The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-26
A BUSY SUMMER.

ida for the farmer will be with
out parallel in the past history
of the state Never before have
we seen, few months ahead,
such a dire need in the worlds
market for everything that Flor
ida can raise to eat. With their
own hands cultivated to the
highest state OF productivity
heretofore. most of the warning
Europeans nations have been
obliged to draw upon us quite
heavily for foodstuffs. This
year vast areas within their do
mains. which have heretofore
reduced abundant crops, will not
contribute one thing toward
their millions of combatants and
non-combatants.
It is quite reasonable to as
sumo that the war will last
throughout the summer ahead
land whether it terminates in the
fall or not, millions of people
must be fed through next winter.
The big demand will be for sub
stantial staples, such as cereals.
meats, and such vegetables as
Irish and sweet potatoes, peas,
beans, turnips, onions. rice, etc.
1t will be up to the north and
west to furnish the wheat, the
greater proportion OF corn, and
, oats, beef. pork and dairy prod
, ucts but with concerted effort,
the farmsin Florida that are un-
r der cultivation at the present
time, can produce thousands OF
train loads of vegetables before
' the close of next winter that will
E find a profitable market.
e The important thing, then, for
e the Florida farmer to do. is to
). plant every acre that he has
J, ready for cultivation during the
S month to some stapl evegetable
d crop. Where this interferes with
: proper rotation, feed or forage
t crops for livestock, should be
J. the next consideration. We can
not make this point too strong
every acre should produce smoe'
y thing to eat for man or beast
+ On top of this, there should be
q an average increase o fcultivat
ed lands of not les than thirty
= per cent. This would mean al
IN increase of nearly half million
t, acres OF crop-bearing land TO
20 entire state, which, based upo1
the production of three crops be
IN tween now and next spring
in would nearly equal the outpu
OF of million and half acres
D. northern states where once GRO
is the limit.
We believe it quite safe to a.
sert that everything we can po'
~ ~ sibly produce during the ne'
" twelve months is eatable, wit
,oa particular reference to staple
VIC will be marketable at good pr
y es. II ever there was a tin
: when Florida offered a stror
inducement to the thousands
49, northern people who own unir
oN proved lands in this state
;. come down and farm, that TIN
w. has arrived. If there ever was
Wv. ,ns time when Florida ram Ian
a ,o should bring a premium on t
r;s open market, it is now. Mort
.os ern investors who fail to era
r.h this significant facts are oV
I'M. loking one oiathe greatest opps
';oh tunities of their lives. 1
-. northerner who has few hu
h,;c bred dollars saved up, could +
NV do better at this time than inv
~ them in Florida farm lands.
,,th he finds it impossible to con
,wn down and cultivate his lar
,rk himself. he should hire them p
Dr pared and planted to some S
Of pie vegetable crop without
,try. lay. The leading land ana {
onization companies in Flor
pers are now rendering this service
ight their purchaser in highly e
and Gent manner and at the low
VAL cost.
ago Under reasonably favora
,nry, conditions, it would not be
road possible for ten-acre tat to
the it's owner the entire cost of
high land plus a clear profit the n
tiles wear. That means an aver;
outh profit of only 80 I-3 dollars
stern acre for three crops during
eight year, which is not at all unus
on new land when it is prof.
. " handled. Land in Florida
ulips now selling from $50 to SIS