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Show BLUEBERRY HARVEST IS RECORD IN" MAINE (By International News Service) AUGUSTA, Me If reports received II by the stats commissioner of agriculture agricul-ture can be credited Maine farmers have no reason to envy the rich oil discoveries of California and Texas. Many families arc said to have made up to $5,000 from the blubcrry harvests har-vests on their farms this ear. It Is hcllevod that in York county the blueberry blue-berry crop will exceed all others in alue More and more farmers aro cultivating tho blueberry bushes, which have formerly been allowed to grow altogether wild. Agricultural experts from several state colleges have been touring Maine during th past few weeks to get data on blueberry culture, of which com-paratlely com-paratlely little 3 BO far known from a scientific standpoint. Some blueberry farmers are said to have made as much as J5u,ono from their blueberry crops during the past few years. |