Download or read book A History of Burley Tobacco in East Tennessee Western North Carolina written by Billy Yeargin with Christopher Bickers and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2015 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Burley tobacco revolutionized the industry in east Tennessee and western North Carolina. What started from two farmers planting white burley in Greeneville ignited an agricultural revolution and significantly changed crops, production and quality. By the 1990s, burley tobacco production int he region had drastically declined, and it is a tradition that few local farmers still practice.

Download or read book Burley written by Ann K. Ferrell and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2013-07-01 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once iconic American symbols, tobacco farms are gradually disappearing. It is difficult for many people to lament the loss of a crop that has come to symbolize addiction, disease, and corporate deception; yet, in Kentucky, the plant has played an important role in economic development and prosperity. Burley tobacco -- a light, air-cured variety used in cigarette production -- has long been the Commonwealth's largest cash crop and an important aspect of regional identity, along with bourbon, bluegrass music, and Thoroughbred horses. In Burley: Kentucky Tobacco in a New Century, Ann K. Ferrell investigates the rapidly transforming process of raising and selling tobacco by chronicling her conversations with the farmers who know the crop best. She demonstrates that although the 2004 "buyout" ending the federal tobacco program is commonly perceived to be the most significant change that growers have had to negotiate, it is, in reality, only one new factor among many. Burley reveals the tangible and intangible challenges tobacco farmers face today, from the logistics of cultivation to the growing stigma against the crop. Ferrell uses ethnography, archival research, and rhetorical analysis to tell the complex story of burley tobacco production in twenty-first-century Kentucky. Not only does she give a voice to the farmers who persevere in this embattled industry, but she also sheds light on their futures, contesting the widely held assumption that they can easily replace the crop by diversifying their operations with alternative crops. As tobacco fades from both the physical and economic landscapes, this nuanced volume documents and explores the culture and practices of burley production today.

Download or read book Review of the Burley Tobacco Program written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Specialty Crops and Natural Resources and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Burley Tobacco Adjustment Program written by United States. Agricultural Adjustment Administration and published by . This book was released on 1933 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Characteristics of Burley Tobacco Farms written by Tom Capehart and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Tobacco Culture written by John van Willigen and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2021-10-21 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whereas most crops drive farmers apart as they compete for the best prices, the price controls on tobacco bring growers together. The result is a culture unlike any other in America, one often forgotten or overlooked as federal and state governments fight over the spoils of the tobacco settlement. Tobacco Culture describes the process of raising a crop of burley from the perspective and experience of the farmers themselves. In the process of gathering information for the book, the authors performed most steps in the tobacco production process, from dropping plants, burning seedbeds, topping, and cutting to stripping and baling the finished product. Van Willigen and Eastwood document both present practices and historical developments in tobacco farming at the very moment a way of life stands poised for dramatic change. In addition to growing practices, the authors found other common threads linking growers and tobacco producing regions. Where tobacco is grown, it often becomes the major cash crop and carries the health of the economy. Farmer Oscar Richardson states, "It's bread and butter. It's the industry of the community, the state as a whole.... You take tobacco out of Kentucky and this farmland wouldn't be worth a nickel." Combining cultural anthropology and oral history, John van Willigen and Susan Eastwood have created a remarkable portrait of the heart of the burley belt in Central Kentucky.

Download or read book Burley tobacco farming characteristics and potential for change written by Verner N. Grise and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Burley and Flue cured Tobacco written by Virginia. Commission to Study Matters Relating to Flue-cured and Burley Tobacco and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Burley Tobacco proclamation of Marketing Quotas Farm Poundage Quotas written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Tobacco and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Burley Tobacco written by American Tobacco Company and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book White Burley Tobacco written by Isaac Scott Cook and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Growing Better Burley Tobacco written by and published by . This book was released on 1956* with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Preliminary Study of the Marketing of Burley Tobacco in Central Kentucky written by Charles Dudley Bohannan and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Handling Burley Tobacco on Portable Curing Frames written by Elmon E. Yoder and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The objective of the work reported in this publication is to improve labor productivity by handling burley tobacco on portable curing frames with tractor-loaders.

Download or read book Tobacco written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Study of Alternative Methods for Controlling Marketings of Burley Tobacco written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture and Forestry and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Burley Tobacco Acreage Allotments written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Subcommittee on Agricultural Production, Marketing, and Stabilization of Prices and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: