. Clay County. Agriculture. CLAY COUNTY ILLUSTRATED :;]. One of E. C. Schroeder's Potato Fields—A Bushel in Each Sack of the state. Since then different farmers have taken sweepstakes at the Crookston Farm Crops Show and three from a possible four prizes at the First National Corn Show at St. Paul, De- cember, 1915. The boys of the Acre Yield Contest have taken eight prizes for their corn exhibits at different shows. The potato industry which has been developing during the past 20 years has been given careful attention by the Bureau. A series of demonstra- tions has been carried on to determin
. Clay County. Agriculture. CLAY COUNTY ILLUSTRATED :;]. One of E. C. Schroeder's Potato Fields—A Bushel in Each Sack of the state. Since then different farmers have taken sweepstakes at the Crookston Farm Crops Show and three from a possible four prizes at the First National Corn Show at St. Paul, De- cember, 1915. The boys of the Acre Yield Contest have taken eight prizes for their corn exhibits at different shows. The potato industry which has been developing during the past 20 years has been given careful attention by the Bureau. A series of demonstra- tions has been carried on to determine the effects of disease elimination and seed selection and treating seed. Sev- eral carloads of certified seed have been produced by this treatment. The matter of standardization of variety and quality is being considered by prominent growers. The part taken by Henry Schroeder in building up this industry by the continuous ex- ample of his own success in growing and marketing seed potatoes is recog- nized by all. The improvement of live stock by the use of pure bred sires is being urged and is already producing re- sults. The average number of cattle per farm is now about IS, or 10,000 for the 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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