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Wagon loaded with bags of sweet clover seed parked in front of Magill and Co. located at 8 South Broadway. Joseph R. Askew on grain cart, Casselton N.D. Copy of check written to W.H. Askew, Joseph Askew's father, taped to the bottom of the photograph., Gelatin silver prints, 25 x 31 cm., "Red Clover Seed, Joe R. Askew 1893, on top of load."- Written note accompanying photograph. "Wagon Load of Red Clover Seed Marketed in Fargo Brings the World's Record Price. A check for $3,247.17, probably the largest sum ever paid in the world for a single load of clover seed, was paid by Magill & Co., of Fargo, to W.H. Askew, a farmer residing near Casselton. Mr. Askew marketed the load of clover shown in the accompanying picture, and received the check facsimile of which is also presented here. The Casselton man planted 65 acres to medium red clover last spring, and it yielded three and one-half bushels of bright, choice seed an acre. On the basis of gross income, the clover seed crop was worth $50 an acre to Mr. Askew, in addition to the value of the crop for feeding purposes." - Fargo Forum, Dec. 1, 1917, p. 2., Title supplied by staff. Photographer unknown.

Purple and white clover covers a field somewhere in North Dakota. Farm buildings are visible in the distance.

The front cover for the Oscar H. Will & Company's seed catalog for 1921 features a man on horseback waving at an Indian woman who is braiding corn. A portrait of Oscar Will is also visible. The back cover features advertisements for Grimm alfalfa and sweet clover.