A History of Smith County, Texas Page: 82
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The loading crop in the county at the time of the taking
of the census was corn. The total yield was 124,565
bushels, with an average yield per acre of thirty bushels.
Sweet potatoes was the crop second in importance, and the
year's total yield was 30,820 bushels. Other farm products
listed in considerable quantities were peas, beans, butter,
wool, tobacco, honey, peaches, vegetables, apples, cattle,
and hogs. Only seventy-six of the 250 farms listed produced
cctton in sufficient quantities to have it gin'-red. Only 415
beles were ginned during the year. Transportation difflculties
caused farmers to -rovw food-stuffs rather than cotton
or crops for the market; wheat was not cnerally grown as
the abundar.t rainfall made it rust.
The census listed the following occupptions in the
county: 815 fanrers, thirty-thIree laborers, eleven carpenters,
twelve blacksmiths, eight grocers, thirteen teachers,
seven physicians, seven ministers, six lawyers, three
land traders, two traders, one wagon maker, three merchants,
two grocery clerks, one saddler, three shoemakers, one silverssmith,
three millwrights, one brick mason, one cooper, five
students, one salt iaanuf' cturer, three painters, two tavern
keepers, two tannr:es, two mail carriers, one tailor, four
dry goods clerks, threE cabinet makers, cne steamboat captain,
two surveyors, and one wagoner.lO
lOIbid,, p. 45.
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Ward, William R. A History of Smith County, Texas, book, May 1944; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth46834/m1/89/: accessed July 13, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .