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Presque Isle: The Star City - Maine Farmer's Exchange (MFX) Building

"Maine Farmer's Exchange (MFX) Building X Text by Mindy and Liza, students at Presque Isle Middle School Edited by Presque Isle Historical…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Maine Special potato bag, Presque Isle, c. 1950

"In the 1940s potato farmers started packaging their potatoes in distinctive bags. The wide variety of bags illustrates the strong interest in…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 6 of 13

"… until the 1970s when farms became more automated, farmers in Aroostook County used barrels to move potatoes from the field to storage."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 1 of 13

"Farmers and lumbermen not only used potatoes for food, they learned how to extracted starch from them for their own use to stiffen cloth for fancy…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato import protest, Presque Isle, 1982

""We will stay until Christmas, if we have to," one grower said. The farmers planned to stay until their demands were met."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 11 of 13

"… the transition stage from box over the rear wheels to a flat body. Former farmer Larry Park talks about loading barrels with a hydraulic hoist."

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

"In the 1970s, potato farmers in Aroostook County grew sugar beets as a rotation crop with potatoes. While a promising concept, scheduling problems…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 13 of 13

"Like most small farmers in the area at that time, he did not stay in the potato business. Potato harvest, Presque Isle, 1982Maine Historical…"

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

"When selecting a fertilizer, the farmer must consider the condition of the soil, the expected growing conditions, and the needs of the crop."

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

"… Edwena’s family worked for several different farmers throughout the years. The bigger the potato field, the longer it would take to pick the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 7 of 13

"Even as late as 1950 some farmers loaded barrels by hand. This picture on the right was taken on the Laurence Park farm in 1950."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 9 of 13

"Usually the farmer would provide housing for these families. This house for picker’s families was usually not as fancy as the farmer’s house."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 5 of 13

"Former farmer Larry Park describes how to section the field for pickers  Once the basket is full, it is dumped into a nearby barrel."

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

"… pounds of milk that could be made from that the farmers could determine how profitable they would be."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 3 of 13

"Former farmer Larry Park talks about diggers and digger lags.  THE DIGGER EVOLVES Digger with Motor This one-row digger was entered in the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… and limited access to roads made it difficult for farmers to get potatoes to urban markets, farmers sold their potatoes to starch factories in the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 12 of 13

"… grapples were made locally, sometimes by the farmer himself. Two persons could load the truck in 15 minutes if conditions are right."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 8 of 13

"This ticket will help the farmer keep track of the number of barrels the potato picker filled. Most potato barrel trucks had a ticket box like this…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Cheese Factory

"This factory had been organized by local farmers, and the farmers named the factory the Sandy River Cheese Company."

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"… in 1900, was a group of local business men, farmers, and horsemen. They were once referred to as “promoters of clean sport”."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"His father (Robinson Gould) was a farmer and Arthur worked the farm and butcher business along side his father and brothers, Charles, John, and…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Student Research

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

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

"… All shareholders of the privately-owned Franklin Farmers Co-Operative Tel. Co. were responsible for repairs and keeping batteries charged, so phone…"

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