The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-02-10
DTH|NG LIKE
FLORIDA LAND
Railroad Will Afford The
Greatest Possibilities
|NDERFUL TERRITORY
6fn, Cotton, Cane, Upland Rice, Oats,
Malta, Fruits and Vegetables, Can
An Be Grown Most Successfully

')Dening Up vast territory in FlOri-
~ fertile empire the new extentiOn
lie Florida East Coast Railway from
|5kown on the Titusyille division to
'eastern shore of Lake OkechObee.
of which was recently
|de by President j. r. Parrot in an
|6fyiew in The Record, the new pro-
|tis going to be of inestimable value
lie development and settling of the
re. So little is known Of this new
don of the State that to the average
Zen the full significance of the new
|klOpment factor is not understood.
ice President j. E. lngraham, of the
I1ida East Coast Railway is one of
hest posted men in Florida on the
re East Coast and southern sections
he State in particular and the en-
= State generally. He has during
past twenty years made many trips
Horseback through the native forests
has even traversed the Everglades.
"a interview he explained much OF
Scharacter of the new country and
Iatent capabilities. MIR. Ingraham
"a over this new line last June.
n view of the fact that the demand
8 ttaple farm products is constantly
Easing and at prices that are renum-
i've to the grower it would seem ap-
mt that this body of land practically
in length and averaging twen-
I've miles in width, affOrding a large
|c in lumber and naval stores, at
and we'll adapted to raising staple
if rail transportation is provided
puickly be developed. The drain
5cf the Everglades and the lowering
lake OkeechObee five feet will have
3rked effect on the lands lying north
lie lake and will also add to the
of the territory.
Fhe line extends ll.8 miles from
Town to Geneva. said Mr.. lngra-
"peaches, oranges, corn and to-
'lbes of excellent quality are grown
teen the two places and cane, cotton
alfalfa could be grown If properly
WAITED and the land drained = and
mage is easy. There is high ham.
~ land west of the st. Johns and
~ timber is back of the hammock.
Il. five thousand boxes were shipped
"a Geneva last year.
From Geneva to ChuluOta is ten
81 through hatwOOds and rolling
htry interspersed with clear lakes,
Re the soili is of good quality. Be-
vegetables and fruit, cattle, hogs
sheep do we'll here. From Chulota
Whittier the proposed line runs nifty
q miles through good lands. Much
= of great fertility along there IS
liable for farming. Vegetables and
as well as cane, rice. cotton,.and
liza, | think - do well there. From
hitter to Olney is distance of TWEEN
light miles and much of the distance
Ter open prairie. The soil Is pro-
live and cattle and hogs do we'll On
route from Olney to Fort Drum,
miles, the Kissimmee prairie Is
led on the eastern side by the road.
hammock land produces twenty.
to thirty bushels per acre OF corn.
Fort Drum to Tantie, a distance
twenty-five miles, the line runs
high country in which tiatwoods
mating with praries are found;
land can be drained and much OF
quite fertile. .,
The lands along the route of the ex'
non are generally well adapted TO
q of various kinds and are coming
demand for general farming, being
hger and more reliable than hlgn
v ridges or dry hammocks.' Ii a
prehensivey system of cultivation Is
fully carried out these lands ought
rovide a very large traffic in farm
lucts such as corn cotton. cane,
nd rice, oats. alfalfa, fruits and
etables. Sea Island cotton has ,Deen
Rn successfully by many of the old
ettlers on the fat woods land. Corn
hese lands produces from fifteen to
In bushels to the acre without fer
er. Gopher rice yields eighty bush.
10 the acre without fertilizer. Al
lent the great industry is cattle
NO and the herds all look well.
ep and hogs thrive on the ranges.
cattlemen raise corn enough "a
" them over from year to year FOL
b horses.
These fat woods lands are among
hest In the State and can probably
Irrigated by artesian water, when
be had near Chuluota, Geneva ano
kimmee. 1t is a wonderful territory
is to be opened and it must Ger,
Nv count much in the settling ano
liiding Of, Florida. St. Augustine
ord.
Circuit Court Jurors.
he following names have been drawn