The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-01-07
cAMPHoR, CASTOR
BEANS, PEANUTS

The man who desires 10 get s''i'
on Florida farm now has his gold
en- opportunity. Castor beans ana
peanuts will give him two quick crops
that are not only sure to sell, Dull
are sure to sell for a big price
Meanwhile. he can be bringing DIG
acreage of camphor trees into bearing
if he selects the proper kind of SOIL
and the market for camphor, especial
ly in America will increase after
peace is declared.
Before we go further on this sub
ject, however, let us place particular
stress upon one important point No
man can come to Florida BROKE and
go to farming successfully. 1t does
not matter if he owns the best farm
in Lake County and doesn't owe a
cent on it-he just can't become a
successful farmer If he starts broke.
Of course there are instances where
men have become wealthy from farm
ing on rented land with borrowed
money for capital, but those success
es, most of them, were made by ex-
perienced Florida farmers who had
suffered a setback for some reason
and needed fresh start. Ten ten
derfoot from the north just can't do
it.
But the man who comes to Lake
County or any other place suitable
for growing the three crops men
toned, and brings along a determi-
nation to learn quickly and to work
faithfully an earn enough money to live
on while a crop is maturing and to
! finance that crop, can lay the founda-
ton for wealth the very first season
Please do not misunderstanding
said he CAN LAY THE FOUNDA-
TION for wealth, not that he can be-
come wealthy in single season He
can get sufficient start off his first
crop to insure him a living and some
capital with which to branch out.
The government is offering to con.
tract in advance for all the castor
beans that can be raised here at $3.50
per bushel Of as pounds. A respon-
sible company at Gainesville is offer.
ing to contract with Lake County
farmers for peanuts at $10O per bush
ell OF 70 pounds on the track at
Gainesville. Both agree to nav high.
er prices If the selling market is
higher, but both guarantee those as
the minimum prices. Both are among
the easier crops to raise in Lake
County.
Camphor is attracting national at.
tention and the only groves growing
camphor commercially are in Flori
ida. One of these is at Satsuma in
Putnam County, near Lake, and the
other is at Green Spring Valley. Be.
cause of the leather shortage, the
peace use of camphor was growing
by leaps and bounds, but since war
mas been declared the supply is he.
coming exceedingly small to furnish
the necessary ingredients for explo.
slVes, All reserve stocks will have
been swept away when the war is
over and all that can be produced in
THIS country will find ready sale at
nigh prices for years to come. It's
use for leather substitutes and in col.
luloid is bound to increase.
Here is a combination of three
"e We DClltFt 10 De winners
we would risk them mch moro
quickly than oranges or grapefruit as
lar as damage from cold weather is
concerned, and while they do not
promise as great returns per acre as
40 the more valuable vegetables that
are grown for the winter market
there is very little risk about either
OF them, whether from cold or from
pests and disease. Besides, the work
OF cultivation is so very small that
the return on the labor and invest
ment, especially in land at less than
Sloo per acre, should be greater with
the less valuable but harder crons
Besides, Uncle Sam is in dire need ~
ooth Just now.-Leesburg CONNER.
cial.