The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-01-10
GOV ciLcHRIsT PREDICTS GOOD
TIMES FOR FLORIDA
"Every Little Movement Has Mean
inn All Its Own"-Thousands Are
Making Homes In Our State to En-
low Life and Lenekhen Their Years

MAKING Homes In Our State to En-
;ov Life and Lenekhen Their Years
Florida extends through fully
s,,o hundred miles of latitude and has
evolve hundreds miles of water front.
7, 10 bounded on the west and south
nv the Gulf of Mexico and on the
cast nv the Gulf Stream. The state
:, ,ow sending out the gulf stream of
&c various products to all parts OF
the limited States. 1t is a great min
oral state. producing half of the phos-
rbata of the United States, and one
ND ~ that of the world. Fuller's
oa<tb Is mined in various portions c.
+ho state Fine clay for porcelain is
olso mined. 1t is a great naval stores
ond lumber producing state. 1t is
one of the most healthful states in
the Union, the death rate being less
than that of any other state, and of
any country in Europe.
Our climate is a great asset. Due
10 il. thousands of people visit Flor
lido as tourists and thousands of peo-
nle come here to make their homes.
The benefit of the climate in extend
ing the lives of worthy men and wo-
men ten, fifteen or twenty years can
not be estimated.
In many of the western states, in
particular. much attention is given to
irrigation. Through its rivers and
lakes Florida is undoubtedly the best
watered state in the Union. Arte
sian water may be found in most por-
lions of Florida. Irrigation can be
cheaply done. However, irrigation is
rarely used.
Though not a corn-producing state
in several counties in Florida from
sixty TO seventy bushels of corn per
acre have been raised A bale of cot
ton to the acre is often raised. Flor
ida raises fully one-third of all the
Sea Island cotton produced in the
beggarweed hay-two or three tons
per acre-is now regarded as good
hay as can be produced anywhere il
the world. Our people largely spe-
cialize. In one county fully five
thousand acres are planted in paper
shell pecans. In other sections straw
berries are raised almost exclusive
". from eight hundred to one thou
sand quarts per acre. In one cOmmu-
nifty Irish potatoes are raised; in 9TH
ers, train-loads of celery; in others.
eggplant, beans and other vegetables.
In more southern portions of the
state, tropical and semi-tropicai
fruits are grown extensively. Last
year, over one of the several trunk
lines OF railroads in Florida, $4,000
carloads of fruits, vegetables and mel
ons were shipped. We grow cane
from which from five hundred to one
thousand gallons of syrup are produc-
ed to the acre.
The rays of our warm winter sun
are concentrated in, and the dew
drops are crystalied in these fruits
and vegetables. They are shipped to
various parts of our common country,
gladdening the hearts OF our far
away brothers, and making life worth
living to them.
Cattle, sheep, poultry, horticulture
and agriculture flourish throughout
the state Manufacturing and mining
and the fisheries of the state are rap.
idly developing. The manufactured
products OF the state represent fully
eighty-seven dollars per capita. Our
soil produces as much per acre of
products to which it is suited as does
any state in the Union.
Our state is being settled with
good citizens. According to the cen
sus Of 1910, the rate of increase in
our population was 1922 per cent, be-
ing double the oil per cent. of the
nation at large. Every little move
ment has a meaning all its own" 1t
appears that people are beginning 20
know good thing when they see it.
There are fully thirty-fve hundred
miles of improved hard roads in
Florida. Churches and school houses
are increasing. Illiteracy is decreas-
ing.
Florida is the most prosperous
state in the Union. It's population is
more national than that of any other
state. All worthy people receive a
hearty welcome in Florida. So much
good could be said of Florida that If
tried to tell it all, it would take
from now until the last reverberat-
ing ANhnno AR 10 olJ