Annual Report of the Secretary of the Maine Board of Agriculture

abundant agricultural Alleguash appears Aroostook county Aroostook river azoic Bangor beds belt boulders calcareous carbonate of lime cent clay slate cleavage planes coast color composed conglomerate containing crops degrees east degrees north degrees north-west degrees south-east degrees west deposits Devonian dikes dikes of trap dip 75 degrees drift east branch exploration extends farm farmers feldspar fertility fish fossiliferous fossils geological gneiss grain Grand Falls granite hill inches iron Island jasper Katahdin Kennebec Kennebec river Lake land ledges limestone localities Lubec Machiasport Maine manure mass metamorphic mica mica schist miles mineral mountain north 70 degrees north-east occur Oriskany Oxford county pebbles Penobscot river Perry plants Pond portion pyrites quarries quartz quartz rock red sandstone running north salt sandstone schist seen shore side siliceous Silurian soil species specimens strata striæ strike north syenite talcose schist terraces thick Thomaston tion upper veins vicinity