ization ▁Project ▁No ▁ 1 ." ▁ 1 6 , 0 0 0 ▁acres ▁in ▁Mississippi ▁County ▁were ▁given ▁to ▁this ▁project ▁for ▁ 5 0 0 ▁different ▁families ▁to ▁come ▁farm ▁on . ▁Famil ies ▁started ▁arriv ing ▁in ▁October ▁ 1 9 3 4 . ▁The ▁C ash ▁family ▁settled ▁in ▁March ▁of ▁ 1 9 3 5 ▁on ▁ 2 0 ▁acres . ▁The ▁house ▁given ▁to ▁the ▁C ash ▁family ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁only ▁ones ▁left ▁standing ▁in ▁the ▁Dy ess ▁Col ony . ▁The ▁C ash ▁family ▁went ▁through ▁hard ▁times ▁at ▁the ▁farm . ▁  ▁ ▁All ▁families ▁in ▁Dy ess ▁col ony ▁dep ended ▁on ▁cot ton . ▁None ▁of ▁these ▁families ▁were ▁share cro ppers , ▁though . ▁The ▁idea ▁of ▁one ▁day ▁purch asing ▁these ▁far ms ▁from ▁the ▁government ▁was ▁real ▁at ▁this ▁time ▁to ▁all ▁far mers . ▁The ▁government ▁eventually ▁decided ▁to ▁stop ▁fund ing ▁this ▁organization , ▁but ▁the ▁C ash ▁family ▁stayed ▁there ▁to ▁keep ▁far ming . ▁ ▁J . R . ▁C ash ▁growing ▁up ▁ ▁Johnny ▁C ash ▁was ▁born ▁to ▁Ray , ▁and ▁Car rie ▁C ash ▁on ▁February ▁ 2 6 , ▁ 1 9 3 2 . ▁J . R ▁was ▁the ▁fourth ▁born ▁of ▁seven ▁k ids ▁to ▁the ▁C ash ▁family . ▁J . R ▁was ▁three ▁years ▁old ▁when ▁the ▁family ▁pack ed ▁up ▁and ▁moved ▁to ▁their ▁new ▁home , ▁Farm ▁No . ▁ 2 6 6 .