W FOR Farm Fa wily nf t h e Week L BT CONTINUITY HATF TIME F r i . Sept, 2 8 , 19S6 VIDEO AUDIO CAMERA ON LAHGFITT I AM VERY GRATEFUL TO ISAQUENA COUNTY AGENT B I L L FLEMMING AND TO GEORGE BARRY, THE ASSISTS COUNTY AGENT OF BOTH ISSAQUiiNA AND SHARKEY COUNTIES, AND TO THE ISSAQUENA COUNTY HOME DEMONSTRATION AGENT, MARY HARPOLE, FOR THEIR VERY WONDERFUL HELP I N S E E C TING THE FAMILY WE SALUTE TODAY ANB IN GOING WITH ME TO THE FARM TO OBTAIN THE S TORY WE ARE ABOUT TO TELL THIS I S A STORY OF COURAGE AND DETERMINATION. SLIDE HOUSE I T I S THE STORY OF MRS. G . C . PORTER AND HER THREE WONDERFUL CHILDREN AND THEIR DBTERMINATH TO CONTINUE TO LIVE ON THEIR LAND AND MAKE THE LIVLIHOOD FROM I T . BOTH MR. AND MRS. G . C . PORTER GREW UP NEAR ANGUILLA, M I S S I S S I P P I , I N THE SAME COMMUNITY AND FINISHED HIGH SCHOOL TOGETHER AT SILVER CITY. THEY WERE MARRIED IN 1 9 3 9 AND STARTED OUT MRMING RENTING 40 ACRES OF UNO NE?R ANGUILLA. SLIDE FARM-2 OLD HOUSE IN 1945 MR. AND MRS. G . C . PORTER BOUGHT THEIR PRESENT 10 ACRES OF LANS ABOUT 23 MILES SOUTH OF ROLLING FORK, NEA! ; VALLEY PARK, IN ISSAQUENA COUNTY, THEY BOUGHT THE FA@C THROUGH THE OLD FARM SECURITY ADMINISTRATION AND MOVED INTO THIS OLD TENNANT HOUSE, THE ONLY BUILDING ON THE IAND. m E 0NL1 MODERN FACILITY THEY HAD IS HIE BEGINNING WAS W FOR_ BY LBT CONTINUITY DATE_ TIME_ VIDEO AUDIO 3LECTRICITY. THEY LIVED IN THIS HOUSE ABOUT FOUR YEARS WHILE THEY WERE GETTING ESTABLISHED AND SAVING ENOUGH MONEY TO BUILD THE COMFORTAB] SLIDE FARM-3 HOUSE MODERN HOME THEY LIVE IN TODAY. TOBAY'S HOME I S MODERN IN EVERY WAY WITH THE NECESSARY CONVENIENCES TO MAKE LIVINC WORTHWHILE. I T HA! BEEN A STRUGGLE OVER THE YEARS OF RAISING A FA1 SLIDE FARM-4 BARF FAMILY AND BUILDING THE NECESSARY FARM BUILDIN TO CARE FOR THEIR CROPS AND LIVESTOCK, AND MEET THE MORTGAGE NOTES AS THEY ARE DUE. HOWEVER, THE REAL STORY OF COURAGE M D DETERMINATION THAT I WANT TO TELL TODAY I S THE ; RESULT OF A TRAGEDY ONE YEAR AGO THIS MONTH, I T WAS JUST A YEAR AGO THAT MR. G.C. PORTER SUDDENLY WAS STRICKEN DOWN WITH A HEART ATTACK THAT IN ONE INSTilN T TOOK FROM THIS FAMILY THEIR HUSBAND AND FATHER. SLIDE A FjA RjLX 20 MRS. PORTER WAS LEFT SUDDENLY WITH THE GRAVE RESPONSIBILITY OF CARING FOR AND RAISING THREE CHILDREN, CLIFTON AGE 1 4 , ELOISE, AGE 1 1 AND PEGGY JEAN AGE TWO. MRS. PORTER NEVER GAVE ANY THOUGHT TO LEAVING THE FARM SHE AND MR. PORTER HAD WORKED SO HARD TO OBTAIN FOR THEIR FAMILY, AND AFTER THE SHOCK OF B1BIR LOSS WAS OYER SHE SET TO WORK TO PROVIDE A LIVING FOR HER FAMILY. OTTLY a ? W FOR_ BY LBT CONTINUITY DATE_ TIME_ VIDEO AUDIO SLIDE - 7 ? . ? ; * "" : ??:'"". ,'"":""; FARM* XOTfO. COTT ON HAD ALWAYS BEEN THEIR PRINCIPLE CASH CROP AND IT CONTINUES TO BE. WORKS THE WHOLE FAMILT CLIFTON THE IN THE HOME AND IN THE FIELD. WHO I S NOW I S DOES MUCH OF THE WORK. NEIGHBORS HELP BREAK THE LAND IN THE SPRING, AND DAY LABOR I S HIRED FOR CHOPPING THE COTTON AND PICKING SOIffil ºF I T . MRS. PORTER, CLIFTON THEY HAVE AND ELOISE HOE OUT THEIR CROP. 1 4 . 7 ACRES OF COTTON THAT WILL AVERAGE BETTER THAN TWO BALES TO WE ACRE. COTTON THEY POISONS AND ; DEFOLIATE THEIR COTTON AND PICK I T MECHANICALS WHEN POSSIBLE, THOUGH THIS YEAR MUCH OF I T HAS I TO BE PICKED BY HAND. FIFTEJ3N YEAR OLD CLIFTO3 HAS A ONE ACRE 4½H CLUB COTTON PROJECT THAT | WILL AVERAGE ABOVE TWO BALES. IN FACT CLIFTON HAS WON fHE COUNTY ONE AtfRB CONTEST IN 4-H CLU] WORK TWO YEARS. POISONING FOR INSECTS I F THE BIGGEST FARM EXPENSE AND MRS, PORTER SAYS THAT COULD DO REAL WELL I F I T WASN'T FOR SLIDE FARM-7 HAVING TO BUY EXPENSIVE INSECTICIDES. EVEN SO THE FARM PROVIDES AN ADEQUATE LIVING FOR THIS F I F E FAMILY EVM THOUGH 22 ACRES OF THE 70 IS I N SCRUB HARDWOOD TIMBER. CLIFTON TAKES CARE OF THE PLANTING, TENDING AND HARVESTING OF THE CROPS AND IEVER MISSES A DAY OF SCHOOL. IN W LBT CONTINUITY DATE_ TIME^ FOR_ BY_. VIDEO AUDIO FACT HE I S PRETTY MUCH ABLE TO LEAD THE SAME L I F E AS ANY NORMAL I S YEAR OLD BOY, THEY HAVJB F I V E ACRES I I COBN AND MOST OF I T I S FED TO THEIR CATTLE, HOGS AND CHICKENS. THEIR CORN AVERAGES ABOUT 60 BUSHELS TO THE ACRE AND WIEK THEY HAVE A SURPLUS THEY SELL I T OH THE MARKET SLIDE FARM-8 SOYBEANS THE OTHER CROP WHICH I S IMPORTANT TO THIS FAR8 PROGRAM I S SOYBEANS. MRS. PORTER AND THE CHILDREN HAVE 20 ACRES IN OGBEN BEANS AND THE? SELL ALL THEIR BEANS FOR HEEDED CASH INCOME. THEffi SOYBSAS CROP AVERAGES ABOUT 4 5 BUSHELS | TO THE ACRE. MRS, PORTER M B HER CHILDREN RELY VERY MUCH ON THEIR COUNTY AGRICULTURAL LEADERS AND TRY TO FOLLOW THEIR ADVICi, AS NEARLY AS THEY ARE ABLE. ASSISTANT COUNTY AGENT, GEORGE BARRY, NOT ONLY ADVISES CLIFTON 0 1 HIS 4-H CLUB PROJECTS BUT HELPS HIM IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE ON THE WHOLE FARM PROGRAM. SLIDE THE PORTER'S HAVE ALL TUB FAM MACH3BRY TOR NECESSARY TO CARRY ON THEIR FARM PROGRAWo TWO TRACTORS, PLANTERS AID CULTIVATING * T THEY O N AN INTEREST IN A SPRAY RIG W AND CORN PICKER WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS. MRS, G . C . PORTER AND THE CHILDREN KEEP OILY ENOUGH SLIDE COWS LIVESTOCK TO PROVIDE MEAT AND MILK. THEY HAVE W LBT CONTINUITY DATETIME_ FOR- VIDEO AUDIO TWO JERSEY COIfS TO SUPPLY MILK FOE Effi TABLE A AND FOR COOKING, MS. PORTER, CLIFTON AND S L O I S E ALL MILK, DEPENDING ON WHICH HAS THE T I M E TO DO I T WHEN MILKING TIMS COMES. THEY SAVE HiEIR BEST HEIFERS FOR REPLACEMENT AND S E L L THEIR COWS AS THEY GIT OLD AID THEIR CALVES I F XHEY DON'T NEED A REPLACEMENT HEIFER, THEY ONLY HAVE ABOUT 5 ACRES OF PASTURE AND ARE DEFINITELY NOT I N THE CATTLE BUSINESS EXCEPT FOR MEAT AND MILK FOR THE FAMILY. R A I S E A BEEF FOR THE LOCKER EVERY TEAR* SLIDE PIG THEY THERE I S A PIG CHAIN IN ISSAQUENA COUNTY AND CLIFTON HAS ONE OF THE GILTS OBTAINED THROUGH THE CH*B T H I S GILT WILL BE BRED AND FROM HER LITTER CLIFTON WILL RETURN ONE GILT TO THE CHAIN FOR ANOTHER 4½H CLUB BOYX AND HE WILL RAISE THB REST FOR FOOD AND FOR MARKET. MRS, PORTER AND THE CHILDREN ALSO ALWAYS PUT A HOG I N THE LOCKER PLANT. SLIDE FARM-12 ORCHARD MRS. PORTER AND HER CHILDREN R A I S E PRACTICALLY ALL 2HE FOOD THE? NEED RIGHT ON THEIR FARM. I THEY HAVE AN ORCHARD OF ABOU3P AN ACRE OF PEACH, APPLE AND FIG TREES FROM WHIC MRS. PORTER CANS MANY JARS OF FRUIT. SLIDE FARM-13 THEY ALSO HAVE ABOUT A QUARTER OF AN ACRE YEAS ROUND GARDEN FROM WICIH THEY HAVE FRESH VEGETABLES W LBT CONTINUITY s FOR_ BY DATE_ TIME_ VIDEO AUDIO AND CAN ALL THE SURPLUS FOR KINTER USE, THEY HAVE ALL THEIR MEAT CURED AND THEN PUT I N THE LOCKER PLANT IN VICKSBURG ABOUT 20 MILES AWAY, SLIDE FAKNL11 CANNED FOOD M R S . PORTER AND ELOISE CAN ABOUT 3 0 0 QUARTS OP FOOD EACH YEAR AND HER PANTRY I S WELL STQCI^D FOR THIS WINXER?S FOOD NEEDS, CLIFTON ALSO HAS 2 4 HENS FROM THE SEARS 4~H CLUB POULTRY CHAIN AFB THESE CHICKENS PROVIDE EGGS FOR THE FAMILY AND ENOUGH FOR SALE OF THE SURPLUS TO ADD TO THE FAMILY INCOME, SLIDE ^ KITCHEN I THE PORTER?S HAD MORE CHICKENS BUT LAST SPRING SOMEONE CAME THROUGH THE COUNTRY AND TOOK CHICKENS FROM ; PRACTICALLY EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY INCLTOBU THREE DOZEN HENS BADLY NEEDED BY MRS, PORTER iAND CHIIPRQf, ELOISE HELPS MOTHER VERY MUCH IN THE HOUSE I N PRESERVING AND COOKING POOD AlfD IN CARING FOR THREiS YEAR OLD PEGGY JEAN. THE MINUTE ELOISE CAME I N FROM SCHOOL LAST MONDAY AFTERNOON WHILE I WAS AT THE FARM SHE SAT DOÑN TO STUDY HMR HOME WORK BEFORE THE FARM CHORES HAD TO BE DONE. MRS, SLIDE FARM-16 P O R T E ! HAS A COMPLETELY MOBERN FARM HOME BUT I T NEEDS SOME RENOVATION WORK AND THIS FALL | SHE AND THE CHILDREN P U N TO SHEETROCK AND CELOTfiX THE HOUSE, REPAIffT, PUT UP I W CURTAIN KTfUli W L BT CONTINUITY FOR_ BY DATE_ TIME_ VIDEO AUDIO AND GENERALLY REDECORATE. MRS, PORTER GETS SLIDE FAl HELP FROM HE? HOME DEMONSTRATION CLUB AGENT, MARY HARP0LE, AID TOGETHER THEY WORX OUT THE PLANS FOR IMPROVING THIS FARM HOME AND THE FAMILY'S LITE AT HOME PROGRAM. NOT ONLY DOES THIS WIDOWED MOTHER AND HER CHILDREN WORK HARD TO KEEP UP THEIR FARM AJJD HOME* BUT THEY ALSO FORK H½RD IN THEIR CHURCH AND THEIR >, -;?-, CQ?#JUNITY TO MAKE I T A BETTER PLACE IN WHICH TO LIVE AND RAISE A FAMILY. PIANO 12 YEAR OLD SLIDE .JAR&JL8 GIRL iff ELOISE CHURCH PIANIST AT THE fALLEY PARK BAPTIST CHURCH WHERE THE FAMILY ATTENDS REGULARLY, ELOISE I S ALSO SECRETARY OF HER IN FACT ELOISE AND BROTHER LOCAL 4-H CLUB. CLIFTON HAVEN*T KISSED SUNDAY SCHOOL ONE TIME I N THREE YEARS AID WILL GET THEIR THREE YEAR P I N S THIS YEAR FOR fERFECT SUNDAY SCHOOL SLIDE ATTENDANCE. IN FACT, THREE YEAR OLD PEGGY JEAN WILL GET HER ONE YEAR PIN THIS YEAR FOR A YEAR OF PERFECT SUNDAY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, PEGGY JEAN IS THE ONLY ONE WHO DOESN'T HAVE REGULAR CHORES TO DO, TYPICAL OF ANY THREE YEAR OLD SHE LOVES HER KITTENS AND WHILES AWAY HER TIME PLAYING WITH THEM OBLIVIOUS AT THIS TIME OF THE PROBLEMS THAT CONFRONT HER * * r W LBT CONTINUITY DATE_ BY TIME_ VIDEO AUDIO MOTHER IN RAISING THREE FATHERLESS CHILDREN. WITH HER GRAVE RESPONSIBILITIES AT HOME MRS. CAMERA 0 1 FAMILY POSTER WORKS HARD FOR HER CHURCH AND HER LORD, SHB TEACHES THE JUNIOR BOYS SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS AND THE INTERMEDIATE CLASS IK TRAINING UNION. SHE I S ALSO LITEMTURE CHAIRMAN OF THE WOMEN'S MISSIONARY UNION OF HER CHURCH AND IS A MEMBER OF ffifi VALLEY PARK HOME DEMONSTRATION CLUB, FIFTEEN YEAR OLD CLIFTON I S IN THE ELEVENTH GRADE A t CAREY HIGH SCHO0ú iAND HOPES TO ATTEND MISSISSIPPI SúM E COLLBSB ; WHEN HE GRADUATES. IN PACT HE IS SAVING SOM) OF HIS CROP MONEY BACH YEAR TOWARD THAT DAY, THIS SUMMER CLIFTON MAS A MMBM OF THE SOUTH DELTA BASEBALL TEAM OF THE BABB RUTH LEAGUES THAT WON STATE CHAMPION AND WEST TO FLORIDA TO PLAY IN THE SOUTHEASTERN TOURNAMENT. WHAT ARE MRS. PORTER'S HOPES ANDDRf AMS FOR E1S FAMILY? WELL, TO PUT IT SIMPLY, I THINK WE MIG3 S A Y . . . T O STAY RIGHT THERE ON THE FARM Aim tffiEP G O I N G . , . T O EDUCATE ALL HER CHILDREN AND TO SEE THEM HAPPILY ESTABLISHED IN HOMES OF THEIR O N W ONE REAL HOPE THAT I KNOW SHE HARDLY BARES TO THINK ABOUT I S THE POSSIBILITY OF OIL BEING FOUND ON HER LAND. THERE I S DRILLING FOR OIL W FOR_ BY_. LBT CONTINUITY DATE_ TIME_ VIDEO AUDIO WITHIN A MILE OF THEIR HOME, OF COURSE, WHILE ALL HER LAFD I S UNDER LEASE, 40 ACRES OP I T I S HELD BY HIE GOVERNMENT AND 22 ACRES OF THE MINERAL RIGHTS WERE SOLD BEFORE SHE AND MRS* PORTER BOUGHT THE LAND SO SHE ONLY HAS 8 ACRES ON WHICH TO DERIVE ANY OP THE BENEFITS FROM AN OIL STRIKE. I KNOW SHE HOPES, AS I THINK I T SHOULD B E . . , MAT EVENTUALLY THE GOVEifflBNT WILL GIVE BACK TEE MINERAL RIGHTS OH E l l 4 0 ACRES IT HAS KEPT FOR ITSELF, THIS I S A STORY OF REAL COURAGE AID DETERMINATION, A ! STORY THAT MAKES ALL OF US REALIZE HOW i ! FORTUNATE WE REALLY ARE, I AM PROUD TO TELL THIS STOHY OF A COURAGEOUS MONIES WORKING HARD TO PROVIDE THE BETTER THINGS OF LIFE FOR HER CHILDREN. I SALUTE MRS. G.C, PORTER ASD HER THREE WONDERFUL CHILDREN AS H I S WEEK'S FARM FAMILY OK RFD TELEVISIT, IM PROUD TO HAVE CROSSED THEIR PATH...THEY ARE AN EXAMPLE TO ALL OF US OF SO LITTLE FAITH,
