Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-30
RELATIVE VALUE
Of FARM PRODUCTS
IN COUNTIES OF STATE

Statistics showing the relative
value of farm products rai~ in each
county of the State of Maine have
been compiled by Commissioner
Frank p Washburn of the State De-
partment of Agriculture. and It is
expected that this list will be Of
considerable value to prospective
purchasers of farm propert- as It
will enable them to ascertain the
relative value of products raised in
the various counties.
1.-THE experience of years seems to
show the kind of farming that gives
the most profit In locality" Com
missioner Washburn asserts. "In
other words the relative value of
farm products coming from a given
region is a pretty good guide to the
kind of farming that is best adapted
to that particular section. With this
Idea in mind the following list of
counties has been prepared showing
the most valuable farm products of
each county in the order of their
value. The figures We're taken partly
from the L. S. Census and partly
from the 1925 Crop Review"
Androscoggin-1. Hay, s1,160,712;
2. dairying, $95s.733; 8, truc'- crops;
$57s,292; 4. poultry, s520,o13; 5, po-
tatoes, $470,40O; 6, apples, 1891, c4o !;
z, sweet corn, $110.64S.
Aroostook-1, Potatoes, s6S,340, 900:
2. cereals, s2,9s4,211; 8, hay, s2,221.-
1856; 4. dairying $685. 1903; 5, poultry,
$595,761; 6, sheep s94,3S0.
Cumberland--1, Hay, 81 ,007, 100; 2,
dairying, $1,O29,415; 8, truck crops,
1898, loo; 4. poultry, $761,509; S, po-
tatoes $342,240; s, apples, s191,100;
2, sweet corn, $135,140.
Kennebec-1. Hay, $1,964,556; 2
dairying, s1,440,024; 8, truck crops
$S66,712; 4. poultry, $7S0,434; 8, pos
tatoes, s6SS,960; 6. apples. s273,O 900:
9. sweet corn, s1S2,934; s, cereals
S13O,370.
knox,, Poultry, s5G2,422; Q. hay
truck crops, 1919, SEQ; 5, potatoes
s1S4,320; apples. 100000.
Lincoln. Poultry, s72e,113; 2
hay, $660,372; 5, dairying. $403,944; l.
potatoes, $252.000; 5, apples, $91, 600;
6, cereals, s32.24S.
Franklin-l, Hay, ss67,sss 2
dairying.| 1916, 7O4; 3. truck crops
$551. SS3: 4. poultry, $239,5S 5. pp.
tatoes, $221,760; 6, apples, $213,S5O
z. sweet corn, $124,724; s, maple
~ OuOSIoy P1c,O%1.
Hancock, Hay, S59S,176; =
poultry, S435, 161: 3, dairying, S4O4,:
$50; 4, truck crops, $3S4,3S1: 5. pc.
tatoes, $157,940 g. apples, $6S25O.
Oxford, Dairying, 81 ,O64 $40: .
truck crops. $946, 934; ), hay, S1,O52,.
GIG: 4, potatoes, $3.50, 500: 5, apples
$509, 600; 6, poultry. $494, S94; Z. swee
corn. 1854, 626: 8. cereals, $54 sol: 8
maple products, $50, AS.
Penobscot-1. Potatoes, S., S35, 900
2, hay, $2,f34 $40; 3, dairying, ST..
616,S12: q, poultry. sos, 5S7: 5, ce
reals. 1881, 34S: 6, apples, $26S, 45O
Z. dry. beans, S75,125
Piscataquis-1, potatoes, 1922, 500
2, hay, $521 1854; 3, dairying, $437.
Al; 4, poultry. S226,O77: 5, cereals
$I01 .2l3; 6, apples. $40,950; Z, sheep
$24,31J.
Sagadahoc--1, Hay, S43S,S4O: 8
poultry, $235. 304: 8, dairying, 1888,
Us; 4. potatoes, $114.920; 5, apples
$59,15O.
Somerset. Hay, $1,7SS, S64; Q
potatoes. $1,113,6OO; 3, dairying, ST.,
O98,110: 4, truck crops, 81, O45, 459;
poultry. $461 .216; 6, cereals, 1854,
4O3; Z, sweet corn, 5000, 344; s, ap
piles, S172.9OO.
Waldo, Hay. 1890, 300: 9. po
tatoes, $971,040: 8, dairying, 1908,