Interview with Annette Newby, Perry Newby

Partial Transcript: Mr. Newby, um, this farm that we're on today, we're here in your living room, uh, how many acres in the farm that you're on today?

Segment Synopsis: Perry Newby discusses his farmland and time as a dairy farmer. He also describes his childhood growing up on a farm.

Keywords: Acres; Beef cattle; Canning; Cattle; Chickens; Cumberland County (Ky.); Curing meat; Dairy cows; Dairy farming; Death; Education; Eggs; Farming; Farmland; Fathers; Feed; Grandparents; Herd; Hogs; Killing hogs; Labor; Land ownership; Milk prices; Mothers; Salted meat; School; Sixth grade; Slaughter; Subsistence farming; Town; Water supply; Wells

Subjects: African American cooking; African American farmers; African Americans--Agriculture; African Americans--Education; Dairy farming; Food--Preservation; Livestock; Rural African Americans

Partial Transcript: You have any brothers and sisters?

Segment Synopsis: Perry Newby discusses his family and meeting his wife, Annette. He also speaks on buying his land, building his house, and working on the farm.

Keywords: Barns; Brothers; Building; Contractors; Cumberland County (Ky.); Family; Farmland; Hiring help; House; Labor; Land ownership; Land prices; Landowners; Marriage; Tenant farming; Tobacco; Wide; Work

Subjects: African American families; African American farmers; African Americans--Agriculture; African Americans--Economic conditions; African Americans--Employment; Rural African Americans

Partial Transcript: Gardens? How about gardens?

Segment Synopsis: Perry Newby discusses cooking and gardening on the farm. He also speaks about his losing his son.

Keywords: Apple; Baking; Beans; Biscuits; Breeding; Canning; Cattle; Chicken; Chocolate cakes; Chocolate pies; Cooking; Corn; Dairy cows; Dairy farming; Death; Desserts; Freezing; Gardening; Gardens; Milking cows; Pies; Sons; Tomatoes; Wife

Subjects: African American cooking; African American cooks; African American families; African American farmers; African American gardens; African Americans--Agriculture; African Americans--Economic conditions; African Americans--Employment; African Americans--Mortality; Dairy farming; Food; Food--Preservation; Livestock--Breeding; Rural African Americans

Partial Transcript: What about your brothers and sisters? Do y'all all get together during the holiday season?

Segment Synopsis: Perry Newby discusses his family and traditions. He also describes changes he has seen in farming and the local community over the years.

Keywords: Cattle; Church attendance; Church membership; Churches; Factory farming; Family; Family gatherings; Farmland; Help; Holidays; Hunger; Industrialization; Labor; Local community; Morals; Rural communities; Traditions

Subjects: African American families; African American farmers; African Americans--Agriculture; African Americans--Social life and customs; Farm produce; Livestock