W FOR_ LBT CONTINUITY HATF F a m family of the Weak f Aug t 24, 1956 TIME VIDEO AUDIO CAMERA ON LANGFITT I WANT TO SAY IN THE VERY BEGINNING THAT I AM INDEE GRATEFUL TO YAZOO COUNTY AGENT PAT MCGOWAN, FOR HIS WONDERFUL HELP IN SELECTING 1 THE FAMILY WE SALUTE TODAY AND IN GOING WITH ME TO THE FARM ON A RAINY AFTERNOON TO OBTAIN SLIDE FAlM-l MAILBOX T H I S STORY, THIS I S THE STORY OF MR, AND MRS. W . T . CLARK JR. AND THEIR TWO LOVELY DAUGHTERS, MARIE AND CATHERINE LACEY, WHO LIVE SEVEM MILE* NORTHWEST OF YAZOO CITY IN YAZOO COUNTY. WILL CLARK JUNIOR GREW UP ON THIS LAND. UPON H I S COMPLETION OP HIS EDUCATION AT MISSISSIPPI STATE COLLEGE HE RETURNED TO THE FARM TO MANAGE THE LAND FOR HIS FATHER. HE SAYS THAT FOR THE FIRST YEAR OR SO HE JUST FOLLdf ED AROUNI AFTER HIS FATHER AND LEARENED EVERYTHING HE COUI ABOUTTHE FAMILY FARM PROGRAM, SLIDE FARM-2 MARRIED A YOUNG LADY WITH WHOM HE HAD GONE TO SCHOOL IN YAZOO CITY. MRS. CLARK HAD GROWN UP IN 1934 HE I N YAZOO CITY AND HER FIRST EXPERIENCE OF FARM L I F E WAS WHEN SHE CAME TO THIS FARM AS A BRIDE SHE QUICKLY ADAPTED HERSELF TO FARM LIVING AND LOVES IT VERY MUCH, THIS BEAUTIFUL HOME RESULT! THEY FROM REMODELING THE OLD ORIGINAL HOME. BUILT COMPLETELY AROUND THE OLD HOME TO IIAVE THE LOVELY HOME THEY LIVE IN TODAY. W LBT CONTINUITY DATE_ BY TIME- VIDEO AUDIO SHORTLY AFTER WILL CURE JUNIOR CAME BACK TO THE FARM FROM COLLEGE HE BOUGHT 560 ACPES OF LAND AND I F THE YEARS SINCE HE AND HIS FATHER HAYE FORMED A PARTNERSHIP ON THE WHOLE 2 , 0 0 0 ACRES OF LAND. AND M. WILL JUNIOR MANAGES THE FARM WILL SENIOR FURNISHES MUCH OF TH AND ENCOURAGEMENT THAT KEEPS THE PROGRAM PROGRESSING YEAR AFTER YEAR. SLIDE FARM. WILL AND HIS FATH1 HAVE ABOUT 900 ACRES OF LAND IN CULTIVATION. WHEN WILL CAME HOME PROM COLLEGE THEIR FARM PROGRAM WAS PREDOMINATELY ONE OF COTTON AND COR! WITH JUST A FEW MILK COWS, AND SOME HAY CROPS. THEY HAD ONE TRACTOR AND 43 HEAD OF MULES WITH 4 5 FAMILIES LIVING ON THELAND SHAHECR?PPIN6 I T . TODAY ALL THAT IS CHANGED. COTTON STILL PLAYS i corra A MIGHTY IMPORTANT PART IN THEIR FARM PROGRAM. THEY HAVE 323 ACRES IN COTTON AND IT USUALLY AVERAGES ABOUT A BALE AND A QUARTER TO THE ACRE. SLIDE FARM.4 ANHYDROUS TANK ALL THEIR SOIL I S TESTED TO DEtBRMINE FERTILIZE! NEEDS AND THEY USE BOTH ANHYDROUS AND SOLID F E R T I L I Z E R AND ALSO SIDE DRESS THEIR COTTON AND CORN. THIS 6 , 0 0 0 GALLON ANHYDROUS TANK ASSURES A PLENTIFUL SUPPLY OF FERTILIZER WHEN THEY NEED IT. THEY POISON REGULARLY USING TRACTOHS AND A HIGH BOY FOR LATE SEASON INSECT CONTROL. W FOR. 8Y__ LBT CONTINUITY DATE_ TIME- VIDEO AUDIO TODAY INSTEAD OF 4 5 FAMILIES THERE ARE 20 F A M I L I E S . . . ONLY FIVE OF THEM ARE SHARECR JPPiRS AND THE REST DAY LABORERS. COTTON I S PICKED BY HAND THE FIRST TIME OVER AND THE SECOND PICKING I S WITH m. CLARK'S MECHANICAL PICKER. TODAY THEY ARE THERE ARE NO MULES ON THE CLARK FARM, SLIDE FARM*. 5 CORN COMPLETELY MECHANIZED. CORN STILL I S AN IMPORTANT CROP AND ALL OF I T I S FED ON THE FASH FOR A CONSIDERABLY URGE LIVESTOCK PROGRAM. WILL CLARK PLANTS HYBRID CORN, HAS ABOUT 50 ACRES THIS YEAR AND AVERAGES ABOUT 75 BUSHELS TO THE ACRE, HOWEVER, THE CROP WILL BE A L I T T L E SHORT THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER, I N 1 9 4 0 WILL CLARK JUNIOR BEGAN TO GET INTO THE SLIDE FARM-6 CATTLE CATTLE BUSINESS ON A PERMANENT BASIS. WILL'S FATHER ALWAYS WANTED TO GET INTO THE CATTLE S I N E S S AND TALKED WILL JUNIOR INTO IT AND IT BEEN A GOOD FARM PROGRAM FOR THEM. STARTING I N 1940 THEY BUILT UP TO 50 HEAD OF GRADE CATTLE BUT LOST ALL BUT 1 1 THROUGH THE BANGS TEST, SO THEY RE-STARTED WITH THOSE 11 HEAD, MOSTLY SLIDE FARM. CATTLE JERSEYS AND BEGAN A PROGRAM OF BREEDING FOR QUALITY. TODAY THEY HAVE 134 BROOD COWS AND AK HOIKING TOWARD A MAXIMUM HM1D OF 150 BROOD COWS. THE TOTAL HERD I S ABOUT 250 HEAD. OVER THE W FOR_ BY_ LBT CONTINUITY DATE_ TIME_ VIDEO AUDIO Y1ARS WILL CIA RK AND HIS FATHER HAVE SOLD ALL THBIR STEERS AID REPLACED 1IIEX WITH HIGH QUALIT1 HEREFORD HEIFERS. AND CALF PROGRAM. THEY FOLLOW A COMMERCIAL C(W LAST YEAR WILL CLARK FED OUT 2 9 HEAD BUT PREFERS HIS PRESENT PROGRAM OF SELLING THEM OFF THE COW AS FEEDER CALVES. WILL PUT 30 HEAD OF THESE F1S9ER CALVES IK TODAYfS SALE AT THE MISSISSIPPI LIVESTOCK PRODUCER'S FEEDER CALP SALE. WILL C& RK GETS HE SUDS FARH?8 CGWS & CALVES ABOUT A 70 % CALF CROP. HE CULLS HIS HERD CLOSELY, SAVES HIS BEST HEIFERS FOR HERD REPLACEMENT AND CREEP FEEDS HIS CALVES FCR FASTER GAIN. SEVEN OF HIS COWS ARE REGISTERED ACT ALL COWS ARE BRED TO TOP QUALITY REGISTER« SLIDE FARM. HEREFORD BULLS. THIS I S A ZATO HEIR BULL OUT T"" OF HAROLD KING'S HERD I I CAIT9N. WILL CLARK ALSO HAS A LARRY DOMINO BULL A D A BACCA DUKE BULL. WILL CLARK SAYS HIS COUNTY AGBST, PAT MQGOWAN KEPT STRESSING THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPIM SLIDE ' FARH.10 BULL CALVES GOOD BULLS AND HE HAS FOLLOWED H I S ADVICE AND I T HAS PAYED OFF. HE NOW HAS SOME GOOD QUALITY YOUNG BULLS FOR SALE, AND THEY WILL BE SOLD AT THE Y1IO0.BELTA HEREFORD SALE IN YAZOO CITY ON NEXT FEBRUARY 8TH. WILL CM RK JUNIOR PLANTS LOTS OF WINTER GRAZING AND CARRIES HIS BROOD W FORBY_ LBT CONTINUITY DATE_ TIME- VIDEO AUDIO COWS ON PASTURE AÑD HAY. PERMANENT GRAZING SLIDE FARIl-11 PAS TURK C O N S I S T S OP COASTAL BERMUDA, SOME OF WHICH WE S E E HERE, BUNG I N S P E C T S ) BY MR. C U R E AND COUNTY AGENT PAT MCGOWSS"", WILL CI4 RK JUNIOR STARTED WITH FOUR AfRES OF COASTAL BERMUDA AND FROM THAT START TODAY HAS 1 2 5 ACRES IN THIS ' $ f l f PASTURE CROPi HE ALSO HAS 1 0 0 ACRES IN FESCUE i AND RED CLOVER, 0 0 ú 0 ACRES IN DALLIS GRASS AND 75 170 N A T I V E BERMUDA, TMPORARY GRAZING CONSISTS OF 1 7 0 ACRES OF OATS WHICH ARE GRAZED UNTIL MUCH AND THEN TURNED UNDER AND THIS YEAR HE PLANS TO SLIDE . FARM-12 HAY ADD SOME WHEAT F 0 3 WINTER GRAZING. FOR HAY MR. C I A R K PUTS OUT ABOUT 6 0 ACRES OF LESPBDBZA AND 1 0 ACRES OF ALFAEFA, AND THEN PASTURE C L I P S H I S COASTAL BERMUDA FOR HAY. HE PUTS UP ABOUT spam SLIDE FARM-13 COMBINE 6 , 0 0 0 BALES <F HAY BACH YEAR, AND FEEDS I T ALL* AS I SAID A MINUTE AGO, WILL C1RK JUNIOR I S A HE KEEPS A FARM HE HAS TWO COMPLETELY MECHANIZED FARMER. MECHANIC ON THE FARM FULL TIME. C O M B I N E S , 9 TRACTORS, A M Y BALER, HIGH BOY, COTTON PICKER, ALL NECESSARY FOUR ROW EQUIPMENT AND PASTURE C L I P F E R S . HE PUTS OUT MOST OF H I S HE M S OATS FOR GRAZING WITH A SOD SEEDER. SLIDE FARM-U STORAGE WHS PLENTY OF SOTRAGE SPACE ON THE FARM FOR H I S SMALL GRAIN. HE PLANTS ABOUT 7 5 ACRES OF OATS m W FOR_ BY- LBT CONTINUITY DATE, T!ME_ VIDEO AUDIO FOR GRAIN AMD THEY AVERAGE ABOUT 75 BUSHELS TO THE ACRB. HE SELLS ABOUT HALF HIS OATS, SOME ARE CRIMPED FOR TIE BULLS AND TH1 REST ARE FED IN THE CRESP FEEDERS. SLIDE WILL CLARK JUNIOR HAS ALSO BEEN RAISING SOYBEANS FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS SOYBEAN; HE PUNTS LEE BEANS, THEY AVERAGE ABOUT 25 BUSH1 TO THE ACRE AND H I SAVES HIS SEED AND SILLS THI REST FOR GRAT N. BY THE WAY HE HAS ALWAYS PLANTBI BURR CLOVER ON HIS COTTON LAND AS A COVER CROP AND INTENDS TO PLANT I T ON ALL CROP UNO FROM SLIDE FARM,16 N W ON AS A COVER. O WATER FOI? THE LIVESTOCK IS PROVIDED BY SIX FLAT PONDS SIMILAR TO THIS 0$E AND AROUND THE BUILDINGS FROM ARTESIAN WILLS. WILL CIARJC AND HIS FATHER ALSO HAVE ABOUT 600 ACRES IN TIMBER LAND. 100 ACRES OF I T I S , CARRIED UNDER A TIMBER STAND IMPROVEMENT t. PROGRAM. MOST OF THE TIMBER I S HARDWOODS. ALL OF THE PASTURE LAND I S FENCED AND CROSS FENCED AND WILL CLARK I S NOW WORKING ON GETTING ALL H I S LAND UNDER FENCE. HE USED TO BRING ALL HIS CATTLE TO THE BARN IN THE WINTERTIME BUT I S NOW GETTING THE FENCING IN SUCH SHAPE THAT THEY CAN STAY OUT THE YEAR ROUND, WHERE THEY WILL HAVE ADEQUATE SHELTHU SLIDE FARMJL7 3 MEN MR. W,T. CLARK SENIOR j I S ALWAYS READY AND ABLE TO HELP HIS SON WITH W FOR_ BY_ LBT CONTINUITY DATE_ TIME- VIDEO AUDIO ALL FARM PROBLEMS, AND H i t SESSIONS SUCH AS E 1 I S ONE WITH KILL JUNIOR AND COUNTY AGENT PAT MCG0ICAN, MAVE BEEN HELD OVER MB YEARS. MR. WILL CLARK, SENIOR HAS BSEN THE GUIDING LIGHT OF 1HIS SUCCESSFUL FATHEB-SQN PARK PROGRAM. SLIDE FARM?18 fe TO FREEZER T MRS. WILL CLARK JUNIOR AND THE TWO GIRLS ALSO PLAY A VERY IMPORTANT PAST IN THE FARM AM2) HOME PROGRAM, THE CIA RIPS HAVE ABOUT AN ACRE 01 OF GARDEN AID MUCH OF IT GOES INTO THIS FOOD FREEZER. THEY FREEZE ABOUT 2,S?0 POUNDS ½F FOOD EACH YEAR AND IN ADDITION MRS. CLARK AID THE GIRLS CAN ABOUT 100 JARS OF PRESERVES, R E L I S H , BEETS AND SO FORTH, 19 YEAR OLD HARIB AND 13 YEAR OLD CATHERINE LACEY PLAY A VERY IMPORTANT PART IN THE H0MEMAKXNG ERO&RAM, SLIDE FARM,] CLARK HAS A COMPLETELY MODERN HOME. I T WAS MRS. REMODELED THREE YEARS AGO AT WHICH TIME THEY MORE THAN DOUBLED THE FLOOR SPACE. MOST OF HER TIMS I S SPENT IN THE KITCHEN OR IN SEWING AND MAKING EVENING CLOTHES F « HER WO TEEN.AGE SLIDE FARM-20 DIKING ROOM DAUGHTERS. ? HER HOME I S BEAUTIFUL THROUGHOUT ANI SHOWS VERY GOOD TASTE IN THE FURNISHING AND DECOR OF THE ROOMS. MRS. CXARK LOVES TO SQf AJfl DAUGHTER CATHERINE LACEf ffOBS; WITH HER FLOSQSS. SLIDE FAgJt-31 GIRL & ROOM WHOSE NICKNAME I S AICHIE, HAS A HOBBY OF W FOR_ L BT CONTINUITY DATE_ TIME_ VIDEO AUDIO COLLECTING STUFFED DOGS, HERE WE SEE HER IN SHE I S A CHEER HER ROOM WITH A FEW OF THEM. LEEDER IN Y1XOO CITY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL AID PLA1 PLUTB IN HIS SCHOOL BAND, LAST YEAR SLIE WAS HEH OTHER HOBBY SHE AND S I S I « ALSO PEE WEúL FOOTBALL QUEI2J. I S RIDING EM SADDLE HORSE. SLIDE FARM-22 2 GIRLS MARIE ALSO LOVE MUSIC AHD SPEND MANY DELIGHTFUL HOURS WITH THEIR RECORD PLAYER. MARIE I S ATTENDING SCHOOL AT M.S.C.W. WHERE SHE I S A 'ME ROGUES SOCIAL CLUB, ACTIVE I I THE WSSTMDFSTAI FELLOWSHIP AND INTERESTED IN THE DRAMATICS CLUB. MARIE TOO HAS A HORSE AND LOVES TO RIBE. T H I S . YEAR SHE REPRESENTED YAZ00 CITY IN THE SLIDE ffARM-2 2 GI M I S S X I S MISSISSIPPI CONTEST. I N ENGLISH AND PLANS TO TEACH* 31 B I S MAJORING AICHI1 HOPES . TO GO TO M.S.C.W. AND MAJOR IN HOME ECONOMICS, T H I S URGE BACKYARD I S THE SCENE OF MANY SOCIAL ACTIVITIES OF THESE TWO CHARMING YOUNG SLIDE FARM-23 ALDIES AND ALSO FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY. WILL CIARK JUNIOR LOVES TO COOK OUT AND I S KEPT Q U I T 1 BUSY BARBEQUING F ½ THE WHOLE FAMILY LOVES COliiUNITY ACTIVITIES. THEIR HOME AND THEIR ME WAY OF LIFE AND ENJOY I T TO fHE UTMOST. CAMERA OH FAMILY WILL CLARK JUNIOR FAMILY ARE VERY ACTIVE IN THEIR CHURCH. THEY ARE MEMBERS OF THE YAZQG W LBT CONTINUITY DATE_ TIME. FOR, BY_ VIDEO AUDIO C I T Y PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WHERE MR. CLARK I S A DEACON, MRS, CLARK IS A TEACHES OF H E YOUNG ADULTS SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS AND MARIE TEACHES THE PIONEERS. WILL CIAHK WAS BUS F U S T PRESIDE! OF THE MEN OP TAB CHURCH AID MRS. CLARK I S ACTIVE IN WOMEN'S WORK AMD HELPS WITH ME YOUTH ACTIVITIES, OF THE PIONEERS, AICHIE I S SOCIAL CHAIRMAN WILL CLAR1C JUNIOR I S ALSO A S O I L CONSERVATION DISTUCT COMMISSIONER FOR YAZOO COUNTY, A COMUNITY COMMITTEEMAff OF THE A , S , C . # MEMBER OF ME MISSISSIPPI LIVESTOCK PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION, MiiMBER OF THE DELTA COUNCIL AND FARM BUREAU* WU WILL CIARK SENIOR I S A DIRECTOR OF THE CO-OP $XM AND THE STAPLE CO COTTON ASSOCIATION. MR. AND MRS. WILL CLARK JUNIOR AND OHE CHILDREN ARE MEMBERS OF THE YAZOO CITY COUNTRY CLUB, I HAVE ONLY TOUCHES IHERE'S MUCH ON THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS STORY, MORE, BUT LET'S HEAR THE REST FROM THE FAMILY.
