CLAY COUNTY ILLUSTRATED 



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One of E. C. Schroeder's Potato Fields — A Bushel in Each Sack 



of the state. Since then different 

 farmers have taken sweepstakes at the 

 Crookston Farm Crops Show and three 

 from a possible four prizes at the First 

 National Corn Show at St. Paul, De- 

 cember, 1915. The boys of the Acre 

 Yield Contest have taken eight prizes 

 for their corn exhibits at different 

 shows. 



The potato industry which has been 

 developing during the past 20 years 

 has been given careful attention by 

 the Bureau. A series of demonstra- 

 tions has been carried on to determine 

 the effects of disease elimination and 

 seed selection and treating seed. Sev- 

 eral carloads of certified seed have 

 been produced by this treatment. The 

 matter of standardization of variety 

 and quality is being considered by 

 prominent growers. The part taken 

 by Henry Schroeder in building up 

 this industry by the continuous ex- 

 ample of his own success in growing 



and marketing seed potatoes is recog- 

 nized by all. 



The improvement of live stock by 

 the use of pure bred sires is being 

 urged and is already producing re- 

 sults. The average number of cattle 

 per farm is now about IS, or 10,000 

 for the countv. 



Potato House and Cellar, Huxley Farm 



Sociability is being promoted in 

 the rural neighborhoods by Farmers' 

 Clubs. There are now seventeen ac- 

 tive clubs in the countv, all but one 



Potato Demonstration Plot, A. C. Huxjey Farm — Acre Yield, 363 Bushels 



