. In fair Aroostook, where Acadia and Scandinavia's subtle touch turned a wilderness into a land of plenty; . POTATOES FOK THK MIMTONS— MILLIONS IiiK IHF: GKOWl 82 IX FAIR He knew whereof he spoke, and I, seeing, now l) is an opulence, a luxuriant energy in nature here thatseems to he iniparteti to everything that moves or grows. Thepeople that have grown up here are fine, sturd>- t>pes of human-ity, energetic, open-hearted, frank and cordial of are higher m Aroostook than anywhere else in NewEngland, and the farmer and the man who works for days wage


. In fair Aroostook, where Acadia and Scandinavia's subtle touch turned a wilderness into a land of plenty; . POTATOES FOK THK MIMTONS— MILLIONS IiiK IHF: GKOWl 82 IX FAIR He knew whereof he spoke, and I, seeing, now l) is an opulence, a luxuriant energy in nature here thatseems to he iniparteti to everything that moves or grows. Thepeople that have grown up here are fine, sturd>- t>pes of human-ity, energetic, open-hearted, frank and cordial of are higher m Aroostook than anywhere else in NewEngland, and the farmer and the man who works for days wages alike live better and have morecomforts and luxuries than men in thesame spheres have almost anywhereelse. There is a ])ropert3- to the lime-stone soil that is the element of growthand fine qualit} in vegetation, and notmerely does it respond to the plantingwith i)lentiful har\-ests hut the Aroos-took oats and ha\- and wheat, like thepotatoes, from their excellence allcommand a special value in the Ill 1,1 I II \ KI IS markets of the nation. Horses andcattle attain an unusual size anil sleekness, and in the growingof hunhs and fine nuitton sheep Aroostook is not surp


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