CLAY COUNTY ILLUSTRATED 



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"Pleasant View Dairy Farm" — Home of A. H. Braman, Alliance Township 



from the opposite view shown in the 

 illustration. It is the home of A. H. 

 Braman and his son, John H. Braman, 

 and is the west half of section 12 in 

 Alliance township. The home quarter 

 was located by A. H. Braman as a 

 homestead in 1885. The following 

 spring Mr. Braman moved on the 

 claim, which has been his home con- 

 tinuously for the past 30 years. 



Dairying has been one of the lead- 

 ing industries of the farm and for 

 many years Mr. Braman sold his but- 

 ter, poultry and eggs to regular cus- 

 tomers in Moorhead. Mr. Braman was 

 one of the first farmers of Clay Coun- 

 ty to raise diversified crops, and is an 

 extensive grower of potatoes. The 



market town is Baker, two miles north 

 of the farm. Mr. Braman considers 

 Clay County the garden spot of the 

 northwest, where crops never fail. 



There is no more public-spirited citi- 

 zen in Clay County than Mr. Braman, 

 and few have been more active in the 

 affairs of his community. It was large- 

 ly through his efforts that the Baker 

 rural mail route was secured before 

 the county system was established. In 

 school and township matters, and in- 

 cidentally, in politics, Mr. Braman has 

 ever been a factor. 



Early in the eighties Erick Johnson 

 came to Clay County and located in 

 Eglon township. He made a success 



Scene on the Erick Johnson Farm, Eglon Township, Near Hawley 



