W FOR. BY_ LBT CONTINUITY DATE_ TIME_ VIDEO AUDIO CAMERA 0 1 LANGFITT PRIOAY MEANS RE OGNITI0N TIME FOR ANOTHER FARM FAMILY DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB IN THIS FARMING BUSINESS. TODAY'S FARM FAMILY WAS RECOMMENDED TO US BY MR* MRCUS W. PETERSON, LAWRENCE C0U1TY AGENT* AND-MR* JAMBS H. C A M , LAWRENCE COUNTY SUPERVISOR OF B i E FARMJSBS HOME ADMINISTRATION, AND THEY HAVE REALLY SELECTED A YOUNG PARKER DOING A GREAT J O B . I All I1DEED PROUD MB HAPPY TO ACCEPT THEIR S L I D E ; FABt?_l ' HOUSE NOMINATION OF MR. AMD MRS, JOB SHARP, W10 L I V E JUST NORTH OF SILVER CREEK:, M I S S I S S I P P I * AS THE *RFD T S L W I S I T * FARM FAMILY OF THE ? FARM THIS LOVELY HOME WAS BUILT A FEW YEARS THE ?. ? AGO BY THIS PROGRESSIVE YOUNG FARMER. JOE SHARP FAMILY ALSO CONSISTS OF 7 YE« OLD DAUGHTER JO ANN. THE SHARPS HAVE BEEN M RRIED 10 YEARS AND LIVED ON THIS 3?5 ACRE FARM FOR THE PAST 8. THE OTHER TWO YEARS W3RE SPENT IN THE ARMY. JOE SHARP*S PRINCIPAL FARM SLIDE FAHM-2 STALLS FARM* MILK C M S IS DAIRYING, WITH COMPLETELY MODERN 'ACILITIES AND A TIGHT, CLEAN BARN THAT MEETS EVERY REQUIREMENT OP A GRADE A DAIRY. BEFORE D J W INTO THE DAIRY BUSINESS JOE SHARP WAS A HOG, BEEF AND COTTON FARMER. TODAY HE SLIDE ?;. i s ?. W FOR_ BY_ LBT CONTINUITY DATE_ TIME_ VIDEO AUDIO S T I L L HAISES A FES BEEF CATTLE*., IN FACT HAS 2 1 HEAD 0 1 THE PA1M RIGHT MOW, SLIDE FARM; CGOl ALL MILK FROM THE JOE SHARP MIRY GOBS TO VICKSBU1G AND I S PICKED UP M I L Y . THIS MODERN ELECTRIC COOLER t KEEPS THE MCTEKIA COUNT D0W1 AND THE QUALITY HIGH* JOE SHARP ½S MIRY I S NOT A LARGE OWE, BUT ABOUT AVEBAGE FOR A YOUNG MAI WELL STARTED ALONG THE ROAD TO SUCCESS* SLIDE FARl&g OF 28 HMD, MOSTLY JERSEYS. CLOSE, BUT BUYS WISELY* HIS HERD CONSISTS JOB SHARP BUYS JOE ATTENDED X m i M X M I S S I S S I P P I STATE C O L L I E MHffiE ME MAJ(K1D Uff ANIMAL HUSMJTBRY, AND WITH HIS KFOfOJEDGE OF QUALITY CATTLfi AK) THE VERY VALUABLE ASSISTAICI OF COUSTY AGI2JT MRCUS PETEISOH, HE XS DOIHG k IEALLY PIHB JOB 0 1 HIS FAR|L I ASKEB JOE SHARP MHY HE GOT IHTO THE DAIRY BUSIIBSS, F<R I T * S THE MOST COHFINING FARM OPHlATIOf I KNOW. J O B ' S AHSWER MAS THAT MHBN BEEF PRICES WEST DOWN HE NEEDED A REGULAR INCOME AID A WILLIJTGN TO WORK I S HOT QM OF HIS SHORTCOMINGS, SO HE SWITCHED TO BAIHOTG* Rf ADDITION JOE SAYS HE DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH mSTURE TO SUPPORT THE NUMBER OF BW kt TODAY'S PRICES* CATTIE IBEDED TO MM. E MONEY JOE SHARP HAS 70 ACRES IN W FOR_ BY_ L BT CONTINUITY DATE_ TIME- VIDEO AUDIO SLIDE TRENCH SILO PASTURE AID M Y CROPS, THIS YEAR ABOUT 1 7 5 INTO THIS TRENCH TONS OF SOSGHUH SILAGE W f SILO* THAT 1 7 5 TONS OF SORGHUM WAS OF THE VARIETY KNOWN AS SART AND WAS RAISED OF 9 SLIDE SILO I S SEEN LOOKING THE SILAGE OVM, HE PROWOUNCEt THB I T TOP QUALITY AND VALUAM,E Ñ I I T 1 H FEED. S I L O CAPACITY I S 200 TOSS* ; SLIDE FAIBM SlLAGB ACRES OP LAND, COUNTY AGENT MARCUS PETERSON JOS SHARP AMD QMB OF HIS maGHBCKS Oiffl A SILAGE CHOPIER, FIEHD TYPE, IH P A I T N ^ S H I P , WITII I T THEY PUT UP THEIR OWE SILAGE AH? DO SOME CUSTOM V t t K i J O E SHARP IS A MECHAII2ED FAWm. SLIDE M Y LABOR WHM HE FEEDS I T , A2fD USES ON&T PASTURE PUYS A MIGHTY IMPOSTAIT PART I I THE JOB SHARP FARM PLAN* OF COURSE, LIKE SO MAIY OTHER FARMERS J 0 1 EAS HAD TO CONMD WITH DROUGHT SHIS t YEAR AID I T IIAS B S M ESPECIALLY HARD OH HIS PASTURE pfflVER, MILLET ms THIS TEMPORARY PASTURE OF 0AT5 AHD OVER WAIST HIGH AS P PROVIDED JOB SHARP'S EXCELLENT SUMMER GRAZISG, TEMPORARY PASTURES COISIST OF OATSr VETCHr CRIMS02* CLOVER AMD MILLET. SLIDE FARM-14 HIS U R M A I M I PASTURE i s BERMUDA, COMMON LESPEDEZA AID DALLIJ GRASS. HBRE WE SEE MR* CARS, MR. PETERSOH 3 M f f i I J FIELD AND JOE SHAHP LOOEOCG OVER SOME W FOR. L BT C O N T I NU ITY DATE_ TIME- VIDEO AUDIO BERMUDA m STORE. DROUGHT. ANILE DBS' I I SPITE OF THE 0JFE OF THE PRINCIPLE REASONS FOR JOE SHARP SUCH GOOD PASTURE I S SUB~SOILING. GIVE SUB-SOILING OF ALL HIS PASTURE AID CROP LAND THE CREDIT FOR SAVING IT FROM THE DRY JTEATHER. ALL OF THE LAND ON THE SHARP FARM SLIDE. I S TERRACED ASB A COMPLETE SOIL COISMVATION PLAN IS FOLLOWED 01 TEE FASM. B U S PAETICUMR P I B L B , A FM YB&RvS AG0? WOULD HAVE SHOWN A DEEP GULLY RIGHT UP THtOUGM THE MIDDLE, WHIIú TODAY, CAREFUL LAND USE AND CONSERVATION P M C TIC SS BY JOE SHAEP HAVE RETURNED I T TO VALUABLE PASTURE LAND. JOE SHARP STILL RAISES THIS TOO SLIDE gAIffiklg TKACTOI? SOIffi COTTON.,,18 AC1BS TO BE EXACT. WAS SUB*S0ILM> t BUT DUE TO TUB DROUGHT, MABB 0 ONLY A HALF BALE TO Till ACRE THIS YEAR. ? ? .WHICI I S ABOUT A HALF CROP TO MAT IT USUALLY MAKES, J O E SHARP SAYS HE DOESN'T BELIEVE IT WOULD HAVE MADE IMM I F HE HADN'T SUB*SOIUESD. Wmt HE DOWN 14 INCHES AND SAYS HE WOULD HAVE THAT GONE DEEPM I F HE½S HAD THE SQUIPMSST. COTTON LAND I S NOW BEING BROKEN UP FOR OTHER SLIDE CROPS. JOE SHARP HAS BEi&f IN THE HOG BUSINESS W FOR, BY- LBT CONTINUITY TIME VIDEO AUDIO SINCE 1 9 4 7 . TODAY HE HAS 6 BROCD SOWS, 2 OP THEM RmistmED, AM? A TOP QUALITY REGISTERED DUROC I30AR. PES L I T T S J . THESE SOWS HAVE AVERAGED 10 PISS JOS SAYS MIS SUCCESS H THE HOG BUS HESS I S BASS) OF FOlffi FACTORS.,. TUB BEST POSSIBLE BREEDING SIOCK.,?.GOOD FARROWING ' P K S S . . . . & 0 O B PBBDI9& AND GOOD MHAG^EMT, THESE ARE 17 HBAD OF FEEDS* PIGS LIKE THESE ON TIffl JOE SHARP FARM. THE THINGS I HA?B JOST wmzmm SLIDEFARM?9 EHABLB JOB SHAKP TO PRODUCE A LITTER AVERAGE OP 195 PQUMBS OF POHK AT Si MONTHS, A PART OP ffifi PB1DIIG PIOGSAM I S FEEDING PLENTY OF COM. JOE RKMTS 23 ACRES AM MW HAS I T ALL CQRKCKW el CORM FOR HIS LIVESTOCK. IT COMBS TIME THE CORN IS SO OF IN THE CRIIB WITH THE SLIDE torn PIQI USE OF THIS ONE ROW KECHAHICAL PICKiR* YOU HAVK ONLY TO LOOK AT JOE SHARP*S FEED LOTS TO 1 M W HIS HOGS GET ALL THB COM THEY WANT, C0 SLIDE WE OF THE I^ORTAMT BUILBIIGS 0 1 THE JOE SMAHP PAM I S THE LOAFIIG SBS> WilERB HAT I S FBO FREE CHOICE TO THE BEEF M B DAISY HERDS. THIS YEAR JOE SHARP BALED 954 BALES OF HAY FROM 16 AC1ES? THERB?LL BE MO FEED SHCRIAGE AIT FARM 0 Ñ THB JOB SHARP FARM THIS MUTTER, W FOR_ BY LBT CONTINUITY DATE_ TIME_ VIDEO AUDIO SLIDE FARJU12 JPOND PROGRAM REQUIRES PLI3JTY OP WATER WHERE I T WILL DO THE: HOST GOOD, mm PARTICULASLY WITH HOPS, CATTLE AID DAISY CATTLE, MATES, I S VITALLY JOS SHARP'S FASM PO3TD SUPPLIES IMPORTANT. TI1AT NEX3), AID JUST IN CASE I T SII0UKJ RUN D?T t THOUGH IT NJSVEH MAS, AN-ADDITIONAL PRECAUTION H A S B E M TAffi2T. SLIDE ?v ? JUST BACK OP THE M I R Y BARS FARM?10 SETS THIS STOCK WATSRII6 TANS, WITH WATH? AVAILABLE AT ALL TIMES FROM AS AUTOMATIC PUMP BACK OF TiiE HOUSE, WITH WATER FROM J O B ' S DEEP WELL. THE SD1PLE Wm OF A FAUCET AND % ? I&U3CTR1 ITY FUMISMED BÑ K B SOUTHERN PIIJS RAL ELi^TRIC CO*dP? GOES TO WORK TO FILL HIE T M X KITH FHBSM MATES, -FOE THIRSTY ANIMALS, JOE SM1?P HAS A COMPLETE FARM PROGRAM. 1OJESN?T HE RELY ON OÑB OR TWO FARM ENTERPRISES, 8QT USES EVfifiY FOOT OF LAND POS THE CROP I T I S BEST SUITED TOO. I IMAGINE I T WAS FOR VERY REASON TBCT THE JOE SHARP FASM WAS SELECTED AS A DffiOISTRATION FAKM FOR THE SOUTHWEST M I S S I S S I P P I BANKERS TO SEE ON THEIR ANNUAL BASEEKS CLINIC THIS S U M E S , SLIDE FARM*16 TIMifiSK 1 7 5 ACRES ) F JOE SHARP*S LAND I S IN TIMBER...TIMBER THAT I S WILL MANAGED AND PRODUCES A VALUABLE CROP. W FOR_ BY_ LBT CONTINUITY DATE_ TIME- VIDEO AUDIO NOT OILY DOBS JOE SHARP XHIH HIS TIMBBR AND WEED OUT HIS HARDWOODSs BUT HE ALSO PRACTICES JEIbCTIVlS HARVESTING AND TAKES A CROP FROM HIS TIMBER LAID EVERY TEAR. HARVi-STISG ONE'S EXISTING TIMBER WISELY IS MIGHTY IMPORTANI, BUT EYES MORE IMPORTANT I S PUTTING BACK TO THE LAND IN EQUAL PROPORTION TO WHAT YOU TAKIi (F""F? SLIDE FAgg?.n ' Til JOE IS AS CAREFUL ABOUT GETTING YOUIG PINE SEEDLINGS STARTED, PROTECTING THEM AND GIVING TUMI PLENTY OF ROOM TO GROW AS H I I S ABOUT HARVESTING HIS MATURE TREES. i JOE SHARP LOOKS AHEAD*., .FIGURES SOME BAY MIS TIMBER CROP IS GOING TO PROVIDE HIS RETIREMENT IS'GOHB AMD HE CARES FOR I T AS DILLEGENTLY AS ANYONE ELSES WOULD PUT INTO HIS RETIREMENT FUND. ALONG WITH ALL HIS OTHER WORK HOB SHARP FINDS TIME TO CLEAR NEW LAND FOR VALUABLE JglSTUlfi. SOME OF IT HE DOES WITH MCHIN51Y, SLIDE FAHIMft GOATS SOME OF IT IS DONE BY THIS FLOCK OF GOATS NUMBERING 20 HEAD. JOB SHOWED ME LAND WHICH A FM rmas AGO WAS ONLY A BRIAI PATCH, BUT TODAY EAS BEEI TURNED INTO VJILUMLE PASTURE, ? ? AND THESE GOATS DID THE ifOSK* WELL, WE COULD GO ON AND ON TELLING THIS FDffi FAKM STOSY?,#>? W FOR_ BY_ L BT CONTINUITY DATE_ TIME_ VIDEO AUDIO A STORY OF A YOUHG MM JffiO LOVES HIS LAND AID LOVES TO FAKM I T . . . . F A R M IT WISELY AND CARJ^UU HOWEVER, TIME BOIDSI'T PERMIT. TO Mm SLIDE FA8?*3 I WOULD LIKE YOU SOMETHING MRS. SHARP DOBS 12* HER Snr SPARE TIME, WHEN SUB I S M 1 ! BUSY CANNING- AROUNB 3 0 0 QUARTS OP FRUIT OR VEGETABLES PROM KiEIE EALF ACRE GARDEN, OE I S N ' T BUSY FREEZING FOH K1EIR BHEP FREEZE A2JB E i ^ LOCKSR I I P R E I T I S S , WHEN SHE I S I ' T MJSY lilLPING VXfJi ffiS N W HEBRON WOI-IM^S CLUB, OR WITH HER CHURCH, OR HER DAUGHTER. .* *ÑIiM XHSSii THIHCS BOJPT OCCUPY H E 1 TIME, SME'LOVES TO HOOK R i G S . , . A l B SHEli* HAS SOME RBALX BSAUTIIS, M ? AID 2fitS, JOB THEY SHARP ARS HARD WOSKIMG YOUIG PASMSJS. LOVE THEIR LAMB AM THEY WORK I T NOT FOR TODAY BUT FOR A FUTBRE I1EEITAGB TO HAID DOWN TO A GMEMTIOH, m&t LOVE KiMR H O M E , . . O H HAS OILY TO SEB IT TO WS0K THAT.,.THEY LOVE THEIR C0MI1MITY* AID THEIR A C T I V I T I ^ W BMIALF SPMIC FOR THAT LOVE. ITS JOE I S AH ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE LAWRENCE CGUIJTY FASM BURE4U* HE I S A MEMBER OF THE SILVER CREEK MASONIC LODGE* HE 18 A DE&COU I I HIS CMSSCH ABB YES, THE KilSGS '..' \ DIRECTS THE CHUBS! CSiOIS, THEY DO SHOW THEIR LOVE FOR THEIR COMMUNITY. W FOR_ BY___ LBT C O N T I NU ITY i DATETIME_ VIDEO AUDIO MR. AID M S . JOE SfflERP HAVE ALL WB OF FARM LEADERSHIP, QUALITIES THEY STAHD AS A SHINIHG - LIGHT TO O T H ^ YOUNG FAeffiRS JUST GETflMJ S T A R T S ) . , . m m STAID AS EXAMPLES OF WHAT A YOUKG, CONSCIMTOIUS, HARD WORKING, COMUNITY MI1DED FAM FAMILY CAS ACCOMPLISH, FOR THEMSELVES, THMR COMMUNITY M) FOR XXISXXX CAMERA OF LANGFITT AGRICULTURE), I AM UDEED PROUD TO ACCEPT THE RBCOJCJEMBATION OF COUHTY AGBHT M&RCUS PETMSOH AND FASMSJS HOME ADMINISTRATOR JAMES H? CARRº OF UWRMCE COUNTY AID BESTOW UPOI MR AID MRS. JOE SHARP OF SILVER CREEK, M I S S I S S I P P I , THE T I T L E , ½RPD TMJSVISIT"" FARM FAMILY OF ...ME WESC* THEY AREf ULLY DESERVING OF THIS AWARD. NOW, I ' D LIKE YOU TO MEET 'MM. LOVE THEM. I MOW YOU'U* ; ? ;?? ? ? ? ? ? ' "" , . - . , ? "" ? ' : ; . ? ? ? ' ? ? > ? '-. ' ? : ? ? ? "" ? ' ? ':?
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