CLAY COUNTY ILLUSTRATED 



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New Buildings on the Gilbert Kassenborg Farm, Moland Township 



He is one of the leading potato grow- 

 ers of the county and always produces 

 clean stock. One of the illustrations 

 shows a field that averaged 220 bush- 

 els — the seed was selected, and the per- 

 centage of culls was very small. An- 

 other illustration shows the potato har- 

 vesting crew at work, with the potato 

 house in the background. Storage ca- 

 pacity for 5,000 bushels is provided by 

 the basement. The driveway extends 

 through the house, and sacked potatoes 

 are elevated to the height of the wag- 

 ons for convenient loading. 



Mr. Skrei will cut the crop from 

 over 40 acres of alfalfa this season and 

 will pasture about 15 acres more. He 

 plowed under 30 acres of alfalfa sod 

 last fall, and his rotation plan pro- 

 vides for turning under 40 acres of 

 alfalfa stubble each year. Mr. Skrei 

 raises corn extensively as well as grain. 



Milo R. G. Skrei, the oldest son, has 

 started as a farmer. A picture shows 

 the ten ears of 1914 corn on which he 

 won one of the Minnesota State Fair 

 prizes in the boys' contest. 



Gilbert Kassenborg is one of the sec- 

 ond generation of the old settlers of 

 the county, the family having come 

 from Houston County in 1872 and set- 

 tled on the Buffalo River. The illus- 

 tration shows the buildings Mr. Kas- 

 senborg has erected on his 260-acre 

 farm during the past two years. He 

 also farms 240 acres belonging to his 

 father's estate, making about 450 acres 

 under cultivation, the balance being 

 timber and pasture. 



Mr. Kassenborg grows corn quite 

 extensively, and even last year saved 

 over 50 bushels of seed. He has plenty 

 of fair ear corn, besides filling his big 

 silo. Last year he seeded 12 acres to 

 alfalfa. He raises Shorthorn cattle, 

 principally for beef. Mr. Kassenborg 

 also has interests in Moorhead, and, 

 among other things, has invested some 

 of his surplus capital in the stock of 

 the First State Bank. 



Kragnes, five miles west, is the near- 

 est market point, and the distance to 

 Moorhead is nine miles. 



John F. Begge Farm, Moland Township — William Lang, Manager, Moorhead 



