Sakala cultivated 45 acres for growing corn, beans, oats, wheat and hay.  The family found sandstone rocks on their farm and hauled these rocks off the field to build a house, summer kitchen and barn.  In 1945 the barn was taken by a tornado.  Sakala and his family also raised rabbits, chickens, turkeys, pigs, and dairy cows on the property.  Today the family still raises sheep and produces beef, grass, hay, Alfalfa hay, and feed.  They even use the same brand from 1900!