. Clay County. Agriculture. CLAY COUNTY ILLUSTRATED 67. Duroc-Jersey Boar—Weight 800 Pounds—M. 0. Valan Farm eight diggers and the picking crew. Corn is another of the crops Mr. Valan has grown successfully for many years, and the illustrations show three views of his field husker at work, and, incidentally, the type of horses used on the farm. Mr. Valan was one of the first farmers to seed alfalfa, and the acreage on his farm is now 110. Wheat, barley and oats are raised on the potato and corn ground. The yield is large and the quality excep- tionally good. Last year he threshed over 6,000 bu
. Clay County. Agriculture. CLAY COUNTY ILLUSTRATED 67. Duroc-Jersey Boar—Weight 800 Pounds—M. 0. Valan Farm eight diggers and the picking crew. Corn is another of the crops Mr. Valan has grown successfully for many years, and the illustrations show three views of his field husker at work, and, incidentally, the type of horses used on the farm. Mr. Valan was one of the first farmers to seed alfalfa, and the acreage on his farm is now 110. Wheat, barley and oats are raised on the potato and corn ground. The yield is large and the quality excep- tionally good. Last year he threshed over 6,000 bushels of Marquis wheat from 150 acres. It graded No. 1 and no dockage. Mr. Valan is a breeder of registered Duroc-Jerseys and has a model hog house, the largest and most complete in this part of the country. Two views of this mammoth house are shown— the exterior showing the method of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Meeker, D. W. [from old catalog]. Moorhead, Minn. , D. W. Meeker
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