The Washington herald., 1911-12-16

new vegetables bring the highest prices
of the year. This is one of the great
advantages of an Everglade farm. The
season is ahead of any other portion OF
! the country, and naturally the crops are
! marketed before the products of any
other section. therefore receiving the
highest prices paid for the early fruit
and vegetables.
No Fertilizer Needed.
The Northern man would scarcely give
| credence to the extraordinary yields OBJ
tained each and every year from this
class of produce, especially in view of the
| fact that no fertilizer is used or needed
were 1t not for the fact that the figures
| have been proven.
The raising of sugar cane will he one
Of the Everglades greatest industries.
! 1t has been demonstrated and proven
| that the muck lands will produce an
| nually a minimum of thirty-five tons
| OF sugar cane per acre, or yield
| 40 per cent greater than that of Louis
lana, and averages about so per cent
| greater in saccharine matter. and re-
Quires planting only every six years.
Congress made an appropriation for
| an investigation to determine the FEAST
bmity of building a ship canal from the
| Gulf up the CalOosahatChee River and
across the Glades to the Atlantic, thus
saving many days travel, and about 900
| miles journey around the dangerous reefs
| and islands of the south coast. The
engineers say it will be built. When
| built its value to our district is apparent.
For years Florida has been noted for
her salubrious climate and the health
! giving qualities of her air
Death Rate Low.
The death rate in Florida to-day is
the lowest of any State in the Union.
| The average death rate is six per 1000.
No wonder, indeed. that the discov-
erer of this land of many colors" ex-
reCted to find the tabled fountain OF
! youth
In no part of the world is better health
| enjoyed than in the Everglades region.
Many people have been under the mis-
| taken impression that the GIades are
malarial. and that mosquitoes abound.
Such Is not the case. The Everglades is
not swamp. \ swamp is land covered
with staSnant water. The water covering
the Everglades is not stagnant, but is
fresh and sweet with constant flow to-
ward the sea, seeking its own level
Malaria is unknown here. Men employed
on the huge dredges working in the mid
die of the Everglades enjoy the best OF
health. Mosquitoes are few. as they breed
in stagnant water.
For the fisherman Florida presents rare
opportunity. The streams abound in all
kinds of fresh-water fish. while Lake
OkeeChObee furnishes every year hun
dreds of tons OF fish for the Northern
market The Seacoast furnishes the fin
est saltwater fishing on the continent.
King Tarron. the gamest of all salt
water FISH, is at home on both the east
and west coasts of Florida and his can
tor may well boast of his prowess once
he cOnquers this grizzly of the deep.
Every year thousands travel hundreds Of
miles to enjoy the fishing which is in
your front yard.
Hunting Is Good.
Hunting IL to the farmer what the
theater and other amusements are to
the city man or woman, yet hunting Of
fers a much more healthfuI recreation.
The Everglades district, with Lake
0heechObee and the great canals furnish
unusual opportunity for the hunting Of
small game, such as wild ducks. geese
brandt, snipe, wOodcock. and quail Dur
ing the winter. when these birds come
southward. the rich feeding grounds OF
the Everglades attract untold numbers
of these fowl. 1t is an easy matter for
any sportsman to shoot the full limit Of
the law almost any day during the hunt
ing season.
Quail are abundant also throughout this
part of the State, any supply the table
of the farmers during the open season.
Wild turkeys are also prime sport in
this section, and those who's prefer the
quest for this game fowl will find the
district near by unrivaled as a wild
turkey hunting section.