. Clay County. Agriculture. Plowing With Three Gangs on the John Olness Farm, Kragnes Mr. Gee arrived from England in 1883 and the next year bought the first 80 acres of his present farm. While cultivating this land he worked part of the time for other farmers. From time to time he bought more land. His fine farm is a monument to his industry and thrift. The illustra- tions show the farm residence, sur- rounded by trees, and part of the other buildings. John Olness has farmed extensively and successfully in Clay for over twen- ty years. He came from Norway in 1888 and located at Kragnes, where
. Clay County. Agriculture. Plowing With Three Gangs on the John Olness Farm, Kragnes Mr. Gee arrived from England in 1883 and the next year bought the first 80 acres of his present farm. While cultivating this land he worked part of the time for other farmers. From time to time he bought more land. His fine farm is a monument to his industry and thrift. The illustra- tions show the farm residence, sur- rounded by trees, and part of the other buildings. John Olness has farmed extensively and successfully in Clay for over twen- ty years. He came from Norway in 1888 and located at Kragnes, where he was employed in a general store. Two years later he became a partner and later the sole proprietor of the busi- ness. He was also engaged in the farm machinery business and managed one of the local grain elevators. After engaging in farming Mr. Ol- ness disposed of his other interests and retired from the mercantile busi- ness. He now has one of the best of the big farms in the county and was one of the leaders in growing diversi- fied crops. Mr. Olness grows corn and potatoes and fills out his thousand-acre farm with small grains, alfalfa and other forage crops. He is building up a fine herd of cattle and has two full- blood Holstein bulls. An accident to the negatives pre- vents a proper showing of the Olness farmstead. It is one of the best ar- ranged and most complete in the Northwest. All of the buildings are lighted by electricity, the current be- ing supplied by the plant on the farm. The farm home has every convenience of a city residence. All of the land is in Kragnes township, and the farm- stead is only a short distance north of Kragnes Part of the Buildings on the John Olness Farm, Kragnes. 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, M
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