CLAY COUNTY ILLUSTRATED 



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Four Potato Diggers and Crew of Pickers on E. C. Schroeder Farm 



growth. Those on the left are in the 

 plot and show a strong and vigorous 

 growth of vines. 



The plot on the A. C. Huxley farm 

 in Alliance township, where the test 

 was carried on by B. F. Moore, the 

 resident manager of the farm, had a 

 vigorous growth of vines, plainly 

 shown in the illustration. The yield 

 on this plot was 363 bushels to the 

 acre. 



Demonstrations were also conducted 

 by the Farm Bureau to show the re- 

 sults of good seed grains. The accom- 

 panying picture is one taken of a 

 wheat plot on John A. Erickson's farm 

 in Hawley township just as the wheat 

 was heading out. The increase in yield 

 on the plot was about 2% bushels per 

 acre over that of the field. 



Community Picnic 

 The Clay County Union of Farmers' 

 Clubs arranged for a county-wide com- 

 munity picnic which was held at Wil- 

 lowbank Farm, near Stockwood, July 

 14, 1915. Fully 2,000 people enjoyed 

 the day, coming by train, auto and 

 team from all parts of the county, 

 town and country being equally rep- 

 resented. The occasion was a great 

 success, both as a get-together meet- 

 ing and as a holiday. No more beauti- 

 ful spot could be found than the Wil- 

 lowbank Farm, where the Buffalo Riv- 

 er appears to be trying to see how 

 many curves it can make through the 

 wooded pastures. Just to be at lib- 

 erty for a day in such restful sur- 

 roundings was a treat, but the commit- 

 tee had a full program of attractions 



Looking Across the Buffalo River — Part of Picnic Crowd in Sight 



