GORDON – Jerry McCallister loves the land that has been in his family for more than six decades.
A multi-use farm, Mule Shoe Plantation produces peanuts, cotton, corn, and timber. The property features high-fenced areas for guided deer hunts. There’s a lodge and a picturesque pond. At another point, a small replica general store holds old tools, cast iron cookware, and other family treasures.
At nearly 80 years old, McCallister has turned over the operation of the farm to the younger generations of his family. But he didn’t hesitate Wednesday to join about 70 students from Cottonwood High School and Columbia’s Houston County High School on a farm-city tour of Mule Shoe Plantation, one of the activities leading up to the annual Farm-City Week, which will be recognized Nov. 18-24.
“I’m excited about the future for this bunch of kids, but I’m also terrified for this bunch of kids,” he said. “What we’re hoping to do is to educate these kids about the farm life and to expose them to the agriculture lifestyle – the forest, row crops, wildlife,” said Brady Dunn, a forestry specialist with the Alabama Forestry Commission. “We’re just bringing them out here and letting them see what a working farm actually is.”
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