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Oral History Interview with Larry and Betty Kelley, December 9, 1999. Interview K-0511. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)

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Leaving hog farming and the sand business

Larry Kelley describes leaving hog farming and his sand business at the same time, around 1980. Hog prices were falling, the recession was slowing construction, and even golf courses that bought sand for sand traps were cutting costs by delaying sand trap refreshment.

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Interviewers	Charles Thompson
	Charles Thompson
Interviewees	Larry Kelley
	Betty Kelley
Excerpt Length	0:05:16
Start Time	00:47:20
Stop Time	00:52:36
Subjects	Environmental Transformations > AGRICULTURE > Management and Economics Piedmont Industrialization > BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC ENTERPRISE > Economic Success or Failure

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Oral History Interview with Larry and Betty Kelley, December 9, 1999. Interview K-0511. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007) in the Southern Oral History Program Collection, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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