. Clay County. Agriculture. 92 CLAY COUNTY ILLUSTRATED. The Gilbert Richards Home, Moland Township experiment with alfalfa in 1902 and has a 24-acre field at the present time. For many years he has raised corn and favors the Northwestern and White Dents. Seed from the 1915 crop of Northwestern has tested 100 per cent. Mr. Krabbenhoft is a heavy grower of potatoes, and has only a three-mile haul to Sabin. Clover and the small grains are also leading prod- ucts of this farm. Mr. Krabbenhoft raises beef cattle and keeps a herd numbering about 40. About 30 Per- cheron horses are kept busy the grea
. Clay County. Agriculture. 92 CLAY COUNTY ILLUSTRATED. The Gilbert Richards Home, Moland Township experiment with alfalfa in 1902 and has a 24-acre field at the present time. For many years he has raised corn and favors the Northwestern and White Dents. Seed from the 1915 crop of Northwestern has tested 100 per cent. Mr. Krabbenhoft is a heavy grower of potatoes, and has only a three-mile haul to Sabin. Clover and the small grains are also leading prod- ucts of this farm. Mr. Krabbenhoft raises beef cattle and keeps a herd numbering about 40. About 30 Per- cheron horses are kept busy the great- er part of the year. One of the illustrations shows Mr. Krabbenhoft's home; another is a threshing scene on the farm. The barns and other outbuildings are am- ple and conveniently arranged. Mr. Krabbenhoft is vice-president of the Comstock and Holy Cross Farmers' Insurance Company and is one of the directors of the Northwestern Hospi- tal Association. Gilbert Richards has been operating his farm in Moland township for the past two years and is getting the land in good shape. He has a well arranged set of new buildings located close to the bank of the Buffalo River. Corn and potatoes are leading crops, and small grains are also grown. Mr. Richards has two patches of alfalfa— the one started last year was seeded with barley as a nurse crop. The cat- tle are Shorthorns, and the swine are Yorkshires of the Canfield strain. "Mrs. Bryan," the old brood sow, and her litter of sixteen are shown in one of the illustrations. Since the beginning of farming in Clay County there has never been a crop lost through drought. The dry seasons usually give an average crop of good quality. The straw, perhaps, short, but the heads long and well filled. With over 200 miles of state and county ditches, surplus moisture is not Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearan
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