Wilson Farm

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Wilson Farm, West Cumberland, Maine

Wilson Farm in West Cumberland was established in 1812 when Cyrus H. Wilson raised the farm’s main barn.

Mel and Mabel Wilson took over the farm in the 1920s, and turned it into one of the biggest poultry operations in Maine, hatching up to 250,000 chicks per season.

Their son Jimmy started a dairy operation at the farm after purchasing a purebred Jersey heifer from Arthur Blanchard in 1939.

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Wilson Farm, West Cumberland, Maine

The Wilson barn burned in 1974, followed by a ruptured milk tank in 1975 and a collapse of the new barn’s roof. Mel and Mabel abandoned the farming life in 1977.