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CLAY COUNTY ILLUSTRATED 



"Bona Grain and Stock Farm" — Home of C. F. Render, Alliance Township 



home farm at Rustad, the buildings 

 being shown in the accompanying il- 

 lustration. Mr. Smith also owns and 

 farms another quarter section one mile 

 east of the home farm in Kurtz town- 

 ship. Since locating at Rustad, Mr. 

 Smith has taken an active part in all 

 public affairs and is now chairman of 

 the town board and a member of the 

 school board of the consolidated dis- 

 trict at Rustad. 



Christian F. Rehder is the owner of 

 the "Bona Grain and Stock Farm" 

 in Alliance township. Mr. Rehder 

 came to the United States from Ger- 

 many in 1881, locating in Iowa. Three 

 years later he came to Clay County 

 and homesteaded where his home is 

 still located. He now owns and farms 

 560 acres, raising grain, corn, potatoes 

 and cattle. His patch of alfalfa was 



the first seeded in that neighborhood, 

 and several cuttings have been made 

 from the fine stand of this crop. The 

 farm buildings show that Mr. Rehder 

 is a progressive as well as prosperous 

 farmer. Mr. Rehder has taken a prom- 

 inent part in the affairs of his locality 

 and has been for many years chairman 

 of the town board. He is vice presi- 

 dent of the Comstock State Bank and 

 treasurer of the Comstock and Holy 

 Cross Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance 

 Company. 



Mr. Rehder had only twenty-five 

 cents, one mark, expense money, when 

 he left Hamburg for America. He had 

 a ticket to Davenport, Iowa, one extra 

 suit of clothes and a pair of boots. 

 Upon reaching New York he met a 

 cousin, who had arrived on another 

 ship ; but he landed at New York with 

 one lone mark in his pocket. 



Tractor Pulling Three Eight-Foot Cut Binders 



