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Northern Watchman
Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut
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Report from Portland Advertiser on exceptional 1837 wheat harvest in Aroostook's Fisk Township, yielding 6,000 bushels from 17 settlers (31-32 bushels/acre), with nearly all lots settled and promising 1838 yields twice as high, highlighting Maine's superior wheat lands.
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AROOSTOOK LANDS:
One of our townsmen recently in the East informs us that in 1837, seventeen settlers in the Fisk Township on the Aroostook raised six thousand bushels of good, clean, merchantable WHEAT. This is but a fraction short of three hundred and fifty three bushels for each man. The Wheat yielded between thirty one and thirty two bushels the acre. In the whole of the fifth Township there are but two lots unsettled. The West with all its beautiful Prairie lands, rich meadows and fine oak openings will hardly be able to show a parallel to this example of a glorious harvest in the East. What was done in 1807 will almost be twice done in 1838. The cleared lands upon the Aroostook this year promise almost as rich a harvest as the earth ever yielded. There are no better wheat lands in the Union than there are in the state of Maine.
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Aroostook, Maine
Event Date
1837
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seventeen settlers raised 6,000 bushels of wheat, yielding 31-32 bushels per acre; nearly all lots in fifth township settled; 1838 prospects double the 1837 harvest.
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One townsman reports that in 1837, seventeen settlers in Fisk Township on the Aroostook raised six thousand bushels of good, clean, merchantable wheat, averaging nearly 353 bushels per man. The wheat yielded between 31 and 32 bushels per acre. Only two lots remain unsettled in the fifth Township. The cleared lands promise a rich 1838 harvest, surpassing western prairies, with Maine having the Union's best wheat lands.