CLAY COUNTY ILLUSTRATED 



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Duroc-Jersey Boar— Weight 800 Pounds— M. 0. Valan Farm 



eight diggers and the picking crew. 



Corn is another of the crops Mr. 

 Valan has grown successfully for many 

 years, and the illustrations show three 

 views of his field husker at work, and, 

 incidentally, the type of horses used 

 on the farm. Mr. Valan was one of 

 the first farmers to seed alfalfa, and 

 the acreage on his farm is now 110. 

 Wheat, barley and oats are raised on 

 the potato and corn ground. The 



yield is large and the quality excep- 

 tionally good. Last year he threshed 

 over 6,000 bushels of Marquis wheat 

 from 150 acres. It graded No. 1 and 

 no dockage. 



Mr. Valan is a breeder of registered 

 Duroc-Jerseys and has a model hog 

 house, the largest and most complete 

 in this part of the country. Two views 

 of this mammoth house are shown — 

 the exterior showing the method of 



Rustad Consolidated School House 



