It functions primarily as a market town for local produce growers and cash croppers. Enoch Taylor was the blacksmith who built the first automatic croppers. Events become serious when the media begin reporting that the Croppers have kidnapped Wayne. Patience Cropper is renamed Amy Barlow and the Croppers are her godparents. The wall is currently owned by Croppers garage which occupies the space. Nevertheless, it appeared to be inevitable, with no serious alternative unless the croppers left agriculture. No buyers came forward and Croppers remain the de facto owners of the reservoir.