CLAY COUNTY ILLUSTRATED 



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Near Georgetown, Owned by Martin E. L. Wilk 



returns of over five dollars each. All 

 of the cattle are tested frequently and 

 the herd is kept free from tubercu- 

 losis. 



The horse sire is a grey Percheron 

 of fine type. Several of the mares are 

 full-blood, and there are several well 

 set up grades. The Yorkshire ' ' bacon 

 hog" of the Canfield strain have been 

 raised successfully for several years. 

 The grandmother of the head of the 

 herd was an imported sow. 



"Wooded pastures are located along 

 the banks of the Buffalo river, which 

 winds diagonally through the farm. 

 The buildings of the farmstead are 

 conveniently located and supplied 

 with many conveniences, including 



electric light, the current being gen- 

 erated on the farm. Shipping facili- 

 ties could not be better, as Douglas 

 siding is located on the western border 

 of the farm. Georgetown is distant 

 only half a mile from the farm limit, 

 and two and one-half miles from the 

 farmstead. The distance to Moorhead 

 is fourteen miles by the state road. 



Mr. Wilk is president of the George- 

 town Farmers' Elevator Company and 

 a director of the Moorhead National 

 Bank. 



Alfred Olson is the owner of one of 

 the big farms of the county — 2,300 

 acres in Kragnes and Oakport town- 

 ships. All of the land, except the tim- 



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Georgetown — Farmers' Elevator in Backgroi 



