Friday, January 14, 2011

Kentucky/Tennessee Tobacco Expo scheduled



(Southeast Farm Press) The annual Tennessee/Kentucky Tobacco Expo is scheduled for Tuesday Feb. 1, 2011, in Springfield, Tenn.
The educational event and trade show offers tobacco farmers an opportunity to meet with a wide range of agribusiness representatives that are involved in tobacco production and related fields. Last year 26 agribusinesses and organizations participated in the Tobacco Expo trade show. Continued

Photos: John Fain Barn, Lone Oaks Estates, near State Route 126, Blountville vicinity, Sullivan, TN. Barn was built by John Fain on his "Lone Oak Farm" in the 1890's. It is a very large heavy timber framed structure. It originally housed cattle and horses, and provided storage for hay and grain, and later was fitted out for drying tobacco. (Library of Congress)

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