Traditional Tobacco Farming, Atkinson County

4 Responses to Traditional Tobacco Farming, Atkinson County

1. Tara Wildes

   March 1, 2011 at 10:04 PM

   I feel this one too! Working in tobacco in Bacon County growing up – I was an ace stringer!

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   • drtrd

     March 1, 2011 at 10:27 PM

     I’m just amazed they still do a lot of the work by hand…

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2. Jesse Bookhardt

   February 28, 2011 at 9:39 PM

   Such a beautiful plant to be so deadly. Growing up, we made a living growing tobacco in Jeff Davis County. I have hoed many a row and cropped many a leaf. The tar clung to you and some got sick from the juices that seeped through your skin. The best part was the dinners served by farm folk on Puttin-in days. Those days are gone but not forgotten. The smell of mule and green tobacco still hides in the recesses of this old farmer’s brain. When cooked (cured) the golden leaf was sold at auction and turned in to chews, dips, and smokes for people all over the world. South Georgia Tobacco Patch….my back still aches when I hear those words.

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   • drtrd

     March 1, 2011 at 9:32 AM

     My father, who also helped on his family’s farm cropping tobacco as a young man, would certainly agree!

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