Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Farm Life

"Her children would help their mother churn the butter. They also brought the butter to the customers and collect money."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Agricultural Statistics of the Colony, 1870 to 1880

"… - 530 pigs - 175 chickens - 1920 cheese - 1 ton butter - 7 tons wheat, rye, buckwheat and oats - 17,982 bushels potatoes - 25,007 bushels peas…"

Historic Hallowell - Shipping

"… 10 bundles 3 barrels 1 gallon of rum 6 pounds of butter 1 barrel of molasses 1 cask of raisins 1 cask of oil 1 bundle of bed springs 54 1/2 of…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato Harvest Memories - Page 1 of 5

"… she would bring a sandwich, such as a peanut butter, tuna, or egg salad. She also would bring chips, soda, a candy bar, and fruit."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Dairy Farms Memories - Page 2 of 2

"Then they would multiply the amount of butter fat by the pounds of milk that could be made from that the farmers could determine how profitable they…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Franklin County Agricultural Fair

"… ladies reception and exhibition of foods, such as butter, cheese, maple sugar and fruits. Samples of other items include: worsted hose (stockings)…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 2 of 3

"Student Liam McCarthy Edwards adjusts his camera and tripod to photograph a butter mold that is part of the SHS collection."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - East New Portland Village

"A butter factory, Carrabassett Creamery, was organized as a stock company in Nov.1899. The factory was built near the bridge crossing Gilman Stream."

Life on a Tidal River - The War Effort

"… and red tokens were for things like meat, fish, butter, fat, and dairy goods. Rationing Gas The OPA, the Office of Price Administration…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"… processed and distributed milk, cream, and butter, and the surplus milk was used to make cheese."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… living quarters for hired hands; a milk room for butter making, a pig house and a space for manure and root crop storage."

Pejepscot Historical Society

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Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 4 of 4

"… a short time later, the menu added bread, butter, meat, clam or fish chowder, and donuts. At that point, hot lunch cost from six to twelve cents a…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"He invented a unique method of refrigerating butter, and was well-respected for the goods he sold. Centre street, Bath, ca."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"… advantage of the availability of local milk for butter making. Frank Hilton and later his son Kent Sr."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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