRATIOHS. "V" BOUGHT HIS FIRST LAUD IH 19$$,
TS COHSIST1D OF 1 3 6 ACRES 07 WOODS AND FARM LANI I E BOUGHT THE 800 ACHES WHERE THIS HOUSE SITS I H AUGUST OF 1 9 5 8 . H I BEGAH THE JOB OF CLEAHINC IT
AKD CLEARING IT UP IH THE SPRING OF 1 9 5 9 .
HAD BSEN PATCH FARMED AND A LOT OF IT HAD BEEH SLIDE EABM�L LET GROW UP TO BUSHES AID BRIARS, THIS HOUSI IS" FACT
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WASH*T THERE WEEK " V BOUGHT THE LAHD. THEY
HAVE ONLY LIVED OH THE FARM SINCE THE THEY SOLD THEIR HOME IN TCHULA
SPRING OF I 9 6 0 .
WHERE THEY HAD HEftR LIVING AND LIVED IN A TRAILER HOUSE ON THE FARM FOR TWO MONTHS WHILE THEY WERE BUILDING THIS HOME. "V" RECALLS THAT
WHEN HE FIRST CAMS OUT TO THIS LAND HE BOUGHT A BULLDOZFU AND USED IT FOR A YEAR BEFORE HE HIRED A HEAVIER DOZER TO CLEAR UP SOME OF THE LAND, HE HAS CLEARED WELL OVEfl 1 0 0 ACRES THAT WAS IN
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H I PUT DOWH WELLOVER 5*�G0 FEET OP TERRASIS AND WITH THE HELP OF THE SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE BUILT DIVERSION DITCHES THROUGH ALL TH
WORK BUILDING AND IMPROVING H I S LAND AND GRQP AND LIVESTOCK PROGRAM MR. BROCK HAS WORKED GLOS! WUTG COUNTY AGENT W.R. SULLIVAN, ON THE L I F T . SLIDE FARM-6 COTTON
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S I X MULES AND A SMALL TRACTOR. COMPLETELY MECHANIZED. FOR MANY YEARS
HE HAS RAIS1D COTTON
H I S FIRST HEAR OF COTTON ON H I S
OWN H I HAD 8 0 ACRES I N COTTON AND A TT RRIBLE H A I L STORM ON THE IAST SUNDAY I N MAY VIRTUALLY DESTROYED I T . THE.SECOND YEAR THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO HIM ON THE FIRST SUNDAY I N JUNE. THI SLIDE FARMF I R S T YEAR HB HAD MADE 3 5 BALES AND THAT YEAR HE ONLY MADE 1 8 .
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MANAGED TO PAY H I S DEBTS.
MANAGED A GIN I N WHICH HE I S A PART OWNER TODAY. T H I S YEAR n V M BROCK HAS V?$ ACRES I N COTTON. H I PLANTS 8 1 $ GERMINATION BLUE TAG SEED, DELINT1D AND TREATED AND ALSO TREATS WITH SOIL THEATER X . I T I S HILL DROPPED 1.8 INCHBS A PART ON 3 A X�eH DEPTH, " V PRI-1MERGSS ALL H I S COTTON. LAST
YEAR H I EXPERIMENTED WITH DOtfPON FQR JOHNSON GRASS CONTROL AND LIKED I T SO WELL HE I S USING
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IT EXTENSIVELY THIS YEAH.
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VAERAGES A BALI M B A HALF OR BETTER OH COTTON m O O B U C T I O S , SOME FIELDS HUH AS HIGH AS TWO
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BALES. HE FLAMES MOST OF HIS COTTON AND WILL PICK ABOUT ?�$ OF IT WITH MACHINE THIS YEAR, HE HAS RECENTLY BOUGHT A MECHANICAL PICKER F � THIS PURPOSE. V" BROOK BROKE ALLHIS LAND T1H INCHES DEEP WITH MOLDBOARD PLOWS EARLY AID ROWED UP OH 38 INCH ROWS LATE IN MARCH WHEN HE PUT ZkO POUSI OF 0-20-20 WATER SOLUBLE FERTILIZER IS THE MIDDLES. THE! A ROW CONDITIONER COVERED THAT AND THEY FOLLOWED WITH ANHYDROUS AMONIA. ALL ROW CROP LAND WAS LIMED LAST FALL AND " V BROCE FOLLOWS A COMPLETE INSECT CONTROL PROGRAM START1 WITH THRIIS CONTROL, SIX FAMILIES LIVE ON THE PLAGE BUT ONLY ONE NINE ACRE TENSANT CROP IS SHARHD. THE REST ARE HIRED AS TRACTOR DRIVERS AND DAY LABOR. BY THE WAY, "V" HAS REPAIRED A H PAINTED ALL TENNANT HOUSES AND INSTALLED RUNNII WATER ���T THE HOUSES. "V" ALSO HAS 120 ACRES IN CCRN. HE PLANTS HYBRID SFED AHD AVERAGES 65 BUSHELS TO THE ACRS. IN THE PAST HE HAS SOLD QUITS A LOT BUT WILL FEED MOST OF IT THIS YEAR IN HIS LIVESTOCK PROGRAM.
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CHFMICAL WB^D CONTROL ON HIS CORN, ONE YEAR
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HE WON AH AWARD IN THE STATE CORN- PRODUCTION CONTIST WITH A YIELD �F 1 2 ? BUSHELS TO T HE AGR1, SLIDE FARM-ll CATTLE
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WITH I ? HEAD. HE HOW HAS 2 2 5 HAD IN THSURD WI3 12$ BROOD COWS AND BRED HEIFERS AND 1 0 0 CALVES. H I CULLS CLOSE AND MOVES OUT THE OLD COWS AHD POOR PRODUCERS.
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HE HAS A GRADE HERD AND USES REGISTERED HORHFD HEREFORD BULLS IN THE BREBDINOP PROS RAM. BY AIJD
LARGE IT I S A COMMERCIAL COW-AJTO CALP PROGRAM SELLING THE BULK OF THE CALVESMILK FAT OFF THE BEST HEIFERS COW, HOWEVER, "V" DOES SAVE THE 2333XJSX&XKX AHD PICKS THEM OUT WHEH THEY ARE W^AHBD AND PUTS SLIDE FARM-13 THEM IN A ESTURE TS THEIR SELF AT ABOUT l|.00 BOUNDS OF WEIGHT ANB DOESN'T BREED THEM UNTIL THSY ARE ABOUT 1 8 TO 20 MONTHS OF AGE, "V n
STOPPED BUYING CATTLE OUT OF SALES SOME TIMI AGO BECAUSE OF DISEASE H I WAS BRINGING ONTO THE FARM HE NOW SAVES ALL HIS B1TT1R HEIFERS FOR HERD SLIDE PARM.-3.lj. CREEP FEEDER
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HE CALFHOOD VACCINATES FOR BANGS AND ALL CALVES ARE VACCINATED FDR BLACKLEG AND MALIGHENT 1DIMA AND ANTHRAX. HE FBEDS OUT 3 5 TO \\$ HEAD OF LATE �VM BROCK GR1KP HS I S STILL
CALVES TO A 600 PUJiD AVERAGE. FEEDS ALL CALVES ALL YEAR LONG.
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BUILDING HIS HERD AID WANTS 300 BROOD COWS BEF( HE QUITS. SLIDE FARM-l 8ACKRUB
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HE I S SAVING I4.O-5O HEIFERS THIS YEA!
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BECAUSE HE HAS POUND THAT BACKRUBS PROPERLY PLACED AND PROI&RLY CARED FOR WILL DO THE JOB # EVERY ttSTURE HAS A SALT BOX AHD MIIERAL BOX AB ALL CATTLE ARE FORCED TO GO U1DER A BACKRUB TO
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WATER'FOR THE LIVESTOCK I S
SUPPLIED PROM SIX STOCK POSBS AND A SKALL GRIM THROUGH SOME OF THE mSTURES. "V n BROCK HAS "V"
BRIDGED ALL THE ROADS THROUGH HIS LAND.
HAS THREE MAJOR B STORE AREAS AND TWO OP THEM ARE GROSS FENCED. PERMAHEHT BUSTURE CONSISTS
OF 7^0 ACRES WITH DALLIS AND 8BRKUDA GRASS IN THE BOTTOMS, M I T ! DUTCH, LADINO AND HOP CLOm SLIDE H. STURE ON THE HILLS..,.ALOHG WITH IESPED1ZA. HI CLIPS
THE fc STURES AND PLANS TO START USING 2-l^-D FOR CONTROL OP B I T T H WEEDS AND C1RPUS WEEDS.
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BROCK PUTS UP OATS AND LESPEDEZA FOR HAY ALONG WITH SOME JOHNSON GRASS HAY, SLIDE FARM-18 HE USUALLY PUTS U]
k t o $ THOUSAND BALES BUT WILL PUT UP MORE THIS YEAR. HE HAS ABOUT ?U ACRES OP HAY LAND. AS
YOU CAN S I P HE REALLY HAS GOOD GROWTH ON THE LESPEDEZA, TEMPORARY GRAZING GONSISTS OP ABOUT IT I S GRAZED TJLL KARCH
1 0 0 ACRES OP OATS.
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T H A I LATERPART I S CUT FOR HAY AND THE BEST COMBINED FOR FEED.
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LOT OF TIMBER LAND. WOOD.
ALL TOLD THERE I S ABOUT 3 0 0 ACRES COUBTIN UP TO NOW HE HASH*?
THE PART THAT I S I&STURID, SOLD ANY.
HE I S TRYING TO GET A GOOD GROWTH AND THERE t S SO
W I L L THEN SELECTIVELY HARVEST I T .
HUGH THAT COULD YET BE TOLD ABOUT T H I S F I N E FARM OPERATION BUT I MUST MOVE ALONG TO THE
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EXCELLENT HOMMAKING PROGRAM OF MRS, BROCK. SHE HAS ABOUT A TE8TH OP A ACRE OF GARDES, SOME W OF IT YEAR ROUBD...PLUS FOUR OR MORE ACRES OF TRUCK PATCH I N T H 1 F I E L D S . FROM T H I S AND THE
MEAT SUPPLY MRS. BROCK EACH YEAR FREEZES ABOUT 1 2 0 0 POUNDS OF FOOD FOR THE FAMILY'S NEEDS. IN
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A D D I T I O N SHE CANS SUCH THINGS AS JAMS AND JELLIEi AND P I C K E E S . . . . A B O U T 1 0 0 JARS EACH YEAR. CANS SOME JARS OF STRING BEANS AND F I G S . SHE ALi THE?
HAVE ABOUT 1 6 PECAN TREES TO FROM WHICH THEY MARKET SOME PECANS, MRS. BROCK HAS A VERY
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MODERN KITCHEN IN HER BEAUTIFUL H O M E . . . . COMPLETE WITH TABIE TOP STOVE AND WALL OVEN, TO COOK FOR HER FAMILY OF MEN. SHE LOVES
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SOME SEWING FOR HERSELF, HER SON CHARLIE AND HER HOME. SHE L I K E S FLOWERS AND DOES MOST OF THE HER HOME DEMONSTRA.
WORK IN THE GARDEN AND YARD.
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-TION AGENT HELPED TO LANDSCAPE THE YARD?
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IS A FAMILY WHERE EACH IS VITALLY INTERESTED IH THE LIKES AND DISLIKES OF THE OTHER. THE WHOLE FAMILY HAS HAD KEEN INTEREST IH 18 YEAR OLD
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DO*NXE*S ATHLETIC ABILITY*
US GRADUATED FROM
HIGH SCHOOL AT LEXINGTON THIS SPRING AND WILL EHTER MILXSAIB COLLEG IN THE FALL, IN HIGH SCHOOL BE EXCELLED I f ALL FOUR SPCRTS AND WAS f QUARTERBACK OF THE FOOTBALL TEAM, HE RECEIVED THE CONFERENCE AWARD AS THE BEST BACK. HE ALSO
RECEIVED THE ROTARY CLUB CODE OF ETHICS AWARD. HE HAD THE HIGHEST SCHOLASTIC AVERAGE AMONG THE
BOYS WITH A LITTLE OVER 93 AVERAGE FOR FOUR YEAR THIS SPRING HE PLAYED IN THE ALL AMERICAS HIGH SCHOOL �AMI AT FT. LAUDERDALE. THE PICTURE HI IS LOOKING m CAMERA OH FAMILY WAS TAK1N AT THAT TIME.
MR. AND MRS. H,V. BROOK BELONG TO THE LEXINGTON FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, WHERE THEY RECENTLY TRANSFERED FROM TCHULA. THEY HAD BEEN VERY
ACTIVE IN THE TCHULA CHURCH AND WILL DOUBTLESS TAKE AN ACTIVE PART IN THE LEXINGTON CHURCH. MRS. BROCK IS VICE PRESIDENT OF THE BROZVILLE HOME DEMONSTRATION CLUB.
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BUREAU DIRECTOR SINCE 19^9. HI BELONGS TO THE LIONS CLUB OF LEXINGTON, IS A MASTER MASON AND
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MEMBER OP TH1 BIG BUCK FARMER'S CLUB,
CHARLI1
HAS JUST GRADUATED FROM KINDERGARTEN AND WILL START IN THE FIRST GRADE THIS PALL. TO HUNT I D PISH AND SO DOES DONIIE.
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HOPE TO CONTINUE TO BfPROtl MAf STARTED.
THEY HAVE
NOW, IN THE TIME fHAT RI?WAINS I WANT
YOU TO MEET THIS FINS HOLIffiS COUHTY PAMILT. 1. 2. WHAT I S YOUR BI8G1ST FROBLM HO�t WHAT DO YOU PIGUR1 IT WILL TAKE TO GET YOUR PASTURES IH PROPER SBAPR* 3. DO YOU PLAH TO EXPAHD ANYTHING OTHER THAN YOUR CATTLE 0IE RATIOH? k, MRS. BROCK, irlHAT DO YO HOME? 5. 6. 7. 8. 9o WHAT ARE YOUR HOmS FOR THE BOYS? DOHNIE, WHAT ARE YOU BOIHG THIS SUMMER?" WHAT DO YOU PLAN TO STUDY AT MILLSAPS.t CHARLIE, DO YOU HAVE ANY PETS? DO YOU LIKE LIVING ON A FARM? . ENJOY MOST IH YOUR
