The new encyclopedia of Southern culture. Volume 11, Agriculture and industry

373 Pages·2008·3.85 MB·English

by  Cobb

The new encyclopedia of southern culture
volume 11 : agriculture and industry
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Thenew
encyclopedia of southern culture
charles reagan wilson General Editor
james g. thomas jr. Managing Editor
ann j. abadie Associate Editor
volume 11
Agriculture
and Industry
melissa walker Agriculture Section Editor
james c. cobb Industry Section Editor
Sponsored by
the center for the study of southern culture
at the University of Mississippi
the university of north carolina press
Chapel Hill
This book was published with the
assistance of the Anniversary Endowment Fund
of the University of North Carolina Press.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Agriculture and industry / Melissa Walker, Agriculture section
editor ; James C. Cobb, Industry section editor.
p. 24 cm. — (The new encyclopedia of Southern culture ; v. 11)
“Sponsored by The Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the
University of Mississippi.”
Includes bibliographical references and index.
isbn 978-0-8078-3240-0 (alk. paper)
isbn 978-0-8078-5909-4 (pbk.: alk. paper)
1. Agriculture—Southern States—History—Encyclopedias.
2. Agriculture—Economic aspects—Southern States—
Encyclopedias. 3. Industries—Southern States—Encyclopedias.
4. Southern States—Economic conditions—Encyclopedias.
I. Walker, Melissa. II. Cobb, James C. III. University of Mississippi.
Center for the Study of Southern Culture. IV. Series.
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The Encyclopedia of Southern Culture, sponsored by the Center for
the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi, was
published by the University of North Carolina Press in 1989.
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Why do they live at all.
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contents
General Introduction xi Soil and Soil Conservation 124
Introduction xvii Sustainable Agriculture 130
Women and Agriculture 133
agriculture
Agricultural Cooperatives 137
Agriculture and Rural Life 3 Agricultural Societies,
Antebellum 139
African American Landowners 31 Apples 141
Agribusiness 33 Aquaculture 143
Agricultural Education 38 Boll Weevil 144
Colonial Farming 45 Cattle 146
Consumption and Consumers 49 Christmas Tree Farming 148
Country Stores 54 Citrus 149
Crops 60 Communal Farms 152
Diversification 63 Corn 153
Farm Organizations, 19th- Cotton Culture 154
Century 66 Dairy Industry 157
Food and Markets, Women’s Roles Farm Security Administration 158
in 72 Fence/Stock Laws 159
Garden Patches 75 Fertilizer 161
Global Economy, Southern Forage Crops 162
Agriculture in 79 Garvey Movement 165
Good Roads Movement 83 Hog Production 166
Mechanization 85 Home Extension Services 169
Native American Agriculture 88 Horses and Mules 170
New Deal and Southern Insects and Insecticides 172
Agriculture 92 Knapp, Seaman A. 177
New Deal–Era Farmer Migrant Labor 178
Organizations 97 Peaches 181
Part-Time Farming 101 Peanuts 184
Plantations 102 Pecans 185
Rural Life 106 Poe, Clarence Hamilton 186
Rural-Urban Migration 117 Poultry 187
Sharecropping and Tenancy 120 Progressive Farmer 190