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CLAY COUNTY ILLUSTRATED 



County Agent P. E. Clement Caught in the Act 



Clay County Farm Bureau 

 In the spring of 1913 the late Lew 

 A. Huntoon, of Moorhead, called a 

 meeting of bankers and business men 

 of Clay County for the purpose of con- 

 sidering plans for the agricultural im- 

 provement of the county. The dis- 

 cussions at this meeting resulted in an 

 organization called the "Clay County 

 Farm Bureau," having for its object 

 the general improvement of agricul- 

 tural conditions within its territory. 

 That the Bureau might be properly 



financed at the beginning, the banks 

 agreed that for two years the money 

 which they would otherwise spend for 

 calendars to be distributed among 

 their patrons at Christmas time, should 

 be turned into the treasury of the 

 Bureau. These contributions amount- 

 ed to $2,500, and with $1,000 secured 

 from the Grain Exchanges and the 

 funds received from the State and 

 Federal Government have carried on 

 the work this far and left a nice bal- 

 ance in the treasury. The Bureau is 



Field on Right, Demonstration Plot on Left — White Spot is Marker 



