Burley: Kentucky Tobacco in a New Century

Illustrations

vii Illustrations MAPS Kentucky counties where fieldwork was conducted 4 Tobacco growing regions, historically, by class and type 17 TABLES Number of All US Farms Growing Tobacco, All Types 33 Kentucky Farms and Kentucky Farms Raising Tobacco, All Types 33 Kentucky and North Carolina Farms Growing Tobacco, 2007 35 FIGURES Average yield per acre (in pounds), Kentucky tobacco, all types 23 Basic quota, burley tobacco, as it rose and fell, 1990–2004 29 Kentucky tobacco production (in pounds), all types 34 PHOTOGRAPHS Tobacco plants started in float beds 45 Tobacco plants started in greenhouse float beds 46 Tobacco plants started in plant beds 47 Farmer Martin Henson setting tobacco 56 A typical four-person tobacco setter 57 Burley tobacco being cut by hand 67 The Garrard County Tobacco Cutting Contest 69 A typical burley tobacco barn, lined with vertical side vents to regulate moisture 73 Workers housing tobacco in the top tiers of a burley barn 74 viii Illustrations A machine designed to bale burley tobacco in the 1970s 90 “Future Farmers Sell Tobacco” (1946) 127 “King Tobacco Reigns” (1951) 130 “Tobacco Samples Become Museum Pieces” (1955) 132 “Kentucky’s Most Profitable Tradition” (1955) 134 Opening of the tobacco marketing season in 1960 137 “Tobacco Princess Is a Real Topper” (1963) 139 “Centennial Year of Burley Tobacco” (1964) 140 A “burley heritage” print, issued in 1974 148 “Burley Payday” (1972) 150 “Tobacco Critics ‘Loose with Facts’” (1978) 154 “’Bacca’s in Case” (1982) 157 “Tobacco Crossword Fun” (1986) 161 “Fall Scene—Kentucky Style” (1990) 163 “2001: A Farm Odyssey” (2000) 169 “The Winner!” (2003) 171 Tobacco-as-heritage, depicted on the flood walls of Maysville, Kentucky 173 “Tobacco Pays My Bills” 189 ...