CLAY COUNTY ILLUSTRATED 



Hog House 120x24 Feet on M. 0. Valan Farm 



Malkar 0. Valan has made wonder- 

 ful progress as a farmer, potato grow- 

 er and stock raiser since he began 

 farming in Clay County. He now 

 owns 1,600 acres of choice land in Clay 

 Countv and a half section farm in Cass 

 County, North Dakota. In 1889 Mr. 

 Valan arrived from Norway and for 

 three years was foreman on the Elm- 

 wood Farm. When this farm was bro- 

 ken up he bought 960 acres at $25 — 

 on the crop payment plan. His other 



holdings have been acquired since, the 

 last purchase being made last fall. 



Mr. Valan is one of the heavy grow- 

 ers and shippers of potatoes of the 

 county. In 1913 he harvested 64,000 

 bushels from 700 acres. He has a 

 36,000-bushel root cellar on the farm, 

 and is joint owner with Louis Alten- 

 bernd in a 20,000-bushel cellar and 

 warehouse on the Great Northern 

 track at Rustad. On another page is 

 a potato harvesting scene showing 



Interior of M. 0. Valan's Mammoth Hog House 



