Interview with John Botts, January 17, 1992
Project: Family Farms of Kentucky: African American Farmers Oral History Project
Interview Summary
In this interview, Mr. John Botts tours Patrick Keenist around his farm and other properties. Botts discusses and demonstrates to Keenist his daily farming routine and how he milks cows. Botts also shows Keenist the older buildings and structures on his farm that were built by his father and his grandfather, as the Botts farm has been in his family for three generations. Botts discusses the state of his farm at present as well as the future of his farm. A large portion of this interview lacks dialogue, as a great deal of the interview is spent with Botts showing Keenist various aspects of his farm.Interview Accession
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Bath County (Ky.) Black farmer Dairy farming Heritage farms Calves Milking Cows CattleInterview Rights
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Botts, John Interview by Patrick Keenist. 17 Jan. 1992. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Botts, J. (1992, January 17). 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.
Botts, John, interview by Patrick Keenist. January 17, 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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