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Skyline Farm

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Farm Life

"Farm Life Myron Gartley Farm, Presque Isle, 1976Presque Isle Historical Society King Farm, Presque Isle, ca."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"By the summer of 2000, the Skyline Farm organization and the Sowles family arranged a purchase with a conservation easement through the Royal River…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Fred Urquhart Farm, Presque Isle

"Fred Urquhart Farm, Presque Isle Contributed by Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Description International Fertilizers…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Stairs-Beckwith Farm, Presque Isle, ca. 1950

"These farm buildings were located on Academy Street in Presque Isle about a mile from Main Street. View additional information about this item on…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - King Farm, Presque Isle, ca. 1920

"The King family later sold the farm and bought a farm nearby on the Easton Road. The sprayer is hauled by two horses, which means that the pump was…"

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

"While his father went to one farm, he and his brothers Dale, Keith, and Philip would go to another one. They could get two farms inspected at once."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Dairy Farms Memories - Page 1 of 2

"His neighbors farmed with horses that would pull big drags with rocks piled on it. The drag would make flat paths. That looked like little roads."

Historic Hallowell - Poor Farm

"Poor Farm City "Poor" Farm, Poor Farm Road, Hallowell, 1879Courtesy of Sumner A. Webber, Sr., an individual partner In a Mayor's Address from…"

Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"Fox farms were a very large business. Fox farms were like having a farm with all kinds of animals on it."

Skowhegan Community History - Farming in the Skowhegan Area

"Many small farms are gone and that is the sad story indeed. Organic farming is becoming very popular in Maine and the organization MOFCA is thriving…"

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

"Community members raised their own farm animals. Farm animals were needed to do the heavy work such as plowing and also as transport of people from…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"Brook trout X Trout Farming Trout farming was established in Cumberland around 1902 when William H."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Resources and Links

"Here are some materials on the history of the towns of Cumberland and North Yarmouth: Bennett, Thomas C."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"In 1840 Stephen sold his farm and moved into Farmington Village with two of his daughters on Anson Street. The Titcomb House burned down around 1945."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Maine's Pauper Laws and the Cumberland Overseers of the Poor

"In many municipalities, the local town farm was established, giving the poor a place to reside, work the land and contribute to their own upkeep."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"Skyline Farm looks much the same today as it did more than a century ago, and its approach on a dirt road reminds us of what our old roads once…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Corn Canning Industry

"The season lasted a mere three weeks. Franklin Farm Products Cooperative, established in 1929 was the last cannery to disappear from Farmington’s…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Exhibits

"… in Maine's Coastal Counties Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth Skyline Farm Making and Preserving History"

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

"… X Farming Diversity Unlike large single-crop farms of the west, our local farms produced a variety of products for both farm use and sale to…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - WWI Impact on Farmington's Agriculture

"of Agriculture. “Women will go to farms where farmers are willing and ready to use their labor.” Calls from the government came: • “Plant an Acre” •…"

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

"Hives of bees were part of every farm, pollinating crops for higher yield as well as providing honey and wax."

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

"West Farmington, the terminus of the Maine Central Rail Road, developed a cattle yard, creamery (Pictur-of W. Farm."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"Although the large farms are few, several smaller farms are producing foods locally. The Farmington community still supports its agricultural…"