 In the early years of the RM, large areas of land in the municipality were taken up by large farms.The Engen farm of 1909 contained 9 sections; the Lamborn farm of 1910 contained 5 sections (sold later to a group of Mennonite settlers in 1925) and the Bellamy farm of 1912 contained 17 sections.The Engen and Bellamy farms were later broken up into smaller farms.