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CLAY COUNTY ILLUSTRATED 



Rasmus A. Rice's Well-Arranged Farmstead, Oakport Township 



8 in Moland township. This fine farm 

 is located on the east bank of the 

 Buffalo. The farmstead is in a bend 

 of the river and is well sheltered on 

 the north and west by a natural grove 

 of trees. In the right foreground of 

 the illustration of the "Lee Farm" 

 will be seen part of a six-acre plot of 

 alfalfa from which two crops had al- 

 ready been cut during 1915. 



Rasmus A. Rice believes in keeping 

 up the land the same as it was when 

 the first crop was raised. This he 

 does by following the improved meth- 

 ods of cultivation. Clover is one of 

 his best assistants and he plans to keep 

 about 20 acres of his quarter section 



farm producing this forage crop and 

 fertility restorer. He has begun rais- 

 ing alfalfa and has a four-acre patch 

 with an excellent catch. When Mr. 

 Rice bought his farm there were no 

 buildings and only a few small trees. 

 Something of what he has accom- 

 plished may be judged by the picture 

 of his farm buildings surrounded by 

 a grove of sturdy trees. Mr. Rice 

 came from Walsh County, N. D., in 

 the fall of 1898 and purchased the 

 Rasmusson farm in Section 22 of Oak- 

 port township. 



This fine farm, located in Moland 

 township, four miles northwest of 

 Glyndon, is the property of J. W. 



Dairy Herd on Huntoon Farm, South of Moorhead 



