Keywords: Hog killing Halifax County Marion Post Wolcott 1939.jpeg en Hog killing on Milton Puryeur place; He is a Negro owner of five acres of land; Rural Route No 1 Box 59 Dennison Halifax County Virginia; This is six miles south on Highway No 501 of South Boston; He used to grow tobacco and cotton but now just a subsistence living; These hogs belong to a neighbor landowner; He burns old shoes and pieces of leather near the heads of the slaughtered hogs while they are hanging to keep the flies away Photograph by Marion Post Wolcott from the U S Farm Security Administration courtesy of the New York Public Library Digital Collection http //digitalgallery nypl org/nypldigital/id 1260089 Creator Marion Post Wolcott 1939-11 PD-USGov Marion Post Wolcott Halifax County Virginia Agriculture in Virginia |