CLAY COUNTY ILLUSTRATED 



Fourth Growth Alfalfa Stack from One Cutting — Cornfield in Background 



farmers now grow hundreds of acres 

 of potatoes each year. They have root 

 cellars on their farms where the po- 

 tatoes are stored until late in the win- 

 ter, when shipment is made to the 

 southern and southwestern markets. 

 Potato cellars and shipping houses are 

 as numerous in the cities and villages 

 as the grain elevators. 



While other varieties are grown the 

 Early Ohios, known to the trade as 



The success in potato growing en- 

 couraged the Clay County farmers to 

 further diversify their crops. In or- 

 der to maintain the productiveness of 

 the soil they found it would be neces- 

 sary to use a fertilizer. This led them 

 to engage more extensively in stock 

 raising and dairying. The cattle and 

 hogs must be fed, and clover was 

 found to take kindly to the soil and 

 to withstand the winters. Then corn 



Pulling Out for Work in a Potato Field on the E. D. Grant Farm 



"Red Rivers" or "Red River Early 

 Ohios," are by far the leading prod- 

 uct. The exceptionally fine quality of 

 the Clay County potatoes has made 

 them the standard. This is main- 

 tained by the growers who spare no 

 effort to keep them true to type and 

 free from disease. 



growing was tried on a small scale, 

 until acclimated seed was produced, 

 when it became one of the leading 

 crops. Silos began to spring up on 

 the farms and corn cribs lined up with 

 the granaries. 



Then came the alfalfa. This splen- 

 did forage plant has been the greatest 



The Shocks Stand Thick in This Flax Field 



