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SMALL FARMS

 

crate label

From the 1920s to the 1940s, companies bought up and consolidated small farms around the southern side of Lake Okeechobee. These large farms grew vegetables or sugar, and in time became profitable.

Vegetable crate label.

1991-370-2

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