The Carlton Family bought the farm in 1919.  At that time it was a row crop farm where corn and cotton were the primary crops.  For years the first Carlton generation continued to farm the land in Corn and Cotton.   During World War II, brothers Louie and Bob Carlton joined the Navy.  When the war was over the 2 brothers returned to the farm with the intention of starting a dairy farm.  Lots of work went into preparing the farm for its new purpose, but through dedication a new dairy farm was born.  It was 1946 when the Carltons started milking Brown Swiss cows.  When it was determined that the dairy would not support both brothers a decision had to be made.  Louie, the oldest , and Bob both applied to work at Lockheed AFB.  A gentlemans agreement was made that the first one to get a job offer would be the one to leave the farm.  Bob's job offer came one day before Louie's.  Keeping to the agreement Bob started a career with Lockheed, where he would eventually retire.  Louie stayed home to manage the farm.   The dairy experienced a variety of changes during the early years, including modern mechanized milking procedures and the exit of door to door delivery.  Dairy farming in the south has never been a lucrative career choice, but our farm has always managed to get by.  I guess where there's a will there's a way.  Today Louie has passed on the farm management to his oldest son Bobby.  Bobby's two sons Chad and Brad and daughter Brooke also work on the farm.  Today the farm has once again taken on a different look.  A 5 acre corn maze and farm tours now supplement the farm income.  Now pumpkins and horse quality hay make up the crops at Carlton Farms.  The Carltons could probably make more money with a different occupation, but no one is as content with their career choice.  As Bobby has always said,  "farming is a job that gets in your blood, you couldn't get it out if you wanted to."