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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - 1840 U.S. Census Questions

"Estimated value of your poultry of all kinds. 4. How many bushels of wheat did you grow in 1839? Barley? Oats? Rye? Indian corn? Buck wheat…"

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

"… matched and gentlemen’s driving horses, poultry-best pen Americans: Plymouth Rocks and Wyandottes, swine-registered boar, registered sheep-Merino…"

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

"Chicken houses Cumberland, c.1960 X Poultry Farming By 1904, poultry farming had become one of the leading industries in North Yarmouth and…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Lime Works

"The sheep and poultry you will take especial care that they are well fed and secured from injury. Thomaston, 15 Jan., 1805."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Continental Paper Bag Company

"… sugar, coffee and tea, flour, charcoal, poultry sacks, nail and shot bags, bananas, and also bottle bags."

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"The cattle, sheep, goats, work horses, hogs and poultry on display range from magnificent to humble and show that animal husbandry is not gone from…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"Questions such as, what is the value of your poultry? How many pounds of wool, hops and wax do you produce? (A List of 1840 Census Questions)…"

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