Maine Memory Network

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Marion Sanborn

"- Pause - Marion: Like I said cows and chickens. Anna: Cows and chickens, so you used them for food? Marion: Yes."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Agricultural Statistics of the Colony, 1870 to 1880

"… - 283 cattle, other - 282 sheep - 530 pigs - 175 chickens - 1920 cheese - 1 ton butter - 7 tons wheat, rye, buckwheat and oats - 17,982 bushels…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Farm Life

"Her mother tended the chickens and they ate the eggs for breakfast. They also sold many of the eggs. They had twenty-five to thirty chickens."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Moving to Maine: There to Here - Page 3 of 3

"My parents raised chickens for money and for meat. They kept them in the house; free to wander where they wanted."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: The Funeral

"… reports, Knox fell ill after swallowing a chicken bone, resulting in an infection that took his life after a few days of bed-ridden agony."

Historic Hallowell - Shipping

"… shipped were: granite, wood ashes, lumber, sheep, chickens, and ice, according to Sam Webber, local historian."

Guilford, Maine - SPORTS - Page 1 of 3

"… ran to the nearest building, which was an old chicken house that was never cleaned out. Luckily they were in there because lightning had struck the…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"… Harbor Shop Ice Cream Race, July 4th Parade and Chicken Barbeque, Sunset Services at the Ferry Landing, Dances, The Quicksilver, etc."

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…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… and tending to the cattle, hogs, sheep, goats and chickens. Accordingly, most stayed close to home in small settlements."

Pejepscot Historical Society

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"Contagious diseases such as measles, mumps and chicken pox were also rampant. The school system begged the town to hire a School Nurse and Doctor to…"

Acadian Archives

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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