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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - E. S. Dingley Corn Shop, Farmington Falls, ca. 1895

"Dingley Corn Shop where corn from area was husked and canned. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"Sandy River Packing Co. Corn can labelFarmington Historical Society In 1869, Farmington’s first packing plant or cannery was opened by J.W. Jones."

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…"

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

"Lowell’s bought oats and corn in lots of five or six carloads. They bought flour by the carload too."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"Clams were shipped to the factory from all over the east coast. In 1883 Burnham & Morrill and other companies canned and shipped 3,000 to 8,000…"

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

"Corn was canned extensively, with other vegetables and fruit handled. While under the management of Merrill Bros., meat was also canned. Charles E."

Skowhegan Community History - The Skowhegan Island

"It was a place where they could fish, plant corn, and harvest corn on their return from the ocean. Before the first dam on the island, there were two…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 2 of 4

"… operation by buying equipment from a defunct corn cannery. The original brand name was Ossipee, but Snow soon began using his family name."

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"… grow, including pumpkins, squash and a lot of corn. The Native Americans would make nets, weirs and spears to catch eels and fish."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 1 of 4

"… price was a bushel of beans down and a bushel of corn yearly. One condition of the sale was that Wackwarreska's daughter, Uphannum (known as Indian…"

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

"… X In the late 1800s production of potatoes and corn and other vegetables was sufficient enough to support at least two canneries, which handled…"

Pejepscot Historical Society

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby

"… Wheeler Contra By a pair of boots By a bushel of corn By1 gallon molasses By 10 1/4 lbs. tobacco By Philadelphia iron By truckage to Boston By a…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"Here they planted corn and potatoes. In the fall of that year, Joseph Weston, Peter Heywood and one of the boys returned to Massachusetts to bring…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… in the early springtime or the tall stalks of corn on the Sandy River Flats, modern-day Farmington is still highly influenced by its early agrarian…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"In northern Maine, corn, beans, and squash (the “three sisters”) were poorly adapted to the short, cool growing seasons and people retained a food…"

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

"… was high, as high as $1.00 for a peck of seed corn, and people had to travel a great distance to purchase such products."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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