DARE Interview : Oswego, New York; Primary Informant NY150

Fieldworker

Miller, Charlotte

Date

• 1969

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• NY150: White; male; age: 72 (old); education: grade school; community type: rural
• Media Files:
• Arthur the Rat. Speaker: NY150 (4:32)
• Full Interview 1 (Tape 1161-S1).
• Content:
• 00:20 Farming—hay, fertilizer
• 03:20 Arthur the Rat
• 07:55 Farming: rodents, hay season, soils, weather, yields, fertilizing
• 19:05 Agriculture Conservation Program—cost sharing program he applied to for fertilizer funding [also reads paperwork from ACP]
• 25:15 Local nuclear power plant
• 32:10 Tape end
• Full Interview 2 (Tape 1161-S2).
• Content:
• 00:05 Farming
• 00:40 Opinion of moon landing
• 01:30 Migrant workers, regulation of housing conditions for workers, unions
• 06:40 Grange
• 11:40 Fairs, 4-H Club, Dairy Queen competition
• 22:40 Dairy farming
• 25:05 Tape end