The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-01-02


degrees At Lake Worth, the hump
of the east coast line of Florida, and
at Lake Weir, in Marion county, on
the west coast, correspondingly
pretty body OF water, the hottest was
so degrees. and that for one day only.
In August the hottest day was 90. In
other words, it was cooler than states
near the Canadian line. Why? Trade
winds-Atlantic ocean and gulf of
Mexico. Heat prostrations in Florida
are unknown. Also please remem-
Der that Florida means 3G5 days of
growing weather per year!
How about crops? You can raise
something every month Of the year.
You can get from three to four crops
from your land every year Not only
that, but truck raised in January is
going to bring more than the same
raised in August. You get spot cash
for your product. because it is the
is best when it is freshest.
Can | make a fortune the first year
from ten acres? l should say not. OF
course that is what the booklets said
you got from the land concerns. Trou-
bic is, that land concern was lying,
and the big, responsible companies,
and the railroads, are doing all they
can to stamp out that sort OF concern.
If YOU expect to come down to
Florida with So and a streak OF Iazi-
ness. YOU may starve to death Flor
ida wants workers. She also wants
the leveI-headed farmer, who has
enough money TO buy farm nipple
ments, good seedlings, stock his land
and put up a house. He may get re-
turns within 90 days. 1t depends on
what he plants, and the time OF the
year. Inside of a year he should have
things working III excellent shape,
You see, there is no long winter in
which he is forced to sit in the house.
He can work on his land every month
, in and month out. While one crop
is being sold. a second is being har-
vested. and a third growing, with a
fourth in prospect
Oranges and grapefruit are wonder
full money-maEers, and the finest sort
OF farming But it takes four or FIVE
years before grapefruit trees produce.
and a longer period for orange trees.
If you plant grove you must have
Ienough balance TO carry you through
or else deyote a part Of your land to
truck. Orange groves that bring
$1,000 year per acre are actualities,
but it took some time to get them
there
What will the lands cost? Any
where from $25 to 800 an acre Land
here sold at So cannot be duplicat-
ed for twice that sum in the north
The better the land. the nearer trans
pcrtation, the more cultivated, the
higher the price. Land at So an acre
is open to suspicion, although in
many cases land at that price has
brought fortune TO its owner
What can l raise? Almost any
thing. Crop rotation is the secret of
prosperity in Florida. Crop rotation
will allow of vegetables, grains and
hay in the same year, and the land
will grow better and better with ev-
cry fresh crop. Florida lands are
mainly virgin lands. They have not
been sown TO wheat or cotton, or any
thing else until some important soil
element has been destroyed.
All the comforts of modern civiliZa-
ton are right at hand. and some of
the most progressive cities in the
country are in this state. Jackson
vile is a wander. and so is Tampa
and Ocala and Miami are coming like
a streak. You are not going up
against the harships that pioneers in
most lands have had to face.
AC UAS LOdOS, Il4C SOUTHERN, LI6
Seaboard and the Atlantic Coast Line,
as we'll as the Florida East Coast, are
boosting Florida, because with the
right sort of settlers these lines of
road will receive line of product
haulage that will pay them many
times over for the millions they are
spending now on experiment farms.
land bureaus and other means OF ben
citing, as we'll as attracting, the
farmer.
Having travelled thousands of miles
in auto through the state. am CON
WINGED that Florida is destined to be
the real garden spot of the world.
Like other parts OF the south, it has
needed money, brains and people. The
money has started to pour its golden
stream, and the brains are directing
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