Interview with William A. Wilson, September 22, 1983
Project: Family Farms of Kentucky: Burley Tobacco Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Tobacco seedsman, Clay's Seed Inc., personal and educational background, work as an extension agent, work as manager of Ohio experimental farm in Ripley in 1960s, history of Clay Seed Company and background of founder, Glen Clay, growing of seed and role of certification in the process, popularity of hybrid seed vs. standard seed, difficulties of growing hybrid seed, harvesting and drying seed, packaging and marketing tobacco seed, popularity of different seed varieties, future of tobacco and Clay's Seed Inc.Interview Accession
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Agriculture--Kentucky AIDS activists American College of Nurse-Midwives Berea College Burley tobacco Clay Seed Company Clay, Glen Dekalb Seed Company Family farms General stores Tobacco industry Tobacco industry--Employees Tobacco--Kentucky Tobacco--Marketing Tobacco--Prices Tobacco--Seeds Tobacco--Varieties AgricultureInterview Rights
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Wilson, William A. Interview by John Klee. 22 Sep. 1983. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Wilson, W.A. (1983, September 22). 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.
Wilson, William A., interview by John Klee. September 22, 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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