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Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 4 of 13

"The digger shown here required a person to ride on the digger to adjust the front of the digger so that it will cut into the row at the right height."

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

"THE DIGGER EVOLVES Digger with Motor This one-row digger was entered in the Mapleton Days parade in June, 2009 X In the 1930s some diggers had a…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato Harvest Memories - Page 4 of 5

"… the digger man would start coming down that row to dig the potatoes out of the ground. They would have to move the barrels out of the way, too."

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

"The potatoes would be picked from a section of the field allotted to the picker. If the section is too long, the picker would get behind and probably…"

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

"1935Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Edwena, my grandmother, told me about working in the Central Aroostook County potato fields."

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

"Don't pick any rotten potatoes. 9. Don't throw potatoes. 10, You're setting your barrels in the wrong row, I can't get the truck through."