CLAY COUNTY ILLUSTRATED 



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On the L. S. Thorn Farm— The Big Silo Peeping Over the Barn 



horn grades with a registered Holstein 

 bull as the herd sire. His preference 

 in swine is the large type of Poland- 

 Chinas. 



Mr. Thorn built his silo in 1911 and 

 has raised corn every year since com- 

 ing to Clay County. Last year he 

 cut the crops from 160 acres of clover, 

 and in the fall, began breaking 80 

 acres of clover sod, plowing eight 

 inches deep and using eight horses on 

 a gang. Mr. Thom is well pleased with 

 the results of his five acre experiment- 

 al plot of alfalfa and next season will 

 materially increase the acreage. Po- 

 tatoes and small grains are also stand- 

 ard crops on the Thom farm. 



The fine set of buildings, with a 

 grove on the north and west, are 

 shown in the picture of the farmstead. 



F. M. Rice was an experienced 

 farmer when he came to Clay County 

 from Knox County, Illinois. It is five 

 years since he bought the Nye farm 

 and began to make it among the best 

 in Moland township. One of the illus- 

 trations shows Mr. Rice and his little 

 daughter in his root cellar — it also 

 shows some of the finest potatoes 

 grown in 1915. Potatoes are grown 

 quite extensively on Mr. Rice's half 

 section farm. He usually raises about 

 60 acres of Minnesota No. 13 corn and 

 this season will seed 20 acres to al- 

 falfa. His herd of cattle are grade 

 shorthorns with a registered bull as 

 sire. 



Mr. Rice has made numerous im- 

 provements on the farm since he pur- 

 chased it and now has a fine set of 



Looking Backward — F. M. Rice Farm, Moland Township 



