The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-10-24
4 FREQUENT QUESTION
BY FLORIDA NEWCOMERS
What Crops to Grow That Will
Bring Quickest and Best
Returns


Returns
! New settlers and hOmeseekers in
Florida frequently ask what can be
grown that will bring the quickest
returns. after tract of land is
cleared. fenced and plOwed. That
depends entirely upon the section of
the State the homesceker selects and
the season of the year that he gets
his land ready for planting and the
cultivation of Vegetables. Many Of
these hOmeseekers forget that the
great vegetable season in Florida is
in the winter months.
Many OF these homeseekers, after
they become settlers, work entirely
too slow in getting their land cleared
and ready for cultivation. and as a
result they frequently miss an en-
| tire season for some of the very best
paying crops. Those who wish to
succeed must get their land ready
and their crops in the ground at the
samc time as their ncieh' ors o: they
will not begin to receive the returns
II would be folly for Il Florida
producer to plant his crops so late
tl,at they would come into COMPETE
ion with the crops from sections
north of Florida The diff renee III
the freight charges alone would TAX F.,
about all the profits and then the
difference in time reaching the nor
tacrn markets would have to lie tax
on into consideration.
'.'ho big profits that are made from
florida vegetables are largely due to
the fact that they reach the market
wlcn there is absolutely no compcti
t;.n from any other part Of the Unit
Cd states. Lettuce, potatoes toaa
toes, cucnmhcrs. etc, will not hrin@
the same prices in the late spring
ma >rmmcr months rs they do IN
The winter IN all the late spring
ih~y can lc raised in ~ PARIS 81
tho country, Ealt in the Niller til"y
t"a only lie crown in Florda
rt1cre IS liz murcN - ~ lir'." IL
lettuce. Iris is !; Ni", crop in
llpf..id. The seed 4 are .aadr
lout september ls f t. plants
"e cady to tran.qi u shout Octo-
Ger Isl, and plantlL. mas continue
~ 10 February Isl. Irish po'a'ots
0lioW lettuce and ara heN in value.
# t., grower has done his part veil
u. ipitue" Viii maze Ii dc hi.n Il
nrc!l OF several hundred dolla,@ an
;ui. Potatoes are Good for an .ller-
a4r ar's yield q $500 per acre.
Following the potato the season
or planting field crops has arrived,
and corn. and peas, or corn and vc.-
vet beans should be planted. The
bean and pea being 4 fertilizer, put
ting nitrogen into the soil, the lani
is much improved. Such land may
be counted on for yield of thirty
to forty bushels of corn to the acre.
and the bean, rank grower. has
closely shaded the ground. smother
ing out grasses and weeds, will yield
about thirty bushels per acre, and
should be planted together, as the
corn holds up the bean end the pea
shades the ground.
farmer in Florida to put about i'y"
o: six cattle to the acre with eight
or ten hogs to run under them and
il thirty to sixty days the cat;l"
and the hogs are ready for the mar
| lct as hy-product to the rich indus
vegetable raising.
Florida has long been noted for
| the excellence and great yield per-
, acre of sweet potatoes and the ease
with which they are grown. The
planting and digging constitute al
Eost the entire labor and the yield
on good land is from 200 TO lon
bushels per acre.---EX.