. Clay County. Agriculture. CLAY COUNTY ILLUSTRATED 5!>. New Buildings on the Gilbert Kassenborg Farm, Moland Township He is one of the leading potato grow- ers of the county and always produces clean stock. One of the illustrations shows a field that averaged 220 bush- els—the seed was selected, and the per- centage of culls was very small. An- other illustration shows the potato har- vesting crew at work, with the potato house in the background. Storage ca- pacity for 5,000 bushels is provided by the basement. The driveway extends through the house, and sacked potatoes are elevated to the
. Clay County. Agriculture. CLAY COUNTY ILLUSTRATED 5!>. New Buildings on the Gilbert Kassenborg Farm, Moland Township He is one of the leading potato grow- ers of the county and always produces clean stock. One of the illustrations shows a field that averaged 220 bush- els—the seed was selected, and the per- centage of culls was very small. An- other illustration shows the potato har- vesting crew at work, with the potato house in the background. Storage ca- pacity for 5,000 bushels is provided by the basement. The driveway extends through the house, and sacked potatoes are elevated to the height of the wag- ons for convenient loading. Mr. Skrei will cut the crop from over 40 acres of alfalfa this season and will pasture about 15 acres more. He plowed under 30 acres of alfalfa sod last fall, and his rotation plan pro- vides for turning under 40 acres of alfalfa stubble each year. Mr. Skrei raises corn extensively as well as grain. Milo R. G. Skrei, the oldest son, has started as a farmer. A picture shows the ten ears of 1914 corn on which he won one of the Minnesota State Fair prizes in the boys' contest. Gilbert Kassenborg is one of the sec- ond generation of the old settlers of the county, the family having come from Houston County in 1872 and set- tled on the Buffalo River. The illus- tration shows the buildings Mr. Kas- senborg has erected on his 260-acre farm during the past two years. He also farms 240 acres belonging to his father's estate, making about 450 acres under cultivation, the balance being timber and pasture. Mr. Kassenborg grows corn quite extensively, and even last year saved over 50 bushels of seed. He has plenty of fair ear corn, besides filling his big silo. Last year he seeded 12 acres to alfalfa. He raises Shorthorn cattle, principally for beef. Mr. Kassenborg also has interests in Moorhead, and, among other things, has invested some of his surplus capital in the stock of the First State Bank. Kragnes, five miles west, is the near- est
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