Papers, 1948-1974 (bulk 1964-1972)

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Papers, 1948-1974 (bulk 1964-1972)

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The collection contains research materials of Paul R. Hepler, an associate professor of horticulture at the University of Maine at Orono. It centers on his study of sugar beet growing in Maine. Included are correspondence, research reports, manuals, and photographs. Of particular interest in the collection is information about Maine Sugar Industries, Inc., and the financing of its processing plant in Aroostook County. This company had received money through the Aroostook Development Corporation to construct a sugar beet processing plant at Easton, Maine, in 1967. The Development Corporation had obtained state and federal guarantees and loans to finance the project. Farmers in Aroostook County in conjunction with Maine Sugar Industries attempted to establish sugar beets as a viable cash crop but failed to do so, leading to the failure of the company and foreclosure proceedings against it. In 1970 a Special Interim Legislative Committee was created by the Maine Legislature to examine the failure of this effort and the Maine sugar beet industry in general. Professor Hepler's study of sugar beet growing in Maine was of particular relevance to the Committee's work.

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Maine Sugar Industries, inc.

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Hepler, Paul R. (Paul Raymond), 1925-

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Paul Hepler was born in Dover, New Hampshire, on November 27, 1925. He grew up in Durham, New Hampshire, and graduated from Dover High School in 1944. He received a degree in horticulture in 1948 from Michigan State University, and master's and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Illinois. He became a member of the Horticulture Department at the University of Maine at Orono in 1956. His areas of research included the breeding of vegetables and blueberries and crop productivity and quality as re...