After mining took most of the trees in Johnson County people began turning to agriculture to earn a living. Many people depended on raising crops to earn a living until the late 1960’s.
     One of the first people to turn to agriculture was Logan Woods. In 1917 he planted 335 acres of Shady Valley with apple trees. His apples were so good that Logan Woods won a blue ribbon at the Chicago World's Fair.
     In 1935 many farmers began planting green beans. Soon Johnson County became the largest bean producing county in Tennessee. In 1948 the bean crop was estimated at over three hundred thousand bushels. Johnson County was tagged as “The Green Bean Capital”. Mechanical pickers ended the  success of the crop in Johnson County. Mechanical pickers were cheaper than hand picking so farmers stopped raising bean crops. By 1964 only one thousand four hundred and fifty acres of beans were planted.