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Kennedy’s Farm Success in Diversified Southern Style
A profile of L. Kennedy of Lenvir County, a self-made planter who built a 300-acre operation worth $30 per acre. The piece details his mixed farming including cotton, corn, wheat, oats, peas, and a large dairy, plus his efficient barnyard manure system, tenant vs hired labor economics, political activity, and a bold forward sale of future cotton to a broker.
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