The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-01-03
WHAT FARMERS Of
FLORIDA PRODUCED
STATISTICS OF WHAT FARMspo
PRODUCE IN THE STATE
ARE PRESENTED.
GENERAL INCREASE sHow,
Department of Commerce and ,.,
Issues Bulletin Giving Facts
of Florida Products.

products for Florida are presartos
a bulletin soon to be issued hv An
national department of commerce AND
labor. anu
The returns for livestock produo,.
obtained at the census of 1914 ill.,
those for crops, relate to the aoM,i
ties of the calendar year 1909 II +,
impossible to give a total represont
Ing the annual production Of liro
stock products for the reason tho,
the total value of products from tbo
business of raising domestic animals
for use, sale or slaughter can NOT ho
calculated from the census returns
The number of farms in Florida re-
porting dairy cows on April 10 191O
was 26,49O, but only 1852 reported
the production of any kind of dairlv
products in 1909. That there sbould
be this difference is not surprising
Doubtless some farmers who had dai.
ry cows. in 1910 had none in 1910
while other farmers neglected TO give
information for the preceding wear
or were unable to do SO perhaps ba
cause the farm was then in othe,
hands.
The total number of sheep Of
shearing age in Florida on April i;
1910, was 95,115, representing a de.
crease of IA per cent, as compared
with the number on June l, 1900 CO2.
709). The approximate production Of
wool during 1909 was 1860 Aeeces,
weighing 2S7,O69 pounds, and vaued
at $77.26O.
The total number of fowls on Flor
ida farms on April Is, 1910, was l..
$4,000. OF the 40,65S farms report.
ing fowls, 1920 did not report any
eggs produced in 1909, and 1851 did
not report any poultry raised in 1909.
The production of eggs actually re.
ported for the year 1909 was $685.,
900 dozens, valued at $1,201,O 900. Ac'
cording to the twelfth census reports
the production of eggs in 1899 was
4,241,000 dozens, the value being
s554.OOO.
The value of the cattle including
calves, sold during 1909 Represented
about two thirds of the total value
of animals sold, and the value Of
swine sold represented about onesixth
of the total.
The total value of crops in Florida
in 1909 was $36,142,6O0. OF this
amount, 1928 per cent. was contrib
uted by crops for which the acreage,
as well as the value, was reported,
the remainder consisting of the val
lie of by products (straw, garden and
grass seeds, etc., derived from the
same land as other crops reported, or
of orchard fruits, nuts, forest prod
ucts and the like.
The combined acreage of crops for
which acreage was reported was l.
223,07S, representing 67.7 per cent
of the total improved land in farms
Q,SO5, 40S acres).
The general character of Florida
agriculture indicated by the fact that
nearly one-fourtth (23.2 per cent? Of
the total value of crops in 1909 was
contributed by potatoes and other
vegetables, about one-fifth COS per
cent? by fruits and nuts, about one
sixth OH per cent? by cereals, and
about one-seventh (15.2 per cent? by
cotton. The remainder representing
"a per cent of the total, consisted
mostly of grains and seeds
In 1909 the total acreage OF poIa'
toes and other vegetables was SlN
and their value $S,3S5.000 Excluding
potatoes and sweet potatoes anu
yams, the acreage of vegetables was
$1,000, and their value twice as grea' p
and the value more than three times
as great as in 1899.
Strawberries are the only smaI
fruit raised on a considerable scaIs
in Florida. THE value OF the straw
berry crop in 1909 was SSOl,O56' Inc
total acreage of small fruits in lsV'
was 1856 and in 1899 1,94S an III
crease of O.6 per cent. The producuoH
in 1909 amounted. to $4,000 quarts
as compared with 1,771,OOO quarts ~
1899, and the value was $3O2OOV ~
1909, as compared with $l9OOOV "
1899.
The most important fruits p!ouaV
ed in Florida are the tropical lIun1
valued in 1909 at $IO92.ooO. Mo,s
than half of his value was con"D
uted by oranges and most of the rJ
by pomeloes grapefruit anu
The production OF olya
ard fruits in 1909 was 2S5OOo bushes
valued at s2s2,OOO; that of grapes
| ,OS6,OOO pounds, valued at SSSI rsL
and that of nuts $4,000 pouhus' ''
led at $47,456.