. Clay County. Agriculture. 10 CLAY COUNTY ILLUSTRATED jxn/f~ HBlHEfiilMriM â â -'â *. m » JB & 1 &<$$£,*& *'«: *fc * ''", â Bridge on State Road Near Manitoba Junction don road. As shown in the two ac- companying illustrations, the bridges are of steel and concrete. One of the most important of the im- provements of the highways is the new road between Moorhead and Barnes- ville, 24 miles. Distances necessary to reach these cities have been materially shortened, as the route is diagonal. This road has been continued to the county line on the east, and laid out to the AV
. Clay County. Agriculture. 10 CLAY COUNTY ILLUSTRATED jxn/f~ HBlHEfiilMriM â â -'â *. m » JB & 1 &<$$£,*& *'«: *fc * ''", â Bridge on State Road Near Manitoba Junction don road. As shown in the two ac- companying illustrations, the bridges are of steel and concrete. One of the most important of the im- provements of the highways is the new road between Moorhead and Barnes- ville, 24 miles. Distances necessary to reach these cities have been materially shortened, as the route is diagonal. This road has been continued to the county line on the east, and laid out to the AVilkin County line on the south. The total number of miles of state roads designated in Clay County is 161. Over 62 miles of standard section earth grades have been built. Seven miles on the three roads leading into Moor- head have been graveled and turn- piked. During 1915 a total of 26 miles of grade was completed. Three steel and concrete bridges were erectedâ one on the Moorhead-Glyndon road across the South Buffaloâthe second at the crossing of the North Buffalo east of Hawley, and the third spans the North Buffalo at Glyndon. Six concrete and steel ditch bridges were also built during the year. Plans for the work to be done dur- ing 1916 have already been adopted by the County Board, and $42, will be expended on six projects. The good roads movement is strongly sup- ported by the people of Clay County and the course of the County Commis- sioners in pushing the work meets with general approval. One hundred and fifteen samples of soil were taken from nearly every sec- tion of the county in the fall of 1915 and tested for acidity. These tests showed that the soils of Clay County contain practically no acid. They ran from neutral to alkalinity, but in no case was the alkali found to such an extent as to be detrimental to grow- ing Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability
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