Interview with Robert K. Berry, October 2, 1983
Project: Family Farms of Kentucky: Burley Tobacco Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Personal and educational background, chemicals and fertilizers used in raising tobacco, landlord-tenant relationship, importance of tobacco relationship to land values and profitability, effect of the weather, alternative uses of tobaccoInterview Accession
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Agricultural chemicals. Agricultural education Agriculture--Kentucky Agriculture. Burley tobacco Family farms Farm tenancy Landlord and tenant Maysville Community and Technical College (Maysville, Ky.) Tobacco industry Tobacco--Diseases and pests Tobacco--Fertilizers Tobacco--Herbicides Tobacco--Insecticides Tobacco--Kentucky University of Tennessee (Knoxville, Tenn.) WeatherInterview Rights
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Berry, Robert K. Interview by John Klee. 02 Oct. 1983. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Berry, R.K. (1983, October 02). Interview by J. Klee. Family Farms of Kentucky: Burley Tobacco Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Berry, Robert K., interview by John Klee. October 02, 1983, Family Farms of Kentucky: Burley Tobacco Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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