CLAY COUNTY ILLUSTRATED 



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Ready for the Threshers — J. P. Landin Farm, South of Moorhead 



Frank T. Schroeder is a native of 

 Germany, who came to Clay County 

 about 35 years ago. For two years 

 before beginning farming he was sec- 

 tion foreman on the Northern Pacific, 

 and today he is the owner of 1,200 acres 

 of the choicest land in Clay County. 

 Potato growing and stock raising are 

 the leading industries on the half-sec- 

 tion home farm in Glyndon township. 

 There are about 80 head of Polled An- 

 gus in the herd and a registered bull 

 is the sire. The farming operations 

 here are conducted by three of Mr. 

 Schroeder 's sons — Otto, Herbert and 

 Walter. 



The Red River Farm, four miles 

 south of Moorhead, has 480 acres lying 

 close to the river. About 100 acres of 

 potatoes are also raised on this farm 

 each year. Plans are being made for 

 adding a herd of cattle to the stock 

 now on the farm. Three other sons — 

 Frank, Emil and Henry — manage this 

 farm. 



The first year Mr. Schroeder owned 

 the River Farm he raised 17,000 bush- 

 els of potatoes on 70 acres, and sold 



most of them for over a dollar a bushel 

 — the price received for part being 

 $1.23. 



Mr. Schroeder is one of the stock- 

 holders of the First State Bank of 

 Moorhead and has numerous other in- 

 terests. 



J. P. Landin came to Clay County 

 in 18S1 and bought land two miles 

 south of Moorhead, where he has since 

 been engaged in farming. He recent- 

 ly purchased the James Anderson land, 

 paying $100 an acre for it, and now 

 has upwards of 230 acres in his farm. 

 A 10-acre tract of the land, lying near 

 the Red River, was cleared of timber 

 and broken up last year. Corn will be 

 planted on this land next spring, and 

 Mr. Landin believes he will have a 

 record crop. 



Mr. Landin and his son-in-law, Curt 

 Ogren, will conduct the farm together. 

 They already have 30 head of Guern- 

 sey grade cattle and expect to increase 

 their dairy herd. They will also raise 

 potatoes and diversified crops. 



Typical Harvesting Scene Near Ulen 



