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Dark-Fired Tobacco

205 images Created 17 Jul 2020

Dark Fired tobacco farming is still done in the traditional ways, and most times by family-owned tobacco farms. The farming is also still largly done with intensive manual labor.

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  • Large white styrofoam seeding trays are passed into the base of a large wooden hopper filled with potting soil. The seeding trays are filled with soil in preparation for being seeded.
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  • Large white styrofoam seeding trays are passed into the base of a large wooden hopper filled with potting soil. The seeding trays are filled with soil in preparation for being seeded.
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  • Large white styrofoam seeding trays are passed into the base of a large wooden hopper filled with potting soil. The seeding trays are filled with soil in preparation for being seeded.
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  • A Mexican migrant worker uses a special rolling tool to compact the soil in the large white Styrofoam seeding trays in preparation for being seeded.
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  • A Mexican migrant worker uses a special rolling tool to compact the soil in the large white Styrofoam seeding trays in preparation for being seeded.
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  • A Mexican migrant worker uses a special rolling tool to compact the soil in the large white Styrofoam seeding trays in preparation for being seeded.
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  • A Mexican migrant worker uses a special rolling tool to compact the soil in the large white Styrofoam seeding trays in preparation for being seeded.
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  • A Mexican migrant worker uses a special rolling tool to compact the soil in the large white Styrofoam seeding trays in preparation for being seeded.
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  • Large white styrofoam seeding trays are passed into the base of a large wooden hopper filled with potting soil. The seeding trays are filled with soil in preparation for being seeded.
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  • Large white Styrofoam seed trays filled with soil are passed along an assembly line in the greenhouse, then placed in a device that uses vacuum to gather, and hold the tiny individual tobacco seeds into precise positions that match up to the tiny squares on the seeding tray.
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  • Large white Styrofoam seed trays filled with soil are passed along an assembly line in the greenhouse, then placed in a device that uses vacuum to gather, and hold the tiny individual tobacco seeds into precise positions that match up to the tiny squares on the seeding tray.
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  • Tiny tobacco seeds are placed in small squares in a large, white, Styrofoam seeding tray.
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  • Tiny tobacco seeds are placed in small squares in a large, white, Styrofoam seeding tray.
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  • Large white Styrofoam seed trays filled with soil are passed along an assembly line in the greenhouse, then placed in a device that uses vacuum to gather, and hold the tiny individual tobacco seeds into precise positions that match up to the tiny squares on the seeding tray.
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  • Large white Styrofoam seed trays filled with soil are passed along an assembly line in the greenhouse, then placed in a device that uses vacuum to gather, and hold the tiny individual tobacco seeds into precise positions that match up to the tiny squares on the seeding tray.
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  • A worker lays the large, white, Styrofoam seed trays, seeded with tobacco seeds, in a large pool of water to be germinated.
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  • A worker takes the seeded, large white styrofoam seed trays and stacks them at the end of the assembly line in the greenhouse.
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  • A worker takes the seeded, large white styrofoam seed trays and stacks them at the end of the assembly line in the greenhouse.
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  • A Mexican migrant worker uses a special rolling tool to compact the soil in the large white Styrofoam seeding trays in preparation for being seeded.
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  • A Mexican migrant worker uses a special rolling tool to compact the soil in the large white Styrofoam seeding trays in preparation for being seeded.
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  • A Mexican migrant worker uses a special rolling tool to compact the soil in the large white Styrofoam seeding trays in preparation for being seeded.
    DF11001_ 32788.tif
  • A Mexican migrant worker uses a special rolling tool to compact the soil in the large white Styrofoam seeding trays in preparation for being seeded.
    DF11001_ 32794.tif
  • Large white Styrofoam seed trays filled with soil are passed along an assembly line in the greenhouse, then placed in a device that uses vacuum to gather, and hold the tiny individual tobacco seeds into precise positions that match up to the tiny squares on the seeding tray.
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  • Large white Styrofoam seed trays filled with soil are passed along an assembly line in the greenhouse, then placed in a device that uses vacuum to gather, and hold the tiny individual tobacco seeds into precise positions that match up to the tiny squares on the seeding tray.
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  • Large white styrofoam seeding trays are passed into the base of a large wooden hopper filled with potting soil. The seeding trays are filled with soil in preparation for being seeded.
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  • Large white styrofoam seeding trays are passed into the base of a large wooden hopper filled with potting soil. The seeding trays are filled with soil in preparation for being seeded.
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  • Tiny tobacco seeds are placed in small squares in a large, white, Styrofoam seeding tray.
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  • Large styrofoam seed trays with rich, green, germinated tobacco plants emerging from the soil.
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  • Large white Styrofoam seed trays filled with soil are passed along an assembly line in the greenhouse, then placed in a device that uses vacuum to gather, and hold the tiny individual tobacco seeds into precise positions that match up to the tiny squares on the seeding tray.
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  • Large white Styrofoam seed trays filled with soil are passed along an assembly line in the greenhouse, then placed in a device that uses vacuum to gather, and hold the tiny individual tobacco seeds into precise positions that match up to the tiny squares on the seeding tray.
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  • Large white Styrofoam seed trays filled with soil are passed along an assembly line in the greenhouse, then placed in a device that uses vacuum to gather, and hold the tiny individual tobacco seeds into precise positions that match up to the tiny squares on the seeding tray.
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  • A Mexican migrant worker uses a special rolling tool to compact the soil in the large white Styrofoam seeding trays in preparation for being seeded.
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  • A Mexican migrant worker uses a special rolling tool to compact the soil in the large white Styrofoam seeding trays in preparation for being seeded.
    DF11001_ 32863.tif
  • A Mexican migrant worker lays the large, white, Styrofoam seed trays, seeded with tobacco seeds, in a large pool of water to be germinated.
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  • A Mexican migrant worker lays the large, white, Styrofoam seed trays, seeded with tobacco seeds, in a large pool of water to be germinated.
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  • A Mexican migrant worker lays the large, white, Styrofoam seed trays, seeded with tobacco seeds, in a large pool of water to be germinated.
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  • A Mexican migrant worker lays the large, white, Styrofoam seed trays, seeded with tobacco seeds, in a large pool of water to be germinated.
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  • A worker lays the large, white, Styrofoam seed trays, seeded with tobacco seeds, in a large pool of water to be germinated.
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  • A worker lays the large, white, Styrofoam seed trays, seeded with tobacco seeds, in a large pool of water to be germinated.
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  • A worker lays the large, white, Styrofoam seed trays, seeded with tobacco seeds, in a large pool of water to be germinated.
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  • A large metal lid with hundreds of tiny holes uses a vacuum to hold individual tiny tobacco seeds in precise positions to match up with the small soil-filled squares of the seeding tray.
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  • A large metal lid with hundreds of tiny holes uses a vacuum to hold individual tiny tobacco seeds in precise positions to match up with the small soil-filled squares of the seeding tray.
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  • A large metal lid with hundreds of tiny holes uses a vacuum to hold individual tiny tobacco seeds in precise positions to match up with the small soil-filled squares of the seeding tray.
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  • Large white Styrofoam seed trays filled with soil are passed along an assembly line in the greenhouse, then placed in a device that uses vacuum to gather, and hold the tiny individual tobacco seeds into precise positions that match up to the tiny squares on the seeding tray.
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  • Large white Styrofoam seed trays filled with soil are passed along an assembly line in the greenhouse, then placed in a device that uses vacuum to gather, and hold the tiny individual tobacco seeds into precise positions that match up to the tiny squares on the seeding tray.
    DF11001_ 33022.tif
  • A Mexican migrant worker lays the large, white, Styrofoam seed trays, seeded with tobacco seeds, in a large pool of water to be germinated.
    DF11001_ 33042-2.tif
  • A Mexican migrant worker lays the large, white, Styrofoam seed trays, seeded with tobacco seeds, in a large pool of water to be germinated.
    DF11001_ 33045-2.tif
  • Large white Styrofoam seed trays filled with soil are passed along an assembly line in the greenhouse, then placed in a device that uses vacuum to gather, and hold the tiny individual tobacco seeds into precise positions that match up to the tiny squares on the seeding tray.
    DF11001_ 33117-2.tif
  • Large white Styrofoam seed trays filled with soil are passed along an assembly line in the greenhouse, then placed in a device that uses vacuum to gather, and hold the tiny individual tobacco seeds into precise positions that match up to the tiny squares on the seeding tray.
    DF11001_ 33118-2.tif
  • An adapted lawnmower is used to trim the tops of the tobacco seedlings in the greenhouse. This helps to develop a stronger tobacco plant.
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  • An adapted lawnmower is used to trim the tops of the tobacco seedlings in the greenhouse. This helps to develop a stronger tobacco plant.
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  • An adapted lawnmower is used to trim the tops of the tobacco seedlings in the greenhouse. This helps to develop a stronger tobacco plant.
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  • An adapted lawnmower is used to trim the tops of the tobacco seedlings in the greenhouse. This helps to develop a stronger tobacco plant.
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  • A carpeting of rich, green tobacco seedlings covers the germinating pools that comprise the floor of the greenhouse.
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  • A Mexican migrant worker plants dark tobacco seedings by hand in a large field under a clear blue sky.
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  • A Mexican migrant worker plants dark tobacco seedings by hand in a large field under a clear blue sky.
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  • Overview of a partially harvested tobacco field in Robertson County, Tennessee.
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  • A group of five Mexican migrant workers return to the tobacco fields after a short break to escape the intense heat of the day.
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  • A group of four Mexican migrant workers return to the tobacco fields after a short break to escape the intense heat of the day.
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  • A group of three Mexican migrant workers return to the tobacco fields after a short break to escape the intense heat of the day.
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  • Mexican migrant workers cutting the dark red tobacco plants in the field under a cloudless sky.
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  • Two Mexican migrant workers walking along a clearing in the tobacco field under a cloudless blue sky.
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  • Mexican migrant workers walk the field gathering freshly cut tobacco leaves from the ground and placing them into bundles in preparation for spiking.
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  • Clint Head gathering freshly cut tobacco leaves from the ground and placing them into bundles in preparation for spiking.
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  • A young, pre-teenage boy carries a bundle of firing sticks to throw systematically throughout the tobacco field to be used by workers to spike harvested dark tobacco plants onto them.
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  • Young, pre-teenage boys carry bundles of sticks to throw systematically throughout the tobacco field to be used by workers to spike harvested dark tobacco plants onto them.
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  • Mexican migrant workers cutting the dark red tobacco plants in the field under a cloudless sky.
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  • Mexican migrant workers cutting the dark red tobacco plants in the field under a cloudless sky.
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  • Mexican migrant workers cutting the dark red tobacco plants in the field under a cloudless sky.
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  • Mexican migrant workers cutting the dark red tobacco plants in the field under a cloudless sky.
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  • Mexican migrant workers cutting the dark red tobacco plants in the field under a cloudless sky.
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  • Mexican migrant workers cutting the dark red tobacco plants in the field under a cloudless sky.
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  • Mexican migrant workers cutting the dark red tobacco plants in the field under a cloudless sky.
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  • Mexican migrant workers cutting the dark red tobacco plants in the field under a cloudless sky.
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  • Mexican migrant workers cutting the dark red tobacco plants in the field under a cloudless sky.
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  • Mexican migrant workers cutting the dark red tobacco plants in the field under a cloudless sky.
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  • Mexican migrant workers cutting the dark red tobacco plants in the field under a cloudless sky.
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  • Mexican migrant workers cutting the dark red tobacco plants in the field under a cloudless sky.
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  • Mexican migrant workers cutting the dark red tobacco plants in the field under a cloudless sky.
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  • Mexican migrant workers cutting the dark red tobacco plants in the field under a cloudless sky.
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  • Mexican migrant workers cutting the dark red tobacco plants in the field under a cloudless sky.
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  • Mexican migrant workers cutting the dark red tobacco plants in the field under a cloudless sky.
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  • Mexican migrant workers cutting the dark red tobacco plants in the field under a cloudless sky.
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  • Mexican migrant workers cutting the dark red tobacco plants in the field under a cloudless sky.
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  • Mexican migrant workers cutting the dark red tobacco plants in the field under a cloudless sky.
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  • Mexican migrant workers cutting the dark red tobacco plants in the field under a cloudless sky.
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  • Mexican migrant workers cutting the dark red tobacco plants in the field under a cloudless sky.
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  • Mexican migrant workers cutting the dark red tobacco plants in the field under a cloudless sky.
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  • Mexican migrant workers cutting the dark red tobacco plants in the field under a cloudless sky.
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  • Mexican migrant workers cutting the dark red tobacco plants in the field under a cloudless sky.
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  • Mexican migrant workers cutting the dark red tobacco plants in the field under a cloudless sky.
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  • Mexican migrant workers cutting the dark red tobacco plants in the field under a cloudless sky.
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  • Mexican migrant workers cutting the dark red tobacco plants in the field under a cloudless sky.
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  • Mexican migrant workers cutting the dark red tobacco plants in the field under a cloudless sky.
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  • Mexican migrant workers walk the length of the tobacco field spiking the freshly harvested tobacco leaves. This process involves grabbing a harvested tobacco plant by the stalk, lifting it high overhead, and thrusting it down onto a wooden stick with a removable pointed metal cone at the top used to penetrate the tick stalks causing them to split and slide over the stick.
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