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My great grandfather
corey sellers Offline
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Don't know a date or when this was taken everyone has passed that would know.
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csgamecock Offline
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Sweet....... Old south tobacco farming...... got a few myself.
plus my granddad grew his own to roll ...... said something along the lines of "I quit buying smokes when they went up to 10 cent a pack" lol
opelmanta1900 Offline
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That's awesome!
USNGunner Offline
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Great picture.
Jrc02005 Offline
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That is a really interesting picture corey.
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Great Granpa would be proud of you Corey! Herfing
jespear Offline
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Great pic !
Numismaniac Offline
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Do you know what State he lived in at that time?
corey sellers Offline
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That would be Ga
clintCigar Offline
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Nice!
Sunoverbeach Offline
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My grandpa and great grandpa just grew boring old corn and soybeans
USNGunner Offline
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Sunoverbeach wrote:
My grandpa and great grandpa just grew boring old corn and soybeans


Ditto. With some sorghum tossed in for good measure.
Whistlebritches Offline
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Sunoverbeach wrote:
My grandpa and great grandpa just grew boring old corn and soybeans



Cotton,milo,haygrazer and guar
Numismaniac Offline
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corey sellers wrote:
That would be Ga




Makes sense, the soil looks sandy and the tobacco is most likely a Burley variety. Here in West TN, the majority was the fire cured, same as Western KY, and what they use for some pipe tobaccos, but mostly for chewing tobacco and those gimmicky DE with a touch of fire cured.
Skibro Offline
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The farthest back I came remember smokes cost .10 cents.
delta1 Offline
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thanks for sharing corey...post your own pic so we can see if there is a family resemblance...some people say I look a lot like my father, but I don't think so...
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