The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-07-30
Out Of 64,175 Cars of Commodities
She Had saSe1

I'm 1916 the railroads OF this coun,
try handled total Of s54,175 cars of
n different kinds OF farm commod-
tiles. exclusive of shipments by ex-
press and steamer, which in total
reach many thousands OF cars. The
total known car shipments would
make freight train nearly LOO miles
\ long, or LOO trains, each one mile
long" says the State Marketing Blu
reau.
Florida participated in the wonder
full movement with S2,321 cars. In
several different products Florida
leads all the States. Grapefruit was
shipped by the car from eight differ
ent States. but Florida forwarded to
market 1874 of the total OF 1897 cars,
or about three-fourths OF the whole
number.
six States-Alabama Arizona. Cal
fornia, Florida, Louisiana and Texas
shipped oranges by the carload, the
total being 50,134 cars, but all except
a couple of hundred were from Cali
fornia and Florida, the latters share
being 11,S1O cars.
Pineapple shipments were made
from seven States, and Florida's share
in the total Of 1903 cars was TIA or
more than one-half.
"The total shipments of tomatoes
from 80 States amounted to 1898
cars in which Florida sent 6,1S4 cars,
or little less than one-third.
"Of cucumbers shipped by rs States,
Florida with 613, was second in a to-
tai Of 1852 cars.
"Of celery the shipments amounted
Ito 3,0O2 cars or nearly one-third OF
the 1876 cars shipped from sixteen
Estates.
"of lettuce shipped by "a States, a
total Of 400 cars, Florida participat-
ed with 1928 cars, or one-third Of the
total of that crisp delicacy.
"Forty-three States took a hand in
1.-THE shipping of cabbage, the total be.
ing 24,505 cars in which Florida with
SGT cars went above the average.
Strawberries are grown in all of
1.-THE States, but shipments were only
made from SO, and Florida participant
ed in the total of 1904 with 573 cars
but these were shipped in the late
winter and early spring and brought
prices two or three times higher than
those grown later in the northern
States.
"Forty States reported a combined
. total shipments of 2S,939 cars Of wa
Itermelons inwhich Florida showed UT
with 1920, but in cantaloupes its rec,
ord was "a cars OF the total OF 1881
from 80 States.
white potatoes were handled from
every one Of the AZ States, the total
being 191,751. OF which Florlda's share
was 1904 cars, while OF sweet pota-
toes our State shipped 81 Of th
grand total OF 1895 cars, Of which
Virginia shipped one-half.
"of eggplant Florida shipped 1tO
cars OF the total OF 223 cars handled
by the various southern States
"of peppers Florida sent i2i cars
| TO market, OF total OF 1906
Nearly half Of the States showed
shipments OF peaches, total OF 25,-
02s cars. with New York arst and our
. neighbor. Georgia, second with $500
cars, while Florida showed up with
2 cars, and vet peaches will grow IN
every part Of our State.
Texas leads the country In ship
ping onions. the Lone Star State re-
porting 3.2iO in the total Of 22,O43
cars. by all the States Florida show
ling up with one car and vet onions
make fine Yields whenever their cui-
ltiyatlon has been undertaken in tho
Sunshine State.
"0f the pulse crops, Florida shipped
10 cars Of green beans, rs cars OF
string beans. and cars Of greer
beans. or mixed vegetables the total
car movement was iis.
FLORIDA shipped hundreds Of cars
by express and steamer, not included
I'm the totals noted above, as gathered
BY the I. s. Bureau Of Markets
through extensive correspondence
with railroads and shippers, and
printed a volume Of 1876 pages, from