VV L D I J CONTINUITY 0^* BY Howard Lfingf 1 t t VIDEO fvU AUDIO p.m. S e p t . 18M 1959 CAMERA OH LkMPWS I WAlf? TO SAX 1 T THE V1RY BEQZHNXHa THAT I AM S DIBPLY GRATEFUL TO SXMPSOH GOUHTY AGBUT, HR, HIW?aM EDWARDS, FOB HIS VERY HELP 2H SELEOTim fKi FAMUiY WHICH WE SALUTE TOOAX AND FOR GO2KG WIf H ME TO THEIR FARM TO m MU 0BTAXH THE m<MX WI0H I AH NOW OOIMO TO TBM,, SLIDE THIS 13 THE STORY OF I«. AHD HRS. T.D. FI?OYO? m MET WHO LIVE m Tm tt Rf INVIU* COMMUSIT'i OP S1MPSOI oomin: ABOUT mm MILES H« THEAST OF MEHDBSHALL, THS GOUHTY SEAT. THIS I S MR, FLOYD OH THE R X ½ R , SHOWH WITH GOimTY AOE1IT MILTOM EDWARDS, WHOSE I D V I G E HE FOLLOWS TO IKS LETTER, I « . FLOYD GREW UP ABOOT TWO MILKS SOUTH OF MAGSE AMD MR3* FLOYD WAS' RAISED OH A FARM W O MILES EAST OF MAGEM, THEY WERE MfcRRISD IJf l$2$ A1R3 FOR f&M YEARS T.D* FLOYD WORKED IH THE OKMHOHA AW TEXAS OIL P3SBLD5 SLIDE FA AS A 8TATI0MARY Wmtmm* TO mam AND RBSTSB m º , I ? 1 9 3 1 THBY GAM BACK PLOYD?S FATHER *S FARM FOR TWO YEARS..?THSS THEY REHT1D FROM MR, FLOYD?ú FAtWm UHTIL THEY MOVBD TO THEIR PRKSBMT LAND I ? X937? r ? WAS IN THAT YBAH ALSO THAT MR. FLOYD'S HEALTH 8EGAM TO PAIL HIM. HS HAS BEEM PARTIALLY PARALYZED SISOK 3.9l|2 AID WALKS OMLY WITH THE HBLf OP BRACKS AHD CASES. HB STARTED FARMING HEAR MARTIUVILLb WITH iiOO AORKS RAISIHO SOHK TRUCK ... w CONTINUITY TIME, DATE_ VIDEO AUDIO GROWS Am COTTOIf. OVER THE IBARS THEY HAVE A0XS3 LAMB USTIL wwa TEII HAVE Bbk ACRES BESIDES mm mv& SOLD m OIVSM THEIR SOI ABB DAUGHTER, i?, i M ms. T *&* FLOYD HAVE two ^D 111 H * . . < ? m i R SOI WV1S MSXT JXKXi AHD QXL F I i J a ) S A3SD T ^ I R JDAUGimai 13 MRS. WHO I?XVES IH fHE Amon AW CAH':QS½ *?. I I A fRAHSR AHD LBT I B TELL TOO WHÑ* AS ma LISTEN fo 5fHis sfcmx x mim YOU WIM, AQ½E UK THAf HOST ½ ? MWJW HAVE OIVSH UP WIfH fHAH Jffi* FLOH> MB HAD, VHBXR TO TBS S1OUHD 3W X 9 4 9 . . . T H 1 * MSNT TO AMD BUILT AHOfHSH HOmB* UMI LIVID IM n ?FSM YEARS AHD I T BBH1SD TO FHB SHOOTD. THSY T½B : IOVED 2HTO A TKSNA? HOOSE AMD LIVED IM I T FOB 0 FEARS BUT THST HKKD1D LABOH OH THE PLAGE AND HAD O MM A PLAOB TOR MM LABOH TO L I V 1 . I T WAS BUILD A BOUBB OR MOVE TO T W ? , TH^ oiri*D?*T s^i 0oi?i IM mm TO BUILD A HOUSE AW Y WANTED TO BE AM) iffiEDED TO Bis OH THE L&HD CM WBICH THSJK LIVI½S WAS Mm i S mAHER SO THEÑ BOU&HT AKD HAVE BKEff LIVIHO IH IT EY HTBSB TO BUILD, A KOUS1 OHB X LT BUT U3 ! ½ ? ? ? IHTEHD TO BORROM MOSEY TO M I T , . D * F L O P ' S FABM fHO?BAM SOMSISTS OF TODAY MR. W LBT CONTINUITY TIME-. BY_. DATE_ VIDEO AUDIO COTTOJfg COfiH, GATTLE A « TRUCK GRO?S. TELL YOU Fú?ST OF THE 9XHBBR fKOORAM, LET T . B . PL0Y1 HAS 120 ACRES III TIMBKR AID HE HAS DONL T . S . I , WOilK ON IT ALL, HE HAS PLANTED OVER 2 0 , 0 0 0 PIHE SEEDLIH3S FOR RSPORBSTATI0M* . . SOME EVERY FAR , 0 . $M>W B'SAUTm TIHBEH BTAHD XHfROV«|g!lf WORK X I 2EARS AGO Off A SHALL SCALE. KB HUD READ OF *SW& VALUE OF T½8.X½ WORK AID W AliSO SAW FH0H ma's ?funE IV1M A CHAHOE. f.?, WOULD DO FL01D DOESI*f HAV1 A83T Wm TIHBBR X B T . . . I T I S MOSTLY HE PLAMS TO PLAOT A?0T8ift WM TO FIFTEBIf ORBS 1 E T . f ?!>* FLOYD 0TILIZ1S T8K LABGK OH THi LAOS IN Tim ilIWBEH M H A O l f K T PROGRAM AHD THEY 13 is f imm THE WO.-K MOSfLT III OFF 8KAS01JS, IffiSIDES TEB ? S½ I . WOHK HE DOBS ON HIS OWIIli TIMBEK MR, FLOYD ALSO DOES GOHTRAC^ T , S ½ ? ? WORK FOH ½ASOMITB A « I N THE ARSA, BIS LAUD I S ALMOST SUHHOHaSE MASOHITE LAHD AM) HE M&BS THEM AMD THEY HELP UM, , 8 ½ X . WORK AHD CHEMICAL SPRAX 9BS LABOR OM MR* FLOYD?S PLACE CAM COVER QUITE A LOT OF LAHD IH A DAY.OHLY DO THEY ALL W01E TO IROTBOT TBI? VALUABL3 LAHD ALL OF 1BEM FIGHT FIRE AlftWhfiB IH Till THEY PIHD I f , USIMG A L l f T L ^ BEAVSR, FfiOH Fim mm TOO, THEY SELECTIVELY HARVH vmm Timm BEIUG SRIPPLI? MU FLOY? I S A W LBT CONTINUITY BY- DATE_ VIDEO AUDIO HAM WHO DBFEHDS HEAVILY GJ? HIS LABOR-PORGE FOB H I S OWt! LIVIl^G AMD SB 1RBA23 THEM WILL, SKEIIfG TO I f THAT THiX HAVE AMPLE IiABOR TO MAKE TOSH A T.-E YEAH AROUND, AH, THE COLORED WBOR OWflS fHEIH ½ M FARMB AJ<D WORKS F ( ½ MU FLOXD OH ½ i OJf OOSTBACf. AS I SAID, T . D . . PI½O1ú3 SLIDE STARTED OUT RAISXW3 COTTOH AID STILL DOES. IH B I S COTTOH PROGRAM m PLANTS A ROW AND SKIPS A ROW Bi;,CAUSl I T HAKES I T POSSIBLS FOR HIM TO WORK CROP. SAHBIGAPPSD AS HS I S IT TAKES A 8CRE SPACE AMD A K T T ú E . MORS LEEWAX FOR Am? HB HAS H^lfi?Ñ OF LAUD SO THIS I S A 4O3T SUITABLE HETHOD FOR flXK. HE HAS W AORES A% A BA2^ TO THE A081 XIEM)* HE TESTS HIS 8QU zm I T HEAYX AM> HOLLOWS A COMPLY OOTTOS T ^ BIO0I5STCHOP OH THE XHEif ARE HIS COHTROE, 3PROSRAH. SLIDE FXMEu FLOlfD LAHD I S TOH&TOBS. CROP Am m RAISES OHLY FALL TOU&TOIS. M S THEH FOR MARKST FROM SEFTEISBR UHTII? AFTKR F I R S T FRIEZE. BS BAB 35#OOO HILLS OF TGMATQE, Tffi VARJESTX BS ^g^SS JOV11IHS ABOUT TS? ACR1S? s KAXALOOXB AHD I S RAPIDLY 0OISO EHTISiiLir TO T H i [IE COBS RAISE SOME RUT0BRS AMD COPIAH, SEED WEBH 8 1 GAH 0ET I T , m BUYS THE' 2BXLD OP ISOORSB I S DBTSIHIHED BY THfc WliATIúm,..OCCASIOHALL3 JIB <BT$ A XEILD OF i*OO BUSHSLS TO TMK AGRB BUT BT w B CONTINUITY i FOR_ BY- TIMEDATE- VIDEO AUDIO AVERAGE YIELD I S ABOUT ? 5 BUSHELS YEAR IH AHB mm GTJT? M* FLOYD f R U S TO STAY OH A STRICT mcomSSMM SfclEB PAj DISSASE AM> IHEECT"" OGHSflOL ISOdRAM A3 BY THE LATEST RESEARCH, HERE Wl SEB HIS BROTH!!, HOWARD FLOYD* WITH COUHTY AG1MT EDWARDS CHKCKISG FOR APHID DAMAOS. BY THE WAY HOWARD ^LOYJ DOWN AT MAGm UfflSRE T . D , WAS RAISED BUT TO WORE, ½m OKLY DOES JIE WORK FOR T . D , OH OOITRAOT BtIT ALSO HAS TWO ACRES OF TOMATOES ON THE SHARKS. AS I TOMATO BiQDtJCTIQJ? FOR THE FALL MARKET I S OK TIB HEATHS. FOR THAT RKASOH I T I S JTELY KOSSSARY TO MVU AH IRRIGATION ..-?? CLOSE AT MM)* T H I S Smim FOR T*D* FLOYD THAT HUHCH WHICH M HAS DAHED W TO HE OSES GRAVITY IRRIQATIOH MMM A RESERVOIR. FARMIGATlGJt FIFE *AXB3 IT PROM THIS KATUclAL OVERFLOW AS M t SIMPLY m Gmmmmm THB FLOW ISTO HIS HOMS IRRIOATIOH TROUGH BUILT OVER THE EBD OF THS mm DRAIH. IH SO D0I?3 MB DIV1RTS THB WATER THE TROCGH ISTO THE IRRIGATION IHTOH, FROM THIS FOIST THK WATER 13 OARRHD BY GRAVHT PLOW WHSIEVBR HMJED?,,SO^ OF IT OVER A QUARTER MILE DISTAHT,.,.KVBM Oil THE OTHER SIDE OF TBh ROAD, SOME PLAGBS IT ALMOST LOOKS LXKK THE MATER |RAS TO ROH W HILL..?BtlT IT DOESH½T AHD Tiffi W LBT CONTINUITY FOR_ TIMEDATE- BY_ VIDEO AUDIO P I L L S UP RAPXDLX AS SOU GAB SEg # I F YOG WOHDBK ABOUT THE OBimm METHOD OF WATS! DIVERSION XT I S THE PRODUCT OF H E O S S S r m M, FL03úD WEST TO T0Ñ? T 0 H4VK A WATBR OATS M A ^ BW AFTSI SEfERAL iaDH?T oorem IT so HE mm mm him H I S CWH,..XT*S VERI SIMPLE BDf I f DOES ?HB JOB. HE HffiDS fO MR, H,OÑB TASKS THE WATEH F FROM THE DITCH M MEAHS ( F FIPES &BCE YOU SEE I H THB VIAtt OP WB BTSQU* FHOM I f I S PIPED mmn AHE WA^imBD m nth azUL TO !5ffi FLOOD TÑFE XRRXOATXOH,, T I E VEGETABLE PAGKXHG I S IH>8K AT THE SHD ROM? r THE PILED AS I T I S PJGBED BUT I P XT RAWS, AS I WHEN I SHOT TBMB FXGTB813 LAST MOMDAY THE I S DOME 1 9 A PACKING SHED MR. FLOYD BUILT |&? THE HOUSE* XH THS FALL BE USE? ABOUT 8 - 1 0 WORKERS BUT SOME DA5TS HAS AS MANY A3 2 5 X? THE SLIDE mtm* TOMATOES ABE HOT THE 08L1T 0ROP m«ffi M ,T>+ WMffl) IH HIS TRUCK CROP PROGRAM. HE ALSO i l A I S E S BUTTEBBEAKS, LATE PEAS AMD LATE SQUASH A14D ALL U S TRUCK 0ROPS ARE FALL 80M CROPS* THS REST OF THE SEAR THE LAND I S A COVER CROP AID LIES IDLE UMTIL TEE, OOVER SLIDE S FLOWED UJ?1R FOR FALL PLABTXS&, MR. PWZD JRGWS ALL HIS TRUCK ACCORBISS TO THE COUNTY OH mm LATEST CONTINUITY TIME_ BY_ DATE_ VIDEO AUDIO REBKABOH, OH HIS fOMA^OES HB fRIBS TO ! GKOW A GOOD COHIffiBGIAL CIEADE BDIBLS f HAfO? ½JY A FLOYD fOMA^O YOU CAN KHOW 0GD TOMATO, ffi, PLOYD BAYS HIS GOAL I S TO maAin FOR MISSISSIPPI VISITABLE GROWERS, TBB OF SHE COHStJMiK WAT THE LOCAL 0ROW« asm. *ZLL PRODUCE A TOP QUALITY PRODUCT, HE SAYS ?QO OFtBH SHIPP1D IH ViaJ^ABLBS SAVE BEEH pPP OH ?THE COHS^IIHS PUBLIC AS HOME GROWS AND pHB 8ESIILT HAS BEEH LACK OF CONFIDENCE IM HOIffi ? mm vmmABTm* BY THE W Y A m MAIUE&BS ALL HIS fiXABLBS THROUOB XBB FABMMS OBOTRAL MARBS? E IH JAORSOH AT A BOOTH WHICH ADVERTISES g H l I?RODtJGf AS FLOXB'S SIHPSOif OOOOTY VBS^ABLBS* .1? VSfS m SAY ? H S , ? * | | Y WIPE HAS BB2W RAV2MQ ALL VWS \ ABOUT THE QBALXTX OF fHB VEGETABLES m KY CAB LAST MOHDAY MHEH I VISITED THE FAHK, SLIDE ;½D½ FLOYD 13 ALSO I S TSB POULTRY BUSIUBSS, I T * S SOlfiESBZNa HEW fO HIM AMD HE HAS HIS BIRDS IH TOB.HOOSS HOW. WiHIOH HOLD 3 , 0 0 0 BIBDS EAOH, M HAS TWO HO0S1S JBE I S OH WISH GBHSRAL HILLS AMD HE F t m H I S M S THE Ap mmmsm *m LABOH ASD OEHERAL KILLS PDRUISH B U D S , FEH3 MEDIOA^IOH, ^TPERVISIGN AW MARKED Hfc 9STS A GUARAHf^E OP SO HUGH A MONTH PER 3L?000 w b CONTINUITY i TIME. BY DATE_ VIDEO AUDIO WHOLE FRO&BAM I S HBW TO T . D . ?ULLETB R1ADÑ TO UX I E GETS STABTEJ At? THEY PRODUCE IHFKBTELE HB? AHD MBS. GLETUS trszHo SLIDE BOX Beats* lffi THEIR nim CK2XDBEK SSHD THE CHICKEH HBY ARE fHE PAHH.Y fHAT LIVES IN THE TBHAHf HOI OHSB WHICH I« AMD MRS* Púrf)B) MOVBD OUT OP, Mm AOTOMA^IS W A ^ M ^ S I S TM S E E S TO Tm HOU^ ASI> FEKDIK) AHD BOG GATHERING* A . PLOyi) I S tn THE ^ROGKSSX OF HAVIHG AN M O OUSE WITH MAUL IN COOLER BtllLf BY HIS BR0TIBH OWAHC, WO I S A OAKFUiTER, AHON0 OTKEB THIMJS, men MOBE fo T H I S FARM sfORir. MR. f AISES COR1 AMD USUALLY HAS ABOUT ^ 0 HEAD 0P OWS, SOUGH HE OH&T HAS 19 RIGHT IOW½ HE i i s OAffi*E miMBmis kQGmmm TO WE mmBT* SELLS FEEDER # m GATTLI IH fHE S8RIH3 OP THE 1TEAH* TIME D0BS1PT IKRK1T 0?m 1BLLIHS MORE OF MAST fO ^ H T I O H ISIS, FLOURS 1HB FAHM ST0H1Tt I W STOHI? fHSX SHAHS i ! FR1EZSR WIfK f E E I SOU AMD SHE AJCD WB DAWHJSl-IS-LAW DO THEIR 700ESBBB3I. SACK X1AE HHS, FLOID ABOUT 0 0 0 VQVMB OF FOOD AID I I ADDITION SHE CANS 2 0 0 QUABTS OF POOD I H JAES,?THINGS !PHAT D ) H ? f LBHD KfEKSELVlS WILL TO FREBZIMi, S M LOVE SLIPE, f ) Q0GK. WffiN I ASKED ABOUf ^BAILER LIFE BHK WAS I S A 1 K TO SAY THAT SIB DIDJ?*$ VSMD SO ú E B I T B l f CONTINUITY TIMEBY__ DATE_ VIDEO AUDIO SHE OAK SEE LOTS OP ABVAMAmS I H LIVIIK 11 E S I TR/tlLER*..,ESPECIALLY IN THE STEPS I T SAVBJ MR, FLOYD &SPEGIALLX LIMES I T BECAUSE BK BASS 3 H I S CONDITION S i OAH QBT AHXMffiRK I H TSE WITHOUT HIS B M ^ S AHB I ? A HOUSE HIS W0I3IO> BK LIMIfED U S I E ^ HE WORE THB BRA61S. Tm TIME AND USBD HIS OASES. TBOUQH SPACE I ? H HOIffi I S Af A JPRBMIUM HRB? FLOYD LOVBS TO HAVE H AMD CJRAIIDCHII4mEH WITH HER AKD SHE D SFBi? A BIO PAK1? OP EACH BAY AT H SHE ALSO LOVES PLOWMRS AHD HAS HfiR PLOW] mm* FLQWiSRS H'WSB* OAKDIilf, THOUGH I f ½S SOIffiWBAf DIFPIRSS1}? THAI MAS3 YOU*I> SEE, I*M SURE 2fOU?VS HBARD IT SAID THAT A BOUSE I S NOT A HOm?,.AICD Htm HEAB1 I S . I S W2fiúRS YO« MR, AMD H t t ½ T # ? . PLOX0 HAVE HADE !PHB I f *S A BRIOHf AHD GHESftY PMO MRS. PLOID « A I L ^ A RQKB AW I H WHICH m LIVE OR JUST V I S I T . on B E L O I 0 S TO fffii JCSTHOBIST CmiROH AMD MR. FLOSD I S A BAFf 1ST, mg$, ARE HOT AQTIVB I S A LOT OF OBGASIZATIOHS SBCAUSH THBT ARE KEPI1 BUST KBKPIJfG A FAHM OOIM0.^BUT I FOR OHB THIHK I T ' S REMARKAB3 THAT A HAH IH MR. W%QW*3 HKALTH I S DOIHG THAT..I H^IABKABLE THAT Iffi I S 31LF SUPPOHTISG ASE> ALSO H i O V I P I H a WORK FOR OfHERS BY HIS EFFORTS. HOW ½A½Y OF. US WOULD HAVE THAT KIHD OF COURA0E* ?OW, I WAMf YOU TO i ^ ^ P M l . 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