The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-05-15
Cape Sable Lands
Best In World
For Sugar Cane


the answer from the editor OF that
publication will be of interest mas
much as local people are largely IN
terested in the Cape Sable section
The Cape Sable Company OF Miami
mentioned in the article, has been
succeeded by the Cape Sable I'M
provement Co., of Lakeland, COM
posed of Lakeland citizens; and the
Cape Sable Farms Co., of Miami, is
the agent for the Cape Sable Improve
ment Co.
The article from The Grower fol
lows:
Palmetto, Fla, April q, 19lS.-(To
the Florida rower)-Referring to
your article on Cape Sable, by Mr.
Hamburger, would be pleased to
have you answer few questions, con
corning this Cape Sable country, if il
will not put you to much trouble, as
we are very much interested anC
with further information, if favorable
will investigate that country thor
oughly.
Can this land be bought? If so
from whom and what price per acre
What is the best way to get to thi
land? Is there way to get what yo'
raise out of there? Is the soil adapt
ed to the growing of sugar cane? i
there a possibility of railroad in tn
near future?
Please let me know the best poss
BILE way to get into that country, V. n
Note-The lands in question a
Cape Sable are owned by corpora
lions and individuals. The arges
land owners in this country are tn
East Coast railroad with main oftic
at St. Augustine; the Cape Sabl
Development Company, Miami; an
the Cape Sable Farms Company
Miami In wholesale quantitie
we Judge that these lands can b
purchased for about $500 per acre
At retail these same lands are sol
at from $4,000 up. We believe ths
there is a great future in this coul
try, as this is the only spot on tn
American continent where KILN
frost is unknown. These lands al
fertile basic marls. They all requil
a certain amount of drainage, b
this can be accomplished at rel
lively low cost, much lower in Il
case of these prairie lands than wou
: be the case with heavy hammocks.
d We consider that these lands al
better adapted to the growing Of S
gar cane than any other soils
America, and are sure that there al
none better even in Cuba. Analys
shows that cane grown on these lant
has very few equals anywhere else
the world in sucrose content I'll
n average cane as gathered in an IL
y mature state in Louisiana will sho
0 only IL per cent to IA per cent SUI
. rose with low coefficient of purit
u On the other hand cane grown
: Cape Sable under intensive farmiI
T. and good management, using the be
Z hybrid types of seed, cane should a
g erage not less than 171a per cent
1871 per cent sucrose with a vel
high coefficient of purity. In Louis
ana it is necessary to cut the car
during the first part of November b
cause of the danger of killing fros
also in Louisiana it is necessary
i replant each year AT Cape Sab
u owing to its immunity to excessiN
9 cold the cane can be allowed
y thoroughly mature, being cut IL
{ middle of February when it SHOW
: the highest sucrose content; also
: is important to state that in this vel
mild climate sugar cane is tr,
;, perennial and it is only necessary
plant seed cane once each 6 or
: years. The writer saw cane this la
- summer at Cape Sable growing wi
ID which was at least 20 years old.
is. cut an individual cane which measu
heed % feet in length and saw ar
vemeasCred one taken out of the san
wild cane thicket that measured