Interview with Lawrence C. Newman, May 21, 1987

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

Interview Summary

Regional Director of Tobacco Inspection Service, career advancements, job responsibilities, ten characteristics of grading tobacco, definition of "body" and "color" of tobacco, leaf structure, "injury" in grading tobacco, tobacco diseases, blue mold, 106 grades of burley, training of graders, how the graders were paid, flue-cured vs. burley tobacco, contacts with farmers, examples of grades and prices, farm grader incidents, a day's work for a grader, changes in care of the crop, changes over the years in types of tobacco in demand

Interview Accession

1995oh192_ff522

Interviewee Name

Lawrence C. Newman

Interviewer Name

John Klee

Interview Date

1987-05-21

Interview Keyword

Heritage farms

Interview LC Subject

Agriculture--Kentucky Agriculture. Burley tobacco Family farms Tobacco blue mold Tobacco industry Tobacco--Diseases and pests Tobacco--Government policy Tobacco--Grading Tobacco--Inspection Tobacco--Kentucky Tobacco--Prices Tobacco--Varieties United States--Officials and employees United States. Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service

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Newman, Lawrence C. Interview by John Klee. 21 May. 1987. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

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Newman, Lawrence C., interview by John Klee. May 21, 1987, Family Farms of Kentucky: Burley Tobacco Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

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