Oral history interview with Roy Jones : part I, 1987 October 09.

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Oral history interview with Roy Jones : part I, 1987 October 09.

Interview with Roy Jones, farmer, concerning his reminiscences about rural life, agriculture, neighbors, and homesteads in Denton County, Texas, 1900-1987. A walking tour of his farm with descriptions of buildings and agricultural equipment; rural social life and recreation; folk remedies and medicines; food preservation; the evolution of farm machinery; hog killing and butchering; stock raising; rail splitting and well digging; threshing; equipment repairs, improvising, and stockpiling spare parts; cotton farming and marketing; local businesses and industries; a tour of his house in Pilot Point, Texas.

272 leaves ; 29 cm.

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University of North Texas. Oral History Collection.

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Texas Community History Oral History Project.

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Armstrong, Kate

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Jones, Roy, 1897-

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Renner, Steve.

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