Keywords: Barley
Item 19549
Contributed by: Stockholm Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Stockholm Media: Wood, steel
Item 23262
Ancient and Honorables, ca. 1912
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1912 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
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John Y. Merrill: Leeds Farmer, Entrepreneur, & More
John Y. Merrill of Leeds (1823-1898) made terse entries in diaries he kept for 11 years. His few words still provide a glimpse into the life of a mid 18th century farmer, who also made shoes, quarried stone, moved barns, made healing salves -- and was active in civic affairs.
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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Agricultural Statistics of the Colony, 1870 to 1880
"… winter wheat - 20 acres planted 1871 wheat, rye, barley, oats, corn, beans, and potatoes - 166 acres planted apples - 19 trees 1873 grass - 400…"
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Historic Hallowell - Poor Farm
"… 140 bushels of apples, 175 bushels oats and barley, quite an amount of corn, beans, &c., also 1200 pounds pork and 500 pounds beef."
