. Clay County. Agriculture. CLAY COUNTY ILLUSTRATED 53. On the L. S. Thorn Farm—The Big Silo Peeping Over the Barn horn grades with a registered Holstein bull as the herd sire. His preference in swine is the large type of Poland- Chinas. Mr. Thorn built his silo in 1911 and has raised corn every year since com- ing to Clay County. Last year he cut the crops from 160 acres of clover, and in the fall, began breaking 80 acres of clover sod, plowing eight inches deep and using eight horses on a gang. Mr. Thom is well pleased with the results of his five acre experiment- al plot of alfalfa and next
. Clay County. Agriculture. CLAY COUNTY ILLUSTRATED 53. On the L. S. Thorn Farm—The Big Silo Peeping Over the Barn horn grades with a registered Holstein bull as the herd sire. His preference in swine is the large type of Poland- Chinas. Mr. Thorn built his silo in 1911 and has raised corn every year since com- ing to Clay County. Last year he cut the crops from 160 acres of clover, and in the fall, began breaking 80 acres of clover sod, plowing eight inches deep and using eight horses on a gang. Mr. Thom is well pleased with the results of his five acre experiment- al plot of alfalfa and next season will materially increase the acreage. Po- tatoes and small grains are also stand- ard crops on the Thom farm. The fine set of buildings, with a grove on the north and west, are shown in the picture of the farmstead. F. M. Rice was an experienced farmer when he came to Clay County from Knox County, Illinois. It is five years since he bought the Nye farm and began to make it among the best in Moland township. One of the illus- trations shows Mr. Rice and his little daughter in his root cellar—it also shows some of the finest potatoes grown in 1915. Potatoes are grown quite extensively on Mr. Rice's half section farm. He usually raises about 60 acres of Minnesota No. 13 corn and this season will seed 20 acres to al- falfa. His herd of cattle are grade shorthorns with a registered bull as sire. Mr. Rice has made numerous im- provements on the farm since he pur- chased it and now has a fine set of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Meeker, D. W. [from old catalog]. Moorhead, Minn. , D. W. Meeker
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