Maine Memory Network

Blue Hill, Maine - Long Island: The Forgotten Community - Page 2 of 3

"… lumbering; farming, which included tending sheep as there were as many as 6000 sheep on Long Island a the time of the Civil War; and fishing as…"

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

"… acres horses - 22 oxen - 14 cows/calves - 100/40 sheep - 33 pigs - 125 domestic fowl - uncounted 1880 horses - 164 oxen - 92 milk cows - 283…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Farming

"Each farmer marked his sheep and then let them find their own food. Sheep would often be put on a boat and brought to one of the smaller outer…"

Lincoln, Maine - Benjamin Chesley

"Ben also had sheep and cattle. He usually used his sheep for selling the wool and for his wife to make clothes for herself and the family."

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

"… stock categories include: working oxen, horses, sheep, swine, steers and calves. Premiums included a high of $4 for “best stud horses,” and $5 for…"

Skowhegan Community History - Early Settlement in Skowhegan

"They brought 20 sheep with them from Massachusetts onto the island and then they made a shelter. In the fall Joseph went back home."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - 1840 U.S. Census Questions

"How many cattle have you? Sheep? Swine? 3. Estimated value of your poultry of all kinds. 4. How many bushels of wheat did you grow in 1839? Barley…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Barnyard gate design, Bangor, 1867

"… but is unhealthy for cattle and more so for sheep. All animals should have air but this style of fence might be used with the best advantage on the…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Student Research

"… uniforms and blankets, Maine farmers raised more sheep. So many Maine soldiers perished or migrated as a result of the War that the rural…"

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"… as there used to be (just think of all those "sheep islands" up and down the coast). 4H groups are still strong in surrounding communities, and…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 2 of 4

"They harvested salt hay as fodder for cattle and sheep and used the marsh for summer pasture. Many settlers were often assigned a marsh lot (or lots)…"

Historic Hallowell - Blizzards in Hallowell

"To save the cattle and sheep there, the U.S. Air Force dropped 1,500 tons of hay. More than 100 people and 1 million heads of livestock died it the…"

Historic Hallowell - Shipping

"… shipped were: granite, wood ashes, lumber, sheep, chickens, and ice, according to Sam Webber, local historian."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lowell's General Store, Commerce, & the Railroad

"Whole herds of cattle and flocks of sheep were bought by Hervey Lowell, which he kept at the homestead."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 2 of 5

"… agriculture, Holmantown pioneers raised cattle, sheep and small farm animals and supplemented food supplies from the wild lands that surrounded…"

Frye Island Historical Society

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

"Many early farmers raised sheep for meat and wool; some wool was sold to the Shakers in New Gloucester or Mayall Mill in Gray."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"… for a horse and carriage, and 3 cents apiece for sheep or pigs. Shipbuilding had started, of course, with the first settlers, who needed to get to…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"… clothing at home, beginning with raising the sheep and then weaving the wool. They caught cod from small boats and salted it."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Lime Works

"The sheep and poultry you will take especial care that they are well fed and secured from injury. Thomaston, 15 Jan., 1805."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - A Murder In Strong

"… spent most of the previous day taking care of his sheep in a pasture far from the Libby house. He claimed that he took an unusual route to the…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"$300,000 today). Many cattle and sheep were also drowned. Many mills that lined the Sandy River banks, were wiped out time and again."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"… Island, now Bar Island, where they raised sheep and spun and wove their own wool. This was the family that owned the largest summer hotel in…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"… meetings, they brought their prize horse, cow, sheep and perhaps a pig to show off to the other farmers."