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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…"

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

"… fowl - uncounted 1880 horses - 164 oxen - 92 milk cows - 283 cattle, other - 282 sheep - 530 pigs - 175 chickens - 1920 cheese - 1 ton butter - 7…"

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

"The cheese shop survived more than a decade, but the business owners struggled with the process of collecting the milk, and even faced a lack of cows…"

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

"Farm. Yard with horses, wagons, milk cans-needed) and brought new business to Lowell’s Store. Croswell's Store c."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Farm Life

"… great grandmother use to make her own butter with milk from their cows and sell it to local customers. She did not put any yellow dye in the butter."

Lincoln, Maine - Benjamin Chesley

"Ben’s family probably drank a lot of milk in their days so it was good to have cattle to provide milk for them."

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

"Milk truckNorth Yarmouth Historical Society Cumberland Junction Cattle AuctionCumberland Historical Society Dairy and beef cattle were also…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Frederick A. Tompson

"… the Castle in Deering Oaks (1894), the Armory on Milk Street (1895), the Masonic Temple on Congress Street (1912), the Exposition Building on Park…"

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

"High quality milk was provided by area farmers. The plant burned in June 14, 1925 but the stone steps still remain."

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 2 of 4

"… men about his headquarters, not one of them could milk and he had to get one of our company to milk her for him."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"1915 Wagons like this one would deliver Riverside Farm's milk daily to the train at Dunn's Depot. North Yarmouth Historical Society The James…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Woodrow Wilson

"… lived on a farm at that time so we had access to milk and eggs and so forth. But a lot of people didn’t."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - The Lending Libraries of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… selling ice cream at the location, made from milk from their own cows. Hamilton Place Library closed after Lura's death in 1932."

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

"… in the 1920s.“I carried a sandwich and a jar of milk. Once a year, they would have lunch at school."

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… the boys having survived the winter on cow’s milk, hulled corn, boiled wheat, and roasted potatoes. In September of 1806 Mrs. Robert Herring Jr."

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… crafted cream pots, bean crocks, molasses jugs, milk pans and other vessels from the red clay of the nearby riverbanks."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… the creamery in West Farmington to load cans of milk and cream, which were bound for the Turner Creamery in Auburn. The “creamery” still stands."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… journals, invented a device that sterilized milk, and was one of the first female doctors to practice her work on the West Coast of the U.S."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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