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Burley Tobacco
Artist - Nellie Meadows
Tobacco has long been one of the leading cash crops of Hancock County, and the appearance of the flower indicated the tobacco is nearing harvest.
Tobacco is a plant whose leaves are used chiefly in making cigarettes and cigars. Other tobacco products include smoking tobacco for pipes, chewing tobacco and snuff. Inferior grades of tobacco leaves are used in making insecticides and disinfectants. The stalks and stems of the plant serve as an ingredient for some types of fertilizer.
China leads in tobacco production by the United States India Russia and Brazil. North Carolina is the leading tobacco-producing state, followed by Kentucky, South Carolina, Georgia and Virginia.
Taxes on tobacco total three times the amount that growers receive for their crops. It is taxes by the federal, state and some local governments.
Text is from the 'Hancock 29' booklet edited by Robert A. Powell ©1979
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Nellie Meadows of Clay City, Kentucky
This lifelong resident of the enchanted mountains of Eastern Kentucky focuses her art talents on the wildflowers and natural scenes of the Red River area and Daniel Boone National Forest surrounding her home and studio.
From a competition (open to all artist in Kentucky) sponsored by the BiCentennial Commission and Kentucky Arts Commission, Nellie's painting, "Kentucky The Great State" was selected as the official BiCentennial painting.
In 1975, she and Margaret Mack of Lexington, presented a 40-day art exhibit at the U. S. National Arboretum in Washington, D. C. A reception was held in their honor by the Kentucky Society in Washington, and both were named the first honorary members to the Society.
Nellie has presented art shows, art "Teach Ins" and naturalist programs in 44 Public Libraries throughout the state and for an even greater number of women's clubs. Among her other many activities, she has coordinated art week-ends, programs and exhibits for the State Park System for nearly ten years. Four of her paintings are on permanent display in the Fort Boonesboro State Park Museum.
Nellie and her husband Roscoe have one son, Larry, and three grandchildren.
She is president of the Kentucky Heritage Artists.
Text is from the 'Hancock 29' booklet edited by Robert A. Powell ©1979
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