Oral history interview with James W. (Jim) Connor, December 19, 1999
Subtitle: interview K-0818, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Contributors: Thompson, Charles D., Jr. (Charles Dillard), 1956- interviewer; Amberg, Rob, interviewer; Connor, Dawn, interviewee; Southern Oral History Program; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library
Edition: Electronic ed.
Publisher: University Library, UNC-Chapel Hill
Published: 2007
Place of publication: [Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Interviews; Farmers; Hurricane Floyd, 1999; Flood damage; Swine; Farms; Animal welfare
Other titles: Interview K-0818, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007); Interview with James W. (Jim) Connor, December 19, 1999; Oral histories of the American South.
Description: Hog farmer Jim Connor lost his hogs in the flooding during Hurricane Floyd, but he managed to save five cows, a horse, three cats, and a fox. That devotion to animals is a major theme of this interview, one Connor frequently describes in connection with his environmentalism. He defends the environmental practices of hog farmers and attacks environmentalists who sue farmers without good reason, even as he welcomes stiff penalties on polluters. In addition to illustrating one farmer's approach to animal husbandry and the environment, this interview reveals many of the details of hog "growing," including the workings of the automated hog houses and waste disposal systems.
Notes: Title from menu page (viewed on Nov. 18, 2008).

Interview participants: James W. (Jim) Connor, interviewee; Dawn Connor, interviewee; Charles Thompson, interviewer; Rob Amberg, interviewer.

Duration: 01:38:04.

This electronic edition is part of the UNC-Chapel Hill digital library, Documenting the American South.  It is a part of the collection Oral histories of the American South.

Text encoded by Jennifer Joyner.  Sound recordings digitized by Aaron Smithers.

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Original version: Southern Oral History Program Collection, (#4007), Series K, Southern communities, interview K-0818, Manuscripts Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Transcribed by L. Altizer. Original transcript: 57 p.

Funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services supported the electronic publication of this interview.

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