W
FOR Fan* Fawlly of t h e Wade
BY_
LBT
CONTINUITY
, P a o \ 0.3
131
TA F 1 2 t 2 g * l 8 0 0 IA p+M.
VIDEO
AUDIO
CAMERA ON LANGFITT
I WANT FIRST TO SAY THAT I AM DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO COPIAII COUNTY AGRICULTURAL A G B f t , E . E . HANDLE FOR HIS VERY WONDERFUL HELP I N SELECTING THE FAMILY WHICH WE SALUTE TODAY AND FOR GOING J � WITH ME TO THEIR FARM TO HELP ME OBTAIN THE STORY WHICH I AM NOW GOING TO TELL. THIS I S THI
SLIDE
FARM--3L llAILBQX
STORY OF MR, AND MRS. PAUL D . ARMSTRONG WHO LIY1 ABOUT FOUR MILES NORTHEAST OF CRYSTAL SPRINGS ON THE BARNES ROAD, BOTH MR. AND MS. ARMSTRONG
GREW UP I N SIMPSON COUNTY AND SET WHILE THEY WERE ATTENDING THE AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOL I N MSJDENHALL. 1926. THEY WERE MARRIED I N THE FALL OF
FOR TWO YEARS AFTER THEIR MARRIAGE THEY THEN UNTIL 1 9 4 0
FARMED I N SIMPSON COUNTY.
PAUL ARMSTRONG CARRIED ON H I S FARM PROGRAM AND ALSO DID PUBLIC ROAD WORK. I N 1 9 4 0 PAUL
ARMSTRONG WENT TO FLORA TO WORK I N THE DEFENSE SLIDE FARM-2 HOUSE 114 DISTANCE PLANT AND THAT SAME YEAR HE BOUGHT 2 5 0 ACRES OF H I S W ESENT 4 5 0 ACRE FARM. I N 1 9 4 3 WHEN PAUL
ARMSTRONG QUIT WORKING AT THE DEFENSE PLANT HE AND H I S WIFE CAME TO THIS FARM, BUT THEY DIDN�T MOVE INTO THE LOVELY HOME YOU SEE HERE, SLIDE FARM-' OLD HOUSE TUEY
MOVED INTO THIS HOUSE WHiiSE THEY LIVED UNTIL THEY MOVED INTO THEIR NEW HOME IN SEPTiiMBER OF j
W
FOR. BY
LBT
CONTINUITY DATE_ TIME_
VIDEO
AUDIO
1956.
THEIR SON BILLY AND H I S WIFE ARE NOT BOTH MR. AND
H Y I N G IN THIS HOUSE OS THE FARM.
MRS. PAUL ARMSTRONG GREW UP ON THE FARM AND HAY L I V E D ON ONE PRACTICALLY ALL THEIR LIVES. SLIDE FARM* I
IToTJSIS
WANT YOU TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THEIR LOYELY NEW HOME AND REMEMBER I T BECAUSE A LITTLE LATER I N THE STORY I 'M GOING TO SHOW YOU MANY OF THE
i
MODERN TIME AND LABOR SAYING CONVENIENCES THEE HAVE BUILT INTO THEIR LOVELY COUNTRY HOME. BUT TO GET BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF OUR STORY.. THE FIRST YEAR THEY WERE ON THIS COPIAH COUNTY FARM PAUL ARMSTRONG DID ONLY FARMING. THEN
�
I FOR TWO YEARS PAUL COMBINED HIS FARM WORK WITH | WORKING FOR HIE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT. mm SLIDE PAUL
WENT TO WORK FOR MR. BARLOW THE SUPERVISOH
OF THE FIFTH DISTRICT AND WORKED FOR HIM FOR F I V E YEARS AS WELL AS CARRY ON H I S FARM PROGRAM WHICH CONSISTED MAINLY OF COTTON, CORN, A FEW VEGETABLES AND ABOUT 7 5 HEAD OF CATTLE. AT
.v-
THE TIME OF MR. BARLOW �S DEATH PAUB ARMSTRONG WAS ELECTED TO SERVE HIS UN-EXPIRED TERM AS SUPERVISOR OF THE FIFTH DISTRICT OF COPJKH CGUS AND HAS BEEN ELECTED TO TWO TERMS SINCE. IN
1 9 5 6 , DUE TO SMALL COTTON ACREAGE ALLOTMENTS AND DIFFICULTY I N FINDING LABOR PAUL ARMSTRONG
W
L
b
I
CONTINUITY
FOR_ BY
DATE_ TIME_
VIDEO
AUDIO
Q � I T RAISING COTTON AND PUT HIS ALLOTMENT IN SLIDE F 6 CATTLE THE SOIL BANK. TODAY HIS FARM PROGRAM CONSISTS
&P PRODUCTION OF CORN, HAT, CATTLE AND TIMBER. TODAY, WITH THE HELP OF WO TEKNANTS WHO DO A COMBINATION OF DAY LABOR AND SHARE FARMING, PAUL ARMSTRONG HAS A HERD OF 85 STOCKER COWS AND FOLLOWS A CfMiERCIAL COW AND CALF PROGRAM. HE CULLS HIS HERD CLOSE AND GETS RID OF ALL OLD COWS AND POOR PRODUCERS, HE SAVES ONLY THE HE GETS
SLIDE
FARM* CATT
COWS THAT BRING HIM THE BIST CALVES. ABOUT A 94% CALF CROP,
PAUL FOLLOWS A CALFHOOD
VACCINATION PROGR&f AND HIS HERD I S TB AND BANGJ TESTED. HE SELLS ALL CALVES MILK FAT OFF THE
COW EXCEPT THE LATE SUMMER CALVES WHICH HE FEEDS OUT ANB SELLS IN THE SPRING. HIS HERD I S C
COMPOSED OF GRADE COWS WHICH ARE BRED TO REGISTERED HORNED AND POLLED HEREFORD BULLS. SLIDE .FABIM tATTl HE PLANS TO INCREASE THE S I Z E OF HIS HERD BY GROWING AND FEEDING OUT STEERS. HE SPRAYS HIS
CATTLE WITH A POWEf? SPRAYER BOR PARASITE CONTROL. PAUL ARMSTRONG RAISES ABOUT 20 ACRES
OF CORN WHICH MAKES ABOUT FIFTY BUSHELS TO THE 1CRE. HE FEEDS ALL OF I T TO HIS CATTLE. HE
OUT HIS LATE CALVES ON A RATION OF CORN L , HULLS, HAY AND OAT GRAZING, AND KEEPS THES
W
LBT
CONTINUITY DATETIME-.
FOR_ BY__
VIDEO
AUDIO
OH PEED FOR ABOUT 90 DAYS.
OTHERWISE THE HERD
I S CARRIED OH GRAZING EXCEPT DURING THE WINTER MONTHS WHEN THEY GET SOME COTTONSEED MEAL MIXED WITH HAY, PAUL ARMSTRONG'S GRAZING CONSISTS OF
3 5 0 ACRES IN PERMANENT PASTURE BROKEN UP INTO 1 3 PASTURE AREAS FOR GRAZING ROTATION. HIS
PERMANENT GRAZING I S HADE UP OF BERMUDA GRASS, DALLIS GRASS,WHITE DUTCH AND LADING CLOVER,
SLIDE
PASTURE AREA
COMMON LESPEDEZA AND WILD WINTER PEAS.
TEMPORAi
WINTER GRAZING CONSISTS OF 50 ACRES OF OATS AHD CLOVER SOD-SEEDED INTO HIS PERMANENT PASTUR1 SOD, PAUL ARMSTRONG PREFERS SOD SEEDING SECAUS!
HE FEELS HE CAN BETTER UTILIZE AND PROTECT HIS IAND IN THIS WAY. HE POINTS OUT TO COUNTY
AGENT E . E . HANDLE HOW THE WET COLD FALL HAS HELD HIS TEMPORARY GRAZIF BACK, THIS �EAR
SLIDE
HAY
PAUL BUILT THIS FINE COMBINATION HAY AND LOAFIN( BARN* THE HAY I S SELF FED FROM THE RACKS WHICH
SLIDE
FARM-11
liAX KACI6
YOU SEE HERE UNDER THE SHED AND THE BARN I S FENCED IN TO PERMIT CONTROLLED FEEDING. ALL OF PAUL�S HAY I S CUT FROM HIS BiSTURES. EACH YEAR
SLIDE
FARM-12 HAY INESRN
PUTS UP ABOUT 2 , 5 0 0 BALES OF HAY TO USE ING THE WINTER MONTHS. PAUL ARMSTRONG CLIPS I S mSTURES, TESTS HIS SOIL AND FERTILIZES CCORDING TO NEEDS. HE BOTH LIMES AND NITRATES
W
FOR_ BY__
LBT
CONTINUITY DATE_ TIME_
VIDEO
AUDIO
H I S B1STURES. SLIDE FARM-13 POJTO
WATER FOR THE LIVESTOCK PROGRAM S I X STOCK POHDS AM) A STREAM AT ONE TIME PAUL HE HUIT
I S SUPPLIED FROM
THAT RUNS MOST OF THE YEAR,
R A I S E D SOME HOGS BUT HE QUIT THAT,
R A I S I N G VEGETABLES I N 1 9 4 6 AFTER TWO TEARS OF TRYING. HE SATS THE MRKET WAS TOO UNSTABLE
AND I T WAS TOO MUCH LIKE GAMBLING TO SUIT HIM, WHEN PAUL ARMSTRONG BOUGHT THIS 4 5 0 ACRE FARM I T MAS I N PRETTY ROUGH CONDITION, SLIDE FARM-j I T HAD BEEN
RENTED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS..,THE HOUSES JND BARNS ifERE FALLING DOWN, THE PLACE HAD GROWN UP TO SAGE BRUSH AND THEIR WASN'T A HUNDRED YARDS OF FENCE ON THE PLACE. IN THE FIRST THREE YEARS
BEFORE HE MOVED HERE HE SPENT H I S TIME REPAIRING B U I L D I N G S AND BUILDING FENCE* I S FENCED AND CROSS-FSNXED. TODAY THE FARM 1 0 0 ACRES OF THE
FARM I S I N F I N E PINE TIMBER WHICH I S PROTECTED FROM FIRE AND SELECTIVELY HARVESTED, PAUL
ARMSTRONG I S CARRYBiG OUT A DEADENING PROGRAM THE HARDWOODS IN 60,ACRES OF HIS TIMBER LAND,, SLIDE FARM�3. CLEARED LAID AS HE HAS INCREASED THE S I Z E OF HIS LIVESTOCK PROGRAM HE HAS BROUGHT NEW GROUND INTO PASTURE LAND, ALTOGETHER HE HAS CLEARED ABOUT 6 0 ACRES MOST OF H I S
OF BOTTOM LAND WITH A BOZER.
CLEARING I S FINISHED NOW AND HIS PROGRAM FROM
W
FOIL
L BT
CONTINUITY DATE_ TIME_
VIDEO
AUDIO
HERE OH I I I S CONTINUED IMPROVEMENT I I EVERT PHASE OF HIS FARM PROGRAM, AS FAST AS HE CAN. MR. AND M S . ARM TRONG HATE ABOUT TWO ACRES IN GARDEN F<K THE FAMILY AND THE TENANTS AND n I S TENDED BY ONE OF THE TMHANT5. FROM THE
GARDEN AND THEIR MEAT SUPPLY MRS. ARMSTRONG
SLIDE
FARM-16
FREEZES ABOUT l f 6 O O POUNDSOF FOOD EACH YEAR AND PUTS I T IN THEIR FOOD FREEZER. OH, I SHOUI
IMAGINE QUITE A BIT OF I T I S GIVEN TO SONS DURIC*RD AND HIS WIFE AND SON BILLY AND H I S WIFI I N ADDITION MRS. AR8STRONG CANS ABOUT SO QUARTS OF FOOD IN JARS. I THINK MRS, ARMSTRONG'S
SLIDE
FARtt.11 KITCI
LOVELY HOME I S THE BEST EXAMPLE I ' V E SEEN THAT YOU CAN HAVE EVERY BIT AS GOOD LIVING IN THE COUNTRY AS IN THE CITY AND THEN OF COURSE, I THINK THERE ARE MAHY OTHER ADVANTAGES TO FAR OUT WEIGH THE CITY L I F E . THIS LOVELY KITCHEN ACTU
I N HER MODERN HOME I S JUST ONE EXAMPLE.
ALLY THIS ROOM I S A COMBINATION KITCHEN, DINET1 AND DEN. I WAS STANDING JUST INSIDE THE DEN IN THE KITCHEN I S
WHEN I TOOK THIS PICTURE.
SLIDE
FARM��ia
STOVE &
THE VERY LATEST THING IN EL1CTRIC S T O V E S . . , . A TABIETOP STOVE AND WALL OVEN. THE WHOLE
ROOM, INCLUDING THE CABINETS I S FINISHED IN P I N E PANELING. MRS. ARMSTRONG LOVES TO COOK
W
FOR_ BY
L BT
CONTINUITY DATE_ TIME_
VIDEO
AUDIO
AND HAS A LOVELY PLACE I H WHICH TO DO I f ,
IS
SLIDE KITCliKN CABINETS
T H E CORNERS OF HER KITCHEN CABINETS SHE HAS HAD B U I L T I N THE LAZY SUSAN T I P E OP CORNER CABINSTS, I MIGHT SAY THAT MR, AND MRS, ARMSTRONG GOT THE IDEA FOR THEIR HOME FROM A MAGAZINE, PUT I N SOME IDEAS OF I K E I R OWN, HAD A WORKING PLAN
SLIDE DINETTE
DRAWN AND THEN RE�W0RKSD I T - TO INCLUDE MANY OTHER THINGS WHICH THEY WANTED I N THEIR HOME. PAUL SAYS THAT SO OFTEN HE JUST SEES H I S FAMILY FOR A COUPLE OF MEALS A DAY AND HE ESPECIALLY WANTED THEIR NSSf HOME DESIGNED SO HE COULD V I S I T WITH H I S WIFE WHILE SHE WORKED I N THE
�
K I T C H E N , AND THAT WAS THE PRIMARY REASON FOR THE KITCHEN, DINETTE, DEN COMBINATION* PAUL
SLIDE
FARM-21 DESK
|OFTEN HAS CONSIDERABLE PAPER WORK TO DO WHEN
i
|HE COMES I N THE HOUSE SO THEY HAD THIS WALL K BUILT INTO THIS COMBINATION ROOM SO HE COULD BE RIGHT THERE WITH H I S WIFE WHILE DOING THE NECESSARY PAPER WORK, LOOKING ON THE WAY
SLIDE
EARM-22
DEN PAUL I S FACING YOU GET THIS VIEW OF THEIR B E A U T I F U L DEN, LEADING FROM THE DEN TO THE
I E S T OF THE HOUSE I S A B�^UTIFULLY P I N E PANELED
SLIDE
FARM-2 S L I D E DOOK
LLWAY.
SLIDING PANEL DOORS INTO THE HALLWAY MRS.
ONSERVE SPACE AND ADD ATTRACTIVENESS,
RMSTRONG LOVES FLOWERS AND WHILE THEY MATE A
W
FOR_ BY-
LBT
CONTINUITY DATE.
VIDEO
AUDIO
LANDSCAPE PLAN WORKED OUT FOR THiilR YARD SHE HAS HAD TO CONFINE HOST OF HSR LOVE FOR FLOWERS TO POTTED PLANTS AND YOU PROBABLY NOTICEDM MANY OF THEM IN BIS DEI* ANOTHER THING WHICH WAS
SLIDE
FARM-24
A MUST IN THEIR PLAN HAS A LAUNDRY ROOM AND BELIEVE ME MRS* ARMSTRONG HAS A FINE ONI, ANOTHER ROOM WHICH I AM NOT ABLE TO SHOW BUT WHICH I S VERY IMPORTANT TO PAUL I S A ROOM WHICH HE CALLS THE MUD ROOM, IT IS BUILT INTO THE
LAUNDRY ROOM
BACK OF THE HOUSE AND I S ENTERED BY A DOORWAY FROM THE
SCREJ^
PORCH.
PAUL, COMING IN DIRTY
AND DUSTY AS HIS OFT1N DOES, GOES DIRECTLY TO THAT SOOM AND TO A BATH WHICH THEY BUILT FOR HIM IN THE BACK OF THE HOUSE AND WHEN.HE COMBS INTO THE HOUSE WHERE HIS WIFE IS PREPARING SUFFER HE I S CLEAN AND REFRESHED AND DOESN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT MAKING A MESS IN THE REST OF THE HOUSE. SLIDE 3 PiiOP I S LIVING IN THE OLD HOME PLACE, HE I S ATTENDING SCHOOL AT MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE THREE DAYS A WEEK AND WORKING AT A RADIO STATION DURING HIS OFF OURS, SON OUBfARD I S TEACHING IN STARSVILLE HE HAS HIS MASTERS DEGREE AND I S THERE I S SO MUCH I COULD TELL THOUGH BILLY
YOU ABOUT THIS WONDERFUL FAMILY.
IGH SCHOOL.
WORKING ON HIS DOCTORS DEGREE IN EDUCATION
W
FOR. BY_.
LBT
CONTINUITY DATE_ TIME_
VIDEO
AUDIO
ADMINISTRATION.
BILLY WAS AN OUTSTANDING 4-H
CLUB MBIBER HAVING BEEN DISTRICT CHAMPION IN PUBLIC SPEAKING AND OUTSTANDING IN LEADERSHIP. DURKARD WAS VERY ACTIVE IN FFA WORK AND MAS STATE VICE PRESIDENT OP THE FFA AT ONE TIME. CAMERA OH FAMILY THE ARMSTRONGS BELONG TO THE PIH?RIM f S REST BAPTIST CHURCH WHERE PAUL IS A DEACON AND MRS* ARMSTRONG IS ACTIVE IN . W . M . U . , WORKS WITH THE JUNIORS AT NIGHT ASD I S A MEMBER OF H E CHOIR, MRS. ARMSTRONG I S ALSO VICE PRESIDENT AND A PAS PRESIDENT OF THE PILGRHf*S REST HOME 9EM0NSTRAI ION CLUB AND MARSHALL OP THE ORDER <F EASTERN STAR, PAUL ARMSTRONG I S VICE PRESIDENT OF
THE CRYSTAL SPRINGS LIONS CLUB* MEMBER OF THE CHAMBER OF COMF�RCEf TRUSTEE OF THE CRYSTAL SPRINGS SCHOOL BOARD, A DIRECTOR OF THE COPIAH ICOUNTY HUNTING AND FISHING CLUB AND A MASON. H E I S ALSO, WHAT I WOULD CALL A VERY CAPABLE SUPERVISOR OF THE FIFTH DISTRICT OF COPIAH COUNTY. HE HAS ACCOMPLISHED A LOT WITH THE HE SAYS
ROADS AND BRIDGES IN HIS DISTRICT.
�I S
SUCCESS CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO IHE MOST
[fONDERFUL PEOPLE HAS HAS TO WORK TflTH AND THE BEST COOPERATION ANYONE COULD ASK FOR FROM THE POLKS IN THE DISTRICT. HB LIKES THE WORK AND
W
FOR_
LBT
CONTINUITY DATE_ TIME_
VIDEO
AUDIO
I S HAPPY BECAUSE HE FEELS HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO RENDER A SERVICE TO THE FOLKS I I HIS DISTRICT, SO MUCH I COULD YET TELL ABOUT THIS W02TOBRFUL COPIAH COUHTY FA�! FAMILY BUT MEET THEM AND EESE FROM TBM ABOUT SOME OF THEIR PBOBLEMS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
�
t
