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A view of the Northwest Experiment Station and Northwest School of Agriculture grounds and buildings,1910.
Many types of crops were tested in the fields at the Northwest Experiment Station. The sign in this image shows corn, wheat, barley, flax, oats and more.
Superintendent Torger Hoverstad at a lesson about what to feed dairy cows during a Farmers Institute lecture.
Using horses to plow the fields at the Northwest Experiment Station, 1912.
A look inside the dairy barn at the Northwest Experiment Station.
The entrance sign for the Northwest School of Agriculture and Northwest Experiment Station.
Locals attend a meeting at the Northwest Experiment Station.
Northwest Experiment Station’s first superintendent, Torger Hoverstad, standing with one of the Experiment Station horses.
Northwest Experiment Station’s first superintendent, Torger A. Hoverstad.
A livestock parade at the Northwest Experiment Station’s annual visiting day.