Discussion: No place like home
in: PG; PG > 2009-05-11
May 13, 2009 1:55 AM
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"Rick Abel, county executive director for USDA Farm Service Agency in Wyandotte, Leavenworth and Atchison counties, said there used to be about a half dozen tobacco producers in his region."
From a Lawrence Journal World article on tobacco farms near Weston, MO (just across the river from Ft Leavenworth and site of a Possum Trot a few years ago, the map has several tobacco barns on it):
http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2007/sep/17/tobacco_f...
From a Lawrence Journal World article on tobacco farms near Weston, MO (just across the river from Ft Leavenworth and site of a Possum Trot a few years ago, the map has several tobacco barns on it):
http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2007/sep/17/tobacco_f...
May 13, 2009 2:25 AM
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PG:
But those barns are still in Missouri, not Kansas. I'd guess we have more tobacco barns is Sunderland than in all of Kansas (not that that's something to be proud of).
"Tobacco barns were developed in the 1850s in the region and Sunderland built its share. Many of these older barns were destroyed in the flood and hurricanes of 1936 and 1938. When farmers rebuilt, they often used structural members which were still sound, so once again older barn parts may be incorporated in more recent barns."
In fact, counting the two that burned down late last month, Sunderland may have lost more tobacco barns in the last 30 days than Kansas ever had.
"Tobacco barns were developed in the 1850s in the region and Sunderland built its share. Many of these older barns were destroyed in the flood and hurricanes of 1936 and 1938. When farmers rebuilt, they often used structural members which were still sound, so once again older barn parts may be incorporated in more recent barns."
In fact, counting the two that burned down late last month, Sunderland may have lost more tobacco barns in the last 30 days than Kansas ever had.
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