Interview with W. Bert Collins, June 14, 1983

Project: Family Farms of Kentucky: Burley Tobacco Oral History Project

Interview Summary

Retired extension agent/banker dealing in farm loans, personal background and relationship with tobacco, varieties of burley tobacco, tobacco diseases, standardization of tobacco and hybrids, changes in the raising of tobacco, history of setting tobacco, factors that affect nicotine content, suckering, spraying and harvesting processes, export market for burley tobacco, housing, curing and stripping, taking tobacco to market, support price system, how co-ops operate, auction of tobacco, buyers, importance of tobacco to economy

Interview Accession

1995oh154_ff484

Interviewee Name

W. Bert Collins

Interviewer Name

John Klee

Interview Date

1983-06-14

Interview Keyword

Heritage farms

Interview LC Subject

Agricultural chemicals. Agriculture--Kentucky Agriculture. Burley tobacco Cigarettes Family farms Tobacco farmers Tobacco industry Tobacco--Composition Tobacco--Diseases and pests Tobacco--Government policy Tobacco--Harvesting Tobacco--Kentucky Tobacco--Markets Tobacco--Varieties

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