CLAY COUNTY ILLUSTRATED 



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Potato Harvesting on One of the Schroeder Farms 



the most approved system being fol- 

 lowed. All of the cellars of Clay 

 County are well lighted and ventila- 

 ted. 



The warehouse cellars have hollow 

 brick walls, cement floors and the ven- 

 tilators extend through the roofs. Be- 

 ing dry and sanitary, they are con- 

 sidered models by experts who have 

 made a study of the care of potatoes 

 during the winter. When spring comes 

 the potatoes kept in these cellars are 

 as firm as when stored in the fall and 

 there is never even an indication of 

 sprouting. 



The potatoes are again sorted before 

 shipment, and packed in two bushel 

 gunny sacks. Refrigerator cars are 

 used in shipping to the southern mar- 

 kets and the usual carload is 300 sacks 

 containing 600 bushels. 



Potato Growers Organized 

 Several years ago the potato grow- 

 ers of Clay County learned that some 

 of the dealers in the southern markets 

 were selling potatoes grown in other 

 parts of the country for "Red Riv- 

 ers." To protect the growers at home 

 and to prevent the imposition upon 

 the producers of the south, several of 

 the farmers and others interested in 

 the potato industry organized the Clay 

 County Potato Growers' Association. 

 This association has a membership of 

 about 100 and is supported by annual 

 dues paid by growers, dealers and the 

 banks. 



A trademark, which is shown here- 

 with, was adopted, and registered in 

 seventeen of the states where "Red 

 River Ohios" are used for seed. This 

 trademark was advertised in several 



Looking Across One of Henry Schroeder's Potato Fields 



