Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Threshing peas, ca. 1955

"… grown in rotation with potatoes as an alternative crop to help replenish nutrients to the soil. In the picture, pea vines are being threshed to…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Farmington's First Grist Mill

"The grist mill allowed the first crops of wheat and corn to be milled into flour, which greatly increased the kinds of food the settlers ate, as well…"

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

"While yields are affected by the proper application of fertilizer, they are also affected by the particular variety of a crop that has been planted…"

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

"… early 1800’s, as farms became more established, crops in Farmington expanded to include clover for cattle feed, flax, barley, hay, pumpkins and…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Loading sugar beets, Aroostook County, ca. 1975

"… Aroostook County grew sugar beets as a rotation crop with potatoes. While a promising concept, scheduling problems arose when both potatoes and…"

Historic Hallowell - Earning Our Keep

"Clearing land, planting crops, seeking shelter, caring for animals, making clothing - the tasks of human existence vary little at the basic level."

Skowhegan Community History - Farming in the Skowhegan Area

"The real problem was getting the crops to market because the roads were seasonal and in very rough shape. In mud season it was particularly difficult."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Ladies Blush apple, Bangor, 1889

"… Famouse apple this tree bore every year a loaded crop and in a few years ceased bearing and died, my children feasted on this tree all the days it…"

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

"There was “almost no honey in Maine.” The apple crop was largely affected by the lack of bees. Burnham Morrill Corn Factory, Farmington, ca."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Colony Continues to Grow, 1874 - 1900

"… of the former forest were planted in grass or crops. Buildings included the Capitol, one church, five school houses, three mills, 163 houses, and…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Years on Mt. Desert Island

"… The women worked along with the men in raising crops, tending the animals, preserving the food, spinning and weaving the clothing, cooking and…"

Skowhegan Community History - Bloomfield Academy

"… a look at it and said it was unfit for growing crops. The land was soon sold and the money was added to a trust fund."

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

"Crops exhibited and judged, included: wheat, barley, corn and flax, along with hives of bees, pumpkins, apples and clover seed."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"… and prompting the introduction of new cash crops. A return to cooler temperatures in the early 1830s and an increase in precipitation that lasted…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… were planted later to be turned into flour, food crops were planted, as well as oats for livestock. Apple orchards were quickly established."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - IV. Engulfed by nationalism: Revolutionary Biddeford

"… farms along the fertile banks of the river, grew crops and raised livestock for themselves and to trade."

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

"… and prompting the introduction of new cash crops, including such exotic ones as silkworms. Cooler temperatures returned in the early 1830s…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Byron

"The soil was quite good and yielded good crops of corn, potatoes, wheat, oats, etc. Later, hops were grown and exported to the Boston area for beer…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"… corn from groups to the south and west that grew crops where the climate was more favorable for horticulture."

Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"They grew crops of potatoes, rye, beans and pumpkins on burned over land. Bears and raccoons ate their corn so that was not a successful crop."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"In the fall they would go north, stopping to harvest crops, then going on to the woodlands for hunting and trapping."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… area for livestock, the soil was fertile for crops, and the different kinds of elevations provided a variety of wood, “…maple, birch, beach, (sic)…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… the 1890s for the economy to be based on one crop: potatoes. In the meantime, farmers raised sheep and cattle which were driven to Massachusetts…"

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

"1808 is known for the scarcity of crops and hard times for all. Some say that this happened due to the immaturity of crops and the hard life of…"