Interview with Ira Massie, July 17, 1985
Project: Family Farms of Kentucky: Burley Tobacco Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Massie discusses his work as an agronomist, as well as his personal background, raising a tobacco crop from start to finish in the 1920s, erosion and soil conservation, hoeing tobacco, use of horses, suckering tobacco, old method of cutting tobacco, selling tobacco before price support program, curing process, barn construction, hanging and stripping tobacco, pinhooking, choosing a warehouse, educational background, experience in the Marines Corps, and work as a county agent.Interview Accession
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Agricultural extension work Agriculture--Kentucky Barns--Tobacco Burley tobacco Cigarettes Draft animals Family farms Soil conservation Tobacco curing Tobacco industry Tobacco--Composition Tobacco--Harvesting Tobacco--Kentucky Tobacco--Markets Tobacco--Prices Tobacco--Processing United States. Marine Corps Warehouses AgricultureInterview Rights
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Massie, Ira Interview by John Klee. 17 Jul. 1985. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Massie, I. (1985, July 17). 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.
Massie, Ira, interview by John Klee. July 17, 1985, Family Farms of Kentucky: Burley Tobacco Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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