H.S. Armstrong of Duffau bought his farm on credit in 1886 for $1800, he paid off the farm in October of 1891. “He now has 100 acres in cultivation. This season he made 15 bales of cotton, 400 bushels of corn, 300 bushels of oats, put up 1500 pounds of pork, and has $100 in the bank.” Stephenville Empire