Living Off The Land - The Story of the Cardwells.

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The Cardwells during a hot October 1996 afternoon at their Ridge Road home in Warren County northeast of Bowling Green, Ky. The Cardwells are tenant farmers living with 8 other family members in a patched-together, 120 year old home on Ridge Road. The family makes less than $7,500 per year. (© Paul Conrad/Paul Conrad Photography)

The Harvest

Billy Ray Cardwell, left, and his wife Nellie spike tobacco during a hot October 1996 afternoon on Jerry Hudnell's farm in Warren County northeast of Bowling Green, Ky. The Cardwells are tenant farmers living with 8 other family members in a patched-together, 120 year old home on Ridge Road. The family makes less than $7,500 per year. (© Paul Conrad/Paul Conrad Photography) (© Paul Conrad/Paul Conrad Photography)

Jimmy Ray Cardwell, 17, left, and his cousin William "Buck" Greene, 15, harvest tobacco during October 1996 at Jerry Hudnell's farm in Warren County northeast of Bowling Green, Ky. The Cardwells are tenant farmers living with 8 other family members in a patched-together, 120 year old home on Ridge Road. The family makes less than $7,500 per year. (© Paul Conrad/Paul Conrad Photography)

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Billy Ray Cardwell, left, takes a break during a hot October 1996 afternoon harvesting tobacco at Jerry Hudnell farm in Warren County northeast of Bowling Green, Ky. The Cardwells are tenant farmers living with 8 other family members in a patched-together, 120 year old home on Ridge Road. The family makes less than $7,500 per year. (© Paul Conrad/Paul Conrad Photography)

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"We don't have much," says Nellie Cardwell as she helps her grandson Allen "Alpo" Greene with a necklace he found at school in October 1996 while at their Ridge Road home in Warren County northeast of Bowling Green, Ky. The Cardwells are tenant farmers living with 8 other family members in a patched-together, 120 year old home on Ridge Road. The family makes less than $7,500 per year. (© Paul Conrad/Paul Conrad Photography)

Billy Ray Cardwell, 17, preps before beginning a day of harvesting tobacco during October 1996 afternoon at Jerry Hudnell's farm in Warren County northeast of Bowling Green, Ky. The Cardwells are tenant farmers living with 8 other family members in a patched-together, 120 year old home on Ridge Road. The family makes less than $7,500 per year. (© Paul Conrad/Paul Conrad Photography)

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Nellie Cardwell, left, is helped by her grandson Allen "Alpo" Greene as the two do laundry at their Ridge Road home during a hot October 1996 afternoon in Warren County northeast of Bowling Green, Ky. The Cardwells are tenant farmers living with 8 other family members in a patched-together, 120 year old home on Ridge Road. The family makes less than $7,500 per year. (© Paul Conrad/Paul Conrad Photography)

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Nellie, left, and her husband Billy Ray Cardwell have a cigarette during a hot October 1996 afternoon harvesting tobacco at Jerry Hudnell's farm in Warren County northeast of Bowling Green, Ky. The Cardwells are tenant farmers living with 8 other family members in a patched-together, 120 year old home on Ridge Road. The family makes less than $7,500 per year. (© Paul Conrad/Paul Conrad Photography)

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With only one small window letting Sun in, Nellie Cardwell takes a quiet moment to relax in their Ridge Road home during a hot October 1996 evening after harvesting tobacco at Jerry Hudnell's farm in Warren County northeast of Bowling Green, Ky. The Cardwells are tenant farmers living with 8 other family members in a patched-together, 120 year old home on Ridge Road. The family makes less than $7,500 per year. (© Paul Conrad/Paul Conrad Photography)

My beautiful picture

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Nellie Cardwell, right, watches as her grandkids harvest tobacco during a hot October 1996 afternoon harvesting tobacco at Jerry Hudnell's farm in Warren County northeast of Bowling Green, Ky. The Cardwells are tenant farmers living with 8 other family members in a patched-together, 120 year old home on Ridge Road. The family makes less than $7,500 per year. (© Paul Conrad/Paul Conrad Photography)

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The Cardwells enjoy the quiet and shade under a tree during a lunch break while harvesting tobacco at Jerry Hudnell's farm in Warren County northeast of Bowling Green, Ky., in October 1996. The Cardwells are tenant farmers living with 8 other family members in a patched-together, 120 year old home on Ridge Road. The family makes less than $7,500 per year. (© Paul Conrad/Paul Conrad Photography)

Billy Ray Cardwell works in the tobacco fields owned by Jerry Hudnell during October 1996 in Warren County northeast of Bowling Green, Ky. The Cardwells are tenant farmers living with 8 other family members in a patched-together, 120 year old home on Ridge Road. The family makes less than $7,500 per year. (© Paul Conrad/Paul Conrad Photography)

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Kevin Cardwell, left, and his grandfather Billy Ray Cardwell take a break after spiking a row of tobacco during a hot October 1996 afternoon harvesting tobacco at Jerry Hudnell's farm in Warren County northeast of Bowling Green, Ky. The Cardwells are tenant farmers living with 8 other family members in a patched-together, 120 year old home on Ridge Road. The family makes less than $7,500 per year. (© Paul Conrad/Paul Conrad Photography)

Billy Ray Cardwell mows the fields around his hoe on Ridge Road during October 1996 in Warren County northeast of Bowling Green, Ky. The Cardwells are tenant farmers living with 8 other family members in a patched-together, 120 year old home on Ridge Road. The family makes less than $7,500 per year. (© Paul Conrad/Paul Conrad Photography)

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Nellie, left, and her husband Billy Ray Cardwell harvest tobacco during a hot October 1996 afternoon harvesting tobacco at Jerry Hudnell's farm in Warren County northeast of Bowling Green, Ky. The Cardwells are tenant farmers living with 8 other family members in a patched-together, 120 year old home on Ridge Road. The family makes less than $7,500 per year. (© Paul Conrad/Paul Conrad Photography)

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The Cardwells take a break from spiking tobacco during a hot October in 1996 in Warren County northeast of Bowling Green, Ky. The Cardwells are tenant farmers living with 8 other family members in a patched-together, 120 year old home on Ridge Road. The family makes less than $7,500 per year. (© Paul Conrad/Paul Conrad Photography)