The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-10-14
May Grow Crops
All The Year
In Florida

The Jacksonville Metropolis
recently printed map of the
southern states showing the
length of time in growing crops
and the actual number of days
in which farming can be done.
Only the southern states were
given, as no other states, except
California, can compete with the
south in the length of the grow
ing season and California can
not touch Florida in diversified
crops of fruits and vegetables.
The lines and figures show in
days the average length OF
crop growing seasons in various
parts of each of the six states as
reported by the United States
Weather Bureau. A crop sea-
son ranging from 200 40 348
days year makes this the most
profitable agricultural section of
America.
1t goes even further and
brings the matter closer home
by proving that the agricultural
possibilities of Florida are UNI
limited and its unequaled advan-
tages over other states in the
union in this and great many
other repects are unquestion-
able. There is no single state in
the whole Uunited States so we'll
adapted to such great variety
of agricultural possibilities.
With its thousands of acres of
cut over lands in all parts of
the state and the very fact that
these same lands are capable of
producing such enormous quaint
tiles of forage crops and furnish
such splendid grazing when
: properly managed will make
Florida one of the greatest live
stock states in the union.
Meats of producing animals of
all kinds can be raised cheaper
in Florida than in any other
state in the union. Hogs can
be raised when grazed upon the
many different crops that are so
well suited to their needs for not
more than three cents per pound.
The general farm crops such
as corn, hay, sugar cane and cot
ton are the principal crops for
north and west Florida and
cover a growing period of from
eight to ten months of the year,
beginning February and end
ing December I. Besides these
just mentioned, all kinds OF
truck crops that can be grown
anywhere in the United States
can be and are being proftably
grown all through the north
north central and western part
of the state during these months.
There are also demonstrated in
stances that prove that citrus
fruits can also be grown very
profitable in this section of the
state and with the proper vari-
cites is not considered any more
hazardous Sthap further south.
The southern half of the pen
insular part of the state stands
in a class by itself, and when it
comes to getting early vege-
tables on the northern and east
ern' markts, it is absolutely with
out competition with its pine
apples and citrus fruits that are
noted the world over for their
unexcelled quality. South Flor
ida from October to March IS,
andsometimes later is feeding
the balance of the country
Practically twelve months of
the year some crops can be
grown in some parts of the state,
there being possibly one and
half months during the year that
couldn't be called perfect and
ideal for crop production, and
this applies more to the north
and western parts, this being
from July IS to September I.
l. is not to be understood by any
means that crops are not grown
and harvested during this peri
cd, for, as a matter of fact, a
statement of this kind would not
be true. but for planting many of
the delicate vegetables that are
so well adapted to Florida's eli
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