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- Ruby began to raise and train draft horses for show
- The Ruby reality truck was used to transport Ruby’s “famous 6-horse hitch” comprised of Belgium horses
- When Jacob Ruby came, he brought 40 acres of land
- Ruby Farms also produced sugar beets and 400 tons were shipped annually to Green Bay
- The diary included delivery 6 days a week to homes
- Ruby Farm was one of Waukesha County's major farms for nearly 100 years
- In 1953 grandson Roland Ruby started a real estate business
- He developed Ruby Isle shopping center and the ElmBrook bank in the 1960’s
- In 2005 Katherine Ruby resided in the house and her son Jacob Ruby owned the farm house and milking facility
- Jacob Ruby farmed 120 acres
- His son John Jacobs 160 acres
- Grandson Roland, at one time, either owned or rented 750 acres
- It was a working farm for 3 generations
- Ruby quit farming in 1953