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Agricultural Societies & Fairs
MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:01:00

As the railroad brought competition, farmers wanted to be better informed and banded together like never before. Fairs grew up in New England in the 1820s.

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The Hard Life of the Farmer
MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:01:26

European settlers began coming to the region almost four centries ago. From the beginning, they were farmers, and well into the 1800s, they had a very difficult life.

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A New Appreciation of Rural Maine
MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:03:35

At the turn of the last century, Maine farming underwent lasting changes. The pastoral landscape, a landscape of mixed farms, forests, fields and towns, brought tourists to the state. Farming contributes a lot to the three-billion-dollar tourism industry of Maine.

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The Railroad Brings Competition
MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:01:52

As the 1800s progressed, demand diminished for Maine's produce, meat and dairy products as new rail lines connected much of the east coast with the fertile farmlands of the midwest.

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The Younger Generation Leaves the Farm
MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:02:21

The younger generation, who looked for the promise of better wages and new oppotunities, left farms. Some went west and others were lured to the newly industrialized cities. By 1900, Maine had 5000 fewer farms than it did in 1880.

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