Tobacco Barn, Jeff Davis County

These old workhorses get harder to find every day.

2 thoughts on “Tobacco Barn, Jeff Davis County

  1. Betty McKee's avatarBetty McKee

    It’s so sad to see all this history disappear. The tobacco barns still hold a lot of memories for some os us.

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    1. Jesse Bookhardt's avatarJesse Bookhardt

      Growing plants, picking weeds, hoeing, poisoning, topping, suckering, cropping, handing, stringing, hanging, cooking(curing), taking out, taking off, grading, packing, sheeting, selling…..all were some of the many tasks required of a tobacco farmer. My family did them all. My back still aches when I hear that word “Backer Patch”.

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