W Farm Faaily of the Week JY_ Howagi Langfltt VIDEO LBT CONTINUITY 1 2 8 2 5 - 1 iQQ May 2Jt AUDIO p.m. I960 GAMERA ON LANGPITT I WANT TO SAY I N THE VERY BEGINNING THAT I AM DIMPLY GRATEFUL TO SMITH COUNTY AGRICULTURAL A G E N T , MR, TRUETT BUFKIN, FOR HIS VERY FINE HELP I N SELECTING THE FAMILY WHICH WE SALUTE TODAY AND FOR GOING WITH Ml TO THKIR FARM AMD HOME TO H E L P ME OBTAIN THE STORY WHICH I AH NOW GOING TO TELL. T H I S I S Tiki STORY OF MB. AND MRS. ROY E , SLIDE FARM-1 FAMILY MARTIN AND THKIR TWO CHILDREN, MICHELLE AND R E G I N A , WHO LIVE I N RALIBGH, M I S S I S S I P P I , WHERE THa.Y OifciiATK A PKiiD H I L L AW HOUSES AW BROIL1IR PRODUCTIOH I T ' S ALSO fifis STOHY OF THEIR SEVEN PARKS WHICH THEY D I F F M i i i N T POULTRY UNITS OF fVfU SLIDE PARM?2 HOUSE O M IW mAT W MRS, ^ Mihk. THIS I S TBE HOME OF MB. AND HOME BUILT BY MRS, MARTX1PS IffiAR COLUMBIA ROY GREW UP IM HOY M A S f H # # * , A Af? MOTHfciR. jm THE KOKOMO COMMUNITY OF MARION COUMTY. H I S LOVELY WIFE JEAN SAYS SHt, SPENT HER LOCATIONS. HER GIRLHOOD IN S^VMRAL 1>WÑWu«S FATHER WAS ONOB A OOITHTY AGENT AID THEN LATER SLIDE FARM-: TWO PEOPLE D I S T R I C T CONSERVATIONIST. SHE AND ROY MET WHEN BEFORE HER HER Pt.MILY WAS LIVING I N COLUMBIA m$mu&& wm n&m ms JEAN DEDEAUX. SHE AND ROY MARTIN WERE MaRRIED I N 1 9 4 6 . AT THA!f TIME ROY WAi HE DID THAT KUNMING A ""MEJV2 MARKET AND G-ROCERY. OP WORK UNTIL HE WENT INTO SERVICE I N HE kAS G&LLte) UP WITH THE NATIONAL GUARD AND W L BT CONTINUITY TIME. DATE_ VIDEO AUDIO RETURNED CHRISTMAS OP 1 9 5 1 . AT THAT TIME, JEAN'S FATHER, WHO WAS IN THE POULTRY BUSINESS IN RALIEGH, PRODUCING 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 BROILERS AND FROOESSI* BAGGED FEED, OFFERED ROY MARTIN, HIS SON-IN-LAW AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN THE BUSINESS AND THAT HE D I D , UNDER, AS HE AND COUNTY AGENT BUFKIN SAY, am OP Tin? BEST TEACHERS IN THE BUSINESS, HERE WE SEE MR. AND MRS, ROY MARTIN IK THE OFFICE OP THAT BUSINESS TODAY. SLIDE FARM-k SHE DOES MOST OP THE OFFICE mm AND HE DOBS THE OUTSIDE WORK. ROY MARTXJf CHICKEN HOUSES STARTED AT THE BOTTOM T T THE POULTRY BUSINESS ANú I LEARNED EVERY PHASE OP IT. I? IS WELL THAT HE DID FOR MR. ItaDEAUX LOST HIS LIFE IN A TBAGTOR AOOIDESW OH CHRISTMAS EVE OF 1954 AND THE JOB OP KEEPING 5HE BUSINESS CJOING IMMEDIATELY PELL ON THE SHOULDERS OF ROY MARTIN. ROY BOUGHT MR. DEDBATXC?3 INTEREST AND FORMED k PARTNERSHIP WITH JEAN'S MOTHER...AN OPERATION T E T COHTINUED UNTIL SHK PASSED AV/AY IN 19^7 AT WHICH TIME ROY BOUGHT SLIDE PAHM-g CHICKEN HOUSES HER INTEREST PROM THE OTHER HEIRS AND IS NOW SOLE OWNER. SINCE THAT TIME THEIR POULTRY OPERATION HAS H a J MORE 7H&I DOUBLED. ROY 14ARTIN HAS BUILT fJH lij. POULTRY HOUSES SINCE MR. DEDEAUX'S DEATH... 12 OP THEM SINCE HE TOOK OVER COMPLETE CONTROL IN 1957. HE HAG POULTRY ON EVERY ONE OP FIVE FARMS WITH FROM TWO TO FIVE BROILER HOUSES AT EACH W L BT CONTINUITY TIME. DATE_ VIDEO AUDIO OPERATION. IN THESE HOUSES HE PRODUCES 2 0 0 , 0 0 0 HE HAS ANOTHER 100,000 ROY B I R D S BACH TBS WEEKS. BL1DE FARM-6 CHICKS B I R D S OUT ON CONTRAGT WITH POUR GROWERS. MARTIN SELLS 3 0 , 0 0 0 BIRDS A WfcEK AND PUTS 3 0 , 0 0 0 B I R D S IN HOUSES EACH WEEK, EVERY STAGE OP PRODUCTION. HE HAS BROILERS IN THEY ARE MOVED TO SEVEN OP MARKET WHEN THEY ABE NINE W&JK3 OLD. THK HOUSES SAVE AUTOMATIC FEEDERS. . ,,ALL OP TlffiH HAVK AUTOMATIC WATERERS WITH BIGHT FOOT DRINKERS, SLIDE FARM-7 CHICKENS THE HOUSES HOLD FROM 1 0 'ú0 I ? THOUSAND BIRDS EACH AMD SOS HJHBS A Pi.HIL'M TO CARE FOR EACH FARM U N I T . HE GIVES THEM A HOUbE AND PAYS THEM BI THE WxiK, úMB WHBTHEK fHfiY S T A Y OR NOT DEPENDS ON I K S LP};iICIKNCY OP TI1BIR PRODUCTION. ROY I S THE F I E L D MAN FOR ALL TLL1 PRODUCTION INCLUDING THB GROWERS OH COHTKACT. CONVvERSIOI i.VimAGHS iiOY MARTIN?S PEED 3 9 TO I 4 . 0 . . . . 3 9 - 1 4 - 0 POUNDS OF THERE ARE POUR m-:-AT FOB KACH 1 0 0 POUNDS OP FKtSJD, SLIDE FARM-8 HOUSE & MILL MEN WHO WORK I N THE MILL IN RALIEGH. MRS. MARTIN OVBRSKES THE MILL OPERATION \ilihh ROY I S G-ONE AND IT'S A SHE SAYS KL f , s GONE MOST OP THE T I M E , CONVBHIKNT OP^KATION FOR HER BECAUSE, AS YOU CAN SL'E"", I T STANDS RIGHT BEHIND THE HOUSE Al« E A 3 I TO DIVIDE HER TIME BETWEEN THE TWO. IT*S HER POTHER STARTED Tlffi OPERATION WITH ONE 5 , 0 0 0 BIRD HOUSE OP HIS OWH AND SOME GROWERS AND HE D I D N ' T W LBT CONTINUITY TIMEDATE_ VIDEO AUDIO SLIDE FARM-9 MILL HAVE THE MILL THEN, TODAY ROY MARTIN HAS A 1 2 I N C H MILL WITH A MIXING CAPACITY OP 6 0 TOMS A DAY, MR. DfcDEAUX INSTALLED THE F I R S T MILL AND OHE MIXER ABOUT A SEAS ixFTER ROY CAME INTO THE SLIDE PARM-10 HIM, O P E R A T I O N . NOW THE MILL HAS TWO MIXERS, A HAMM5R M I L L , TWO SIX TON HOLDING TANK WITH A NINE INCH XSGLXHB AUGER TAKING PEED FROM THE MIXER. HAS $0 TONS OP CORN STORAGE AND 2$ TONS OP IT SLIDE MIXERS CONCENTRATE STORAGE WITH A 'FIFTY FO<k ELEVATOR PROK STORAGE TO DISTRIBUTE IifCHlUDIRNTS TO EA5H 2AHK½ r ^ D I C i i ^ I O H ú3 FU'r IM THL FEED AND OTHER* W I S E ROY HftRTIH ]}IEDICATKS H I S 1?LOCKS AS THEY JffiED I T . Ill, USK3 A STRICT WiGOIEftTEION PROGRAM. AT WdlM DAYS Ht VAOCIIL.TL-8 FOR KEWGASTLE AHD SLIDE PARM-12 BULK TRUCK K ! O ! f G H I T I S . . . E E P E A T I ! K J THE NEWCASTLE AT FOUR l & i i K S AHD HL ALSO WORiiS TIEK .,0? FOUR AND SEVEN w ELK3. T i l l 3 IS ROY riARTIN HAS GONE BULK SIHCh 1 9 5 7 AND H I S BULK DELIVERY TRUCK. HE I S STILL GROWIHG I H TBM BROILER BUSINESS AMD WANTS TO 3 E PRODUCING A HALI*""1 ICLLIOH ZH ANOTHER YEAR. ROX SLIDE FARM~13 TRUCK STORAGE li&Y« HE, Q&U DO T H I S WITH THE SAlffi EQUIPMENT AND L ^ B O H . . . 1 I - mVW M1BD ONLY ADDITIONAL HOUSES. HE WOULD PLAN TO DO THIS ON A CONHLACT BASIS AND THAT HE FIGURES WOULD BE A MAXIMUM OPERATION FOR HM½ H0Y « s THREE TRUCKS THAT CAN DELIVER 3390 C:iI^K.IiJTS EACH ABB ONE THAT Si N DELIVER 2 2 8 0 BSSHDS W LBT CONTINUITY TIME_ DATE. FOK. BY__. VIDEO AUDIO MAKING A TOTAL DELIVERY CAPACITY AT ONE TIMS OF 1 4 , 9 5 0 BIRDS. THEY GO TO MARKET WEIGHING PROM THIS PICTURE ú . 2 0 TO 3.if-0 POUSDSON THE AVERAGE. SLIDE FARM- I N THE HATCHERY TELLS OF ANOTHER PliA.SE OP THE MARTIN PROGRAM. THE HATCHERY WAS PUT IN I N 1 9 5 1 ROY HATCHED HI* BATCHER AND HAS A 7 6 , 0 0 0 CHICK CAPACITY. OWN CHICKS UNTIL LAST YEAR WHEN THEY GO SO GHEA? AMD SHUT HE: STARTED BUYING THEM. Tft. COST OP CH3 C H I C K S I S GOING UP AGAIN A1TD HE V,JILL PROBABLY B E T V R N TO H A T T I N G LGAD1. BJUUBATORS hhl) SHKRS ARE POUR SifiY STAY I N Jlffi QMh B&TOHKBy. INCUBATOR 1 8 L^YS AMD IN fflE HATCHERY THREE TO FOUR DATffi, WHEN HE OPKHS m & It^TCHERY AGAIN HE FLOCKS AND WILL INCREAú HOY SAYS AS LOHG AS WILL PU? OUT IlATGliUIG WQ TKfa SIZE OF TiO^ Hft^CHLBy. THE PRICi, OF GHICES WZZii' &2AX Ri^SOlTABLE HE WOULE M T i Q J R NOT FOOL WITH I T . FBRVIIiZSEiiR PROM THE SLIDE PARM?lg COWS CHICKEN HOUSLS GOES I N T J 3IIILUING PASTURE WHICH I N TURN BUILDS B E E P . THEY mW HAD BEKP CATTLE UI-TTIL LAST EVER SINCE ROY JOZHEO THE OHiRAi'ION. Y&& m tihD m.KEPORDS B^iT HK SOLD THEM AND RE^ HE STARTED WITH Z$ HL WOULD LIKE TO SLIDE FARM-16 CATTJE .'iVOCKfcID IrflTli i^LAOK ANGUS. BROOD COWS AND NOW HAS 3 0 HEAD.' INCREASE TO 5 0 TO 6 0 HEAD TO TAKE CARE OP THE GRASS HE HAS. HE FOLLOWS A COMMERCIAL COW AND SLIDE FARM~17 GALP PROGRAM SELLING THE OALVES MILK PAT OPP THE W LBT CONTINUITY TIME. JY VIDEO DATE_ AUDIO COW. ROY GETS A 9 0 TO 9 5 PERCENT CALF CROP AM> WATER FOR THE CATTU CREEP FEEDS ALL THE CALVES. I S SUPPLIED PROM STOCK POHDS AID RUNNING STREAMS SLIDE FARM-18 PASTURE ROY HAS 2 0 0 ACRES OP OPEN PASTURE CONSISTING P R I M A R I L Y OP BAHAIA, DALLI3 AW AND WHITE DUTCH CLOVER. BERMUDA GRASS HB JUST FINISHED PUTTING HL CLIPS H I S OUT 2 0 ACRES 0 ? BAHAIA GRASS. SLIDE FARM-I9 men Inp pasture PASTURES TWICE A YEAR AND POT DOWN TEN ACRES OF OATS I H THE WINTER TO GRAZE ALL THE ifeY DOWN, AS HOY, OH THE L E F T , JJCPI*JEIIS To COUNTY AGENT TRUSTS 3UKCIH, HE HAS FLKII'ii OF1 FERTILIZER HBADILY AVi.ILABL^ 30 lit, HKALLI PIURS I T TO H I S SLIDE PARM-20 HOGS PASTURES. HOY i-l/iRTIlG I S ALSO IN THE HOG BUSIHES HE HAS POiJH 1JUR00 AHD TIIRLL Hi,MPSHIRE SOWS AND A LASDRAOE BOi.K. HE ALSO ili.S 7 5 FKSDKR PIGS ON P E E D . . . 2 5 OP THBH WILL GO TO liARKET THIS WEEK OH flfcKT, YEARS. 2IL BA3 3EEM I H TkE HOG BUSINESS FOR THREE HE I S AT A MAXIMUM AMD I S I N THE HOG PROGRAM ONLY TO UTILIZ.B THE SCIiAP PEED AROUND THE SLIDE PARM-21 TIMBER MILL. TIMBER, ROY MARTIN ALSO HAS $Q ACRES OP YOUNG PIME m PKOTECTS I T PROM P I R E AND SOME OF I T WORK DOI., OK I T . THE LAST TWO HAS ffiD i ' . S . I . TSkm ROY HAS DONE CONSIDERABLE1 LAND CLEARING TO IWSO PASTURE, ROY MARTIN'S TOTAL BKUfG HEW LAW LHFM OWKIHCfS ARE 3 9 0 ACRES. . MOW, LET ME Ti^LL SLIDE PARM-22 B R I E F L Y OP MRS, MARTIN'S HOMBMAKINO PROGRAM. L BT TIME. CONTINUITY JY_. VIDEO DATE_ AUDIO BECAUSE SHE HAS TWO BIG J O B S . . . O N E OP RAISING m o YOUNG DAUGHTERS, AND TUB OTHKR OP OVERSEEING THE MILL OPERATION, SHE DOES HOT GARDEN, HER M I D , INSTBAJ WHOSE HUSBAND I S ONE OP ROY'S OROWSRS, MRS, MARTIN BUYS THE BBED DOES THE GARDENING. AND PAYS THE GARDENING EXPENSES AND THE MAID AND HER HUBBAHD CARE FOR I T A11D THEN BOTH FAMILIES SLIDE 3ARM-23* CASHED POOD USE FROM I T . PROM THE GARDEN AND MEAT SUPPLY AND OTHER FOODS PURCHASED FOR PRESERVATION, MRS, MARTIKf EACH YEM FREJESiiiS ABOUT 2 , 0 0 0 POIIHDS OP M Da, ,.,HS. MARTIN ALSO POOD FOR TiiU K.AIiri'3 Oi;HS A FLW J ½ R 3 OP SlJOlt !Z?IIHG5 AS JAMS AND J E L L I E S s PICKLES AIID PRUIT J U I G K S . SLIDE PARM-21}. WCKftl I N KITOJffiN L I K K 3 VO COOK hUD I S A QuOi) Offis. ffflS. MART I F R0Y1 SAYS SHE IE OUGK IS EAKLS . H ESPECIALLY GOOD SiiRIMP GUMBO. SHI'; SPKTOS A LOT OF TZML AT TiiL OPPIGL I T SUCH inIúAT SHE GAM KKb? AH iS3ú ON GHILDRElf PROM T i l t , OFFICE WINDOW OR ON 9PHB OFFICE PROM THE K I T - H E N WINDOW. SLIDE TWO GIRLS SHK SPEND?i A LOT OP HER TIME WITH DAUGHTERS MICHELLE AND H L G I H A . . . . T W O REAL L I T ILL OHARMUtS. TIIEY AND HER HUSMM) ARE MRS. I ^ R T I M ' S KK M 2 H R E S P O N S I B I L I T I E S AIID HER LOVES TOO. CAMERA ON PAMILX MRS. AND MRS. ROY MARTIN BELONG TO THE F I H S T BAPTIST CHURCH OP RALJEGH WHERE ROY I S A DEACON AND SUPERINTENDENT OP THE SUNDAY SCHOOL AFF .THAN I S YOUNG PEOPLE'S DEPAHTMENT SUPERINTEND W LBT CONTINUITY TIMEDATE- VIDEO AUDIO KMT. JELSO SHE I S A LEADER ABB ROY I S A SPONSOR I I I THE JUSflOR DEPARTMENT OP TRAINING UNION, ALSO JEAN i-lARTIN AND mUEST THE SUNBEAM GLASS, SCHOOL PRINCIPAL. WOMEN'S CLUB. 3UFKINS WIPE HAVE MRS. MARTIN I S VACATION BIBLB SHE I S A MEMBER OP THE RALIBG1 ROY 1 3 A MASON, MEMBER OF THE M I S S I S S I P P I POULTRY IMPROVEMENT ASSOCLITION AND THE NATIONAL BROILER COUHCIJ THE MAKTIN'S ALSO ROY'S BELONG TO THL SMITH COUNTY PARK BUREAU. H 0 B B I U 3 ARJS HUIJTIIJU A U i YZSBXSG. MRS. MARTIN SAY HEH HOBBIES ARi. 5PWO ABU MOST OP THE TIME TKEIR* I I I THL YAHD..½.BUT SiiL DUi,S LIKE TO P I S H WHEN 3HE OA.N, YOU W 1. 2. MOW, III THB TIMb THAT R-.MAIHS I MAM? M23BT ^ H ^ S F l l f i , P A M I L i . HISTOHX Or YuUR LAND PURCHASES. iAGiOR ON YOUR GOING FATHER? HOY, GIVL I S i WiiAT WAS TliB D hGIDJMi} .INTO THL POULTRY BROGRAtt WITH J M N ' S 3. * 9 WHAT ARL YOUR HOPES FOR TM& FUTURE? JEAH, HOW OLD ARE THL GIRLS? WliAT ARL YOUR HOPfcS i'OR ThLH? (?>. DO YOU ithCOMIEND THIS DUAL OPERATION OF l^JhLll, UZFE AND BUSINESS PARTNER? 7. WHAT HELPS YOU MOST IN YOUR WORK?
