Oral history interview with James W. (Jim) Connor, December 19, 1999
interview K-0818, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
by James W. Connor
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.
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Interviews, Farmers, Hurricane Floyd, 1999, Flood damage, Swine, Farms, Animal welfarePeople
James W. Connor, Dawn ConnorPlaces
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Oral history interview with James W. (Jim) Connor, December 19, 1999: interview K-0818, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
2007, University Library, UNC-Chapel Hill
in English
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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.
Text (HTML and XML/TEI source file) and audio (MP3); 2 files: ca. 212 kilobytes, 179 megabytes.
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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