Interview with George Davis Snardon, August 13, 1992
Project: Family Farms of Kentucky: African American Farmers Oral History Project
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George Snardon discusses his family background, supporting his family, his education, and the gathering of his local community. He describes generational differences he has observed, and his jobs outside of farming. He reflects on his early experiences farming with his father, as well as economic conditions during his early years farming on his own. Snardon recalls health and financial issues he and others have experienced due to farming. He shares his plans for his land, and other various memories of working on the farm.Interview Accession
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Heritage farms Livestock Sharecroppers Crops Farming equipment Pesticides Government programsInterview Rights
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Snardon, George Davis Interview by Patrick Keenist. 13 Aug. 1992. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Snardon, G.D. (1992, August 13). Interview by P. Keenist. Family Farms of Kentucky: African American Farmers Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Snardon, George Davis, interview by Patrick Keenist. August 13, 1992, Family Farms of Kentucky: African American Farmers Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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