W L BT CONTINUITY Farm Family of the BY 12*25-1*00 p.m. nATF Howard Langfitt VIDEO Prl. Dee. 2, I960 AUDIO CAMERA OH LANGFITT I WANT TO SAY IN THE VERY BEGINNING THAT IA . M A DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO-THE LINCOLN COUBTY AGRICULTUf AGENT, MR. TRAVIS TADLOCK AND HIS STAFF FOR THEIR FERY PINE HELP IN SELECTING THE FAMILY WHICH WE SALUTE TODAY, AND ESPECIALLY TO MR. HABD1D ISHEE, FOR HIS HELP IH GOING WITH MS TO THIS FAMILY* S « R M TO HELP ME OBTAIN THE STORY WHICH I M. NOW GOING TO TELL. THIS IS THE STORS SLIDE FARM-! HAN & WOMAN OP MR. AND MRS, C.L, (BUDDY) OMSK WHO LIVE IN THE MI. PLEASANT COMMUNITY OP LINCOLN CDUHTY ABOUT TEN MILE3 SOUTH OP BROGKHAVEN. TO BE MCRE EXACT, THEIR 2% ACRES OP FARMLAND IS LOCATED THREE MILES SOUTH OF BOGUP GHITTO OB ONE MILE SOUTH OF NORFIEDD. BUDDY CIARK WAS SLIDE FARM-2 HOUSE BORH AND RAISED ON THIS LAND....IN THIS HOUSE WHICH SETS JUST ACROSS THE ROAD PROM THEIR PRESEOT HOME...A HOUSE IN WHICH HIS MOTHER AND FATHER STILL LIVE. HI WAS THE ONLY BOY IN A FAMILY OP SEVEN CHILDREN. HI? ATTENDED HIGH SCHOOL AT BOGUE CHITTO, GBADUATING IN 19lj.Q, Mfi. AND MRS. BUDDY CLARK RECALL THAT THEY WERE MARRIED IN THE SUMMER OP 19^0* THEY LAUGHINGLY SAY THAT BUDDY MADE THE MISTAKE OP STAYING FIVE YEARS IN HIGH SCHOOL AND HIS CHAHt IHG WIFE GAUGHT UP WITH HIM, IN THEIR SENIOR YEAR. w CONTINUITY FOR. BY___ TIME_ DATE_ VIDEO AUDIO H H t MARRIAGE TO BUDDY, MRS. CLARK WAS M I S S NELDA PRIGS OF EAST BOGUE CHITTO, ABOUT SLIDE 4 mai FARM- F I V E MILES AWAY. TODAY MR, AND MRS. BUDDY CHILIUSI CIARK HAVE THIS WOKDERFOL FAMILY OF SIX SEATED LEFT TO RIGHT ARE DAUGHTER CHARLEHE, $ R S CLARK AMD BUDDY, C . L . , JUBIGR, KHGW AS BOD ASD STADING L I F T TO TWO AND A HALF YEAR OLD J A M I E . RIOKT ARE, 1 3 YFAR ODD RONNIE, FIGHT YEAR OLP LORRAINE AID POUR YEAR OLD MARHYK. A FAMILY THJffi THEY ARE REALLY LOVRS TO WORK ASD PLAY SLIDE FARM TOGETHER. WHEN I T * S TIME TO WGiK THEY WORK HOTJS HARD AND WHEN I T ' S TIME TO PLAY THEY E l J O T I T TO THE FULLEST. TH1 FIRST SEVEN YEARS OP THEIR MARRIED L I P S MR. AHD MRS, BUDDY CIARK L I V I D WITH BUDDY'S POLKS I H THE BIG HOUSE ACROSS THE ROAD AND THEN BUILT T H I S , THEIR PSESEHT HOME, THE F I R S T YEAR THEY WIRE MARRIED BUDDY WORKED WITH HIS DAD OH THE HALVES AFD WEST TO PASCAdOUI WHERE HE WORKED I B THE S H I P YARDS DURIHG THE LATE PALL AND EASLY S B IHG MOUTHS, THEH HE SLIDE FARM* CATTI CAME BACK AHD FARMED H I S FATHER'S LAIH) OH THE H A L V E S . . . . W H E R E HE RAISED COTTON, CORH. SWEET POTATOES AND SOME BEEP CATTLE, BUDEK CIARK SAYS H I S FATHER WAS DAIRYING WHEN BUDDY WAS A BOY. THAT HE DELIVERED MILK I H UR FIELD AT 1 0 ^ A w FOR. BY VIDEO b CONTINUITY I TIMEDATE_ AUDIO QUARf* HE RECALLS TH^F AT THAT TIME NORFIELD HAD A POPULATION OP ABOUT 2,000 BUT II 1932 THEY QUIT SELLING MILS. ...THE MILL MOVED AND THE TOWS LEFT. BUDDY SAYS THEY THEN SOLD MAHUFACTXBING MILK UNTIL 1938 WHEN THEY QUIT DAIRYING ALTOGETHER, SLID1 FARM-6 BUDDY SAYS THEY GOT OUT OP THE DAIRYING BUSINESS LONG IHOUGH TO GST HID OP ALL THE GOOD COWS AND GET SOME SCRUB BESF CATTLE BEFORE THEY DECIDED THE! WASTED BACK INTO DAIRYING. BUDDY RECALLS THAT IT WAS IN cows 1951 THEY DECIDED THEY WANTED TO DAIRY AGAIN. IT ALL CAME ABOUT BECAUSE THEY HAD A GOOD COW THAT LOST HER CALF AND RATHER THAN BUY A HIGH PRICED CALF TO PUT ON HER HE STARTED MILKING HER. IN FADT HE HAD SIX HEAD THAT WOULD PRODUCES PRETTY WELL SO HE STARTED SELLING . SLID! PARM-7 HEIFlHS MANUFACTURING MILK WITH HE AND HIS WIPE DOING THE MILIMG BY H M D . THEY DID THAT FOR TWO YEAIS AHD AT ONE TIME MILKED TWELVE HEAD TWICE A DAY IN THAT WAY. TODAY BUDDY GIARK HAS 62 * HEAD OP CATTLE... 1 2 OP THEM MILK COWS AND IS MILKING 32 BAGH DAY. IT IS A GRADE HERD, PREDOMINATELY JERSEY, THOUGH MANY ARE PUR1B&ED. HOST OP THEM ARE YOUNG AND MOST OP THEM WIRE ARTIFICIAL SIRED CALVES. HE SAVES HIS BESf W FOFL LBT CONTINUITY TIMEDATE. VIDEO AUDIO H E I F E R S FOR HERD REPLACEMENT, THOUGH T H I S YEAR HE HAD Ik BULL C I T E S , HE SAYS HE SOLD M&T H E I F E R S HE HAD TOO BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T M1ET H I S REQUIREMENTS. BUDDY SAYS HE I S GOING 5G-úO NOW SLIDE FARM-8 BARS OH A WHITE PACE BULL BECAUSE HE HAS SOME COWS I H THE HERD HE DOESN'T WANT TO SAVE CALVBS PROM AND BLAHS TO GULL THEM OUT OP THE HERD AS PAST AS HE CAN GROW GOOD REPLACEMENTS. AFTER S E L L I S MANUFACTURING MILK FOR TWO YEARS BUDDY CLARK B U I L T THIS BA9J AND TWO SURGE MILKING MACHINES AND STARTED SELLING FLUID MILE AND THAT*S THE SLIDE FARM-9 COWS IN BARF PROGRAM HE JOILOTS TODAY. I T WAS ALSO AT THAT T I M E . . , 1 9 5 3 . ? ? ? H A X MRS. CLARK STARTED KEEPING PRODUCTION RECORDS. LAST YEAR, WITH THE HELP OF ASSOCIATE COUNTY JGENT HAROLD I S B E E , THEY STARTED KEEPING RECORDS ON THE WEIGH-A-BAY-AMONTH PROGRAM. WHERE P I Y I X YEARS BEFORE THE HERD PRODUCTION AVERAGE HAD BEEN ABOUT lj.,000 POUNDS OP MILK PER COW PER YEAR I T WAS 6 , 0 0 0 SLIDE COWS I H BARN L A S T YEAR, HE THINKS THE COWS WERE AS GOOD F I V E YEARS BEFORE BUT BUDDY SAYS HE HADN'T BEEN F E E D I N G AS WELL THEN. H I ALS 0 SAYS THE MASf ER? S GOT TO IMPROVE SOME AS WELL AS THE BLOODLINES, AHD THAT'S ANOTHER PART OP THE REASON FOR THE PRODUCTION INCREASE* THE CLARK?S ARE CAREFUL W FORBY LBT CONTINUITY TIME_ DATE_ VIDEO AUDIO WITH THE HERD AND EACH COW I S STRIPPED OUT THE BEHIND THE MILKER TO A?OID UDDER TROUBLE. OjuXi/M PAtiFl--A.X MILK I S HELD IN THIS COOLER UNTIL I T I S PICKED U P EACH MORNING AND TAKEN TO MAGNOLIA. MARYLIN tmSm AND JAMIE L07E TO BATCH, THOUGH THEY'RE NOT B I G ENOUGH TO HELP YET. BUDDY CLAM SAYS HE Rife I S ABOUT A BIG A DAIRYMAN AS HE CAN GO NOW ON THE HOME PLACE, BUT I F THE BOYS GET I H T E R E S T E D I I H DAIRYING AS A WAY OP L I F E THEY MAY START ANOTHER DAIRY ON THE OTHER P I A C E . SLIDE FARM-12 YOU SW. THEY HATE TWO PLACES. BUDDY HAS T H R U THERE*S 6 9 ACRES I N fUft). D I F F E R E N T PARCELS OP LAND. THE HOME P L A C E . . . 1 0 0 ACRES AT AN0TH1R PLACE AND 6 ú AT ANOTHER LOCATION. BUDDT CLARK I S QUICK TO SAY THM 1 HE MOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BUY THE IAND HE HAS WITHOUT THE HELP OP THE ^ K M E R * HOBE ADMINISTRATION AND MR. GEORGE BROWN THE LINCOBNC COUNTY F . H . A . STJERVISOR. IN THE BAHN I T I S MIXED BUDDY FEEDS A 1 6 $ DAIRY RATION. SLIDE FARM~11 AGCORDINS TO A STATE COLLEGE FORMULA. H I T R I E S TO FEED ACCORDING TO PRODUCTION BUT DURING THE DBOUGHT WENT UP TO AN 1 8 - 2 0 $ RATION. PERMANENT PASTURE CONSISTS OP 9 0 ACRES IN BERMUDA, DALLIS AND BAHAIA GRASS WITH LESPEDEZA AND WHITE DUTCH CLOSER. HE SEEDED 2 0 ACRES OP BAHAIA AND CRIMS HSPfSaSST W L CONTINUITY FOIL BY__ VIDEO TIME. DATE_ AUDIO GLOVER T H I S YEAR. BUDDY GWK PUTS BASIC SLAG OH H I S PASTURES AMD CLIPS THEM FOR WEED CONTROL HE HAS FOUR BkSTURE AREAS A I D TRIES TO RATE THE SLID1 OATS FIE? GRAZING. HE PUTS MOST OF THE TEMPORARY GRAZING AT THE HOME P t t CE HECAUS~ THAT'S WHERE THE D A I R Y HERD I S . TEMPORARY WINTER GRAZING CONSIS* OP 2 5 ACRES IN OATS AND EYE GRASS AT TIE HOHK PLACE AND 1 5 ACRES ON THE OTHER PLACE, HAVE 1 5 ACRES IN MILLET NEXT SUMMER HE W i t t BUDDY HAS SLIDE FARM-15 BSEH TESTING H I S SOIL FOR T E E PAST FOUR YEARS? AND HE F E R T I L I Z E S ACCORDING TO S OIL T E S T . HE P U T S UPO OAT HAY. HE TAKES THE CATTLE OFF THS OATS I N MARCH AND GUTS THEM FCRHAY I N THE DOUGH STAdB UP 0 1 THE OTHER FARM BUT AT HOME KB GRAZES THE OATS ALL THE WAY DOWN. THB YEAR BUDDY PUT UP A THOUSAND BALES OF HAY BUT HEEDS 2,000. HE HAS BEW GROWIHG ALICE CLOVER I H THE BOTTOMS BUT SAYS I T I S A LITTLE OTGERTAIH AHD SLIDE FARM-16 POND HE MAY GIVE I T U P , WATER FOR LIVESTOCK I S S U P P L I E D FROM A HUHNIHG STREAM AND FROM T H I S STOCK POND. I H FACT THE RUNNING STREAM RUNS THROUGH ALL THREE FARMS IN A 3 | MILE S T R I P . BUDDY SAYS H I S FATHER WAS A GOOD ROW CROP FARMER AND HAD KEPT THE Plft CE I N GOOD SHAPE, SLIDE FARM-17 H E HAS ABOUT 6 0 AORES IN BOTH PINE AND HARDWOOD TIMESt W FOR, BY L BT CONTINUITY TIME-. DATE_ VIDEO AUDIO TIMBER. EXCEPT FOR A FEW CHOICE ARIAS LIKE T H I S HE PLANS TO CLEAR THE REST FOR MUCH HEEDED PASTURE AREA, HE HAS ABOUT 1$ ACRES I N YOUNG TIMBER THAT HE WILL CONTINUE TO MANAGE AS A SLIDE FARM-16 BOY & CALF RESERVE I F AS EMERGENCY A R I S E S . OF COURSE, IT I S ONLY NATURAL THAT BOUTK BOYS ARE CARRYIHO D A I R Y I N G AS A 1^-H CLUB PROJECT. BUD, SHOWN HER! HAS BEEN RESIDENT OP THE LINCOLN COUNTY JUNIOR L I V E S T O C K ASSOCIATION FOR TWO YEARS. YOUNGER SLIDE FARM-19 JtEIFJSH B R O K E R RONNIE LEANS TO THE JERSEYS FOR H I S 1HB PROJECT, HE WAS REPORTER OP THE COUNTY JUNIOR THIS FMILY LIVESTOCK ASSOCIATION LAST YEAR. WON MANY AWARDS AT THE LINCOLN GOUNTY DAISY DAY PROGRAM LAST JUNE. SLIDE FARM-2Q I T WAS THE IA RGEST FAMILY PRESENT.. .ALL THE GIRLS WERE, IN THE qmm CONTEST AND RONNIE WAS THE OUT STAN D U G CHARLENE I S AN OUTSTANDING HIRE WE SEE HER WITH AN i L I V E S T O C K JUDGE. k-E- CLUB MEMBER TOO. AWARD SHE RECEIVED IN HER SENIOR YEAR IN HIGH SCHOOL. I T WAS FOR BEING THE MOST OUTSTANDING S H E ' S BEEN A I4.-H CLUB MEMBER HOME EC STUDENT. 8 YEARS WITH FOODS, CLOTHING, PUBLIC SPEAKER* A A S PROJECTS AND %$ OTHERS TOO. WAS lj.-H QUEEN OF LINCOLN COUNTY. LAST YEAR SHE SHE HAS ATTENDED STATE fc-H CLUB CONGRESS FOUR STRAIGHT W L b I CONTINUITY FOFL BY__ TIMEDATE- VIDEO AUDIO YEABS AND STATE ROUNDUP ONE YEAR. J U H I O R DAIKt SHP WAS PRINCESS IN THE COUNTY FOR TWO YEARS AND FARM BUREAU QUEEN FOR TWO YEARS. T H E R E * 3 MUCH MORE TO TELL CP THIS YOUNG LADY, HSR MOTHER SAYS SHE CAN CARE FOR CHILDREN AS WELL AS ANY MOTHER. S H I DOES MOST OP THE COOKING W E N S H E ' S HOME, THOUGH S E 1 * S AWAY Af C O P I A H LINCOLN JUNIOR COLLEGE RIGHT MOW. MRS, C L S R S SAYS WHEN MARYLIN MAS A BABY SHE W0RKEB AWAY PROM HOME IN MCCOHB FOR TWO YEARS AHD THAT CEARLEBTE TENDED THE BABY AND KEPT HOUSE, SHE OAK COOK AND BASE, BY THE WAY THEY P R E ^ l SLIDE FARM-22 KITClEll ABOUT 2 , 8 0 0 POUNDS OP POOD EACH YEAR IN THE F A M I L Y FREEZER. AHD PUT AHOTHER 2 0 0 QUARTS CP POOD I H J A R S . THOUGH BTJBDY AND THE TWO BOYS DO MOST OP THE DAIRYIKG MRS. CLAHK HELPS GOT I P SHE I S NEEDED. SHS AIS 0 DOES QUITE A LOT FARM-2J 5EWIJ OF SEWING POR HERSELF AND HER F A M I L Y . . . . E S P E C I A L L Y POR THE TWO LITTIE GIRLS. SHS ATJO MAKSS MOST OP HER OWN DRAPERIES AND CURTAINS. MR. AND MRS. C . L . (BÑBDY) CIA RK OF LINCOLN COUNTY BELONG TO THE M I . PLEASANT BAPTIST CHUICH CHURCH I N THE COMMUNITY. BUDDY WAS ONCE CHURCH TREASURER AND MBS. CLARK HAS BEEN A SUNDAY SCHO TEACHES. BUDDY SAYS H I S FATHER WAS A DEACON PO i ? W L B T CONTINUITY TIME_ BY DATE_ VIDEO AUDIO SOME YEARS. THIS FAMILY HAS BEE* OUTSTANDIN SltMW FILM. # , i ROLL AT THIS POINT IN EVERY WAY. TWO WEEKS AGO THEY WERE HONORED BY AGRICULTURE, BUSIN1SS AMD INDUSTRY IN , LINCOLN COUNTY AS THE OUST/NDING FARM FAMILY,,OF THE COUNTY FOR TH'"" YEAR 19&O AND WIRE SO RECOGNIZED AT THIS BANQUET M I C H I HAD THE PIEASURE OP ATTENDING. SPONSORS OF THE AWARD MAS THE LINCOLN COUNTY-BROOKHAVEN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AKD A LARGE GATH"" RING OP BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL PEOPLE WERE ON HAND FOR THE OCCASION. SPFJER OP THE EVENING WAS SENATOR JOHN C. STENNIS. THE^E WERE GUESTS FROM OTHER CITY CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE, INCLUDING THE PRESIDENT ANDSXECUTIBE MANAGER OP THE JACKSON CHAMBER. ALSO HONORED ON THB OCCASION ÑAS THE RETIRING PRESIDENT OF THE BROOEHAVEN LINCOLN COUNTY CHAM^KOP OQMHSftCB, MR. STEVE BASBIHGTON MHO MA& AWARDED A PLAQUE FOR HIS SERVICES. THE BIG THRILL FOR THS BUDDY CLARK FAMILY WAS WHE1 BUDDY WAS CALLED TO THE FRONT TO HEAE HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS EXTOLLED AMD TO RECEIVE A PLAQUE HAJOTG HIM AND HIS FAMILY AS LINCOLN COUNTY?S OUTSTANDING PARK FAMILY OF I960. IT WAS A HAPPY OCCASION FOR A VERY DESERVING FARM FAMILY. MR. AND MRS. W LBT CONTINUITY TIMEDATE- VIDEO AUDIO CAMERA OS FAMILY BUDDY C]«K AR..E VERY ACTIVE IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS. BUDDY I S A DIRECTOR OP THE COUNTY FARM BUREAU AND I S A MfalBER OP THE LINCOLN COUNTY LIVESTOCK ASSOCIATION. THEY ARS P.T.A, f MEMBERS AND MRS. CLARK I S A MEMBER OF THE Iff P L l t S A N T HOME DEMONSTRATION CLUB WHICH SHE H 5 L H 3 D TO ORGANIZE. SHE YAS I T S FIRST PRESIDES! AND I S m ^SENTLY SERVING THE CLUB AS RECREATION LEADER. If I S THEIR HOPE THAT ALL THBIR CHIB>REN WILL OBTAIN A COLLEGE EDUCATION AND TH THEY FEEL THAT I P ONE I S TO FARM SUCCESSFULLY I T I S IMPORTANT TO START EARLY WHILE YOU ARE YOUNG. FAMILY. HOW, BRIEFLY L E T ' S MEET T H I S PINE WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO START YOUNG? HOW LONG HAVE YOU BBKHf OK TEE BALANCED PA1M AND HOME PROGRAM? WHAT HAS I T HELfED YOU TC ACCOMPLISH? WHAT ABE THE BIG JOBS YET TO DO? U 6. ?. MRS. c a R K t WHAT HELPS YOU MOST IN HOMMAKIN WHAT I S MOST ESSENTIAL TO HAPPY FAMILY L I F E CHARLSNS, WHAT DO YOU PLAN TO DO AFTER CO-LIN? 3. BUD, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO D O ? , . . R O N W I E , WHAT AB OUT Y O U . . . . E T K . , . ?
