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B812: Dairy Farmer Indebtedness In Maine, Wayne L. Thurston, George K. Criner, Ralph A. Reeb Nov 1985

B812: Dairy Farmer Indebtedness In Maine, Wayne L. Thurston, George K. Criner, Ralph A. Reeb

Bulletins

The dairy industry in Maine is an important contributor to the agricultural sector and general economy. In 1982 there were 750 employees processing dairy products in Maine drawing a 12 million dollar payroll (Maine Bureau of Labor). The 1983 farm-gate value of milk produced in Maine totaled 108 million dollars, higher than any other single commodity's farm-gate value (Maine Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources). For the past several years the farm level price of milk has remained fairly steady while production costs inflated. This "price-cost" squeeze worsened in 1983 with a 50 cent per hundredweight decrease in the …


Living In Two Worlds: Rural Maine In 1930, Richard H. Condon Sep 1985

Living In Two Worlds: Rural Maine In 1930, Richard H. Condon

Maine History

This article discusses the situation in the State of Maine in the early 1930. Highlighted are the quickening pace and modernization that came into the agrarian society and the challenge to residents of fast transportation and forced specialized farm production.


End Matter Vol. 25, No. 1, Maine Historical Society Jun 1985

End Matter Vol. 25, No. 1, Maine Historical Society

Maine History

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End Matter Vol. 24, No. 4, Maine Historical Society Apr 1985

End Matter Vol. 24, No. 4, Maine Historical Society

Maine History

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End Matter Vol. 24, No. 3, Maine Historical Society Jan 1985

End Matter Vol. 24, No. 3, Maine Historical Society

Maine History

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