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J. Weiland, Photographer
86 Sugar Creek Road, Weaverville, NC 28787
828 545 4451
 Big Burley #2, Asheville, NC (6-83)A |  Day's Tobacco Warehouse, Asheville, NC (12-88)#1A |  Setting Tobacco Plants, Democrat, NC (6-09) |
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 Robert Wilson Harvesting Tobacco, Democrat, NC (9-12) |  Robert Wilson & Gene Garrison harvesting tobacco (9-11) |  Robert,Junior & Gene Loading Staked Tobacco, Democrat, NC (9-04) |
 Tobacco Curing, Big Burley #2 , Asheville, NC (9-81) |  Tobacco Curing, Big Burley #2, Asheville, NC (10-82) |  Tobacco Curing, Big Burley #2, Asheville, NC (10-82) #2 |
 Willie Lee Barr & Ricky, Big Burley #2, Asheville, NC (10-82) |  Preparing for Market, Farmer's Tobacco Warehouse, Asheville, NC (12-90) |  Tobacco Market, Dixie-Big Burley(1-7-82)#10 |
 Tobacco Market, Dixie-Big Burley (1-82)#11 |  Day's Tobacco Warehouse, Asheville, NC #2 (12-88) |  Tobacco Market, Dixie-Big Burley (1-82)#8 |
 Tobacco Market,Dixie-Big Burley Asheville, NC (12-88) |  Tobacco Market, Dixie-Big Burley (1-82)#1 |  Tobacco Market, Dixie-Big Burley (1-82)#7A |
 Watching the Sale of a Year's Work, Tobacco Market, Asheville, NC (1-89) |  Farmer's Tobacco Warehouse, Asheville, NC (12-90)#2 |  Heavy Rain, Dixie-Big Burley, Asheville, NC (1-82) |
 Dixie-Big Burley Tobacco Warehouse, Asheville, NC (1-84) |  John McCurry Eating Lunch, Riverside Flea Market, Asheville, NC (10-81)Off season activity at Dixie-Big Burley. |  Antiques, Farmer's Tobacco Warehouse, Asheville, NC (9-90)In the off season, the warehouses are put to alternate uses. |
 Farmer's Tobacco Warehouse, Asheville, NC (6-85) |  Demolition, Dixie-Big Burley, Asheville, NC (3-24) #5After years of sitting empty, this building was removed to make room for an expressway bridge. |  Demolition, Dixie-Big Burley, Asheville, NC (3-24) #1 |
 Flood Damage, Riverside Drive, Asheville, NC (11-24)#2 |  Antique Tobacco Warehouse, Swannanoa River Road, Asheville, NC (12-12-24)A.K.A. Big Burley #2 & Farmer's Tobacco Warehouse. A favorite subject for 45 years. The Helene flood destroyed everything below the roof. |
The tobacco allotment system was enacted in the 1930s. Every farm was allotted a maximum amount of tobacco they could grow. The system gave small farms a chance to compete with large farms. Local farmers brought their product to the markets in Asheville every winter. Tobacco company buyers bid on each farms product in auction. The tobacco companies lobbied congress to eliminate the allotment to save money. They now contract with large farms before planting. Small farms are no longer in the tobacco business. There are no markets in Asheville anymore.
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