Interview with R. Smith Howard, June 6, 1991
Project: Family Farms of Kentucky: Transition from Farming To Alternate Employment in Eastern Kentucky Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Howard was raised in Lexington, Kentucky and grew up close to the University of Kentucky. His family was close friends with many professors in the school of agriculture. He talks about the difficulties he had in running a livestock operation and growing fruit trees.Interview Accession
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Cattle Farm economics Fruit trees Heritage farms Horses Land useage Livestock Raising cattle Tenant farmingInterview LC Subject
Agriculture--Kentucky Agriculture. Family farms Gender issues Manners and customs Social classesInterview Rights
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Howard, R. Smith Interview by Zack Lewton. 06 Jun. 1991. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Howard, R.S. (1991, June 06). Interview by Z. Lewton. Family Farms of Kentucky: Transition from Farming To Alternate Employment in Eastern Kentucky Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Howard, R. Smith, interview by Zack Lewton. June 06, 1991, Family Farms of Kentucky: Transition from Farming To Alternate Employment in Eastern Kentucky Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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