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WANT TO SAY I N THE VERY BEGINNING THAT I AM BfcPLY GRATEFUL TO MR* CECIL B U C K , COUNTY GRI CULTURAL DGQJT OF SUNFLOWER COUNTY AND TO S S I S T A N T COUNTY AGENT CARL ROBINSON, FOR THEIR ERY WONDERFUL HELP IN SELECTING THE FAMILY CH WE SALUTE TODAY AND FOR GOING WITH ME TO E I R FARM TO HELP ME OBTAIN THE STORY WHICH I M NOW GOING TO TELL. THIS I S THE STORY OF MR.
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D MRS. GEORGE E . BAIRD, JUNIOR, WHO LIVE WITH E I R S I X FINE CHILDREN I N THIS BEAUTIFUL HOME
ABOUT 2i MILES NORTHWEST OF INVERNESS, MISSISSIP
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GEHGE BAIRD GREW
ON THIS SAME LAND, I N FACT I N THE OLD FAMILY SOME WHICH AT ONE TIME SET JUST BEHIND WHERE T H I S BEAUTIFUL HOME NOW SETS. THEY LIVED I N
THAT OLD BAIRD FAMILY HOME UNTIL THEY BUILT THIS OVELY HOUSE THREE YEARS AGO. SLIDE FARM-2 GEORGE BAIRD
IOR DOES NOT OWN THIS LAND WHICH HE FARMS, T HE RENTS I T FROM H I S FATHER, ALL 8 2 0 ACRES )F I T . UP UNTIL TWO YfcARS AGO HE MANAGED THE JAND FOR H I S FAIHBR BUT THEN CHANGED OVER AND BECAME A RENTER, AND BELIEVE ME HAS HAS DONE A ! 'ERRIFIC JOB OF ADAPTING H I S FARM PROGRAM TO
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[ I L L SEE. WHEN GEORGE BAIRD, JUNIOR CAME TO [ I S FAKM HE RAISED OATS, SOYBEANS CORN AND |OTTON AND A LITTLE PASTURE. HE BEGAN
IffiEDIATBLY TO PUT MORE UND INTO PASTURE AND INCREASE HIS LIVESTOCK PROGRAM AND THAT HAS
BEST HIS MAJOR CHANGE I I THIS FAM PROGRAM.
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HOWEVER, AS IT WAS WHES HE HAS A BOY, COTTOH I S S T I L L B3NG. GEORGE M I S D JUHIOR SPENT TWO
lEkMS AT SOTFLOWHR J U I I O 1 COLL1GI, TEES GRADUATE If AGRICULTURAI ESGINESaiirG AT MISSISSIPPI AFTSR COMPLETEIKG HIS SCHOOLING GEORGE
SJATE,
OpEEATED A SEtVICE STAflOI 1ST HVE1NESS FOR TlfO YpARS, THEN WORKED FOR DU3POH IS MEMPHIS FOR TWO
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WHEN HE
CAMS OUT IN 1946 HE STARTED TEACHING A VETERANS ON FARM TRAIKISB C U S S AID RENTED 163 ACRES OF
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IT MAS IN 1950 THAT HE
OUT TO HIS PRESENT LOCATION AND STARTED IGING THE LAND FOR HIS FATHER AND IT WAS IN THAT HE RENTED THE ENTIRE 820 ACRES TO FARM FOR HIMSELF* GE0R6E HAS GRADUALLY DONE AICAY
WITH ALL SOW CROPPING EXC1BT COTTON AND A LITTLE CORN AND THE REST OF THE P U C E I S IN GRASS FOR
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IVESTOCK.
BUT LET ME TELL YOU I I R S T ABOUT HIS HE
DOTTON PROGRAM, WHICH I S A MIGHTY GOOD ONE.
3AS AM ALLOTMENT OF 2 3 2 , 3 ACRES THIS YEAR AND AL.' OF I T I S PLANTED EXCEPT ABOUT 27 ACRES WHICH I S THE SOIL BASK. LIKE SO MANY B U S YEAH, HE
LD TO REPLANT ALL BUT 16 ACRES OF HIS 205 ACRES COTTON.
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HE FIRST PUNTED ALL BREEDER SEED
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JT AFTER REPLANTING HE ONLY HAS 40 ACRES IN SEHB. FOR ABOUT 8 YEARS HE HAS FRE�
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H I S COTTON AND HE FUME CULTIVATES AND N THIS WAY HIS TRACTOR DRIVERS AID THEIR AMILIES ARE ABLE TO HANDLE THE CROP, BECAUSE
0 F THESE TWO PRACTICES HE I S ABLE TO KEM� HIS
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[ABOR COST VERY LOT.
HE TESTS HIS SOIL EVERY
mo YEARS AND FERTILIZES ACCORDING TO SOIL NEEDS HE FOLLOWS A COMPLETE INSECT CONTROL PROGRAM I POISONING AS HE CULTIVATES IN EARLY SEASON AND USING AN AIRPLANE FOR LATf SEASON CONTROL* S I N C E 1950 GEORGE BAIRD, JUNIOR HAS AVERAGED A JLALE AND A HALF TO THE ACRE AND IN 1 9 5 5 HE WON F I R S T IN THE DELTA DISTRICT IN THE STATE COTTON RODUCTION CONTEST, HE LETS THE LABOR 0 1 THE
I A C E PICK ALL THB COTTON THEY CAI AND THEN I C E S THE REST MECHANICALLY WTTH HTS
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ICKER.
I E NEVER T H U S ANY COTTON, OUST FLAT
AND USES A MAXIMUM OF TEN EOS HANDS, ALL WHOM LIVE ON THE P U C E .
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CATTLE in
BESIDES COTTON,
A T T L E AND GRASS MAKE UP TEE OTHER MAJOR SHARE OF GEORGE BAIRD*S FARM PROGRAM. WEES HE WAS
MANAGING THE LANK FOR H I S FATHER HE OWNED A 1IALF INTEREST I N THE CATTLE A I D THEY HAD ABOUT I S O BROOD COWS. HE NOW HAS 2 0 0 BROOD COWS AND HE HAS
CONSIDERS THIS TO BE H I S NORMAL PROGRAM*
RWO HERDS..*.ONE OF GRADE COWS AND THE OTHER OF R E G I S T E R E D SHORTHORNS, I N THIS HERD HE HAS HE
1 5 1 BROOD COWS AND 2 6 REPIAC&TENT HEIFERS.
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|IAS ALWAYS FOLLOWED A COMMERCIAL COW AND CALF PROGRAM SELLING THE CALVES MILK FAT OFF TILL COW.
THE FIRST THRU OR FOUR TEARS HE S0LD MILK
'AT CALVES TO THE SLAUGHTER MARKET BUT I S HOW OIFG MORE TOWARD TRYIHG TO SELL FEEDER CALVES. E CALFHOOD VACCIMT1S HIS HEIFER CALVES ABD ETS ABOUT AN 80 TO 9S% CALF CROP. HE CULLS
THE HERD CLOSE AST* SOME YMRS SAVES HIS BEST �RS FOR HERD REPUCSMMT. ZF HIS GRADE BESS
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E USES A REGISTERED SHORTHORN MILL, AID I P 0U�RB WONDERING HOW BIG THIS OLD BOY I S , GBtRGi
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GEORGE WAS SELLING SLAUGHTER CALVES HE HAD S U I T E A FEW BRAHAMAS, BUT NOW HE I S SELLING THEM CFF AID GETTING IHTO A SHORTHORN WHITEFACE CROSS, SLIDE CATTLE FORMALLY GEORGE BAIRD CEEEP FEEDS HIS CALVES, EOWEVER, LIKE SO MANY OTHERS , HE WASN*T ABLE TO SAVE ANY GRAIN LAST FALL t SO I T I S INDEED FORTUNATE THAT GtAZING IAS BEES' SO GOO!) THIS 1EAB FO1 THB a L ? E S HAVE HAD TO COME ALONG ON JT, THESE ARB SOME OF THE 16 EB&D OF RBGISTESED
SHOETHOHNS WHICH GEOHGE I S KEEPING FOR THE BOYS FOH 4-H CLUB PROJECT WOEK AND ALSO TO RAISE SOME SLIDE FAKM-10 CATTLE B^JLLS TO USB IN HIS COfflfMCIAL HERD.
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HE DOESN'T
P U N TO INCREASE THE SIZE OF HIS REGISTERED HERD SONS, GEORGE THE THIRD AND BILL EACH HAVE FIVE OF THESE REGISTERED ANIMALS IN THEIR NAME.
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HAVE RAISED THEM AS 4-K CLUB HEIFERS AND WILL USE THEM TO START BUILDING THEIR COLLEGE SLIDE FARM-U CALVES EDUCATION FUND. AMONG OTHER THINGS, GEORGE
B i l R D , JUNIOR PLANS TO CULL HIS HERD A LITTLE SORE CLOSELY TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OP HIS CALVES, HIRE WE SEE HIM EXAMINING SOME OF HIS CALF CROP WITH COUNTY AGENT CECIL BLACK AND
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ASSISTANT COUNTY AGENT, CARL ROBINSON, HE USES BACISUBS. LOCATED AT STRATEGIC POINTS WHERF
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WILL BE MOST FREQUENTLY USED, FOR PARASITE INSECT CONIROL* IN ADDITION HE SPRAYS ALL GEORGE HAS 5 7 8
12 CATTLE I I THE WINTERTIME,
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CR1S IN PERMANENT OPEN PASTURE AND 40 ACRES , OF OODS PASTURE, HIS PBKMANENT GRAZING I S MOSTLY THE
ESCUE, DALLIS, BERlfUBA AND JOHNSON GRASS* I N REASON FOR GEORGE GOING TO COTTON AND
TTLE WAS TO DO AWAY WITH THE BIG INVESTMENT IN IPMENT . HE CLIPS HIS PASTURES TWICE A YEAS GEORGE HAS SIX TRACTORS, ALL
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E POWER BUT SAYS HE HAD TO GO TO IT FOS SELF PRESERVATION. THUS WAS TOO MICH NIGHT 80 ACRES OF HIS
GASOLINE EVAPORATION.
PERMANENT PASTURE I S RATHER POOR SO IN THE FALL HE SEWS RYE GRASS ON IT FOR TEMPORARY WINTER
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CRAZING,
GEORGE BAIRD, JUNIOR PUTS UP A LOT OF HE PUTS UP ALL GRASS HAY, BUS
I AY EACH YEAR,
SAYS HE DOESN'T NEED SILAGE AS LONG AS HE CAN VINTER ON HAY. HE HAS CONSIDERED SILAGE BUT
I T WOULD INCREASE HIS EQUIPMENT TMENT TOO MUCH TO WARRANT ITS ADDITION* SLIDE FARM-3
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SING HAY I I THE WETTER HE FIGURES HE, I S YING HIS CATTLE THE YEAR ROUND ON GRASS.
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GEORGE PUT UP 1 0 , 0 0 0 BALES OF GRASS HAY LAST YEAR. HE FEEDS HAY TWICE A DAY DURING THE
WINTER BUT ONLY AFTER THE CATTLE HAVE CLEANED UP THIS STALK FIELDS. BY UTILIZING THE STALK
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F I E L D S HE ALLOWS HIS FESCUE TO GET SOME GROW TH
AW AS A RESULT USUALLY HAS FESCUE READY TO GRA2! WHEN THE CROPS tiAYE
BY THE MIDDLE OF FEBRUARY.
BEEN GJBTHERED HE USES ALL H I S CROP LAM) FOR
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GRAZING. HOME USE.
GEORGE PUTS OUT JUST ENOUGH CORN FOR HE PLANTS 3 0 ACRES WITH HYBRID SEED
ASTD I T AVERAGES YIELDING ABOUT 7 5 BUSHELS TO TJSE ACRE, HE FEEDS I T ALL BUT MAY NOT USE I T
WINTER AND THEN USE I T I N THE CREEP FEEDERS R YEAR. SLIDE FATPU18
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THE BROOD COWS GET ONLY HAY AND GEORGE BAIRD,
SUPPLEMENT DURING THE WINTER.
JUNIOR HAS A LARGE FARM SHOP WHERE HE BOBS A L L H I S REPAIR WORK EXCEPT FOR MAJOR OVERHAUL MOTORS. HE AISO STORES MOST OF H I S MACHINERY
JJDER SHELTER TO PROTECT I T FROM THE RAVAGES THE WEATHER. SLIDE FARM-19 IN bHOP AS I SAID EARLIER GEORGE I S
AID I S
GRADUATE IN AGRICULTURAL
QUALIFIED TO HANDLE THE WORK IN HIS FULLY JUIFPED FARM SHOP. THE COUNTY AGENT, CECIL
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SUPERVISION AFB ACTUAL f ORE OK THE P U C E ARE rBLY RESPONSIBLE FOS THE DEGREE OF HIS IESS. HE ROES 9B% OP 1KB IIACHIKB COXfOJf HE FIGURE f AND RIGHTLY SO, f0
PICKING HIMSELF*
TRAT HIS INVESBfM? I S TOO BIG TO LEA?B I f SOMEO3SE ELSE.
HIE GEQWE BAIRB FAMILY HAS A = BESIDES THB5B
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COMPLETE LIVE AT HOME PROGRAM *
6 0 PECAN TREES FROM WHICH THEY SELL FOR MRKET, THEY HAVE A HAW ACRE GARDM AHD TRUCK PATCHES.
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FROM THEIR FOOD SUPPLY MRS. BAIRD FREEZES ABOUT 3 t O O 0 POUNDS OF POOD EACH YMR AND PUTS UP A MOTHER ISO QUARTS Iff J A 1 S . SHE DOESH*T HAVE
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TO BUY AHYTHUG THE FAMILY NBBDS IN THE WAY W POOD EXCEPT OF COURSE THE STAPLES. TEIS
HAHMDfG LADY GREW UP OF MEMPHIS UNTIL SHE WAS WHEH HER FAMILY HOVED TO GREENVILLE, SHE AND
EOSGE MET WHEN GEORGE WAS BEST MAN AT HIS ROTHER'S WEDDING AND SHE TOO WAS IN THE WEDDING EY WERE MARRIED IN 1 9 4 2 JUST BEFORE GEORGE SLIDE GIRL INTO SERVICE. THOUGH SHE WAS RAISED IN
E CITY SHE HAS ADAPTED HERSELF WELL TO FARM IVING MD ESPECIALLY TO RAISING A LARGE AMILY
N THE COUNTRY � P<� CERTAINLY SIX CHILDREN
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1AKE MANY DEMANDS UPON HER TIME*
SHE LOVES TO
OOK ANE I S AN EXCELLENT COOK AND SHE I S PASSING CULINARY ABILITY ALOIG TO DAUGHTER SU2ANNE ifHO IS TEN YEARS OLDt AID BY THE WAY, TILE OMLY 14UGHTER. THE BAIRB HOME I S COMPLETELY MODMN
EVERY WAT M K H G FASM HOMEMKIIG AND COffVESIH D COMFORTABLE AS AM SLIDE FAR��2 AT MACHIIE O . CITY LIVIHG COULD MM
MRS. BAIUDALSO LIKES TO SBH,
SHI MAKES SHE
i l BOYS SHIRTS AID ALL S U Z A M l f S CLOTHES, XSO LOVES PLOWMS MB
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SHRUBBERY AND HAS WOS^'D
T THE LAHDSCAPIIG PLAH WHICH THEY ARE YET
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|DEVELOPOHG AROMB THBIS BEAUTIFUL HOME*
AFTM
JTE3F YEARS OP � O R H ^ OH HOUSE VIA1SS, AND GETTHS IDEAS FROM MAGAZINES SEE DEVELOPED THE DESIGN JPOR TIIEIR M ROME. H I S I S A WONDERFUL FAMILT LET ME IDENTIFY
THAT WORKS AHD P U T S TOGETHER.
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I N THIS PffiriURE..,.SEATED, LEFT TO RIGHT, ON EACH END ARE THE TWINS, HAVID AND DONALD, AND I DON*T MRS.
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NOW 1HICH I S WHICH,
THEY ARB 8 ,
BAIRD I S HOLDING THREE YEAR OLD JIMMY,
STANDING BEHIND THE COUCH ARE GEORGE THE THIRD, B I L L AND SUZANSE, fHE BAIRD FAMILY BELONGS TO
THE INVERNESS EPISCOPAL CHURCH WHERE GEORGE I S I VESTRYMAN AND MRS, 1AIRD I S ACTIVE IN WOMEN'S
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CAMERA OH FAMILY
ifORK.
GEORGE I S ALSO PAST PRESIDENT OF THE EB I S
SUNFLOWER COUNTY LIVESTOCK ASSOCIATION*
S O I L CONSERVATION DISTtlCT COMMISSIO1ER, PASf IRBCi'OR OF TAB COWRY PAM BUftmU AND PAST A # S . L CCHHITTEEMAST* His I S A MMBER OF THE SCHOOL
BOARD WHERE HIS C H I L B M ATTEND SCHOOL AND I S A OF TH� COUNfY AGEKf *S ADVISORY COMMITTEE
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THE 4-H CLUB ADVISORY COUNCIL,
THE BAISS>S
i.LSO BELONG TO THE P�T,A # M D ARE FOLKS THAf ! H E COUNTY A&B3T1 AND ASSISTANT COUNTY AGSTT SAY ALWAYS BE CALLED UPON* I COULD TELL YOU
JUICE MOSE ABOUT THIS F H E FAMILY BUT I�B LIKE JTOU TO HEAR I f FROM THEM, � WHY DID YOU GO TO COTTON AND CATTLE ONLT? INTERFBRMCE WITH COTTON & NEGLECT OF CATTLE.
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HOW IMPORTANT TO COTTON PRODUCTION I S PRE*
MRS,
AIRD, WSAT WAS MOST DIFFICULT
ADJUSTMENT TO FARM LIVING? HOT DO YOU LIKE I T NOW?
Urn ASK KIDS ABOUT 4-H AND HOBBIES.
