Sugar beet raising in Aristook has proved a success.
(Source: 5 Oct1878 Paper: Pomeroy's Democrat. Submitted by Kim Torp)
BOY CHAMPION POTATO GROWER
Miram Gentle of Littleton, Me., aged fifteen, held the record for the lowest cost for potatoes per bushel at the state contest held in Orono. He raised 378 bushells on his one acre plot at a cost of 15-1/2 cents a bushel.
(Source: The Amsterdam Evening Recorder, Amsterdam, NY March 7, 1916) |