The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-12-31
Facts About Florida
THE MOST WONDERFUL STATE IN THE UNION
tconpiled By the Florida State Marketing Bureau)

Leaving out rivers, lakes, towns,
cities, highways, railroads, ETC., Flor.
ida has so,soo.ooo acres Of land avail.
able for culdvation-vith lsas tam
100000 acres under tie Dlov. *''
Florida's farn. grove, poultry. and
dairy products IA is11 aggregated
s11s,oso,ooo in value. The vaiue
would 10 sl,ooo,ooo,os OF ali ayail.
able land wore developed and cuitt.
waited. ''N "'''
Florida's average value Of farm
products per acre is $14s.
Florida has more than 200 varieties
OF forest trees--a greater number
than any other state.
Florida has 74,ooo,oo0,00o feet Of
standing timber-enough to build
homes for 20 million people.
Florida mines $10,OOO,O0O worth Of
phosphate per annum, or 80 per cent
of the total output Of the United
States.
Florida is destined to become i'm
portant, very important, in raising
live stock. There is no long, cold
winter to test the vitality of animals
Feed can be grown every month.
The mild climate Of Florida offers
farming opportunities not equaled
elsewhere in the Union.
Orchids-the rare and expensive
beauties Of the northern greenhouses
grow wild in the forests Of Flori
da.
Florida has more surface water ir
rivers and lakes, and also available
underground, besides the heaviest
annual rainfall, than any other state
in the union.
No state in the union has such &C
cess to the oceans and the world BY
water as has Florida
No one need fear coming to Flori
da because of alligators. They arr
now as much of curiosities to Florid
ians as they have been to tourists.
Look at a map of the world, ant
you will find Florida is more favor
ably located, relative to facility O
access to water and world traffic
than any other American state.
The summer warmth of Floridi
never prostrates man or animal, thu
: temperature seldom attaining 100 da
, grees above zero. Sultry nights ar
unknown. Trade winds CONSTANT,
| blow over the state from the Gul
| of Mexico and the Atlantic ocean.
7 When the waters Of the North ar
covered with thick ice, you can g
fishing and boating in Florida water
or pick strawberries and flowers L
Florida gardens.
/ The fig, one Of earth's best-know
fruits and oftenest mentioned In tn
| Bible, is right at home in Florida.
There are nineteen navigable ri'
ers in Florida,
!! It is estimated that on acre
Florida water can be made to suppl
i! az much food as an acre Of land.
There are more than $50 varieue
, Of fish in Florida waters.
! Florida farm land increases In va
I ne 165 per cent. each decade. II
! state contains 100000 acres,
Z Florida is not all sand. It hi
: more than 100000 acres Of lar
: with a firm red-clay subsoil.
) Two years of upbuilding with 10
Z umes will make the most ordina
Z Florida sand productive.
; jackson county shipped rs cars
) iA-grade corn to Kansas City, NO. Ia
! year.
Z Fossil remain brought TO light
I mining operations show Florida on
J was the home Of the mastodon, I
! elephant, the camel, the sabertooth
= ltiber, and other giant forms Of II
Honey is produced in practical
Florida county. No state p
duces a greater number Of meet
bearing plants and flowers.
Florida has two kinds Of trees
found elsewhere in the world-se
as known to botanists. They are
the confer or pine family.
More than 300 silos have been b.
in Florida in recent years. this W
having been scarcely started.
The value Of Florida's peanut G