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CLAY COUNTY ILLUSTRATED 



"Clear View Farm" — Emil Lambert's Home 



ranged. All of the buildings are light- 

 ed by electricity, and in the house the 

 power is used for several other pur- 

 poses. The house is also equipped with 

 many other modern conveniences. 



Emil Lambert is one of the progres- 

 sive farmers of Moorhead township 

 who has always been too busy to find a 

 wife. He came to Clay County with 

 his uncle in 1884. At that time land 

 was cheap and his uncle bought what 

 is now Mr. Lambert's home farm for 

 $7.00 per acre. Later another quarter 

 section was purchased for $12.50, and 

 for the last quarter of the three-quar- 

 ter section farm $45.00 per acre was 

 paid. 



Mr. Lambert has a herd of grade 

 cattle with a registered bull at the 

 head. He also raises thoroughbred 

 Poland-China hogs and believes that 

 hogs in alfalfa are better than pigs 

 in clover, so he has fenced a seven-acre 

 patch for a hog pasture. The usual 



acreage of potatoes is 100 and it is one 

 of Mr. Lambert's practices to plow un- 

 der the clover before planting pota- 

 toes. 



The illustrations show the farmstead, 

 silo filling scene, big tractor pulling 12- 

 bottom plow outfit and five gang plows 

 at work. 



Mr. Lambert's threshing outfit in- 

 cludes a portable grain elevator — a 

 great labor saver in transferring grain 

 from tank wagons to granaries, or in 

 loading ears. 



Bon Ton II.. Mr. Lambert's black 

 Percheron stallion, is one of the lead- 

 ing sires in the western part of the 

 county. A cut of the head and neck 

 of this fine animal appears on the last 

 cover page. 



Portable Elevator Loading from Grain Tank 

 to Elevator, Emil Lambert Farm 



Cheap Telephone Service 



The Buffalo River Telephone Com- 

 pany furnishes service to its 45 sub- 

 scribers at $9.00 per year, which in- 

 cludes $6.00 terminal connection for 

 each 'phone in use. At the time of 

 beginning business, eight years ago, 

 each shareholder contributed $40.00 

 mikI subsequently paid an assessment 

 of $15.00 to purchase the line forming 

 the connecting link to the terminal. 

 The company has no surplus and has 

 no debts — the $3.00 above the terminal 

 charge covering the expense of mainte- 

 nance on the 30 miles of lines. 



B. J. Gunderson is president ; Gun- 

 der O. Lee, secretary and treasurer,, 

 and A. T. Grover, manager. 



