Keywords: Farm animals
Item 9342
Admiral and Maud, Carrabassett, ca. 1905
Contributed by: Stanley Museum Date: circa 1905 Location: Carrabassett Media: Photographic print
Item 9343
Contributed by: Stanley Museum Date: circa 1905 Location: Carrabassett Media: Photographic print
Item 148198
Opportunity Farm cow barn end framing, New Gloucester, ca. 1945
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1945 Location: New Gloucester Client: Opportunity Farm Association Architect: University of Maine Cooperative Extension Work in Agriculture
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Blueberries to Potatoes: Farming in Maine
Not part of the American "farm belt," Maine nonetheless has been known over the years for a few agricultural items, especially blueberries, sweet corn, potatoes, apples, chickens and dairy products.
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Named for the two largest things in Maine at the turn of the 20th century, Mt. Katahdin and Granger of Stetson, were known as the Largest Oxen in the World. Unable to do farm work because of their size, they visited fairs and agricultural events around the Northeast.
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Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms
"Lincoln’s fox farms were all owned by the Gordons. Most people who owned a fox farm would be widely known around the town and maybe even the state."
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Farming
"Community members raised their own farm animals. Farm animals were needed to do the heavy work such as plowing and also as transport of people from…"
Story
Eating lower on the food chain
by Avery Yale Kamila
Animal agriculture's ties to climate change
Story
Vegetarians and Zoonosis
by Avery Yale Kamila
Colds, influenza, tuberculosis, measles, smallpox, plague and COVID-19 group under zoonotic diseases
