Jenkins, Dean Phillip (interviewee)

Description

Although he has an off-farm job as a construction worker, Dean Jenkins also raises tobacco and cattle at his family farm, which is near White's Station, in Madison County, Kentucky. The earlier farm was based primarily on tobacco production and a small dairy operation. This discussion of farming includes a somewhat detailed account of stripping tobacco and the various grades of tobacco leaf. He describes the transition in farming practices between hand-tying and baling tobacco and discusses the practice of using mules for farm traction on his parents' farm when he was a child. He gives an account of the process by which his siblings retained the farm and describes its impact on family cohesion. He also talks about the African American experience in rural Madison County, including relationships between races, the nature of African American churches, mutual support among neighbors, and the nature and impact of out-migration.This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.

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University of Kentucky. Libraries

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Digital Library of Georgia