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CAMERA ON LANGFITT
I WANT TO SAY IN HIE VERY BEGINNING THAT I AM DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO MDISQN COUNTY AGENT, BUDDY SMIffi AND ASSOCIATE COUNTY AGBNT, GHARIES BOOIfE FOB THEIR VERY WONDERFUL HELP IN SELECTING THE FAMILY WHICH WB SALUTE TOOAY AID FOR GOIKG WITH MB TO THEIR FARM LAST MONDAY TO OBTAIN THE STORY WHICH I AM ABOUT TO TELL. THIS I S THE STOYR OF
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� AMD MRS. HAROLD G. HILLJSBSiT WHO LIVB ABOUf F I V E MILKS SOUTHEAST OF CANTOF, M I S S I S S I P P I , OH ME mms FSRRY ROAD. HAROLD HILLEBERT GR^f UP
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A
itasieoi CWHTY FARM ABOUT
THREMILES SOUTH
OF CANTON ON HIGHWAY 5 1 .
WM. HILL1BERT WAS A
WEBSTER COUNTY FARM GIRL HAYING BEEN RAISED NEAR aiPORA, M I S S I S S I P P I . SUE AND HAROLD MET IN
STARKVILLE WHERE HAROLD WAS ATTENDING MISSISSIPPI STATE COLLEGE AND SHE WAS WORKING FOR WESTERN UNION, HAROLD GRADUATED FROM STATE IN MAY OF
L947 AND IN MOV^BER OF THAT SAME YEAR HE RRIED HIS LOVELY WIFE. FOR ABOUT A M R TEEt
IVBD WITH HAROLD�8 MOTHER WHILE THEY TOOK AN SLIDE FARM-2 W TENANT HOUSE AND DID ENOUGH REPAIR TORK ON HAHOLD HILLEBERT STARTE
T TO MAKE I T LIVEABLE.
[)UT FARMING RAISING COTTON, CORN AND A FEW HOGS. i?OR THE FIRST EIGHT YEARS OF THEIR MARRIED LIFE HAROLD SUPPLEMENTED THEIR SHORT FARM INCOME BY
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�TEACHING VETERANS OH FARM TRAINING AMI) MRS. HILLHBERT MANAGED THE CANTON OFFICE OF UNION, SLIDE FARMMR, AND MRS. HILLBBERT HAD PLANNED FOR
SEVERAL YiSARS TO BUILD A N M HOME BUT THEY KEPT PUTTING I f OFF UNTIL A LITTLE QYWL A YEAR AGO HUSK THEY FOUND OUT THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE AN HEIR, REALISING 1HAT THEY HAD TO HAVE MORE
SPAC1S FOR A GROWING FAMILY THEY IMMEDIATELY SET TO TfO2K TO BUILD THIS BEAUTIFUL NHT HOME WHICH SLIDE FAHMHOU
tir
IHEY OCCUPY TODAY, HOT HCKia J M S T SEVm
IN FACT THEY MOVED INTO THED MONIES AGO WEST HAROLD
BROUGHT M S . HILLEBERT AND MM MUGHTMl SUSAN IOMi3 FROM JHB HOSPITAL, HE BROUGHT THEM HOME TO I H E MM HCXJSB A m M S . HILLEBJSRX HAS HAD THE MODERN CONVENIENCE MITH WHICH TO START iJSR YOUHG DAUGHTER OUT ON T H I 1QAD OF LIFE* AS I SAID A Wm MINUTES AGO, HAROLD HILLEBSRT SLIDE FARM~i COTTON STARTED FARMING RAISING COTTON AND HE HAS PIEW 3AISBD SOME SVMY YBM SINCB, THOUCffi H I S ACREAGE ETS SMALLER YEAR BY YEAR DUE TO ACREAGE REDUCTI [IE ALSO RAISED A FEHF HOGS FCR SEVERAL YEARS AND IAROLD SAYS THE HOGS PAID THE FAHM EXPENSES ANB IN IHE FALL THE COTTON PAID THE FARM MORSMSE ffilS YEAR HAORLD HAS 317 ACR3^ I N COTTON, CT USUALLY AVERAGES ABOUT A BALE TO THE ACRE,
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FERTILIZE.* I f ACCORDING? TO SEEDS AND POISONS ON A REGULAR SCHEDULE FOR INSECT CONTROL, FARM-6 COTTON IN
FACT THIS YEAR HE POISONS) FIVE TIMES WITH A PLANE* UP TO THIS YEAR HAROLD HILLEBERT HAS
TENANT
tarn
AND HANDLED HIS COTTON ON THE
SHARES BU THIS YEAR HE CHANGED OVER TO PAYING A MUTANT FAMILY A MONTHLY WAG� SO HE WOULD HAVE THEM AS HE MEEDS T&m IN OTHER PHASES OF HIS FARM PROGRAM. IN THE YEARS PROM 1947 TO 1 9 5 1
HAROLD GRADUALLY BUILT UP A HERD OF BEEF CATTLE BY SLIDE FA
:JAVING
HIS BEST HEIFERS FOR HERD REPLACMENT.
N 1 9 5 1 HAROLD SOLD OUT HIS 40 HEAD OF BEH? ;ATTLB AMD SOUGHT SOME DAIRY COWS WHICH WAS THB BEGIJTCUNG OF HIS VERY SUCCESSFUL GRADE "A* DAIRY 'ROGRAM, IN FACT HE HAD JUST STARTS) HIS DAIRY ROGSAM AT THE TIME OF THE BIG FHEi&E IN THE SPRING OF 1 9 5 1 . FOR THRE1 STRAIGHT SUMMERS
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JAROLD ifjaNT TO ILLINOIS TO BUY TOP QUALITY SLIDE FARM-8
CWS
iOLSTEIN COifS...BUYING TWELVS EACH SUMKR. ACT HE HAS BOUGHT A FEW Cms mmY
IN
YEAR UP TO
THE LAST WO YEAI^ WHEN HE DECIDED HE HAD GOOD SSOUGH HERD QUALITY TO BEGIN SAVING HIS B ^ T HEIFERS FOR HffiD REPLACEMENT, TODAY HAROSD
BILLBERT HAS 34 HOLvSTSIN COWS, 17 Y1AIBING SLIDE FARM � 9
OT5
[EIFERS AND FIVE BABY CALVES.
AT THB
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TIMiS HE TS MILKING 26 HSAD NIGHT AND MORNING AHD DELIVERING 1KB MIUC TO MADISON COUNTY DAIRIES iAROU) CALFHOOD VACCINATES AND HIS HMLD I S fB AND BAHGS FREE* HE R&ISBS MIS CALTKS OH M E MOITHS AND
BUCKET AIB PASTURE MJRIMG THE S W S THEN BRIHGS m m
TO 1MB BARN IH THE WHTOT AND WHILE
SLIBB
EARM-10
FBEBS mm
SIL4GE, HAY AND SUPPLEMENT,
cor
IOHE OF HIS COWS ARE RBGIST1RM) HE HAS A HIGH PRODUCING H E P , WE HERB AVERAGE I S ABOUT AT ONE $QM
8 , 5 0 0 POOTDS OF MILK P M COW PEE Y i M , TIMS HffiWL") IIAB A FM
EXCSPTIO1AL C H S Am
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THEIR ARE HO EXCEPTIONAL COWS
THE QUALITY OF MB WHOLE HBRB '
,UTO 1 0 POOR ONES.
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BULL
P A S BUM mum UP OVER THE YEARS,
THOUGH HIS
OWS ARB GRADE COKS H� HAS ALWAYS USED A D HOLSTEIN BJIL BUT SO FAR AS ffiE COWS
CONCBRNSI) HAROLD HILLEiMT I S WORE IMTEffi^fE Df PROOUC-XION HIAN IN P A P � S , WHEN HAROM
STARTED DAIRYING IN 1 9 5 1 HB BOSROfTED MONEY FROM f i i S FARM SECURITY ADMINISTRATION TO BULB THIS SLIDE FARM-12 DAIRY BARN SRABE �A n MIRY BARN. IT I S COMPLETELY MOBEHN
mROUGHOUT AND I S HJVIiOD INTO THREE P A R T S . . . . IHE MILKING BARN, THE PROCESSING ROOM AND A FEiSD IN. HAROLD GRINDS AND MIXES ALL HIS FEBD QW
I E FARM AND FEEDS ABOUT A U% HAIRY RATION
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CONSISTING OF HOME GROWN GRAIN MIX� WITH t OTTON SLIDE PARM�13 I N S I D E BARF SEED MliAL, EIGHT NOW HE I S FEBDING GROUND OATS MILKING IS DONS WITH THREE
H D COTTONSEED MEAL. ORTABLE MILKERS,
THE BARN IS KEPT IMMCULATELY
CLEAN AID WOULD MEET THE STRICTEST REQUIREMENT SLIDE FARK.1,
MILK liOUSJB
OF TOP QUALITY MILK PRODUCTION.
ALL UTENSILS
RE CLAMED AID STERILIZED AND PROPERLY DRAINED CMMEDIAIELT AFTER USE EACH M Y . MIUC IS KEPT IN
mnmm c o o i � UNTIL
DELIVERED AID THE MILK I S
fBIGEEB RMiUURLY.SO AS TO KiiEP ACCURATE PRODUCTION RECORDS ON EACH COIf. SLIDE FAIC-i-1. PASTURE HAROLD H I L L E B M
e c i a x s r i GRAZING
FOR HIS CATTLE,
HIS
PASTURE CONSISTS OP 40 ACRES OF BTOfUHT 3ALLIS GRASS AND WHITE BUTCH CLOVM. xMOST YB4RS
m PUTS
OUT
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TMPORARY SUMMER GRAZING
AND TEMPORARY WINTER GRAZING CONSISTS OF OATS AN!) CRIMSON CLOVER. CROP IAM IN ADDITION HE PLANTS ALL
TO A COVER CROP OF VETCH AND WIID WINf -miS YEAR HAROW) COMBINED ALL HIS THE PAST TWO YiSARS HE PUT UP HIS HAR0BD USES TRACY SORGHUM FOR
PMS. M I S FOR FSm.
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50HGHUM FIELD
OATS AS SILAGE. SILAGE.
HE HAS ALREADY FILLED HIS SILOS THIS
AND THIS SORGHUM THAT REMAINS IN THE FIELD ;:S BSING CUT AND PUT IN THE BUNK DAILY TO PRESENT GRAZING CONDIflONS. SIXTEEN
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OF THE TWENTY ACRES IN SORGHUM HAS ALREADY BI22N
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FARM-17 SILO
PUT IN TUE SILO. HAROIE HAS TWO SILOS...AK UPRIGHT WillCH YOU SEE HBHS AND A TRMCH WITH A CONCRiSTS FLOOR, THE UPRIGHT SILO HOLDS ABOUf
1 0 0 TOIS AMD THB TRENCH HOLDS ABOUT 200 TONS.
oras
WE FIELD FORAGE HARVESTER WHICH
YOU SAW I S THE FIELD A MOMENT AGO AID DOBS AJJL M S OWI SILO PILLIHG. FO1 HAY HE PUTS UP 20 I S I S STILL TAKING IN FACT HE
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HAY BARS
CRJ35 OF SiSLliSCIA L^PBBBZA.
Y FROM A FIELD H I P U I T E D IN 1 9 4 9 .
IAS TAKSN TWO CUTTINGS A YEAR OFF OF I T EViSlY JfiAR SHCii- 1950* KIIS YEAR US WILL FU? u p ABOUT IT IS WEB HAROIi)
, 0 0 0 BALES OF HAY FOR fTINT�R FEED. RBE CHOICE DURING THE WINTER M0NfflS#
WILT XHiS NEW HAY BARN YOU SAW IEXT TO THE SILO WHILE AGO AND HE ALSO USES ALL OfEM STORAGE
SPACJB AVAILABLE ON THB FAHM FOR ADDITIONAL STORAGE SPACE, SLIDE MACHINE SHED H I S UIJUASW MACHINERY, Hfi STARTED WITH MULES HE BUILT THIS EACH YEAR HE PUTS A I D NOW HAS TWO TRACTORS, HARODL I S A COMPLETELY
HSCHAIIZED FARMER AND HAS BUILT THIS SHELTER F(M
MCHINSRY SHED TWO YEARS AGO,
OUT 14 AC^ES IK CORN AND FEE3DS IT ALL AW0 BUYS 30HOB TOO. WATER FOR LIVESTOCK I S SUPPLIED BY THELAND WAS ALL
LARGE STOCK POND,
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HARODD BOUGHT I T IN 1 9 4 7 .
I T BID HAVE SOHE
GULLIES BUT HE HAS FILLED THEM ALL I I BY FERTILIZATION AHD GETTING GRASS TO GROW I I H I S TWO BIG JOBS 0 1 HIS 160 ACRE FARM HAS BEEN IMPROVING PASTURES AID CATTLE AMD HE HAS 90SE A GOOD JOB Wllii BOTH, LAST YEAR HAORLD
I L L E B S J T PAID W? ALL HIS DEBTS FOR THE FIRST IME SINCE HE MARRIED. ORTGAGE ON TEE FAHM MB THEY HAD A 16 YE4R PAID FOR IT I I SIX YEARS
i THEY WENT BACK IN DEBT AGAIN TO BUILD SLIDE FAm.20 FOOD FREEZER E HOUSE, SPEAiaiG OF ffHS HOUSE. MB HOMEMAKING
FART OF THIS STORY I S JUST AS IMPORTANT AS THE CROP M D LIVESTOCK PART. FROM ffiBIR HALF ACRE
(F PATCH GAEDiiMING MRS. HILLBBiHT FRHEZfiS ABCHTT
fOOO
POUNDS OF FOOD AND CANS ANOTHER ISO PINTS ONE OF M S . HILLEBMT'S GOALS UNDER
JARS.
HE BALANCED FARM AND HOME PROGRAM IN WHICH THEY I A R T I C I P A T E IS TO HAVE A GARDEN SPACE AT THE HOUSE NEXT YEAH. SLIDE FARHL21 KITCHEN SINCE THEY ENROLLED ON THE
BALANCED FARM AND HOME PROGRAM MRS. HILLEMST SlAYS SHE HAS GREATLY IMPROVED Um FOOD PRESERVAf
I ON PROGRAM.
BY THE WAY, SHB DESIGNED THEIR NEW
HOME AND IT I S BEAUTIFUL AND COUPLETS, Y MODERN WITH MNY IIANY SfEP SAVING FEAWRES. SLIDE FARM-22 SEWING SHE ALSO
tUCES TO S ^ AND DOBS A GREAT DML OF SEWING FOR
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EIGHT MONTH OLD SUSAN.
SHE ALSO MITES MNY OF
HE CURTAINS FOR HSR HOME AND USbB TO .1)0 SUITE LOT OF SiSWTNG IN MAKING HER O N WORK CLOTHES. W SLIDE PARHL2 EOPI& THE ASSOCIATE HOME DEMONSTRATION AGENT AND . BOON�f HIE ASSOCIATE COUNTY AGENT--IN'C1TOYINC OUT THEIR PUNS UNDER THi MIAHC13D FARM ANB HOME PROGRAM. SO FAR UNDER THE PROGRAM THEY HAVE R . AID MIIS. HAROLD HILLBB2RT WORK VBfl� CLOSELY
STARTED LIMIHG THEIR LAND, TAKEN BETTER CARE OF TliEYR HEIFERS AND BUILT THEIR NW HOME, THEY
fcRE ALSO MMU2D IN 1HEPUNT TO PROSPER CONTEST i f l f f i THE HELP OF MRS. FERGUSON, THE m COUNTY HOME DEMONSTRATION A G O T , MRS*
aei
HAS womm
OUT A COMPLETE LANDSCAPE
PROGRAM FOR THEIR HOME AND HAS ALREADY COMPLETED ABOUT HALF OF I T , BUT HER BIGG^JT AND MOST
EIPORXANT JOB THESE BAYS I S TO CARE FOR THEIR SLIDEPARM�24 DAUGHTER SUSAN. AND I T ' S A JOB THAT SHE DEARLY
THTFllT
LOVES AND VfOUL�N�T TRADE FOR ANYTHING ELSE. 8SF0RE SUSAN WAS BORN MRS. HILLKBERT WAS VERY ACTIVE IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS BUT NOW SHE HAS FORSAKEN SOME OF THEM TO DEVOTE THE NEED�) TIME TO HER FAMILY. MR. AND MRS. HAROLD HILLEBERT
CAMERA OK FAMILY
kM MEMBERS OF THE CANTON FIRST METHODIST CHURCH mWS MRS. HILLEBERT TAUGHT SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS
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JNTIL SUS&f WAS DORN.
HOffBVER, SHE I S
OF THE NiCTLY FORMED YQUHG HOMEMAKERS HOME iI CLUB AND A PAST PRESIDENT OF THE SAITOH BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S CLDB. .IAROBB IS A MEMBER OF THE CANTON CHAJffiER OP ;0MMEXCK, A PAST PRESIDENT AND MEMBER OF THE I4DIS0M COU2OT FARM BUS�AUf FIRST PRS3IDEIT OF
tm mnism
camn
DAIRY PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION
D I S OH m S BOARD OF DIRSC?CKS OP THE MADISOH OUl^TY DAIRIES. HE HAS SERVED OH HIE BOARD OF
nus m � i s i COUHTY COOPERATIVE AID THIS COUITY
]?A8H BURtfaO, EACH FALL HE WORKS AT THE G i l iSTBARBY TO FURTHER SUPPLEMENT FARM INCOME, URODL IIILLiBERT WOULB LIKB TO IIAVE MORIS M Y B E ABOUT TBM MORE COWS# ME COULD
S I L Y HAIBLE ADDHIOHAL LAND WITH U S EQUIPMENT }{& OlfHS BUT MOST OF ALL HE WAITS FURTHER DfFROVEMEffT OF WHAT HE ALREADY HAS AHD THAT'S THE MARS OF A REALLY PROGRESSIVE FASM�E.. I
IIOULD TELL YW MUCH MORB OF THIS PINB YOUNG FAMI; ]JUT I F I DID YOU WOULDN�T GET TO MEET THEM AHD [ WAIT TO BE SURE YOU DO, SO LET'S DO THAT RIGHT HOff,
