Interview with J. M. Smallwood, July 31, 1992

Interview Summary

Smallwood describes four tenant houses that once stood on his family's farm. He gives details about their construction, rooms, location, yard, and the people who lived there. He describes a sorghum mill operated by one of his neighbors on their property. He talks about the device used and the process of stripping cane, as well as wild edible plants in the area. Smallwood talks about the sawmill his father operated in the Cane Creek area. He talks about where his father got his timber and the equipment he used. Smallwood talks about the bench fields on his family's farm which were used by his family and their tenants. He talks about how other nearby landowners used their property.

Interview Keyword

Bench fields Cane Creek (Ky.) Cane stripping Cookstoves Farm buildings Flower gardens Fruit production Heritage farms Home heating Household organization Log houses Memory map of tenant housing Mules Rock cellars Rural electrification. Sawmilling Smokehouses Snakes Sorghum production Tobacco barns Works Progress Administration (WPA) Yard spatial organization Powell County (Ky.) Sawmills Food habits Sharecropping

Interview LC Subject

Agriculture--Kentucky Agriculture. Country life Family farms Farm life. Land use, Rural. Rural conditions Farm buildings Farm tenancy Families. Lumber trade. Logging

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