Complex sentence: Many farmers in Maria Stein and surrounding towns worked on their farm and held a second job in one of the many surrounding manufacturing plants that enabled them to weather the cyclical nature of farm revenue and create a prosperous hybrid rural-manufacturing economy.
Split into simpler sentences: Many farmers in Maria Stein and surrounding towns worked on their farm and held a second job in one of the many surrounding manufacturing plants. This enabled them to weather the cyclical nature of farm revenue and create a prosperous hybrid rural-manufacturing economy.