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CLAY COUNTY ILLUSTRATED 



The Gilbert Richards Home, Moland Township 



experiment with alfalfa in 1902 and 

 has a 24-acre field at the present time. 

 For many years he has raised corn 

 and favors the Northwestern and 

 White Dents. Seed from the 1915 

 crop of Northwestern has tested 100 

 per cent. Mr. Krabbenhoft is a heavy 

 grower of potatoes, and has only a 

 three-mile haul to Sabin. Clover and 

 the small grains are also leading prod- 

 ucts of this farm. Mr. Krabbenhoft 

 raises beef cattle and keeps a herd 

 numbering about 40. About 30 Per- 

 cheron horses are kept busy the great- 

 er part of the year. 



One of the illustrations shows Mr. 

 Krabbenhoft 's home; another is a 

 threshing scene on the farm. The 

 barns and other outbuildings are am- 

 ple and conveniently arranged. Mr. 

 Krabbenhoft is vice-president of the 

 Comstock and Holy Cross Farmers' 

 Insurance Company and is one of the 

 directors of the Northwestern Hospi- 

 tal Association. 



Gilbert Richards has been operating 

 his farm in Moland township for the 

 past two years and is getting the land 

 in good shape. He has a well arranged 

 set of new buildings located close to 

 the bank of the Buffalo River. Corn 

 and potatoes are leading crops, and 

 small grains are also grown. Mr. 

 Richards has two patches of alfalfa — 

 the one started last year was seeded 

 with barley as a nurse crop. The cat- 

 tle are Shorthorns, and the swine are 

 Yorkshires of the Canfield strain. 

 "Mrs. Bryan," the old brood sow, and 

 her litter of sixteen are shown in one 

 of the illustrations. 



Since the beginning of farming in 

 Clay County there has never been a 

 crop lost through drought. The dry 

 seasons usually give an average crop 

 of good quality. The straw, perhaps, 

 short, but the heads long and well 

 filled. With over 200 miles of state 

 and county ditches, surplus moisture 

 is not detrimental. 



"Mrs. Bryan," Mother of a Sixteen-to-One Family 



