DARE Interview : Cairo, Georgia; Primary Informant GA039

Fieldworker

Rentschler, Sally

Date

• 1968

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• GA039: White; male; age: 55 (middle-aged); education: college; community type: village
• Media File:
• Full Interview (Tape 0312-S1).
• Content:
• 00:35 Begins to deliver slide show and lecture he usually gives farmers. Spray to prepare land to plant okra, spacing plants, best soil
• 07:30 Wilt and rootworm come together but can be controlled. Recognizing and treating chemical deficiencies
• 12:30 Refertilizing, danger of corn herbicides. Use of mechanical harvester unnecessary, but more comfortable
• 16:35 Seed field, peak okra production. Signs on plant of pod production, nitrogen deficiency
• 21:45 Size of a good pod, healthy plant
• 24:00 Company sells seeds (at cost), recommends best ways to improve crop. Research is learning much about how to improve farming
• 29:45 Tape end