Interview with M. David Dotson, October 4, 1985

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

Interview Summary

Warhouseman, Adairville, Logan County, changes in dark-fired burley, choice between burley and dark fired-cured tobacco, seasonal calendar for dark fire-cured tobacco, how tobacco is raised on shares, topping dark-fired tobacco plants, splitting tobacco stalks, overseas market for dark tobacco, selling tobacco out of the barns, dark-fired barns, firing process, foreign consumption of dark-fired tobacco, bundled tobacco, pinhookers in dark tobacco

Interview Accession

1995oh175_ff505

Interviewee Name

M. David Dotson

Interviewer Name

John Klee

Interview Date

1985-10-04

Interview Keyword

Heritage farms

Interview LC Subject

Agriculture--Kentucky Agriculture. Barns--Tobacco Burley tobacco Cigars Export marketing Exports--South Africa Family farms Imports--Denmark International trade Snuff Tobacco curing Tobacco industry Tobacco--Grading Tobacco--Kentucky Tobacco--Prices Tobacco--Varieties

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