An attraction at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair was the Barber County sugar cane and a miniture mill. In 1894 the mill was forced to close because the government removed the five cent subsidy from sugar. In 1898 sugar cane and beets were not marketed. In 1899 state statistics show 12,191 acres averaging 9 bushel per acre and sold for 54 cents. Since 1968 wheat yield has exceeded 3,000,000 bushel annually.
Wheat annually adds several million dollars to the economy.
Black Hull and Red Kaffir were early varieties. A 1920 report shows 272 acres averaged 10.5 bushel for grain and 91 acres averaged 3 tons of hay. Milo we now call grain sorghum. Sorghum has been planted annually since 1875. An 1899 report showed 314 acres produced 18,840 gallon of sirup and sugar and 16,597 acres planted for grain and forage.