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CLAY COUNTY ILLUSTRATED 



E. C. Schroeder's Farm — From the Highway 



E. C. Schroeder has helped to bring 

 Clay County into prominence, and the 

 good, old German name is now as well 

 known to those who are interested in 

 stock raising as it has come to be 

 known of recent years to the potato 

 growers of the country. 



Mr. Schroeder began farming four- 

 teen years ago, and potato growing 

 was one of the leading industries of 

 his farm in Glyndon township. A few 



years later he found it would be neces- 

 sary to use some fertilizer to maintain 

 the productiveness of the soil. His ex- 

 periment with a herd of 80 grade Hol- 

 steins was satisfactory; but there was 

 no sale for the bull calves. Mr. Schroe- 

 der made the important step, and the 

 foundation for his splendid pure-bred 

 herd of Holstein-Friesians was laid in 

 November, 1909, by the purchase of 

 28 head of females. 



Residence on E. C. Schroeder Farm — Across the Velvet Lawn 



