Keywords: Livestock
Item 75219
Madawaska Training School livestock certificate, Fort Kent, 1942
Contributed by: Blake Library Special Collections Date: 1942 Location: Fort Kent; Fairfield Media: Paper with attached black and white photographs
Item 67734
Big Fella the bull, Staples house, Swan's Island, ca. 1980
Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1980 Location: Swan's Island Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Fair Season: Crops, Livestock, and Entertainment
Agricultural fairs, intended to promote new techniques and better farming methods, have been held since the early 19th century. Before long, entertainments were added to the educational focus of the early fairs.
Exhibit
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.
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Earning Our Keep
"… body and soul together, of feeding the family and livestock and providing shelter are shared by all humans."
Site Page
Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early History - 1719 to 1740
"… seek refuge at the fort when their dwellings and livestock were destroyed, for the most part, through confusion and misunderstanding by both the…"
Story
Eating lower on the food chain
by Avery Yale Kamila
Animal agriculture's ties to climate change
Story
My career as a wildlife biologist
by Ron Joseph
Rural Maine provided the foundation of a rewarding career as a wildlife biologist.
