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... Presque Isle , who has manifested much interest in the work of the Bureau in collecting statistics relating to agriculture , is a valuable contribution to our report . The address delivered by Hon . Wm . Freeman of Cherry- field is well ...
... Presque Isle , who has manifested much interest in the work of the Bureau in collecting statistics relating to agriculture , is a valuable contribution to our report . The address delivered by Hon . Wm . Freeman of Cherry- field is well ...
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... Presque Isle . In the estimated value of annual cost of family support , our fuel and rent of buildings and a few other small things are not reckoned . I got in debt every dollar for the farm when I bought it , and paid $ 2,000 for it ...
... Presque Isle . In the estimated value of annual cost of family support , our fuel and rent of buildings and a few other small things are not reckoned . I got in debt every dollar for the farm when I bought it , and paid $ 2,000 for it ...
Page 60
... Presque Isle . The selling value of farms is lower than ever in the history of our town . In short , there are many farms offered for sale at extremely low prices , often less than the cost of buildings , with none who care to purchase ...
... Presque Isle . The selling value of farms is lower than ever in the history of our town . In short , there are many farms offered for sale at extremely low prices , often less than the cost of buildings , with none who care to purchase ...
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... Presque Isle . The members of the party were surprised and delighted with this land of magnificent distances , with its vast extent of fertile soil , its grand agricultural resources , and its capability for supporting a large and ...
... Presque Isle . The members of the party were surprised and delighted with this land of magnificent distances , with its vast extent of fertile soil , its grand agricultural resources , and its capability for supporting a large and ...
Page 74
... Presque Isle , 738 bushels ; 3d , Fred S. Wiggin , Presque Isle , 537 bushels ; 5th , Delano Moore , Presque Isle , 523 bushels . The results of the con- test for this year are not yet made public , but the yields from some Aroostook ...
... Presque Isle , 738 bushels ; 3d , Fred S. Wiggin , Presque Isle , 537 bushels ; 5th , Delano Moore , Presque Isle , 523 bushels . The results of the con- test for this year are not yet made public , but the yields from some Aroostook ...
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abandoned farms agricultural Amount paid Aroostook county Average weekly wages ballots bushels candidates census cents certificates of nomination chapter four hundred chapter is amended Clark's Island clerks cost of family COUNTY-CONCLUDED crop cultivated employed employers England Estimated market value Estimated value factories farmers farms with buildings farms without buildings FARMS-Continued Fort Fairfield furnished garden county granite granite cutters Houlton hours of labor Hurricane Island increase industries inspectors land less Lewiston loss in wages machinery Maine manufacturers mills nine hours nomination papers North Berwick Number in family Number of acres Number of cows Number of farms Number of report Number of weeks paving cutters Penobscot permanent help person potatoes Presque Isle products consumed quarrymen Readfield RETURNS-Continued Sangerville SECT settlement sold South Thomaston STONE CUTTERS strike taxes tion Total assessed valuation transient help turage union value of farm value per acre Vassalboro Vinalhaven voters
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