Miller, Robert V. 1986-07-23
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Interviewee Name: Robert V. "Bob" Miller
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Date: July 23, 1986
Location: Austin, Texas
Interviewer: Richard J. Mason
Length: 01:01:46
Abstract
Born in Greenville, MS, 04/11/1899 & attended MS A&M in 1915 and finished his BS degree in Agriculture in June 1919. Started out as a cotton farmer on a big plantation in Lamont, MS, 1920. When he first started cotton sold for $1/ lb but when Depression hit it sold for .20 cents/lb. In 1929, he went to work for the Texas Agriculture Dept. in the Boll Weevil Eradication Dept., inspecting crops for boll weevils
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