Pub date November 5, 1916

# Farms In Itasca County Reflect Thrift of North
Diversified Idea Gaining Followers Among Up-State Agriculturists.
SHEEP AND CATTLE IN LARGE NUMBERS
Section Growing in Popularity With Tenants From Other States.
By H. D. HORTON.
(In the Grand Rapids Herald-Review.)
The farm owned by Grober Brothers, under the management of William C. Grober, is the best improved farm in this immediate section, and is a fine example of what may be accomplished on the timber lands of northern Minnesota. This is the farm which was first developed by E. L. Buck and which came into the possession of the present owners about two years ago. Mr. Grober was absent at the time of the writer's visit,—but some information was gathered from the help employed on the farm.
## Water Supplied from Well
The barn is the first of the buildings to command attention. It is 38 by 92 feet in size, and is arranged in the most modern fashion with concrete floors, steel stanchions and modern methods of feeding and watering stock. The water is supplied from a well, power being furnished by a windmill, is delivered to the cattle in their stalls in the barn. There are about 150 acres of plowed land with 60 acres more close cut ready to grub. This year's crops include a generous acreage of small grain, 15 acres of corn and between 20 and 25 acres of potatoes. The intention on this farm is to work into the dairy business with Guernesey cattle.
The road at this point reaches the