Keywords: growers
Item 19418
Herbert Hoover and Aroostook Potato Growers and Shippers, Washington, D.C., 1930
Contributed by: Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Date: 1930-03-28 Location: Washington Media: Photographic print
Item 16072
Tater-State brand burlap seed potato bag, Presque Isle, ca. 1970
Contributed by: Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Date: circa 1970 Location: Presque Isle Media: Burlap
Item 109243
Maine Potato Growers Inc. fertilizer mixing and bagging plant, Presque Isle, 1946
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1946 Location: Presque Isle Client: Maine Potato Growers Inc. Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell
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.
Exhibit
Workers in Maine have labored in factories, on farms, in the woods, on the water, among other locales. Many of Maine's occupations have been determined by the state's climate and geographical features.
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato import protest, Presque Isle, 1982
"… will stay until Christmas, if we have to," one grower said. The farmers planned to stay until their demands were met. This item is in copyright."
Site Page
Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - WWI Impact on Farmington's Agriculture
"… of Sandy River Farms, won the 2008 National Corn Growers' Assoc. Corn Yield Contest in Maine. She grew 175 bushels per acre of a hybrid corn."
Story
The future of potato growing
by Dan Blackstone
Informed by six generations of potato farming
Story
How roses became a big part of my life
by Clarence Rhodes
Clarence Rhodes's experiences growing, exhibiting, and judging roses in Maine and around the world.
