Excerpt from | Oral History Interview with Jerry Plemmons, November 10, 2000. Interview K-0506. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007) |
The sixty-two-year-old Plemmons remembers his childhood in Madison County, where his family did a little bit of farming. His memories contrast with the status quo. He remembers farming as a community activity—men would thresh wheat, for example, and then enjoy a hearty meal cooked by their wives. Today tobacco farmers use migrant labor.