Small industries consist largely of those dealing with agricultural products, such as cotton gins, wheat elevators, flour mills and milk plants. Much of the soil is composed of red dirt and clay as well as sandy loam. Paradoxically the weather can be superb and terrible. Spring and Fall are beautiful times of the year. The Summer season is a long and hot.
Winter can be very cold, with snow and ice.
In times past, sandstorms have plagued the county, although modern farming methods have reduced this hazard. A frequent saying is that the only thing that separates the area from the North Pole during a Norther is a barbed wire fence. At times, the temperature and the weather changes dramatically within short periods of time. Once, when I was delivering papers, I left home on my bicycle at 5 a.m. when the sky was clear and the temperature was in the 50's. By the time I finished the route and headed for school at 8 a.m. the skies became cloudy and it started snowing.